Destroying the myth of vertical integration in the Japanese electronics industry: Restructuring in the semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry

Regional Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-39

  Chon, Soohyun ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Electronics industry; Japan; Semiconductor; Semiconductor equipment; Transaction costs; Vertical disintegration

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION; VERTICAL DISINTEGRATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 5544221318     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409750134764     Document Type: Article

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