Shifting Boundaries of the Firm: Japanese Company - Japanese Labour

Shifting Boundaries of the Firm: Japanese Company - Japanese Labour

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-320

  Sako, Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automobiles; Boundaries; Corporate restructuring; Corporate strategy; Electronics; Institutions; Japan; Labour unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920700900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199268160.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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