Japanese professional business services: A proposed analytical typology

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-68

  Ström, Patrik ^a   Mattsson, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Business services; Japan; Keiretsu affiliation; Typology

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; COMPETITIVENESS; SERVICE SECTOR; TYPOLOGY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 12244292740     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360238052000298371     Document Type: Article

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