Japanese keiretsu: Past, present, future

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 333-351

  McGuire, Jean ^a   Dow, Sandra ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business groups; Corporate governance; Japan; Keiretsu

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149114129     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9104-5     Document Type: Article

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