Revisiting the roots of Japan's economic stagnation: The role of the Japanese corporation

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 373-390

  Cowling, Keith ^a   Tomlinson, Philip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

JAPAN;

EID: 0036818557     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692170210161129     Document Type: Article

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