Continuity through change in Japanese management: Institutional and strategic influences

Japanese Management: The Search for a New Balance Between Continuity and Change

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 21-54

  Methé, David ^a  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230523289_2     Document Type: Chapter

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