From noodles to satellites': The changing geography of the Japanese sogo shosha

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-78

  Dicken, Peter ^a   Miyamachi, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Sogo shosha japan organizational embeddedness europe

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SERVICE SECTOR; TRADE FLOW;

JAPAN;

EID: 0032468470     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.1998.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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