Corporate organization in Japan and the United States: Is there evidence of convergence?

Social Science Japan Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-67

  Jacoby, Sanford M ^a   Nason, Emily M ^b   Kazuro, Saguchi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744396670     PISSN: 13691465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyi012     Document Type: Article

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