The Kigyo Keiretsu organization and opportunism in the Japanese automobile manufacturing industry

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-18

  Tabeta, Naoki ^a  

^a KOKUSHIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 54649083498     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015428707475     Document Type: Article

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