TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lincoln, James R.
AU  - Gerlach, Michael L.
TI  - Japan's network economy: structure, persistence and change 
SN  - 9780521453042
U1  - 338.8 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - USA
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Business networks - Japan
KW  - Strategic alliances (Business) - Japan
KW  - Organizational change - Japan
KW  -  Industrial organization - Japan
N2  - "This book uses quantitative and historical methods to trace the evolution of the Japanese economy's business network from the prewar period to the end of the century. It addresses whether the controversial ""keiretsu"" enterprise groupings have outlived their usefulness and are withering away in the face of deregulation, globalization, and market liberalization. While concluding that these relationships are still central to Japanese business, the book also notes that they are much more subordinated to the strategies of individual enterprises than was true of the prewar network economy."
ER  -