Do supplier switching costs differ across Japanese and US multinational firms?

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-32

  Hackett, Steven C ^a   Srinivasan, Krishna ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Keiretsu; Multinational firm; Supplier switching costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031627091     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0922-1425(96)00214-9     Document Type: Article

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