Keiretsu networks and corporate performance in Japan

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-88

  Lincoln, James R ^a,c   Gerlach, Michael L ^a   Ahmadjian, Christina L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM INTEGRATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; JAPANESE INDUSTRY; KEIRETSU;

JAPAN;

EID: 0029989938     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096407     Document Type: Article

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