Japanese horizontal keiretsu and the performance implications of membership

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-466

  Isobe, Takehiko ^a   Makino, Shige ^b   Goerzen, Anthony ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Horizontal keiretsu; Performance; Risk sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845989843     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9015-2     Document Type: Article

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