Does Governance Matter? Keiretsu Alliances and Asset Specificity as Sources of Japanese Competitive Advantage

Organization Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 649-666

  Dyer, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Competitive Advantage; Governance; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030371175     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.6.649     Document Type: Article

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