Business groups, networks, and embeddedness: Innovation and implementation alliances in Japanese electronics, 1985-1998

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 357-378

  Lincoln, James R ^a   Guillot, Didier ^b   Sargent, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INNOVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

JAPAN;

EID: 85024833628     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtw037     Document Type: Article

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