Suppliers' associations in the Japanese automobile industry: Collective action for technology diffusion

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 651-671

  Sako, Mari ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030316977     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013643     Document Type: Article

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