Vertical keiretsu are specific buyer–supplier relationships that define the structure of firms in
the Japanese automotive industry. However, during Japan's economic recession, firms …

Since the beginning of the 2000s, important changes in external environments have affected
the corporate governance practices of firms all around the world. The corporate governance …

This study aims to examine the changing nature of automaker-supplier relationships with
special emphasis on strategic knowledge sharing. Nowadays, production increasingly …

In recent decades, high-profile business failures such as that of World. com and Enron, as
well as the financial crash witnessed in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in 2006 and 2008 …

Corporate governance practices in the Asian market have come under intense scrutiny in
recent years after a series of high-profile corporate scandals exposed weaknesses in the …

The objective of this chapter was to understand how a “hybrid organization”(two automobile
manufacturers Renault and Nissan within a strategic alliance) uses social networking and …

In a time of economic downturn, effective marketing becomes increasingly difficult. In order
to remain competitive and prosperous, organizations must strategically analyze their …

Research on corporate ownership in Japan focus mainly on corporate networks: horizontal
and vertical keiretsu. Horizontal keiretsu are networks of firms whose small individual equity …

In Japan a network system called keiretsu exists (;;). Keiretsu may involve formal and
informal relationships with suppliers that have developed over the years or other interfirm …

Vertical keiretsu are specific buyer–supplier relationships that define the structure of firms in
the Japanese automotive industry. However, during Japan's economic recession, firms …