Interfirm networks in the Japanese electronics industry
An edition of Interfirm networks in the Japanese electronics industry (2004)
By Ralph Paprzycki
Publish Date
2005
Publisher
RoutledgeCurzon
Language
eng
Pages
200
Description:
"Interfirm Networks in the Japanese Electronics Industry analyses changes in production networks in the Japanese electronics industry. Japan's post-war success in the assembly industries (automobiles, electronics, etc.) is frequently attributed to innovative approaches to the organization of production: instead of relying on full scale vertical integration or arm's-length market transactions like their Western competitors, Japanese assemblers forged intricate networks of long-term interfirm business relationships that provided them with greater flexibility and quality of production. Traditionally, such networks have been characterized by hierarchical interfirm relationships resembling a pyramid." "Paprzyck's study shows how network arrangements have adapted in order to cope with profound changes in the competitive environment and how, as a result, many of the traditional elements of Japanese industrial organization described in the literature have begun to unravel."--BOOK JACKET