Supplier relations and the market context: A theory of handshakes

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-138

  McLaren, John ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative innovation; Japan US comparisons; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033150694     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(98)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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