Beyond the firm : business groups in international and historical perspective /

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Corporate Author: International Conference on Business History
Other Authors: Shiba, Takao, 1950-, Shimotani, Masahiro, 1944-
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Series:Fuji conference series ; 2
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Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Masahiro Shimotani and Takao Shiba
  • 1. The History and Structure of Business Groups in Japan / Masahiro Shimotani
  • 2. Diversification Process and the Ownership Structure of Samsung Chaebol / Chul-Kyu Kang
  • 3. From Zaibatsu to Corporate Complexes / Kunio Suzuki
  • 4. Structure and Strategy of Belgian Business Groups (1920-1990) / Ginette Kurgan-Van Hentenryk
  • 5. Growth via Politics: Business Groups Italian-Style / Franco Amatori
  • 6. Business Groups in the German Electrical Industry / Wilfried Feldenkirchen
  • 7. A Path to the Corporate Group in Japan: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and its Group Formation / Takao Shiba
  • 8. 'Japanese-Style' Supplier Relationships in the American Auto Industry, 1895-1920 / Susan Helper and David Hochfelder
  • 9. The Subcontracting System and Business Groups: The Case of the Japanese Automotive Industry / Hirofumi Ueda
  • 10. The Organizational Logic of Business Groups: Evidence from the Zaibatsu / Michael L. Gerlach.
  • 11. Learning to Work Together: Adaptation and the Japanese Firm / W. Mark Fruin
  • Afterword / Masahiro Shimotani and Takao Shiba.
  • Introduction / Masahiro Shimotani and Takao Shiba
  • 1. The History and Structure of Business Groups in Japan / Masahiro Shimotani
  • 2. Diversification Process and the Ownership Structure of Samsung Chaebol / Chul-Kyu Kang
  • 3. From Zaibatsu to Corporate Complexes / Kunio Suzuki
  • 4. Structure and Strategy of Belgian Business Groups (1920-1990) / Ginette Kurgan-Van Hentenryk
  • 5. Growth via Politics: Business Groups Italian-Style / Franco Amatori
  • 6. Business Groups in the German Electrical Industry / Wilfried Feldenkirchen
  • 7. A Path to the Corporate Group in Japan: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and its Group Formation / Takao Shiba
  • 8. 'Japanese-Style' Supplier Relationships in the American Auto Industry, 1895-1920 / Susan Helper and David Hochfelder
  • 9. The Subcontracting System and Business Groups: The Case of the Japanese Automotive Industry / Hirofumi Ueda
  • 10. The Organizational Logic of Business Groups: Evidence from the Zaibatsu / Michael L. Gerlach.