THE EVOLUTION OF JAPANESE SUBCONTRACTING

Authors
NISHIGUCHI T BROOKFIELD J
Citation
T. Nishiguchi et J. Brookfield, THE EVOLUTION OF JAPANESE SUBCONTRACTING, Sloan management review, 39(1), 1997, pp. 89
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Management,Business
Journal title
Sloan management review → ACNP
ISSN journal
0019848X
Volume
39
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-848X(1997)39:1<89:TEOJS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
What has led to the development of Japan's particular method of subcon tracting? Theories that have attempted to explain Japanese subcontract ing have critical shortcomings. A combination of political economic, t echnological and strategic factors hds resulted in subcontracting grow th and survival.