The Japanese keiretsu system: An empirical analysis

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-40

  McGuire, Jean ^a   Dow, Sandra ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

J form; Keiretsu; Market model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038021875     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(00)00128-4     Document Type: Article

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