Networks, Markets, and the Pacific Rim: Studies in Strategy (Japan Business and Economics Series)

W. Mark Fruin

ISBN 10: 0195117204 / ISBN 13: 9780195117202

Edité par Oxford University Press, 1998

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326pp. Former-university library copy with associated library stamps and labels. Hard cover, no jacket. No highlighting or annotations to text.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Networks, Markets, and the Pacific Rim: Studies in Strategy (Japan Business and Economics Series)
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0195117204
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195117202
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket

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Synopsis

This volume explores the wide diversity in the kinds of networks that have been established between firms in Japan and the Pacific Rim. Editor W. Mark Fruin shows how networks in Japan and Korea are more prescribed and standardized than those found in the United States. For example, Toyota's satellite organizational system is more flexible, open-ended, and market-conforming than General Motors divisional organization. But less market-conforming networks can also arise. In China, for example, networks have arisen because of the unpredictable nature of markets.

The contributors to this volume utilize new ideas and data to formulate an understanding of the importance of networks to the success of Asian firms. The book's postmodern approach--seeking not a single model but rather a variety of models of equally probable validity--makes it a unique resource for scholars and professionals in the field.