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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the dynamic change of Japan’s industrial organization within a framework of the evolutionary process from zaibatsu to business groups and further to the recent network industrial organization.1 However, the focus of this research is not on a historical analysis. Rather, by making a comparative analysis of the three corporate networks we attempt to bring into relief the basic character of the network industrial organization now appearing in Japan.
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Imai, Ki. (1989). Evolution of Japan’s Corporate and Industrial Networks. In: Carlsson, B. (eds) Industrial Dynamics. Studies in Industrial Organization, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1075-1_6
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