Format:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415148696
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9780203441176
Series Statement:
Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Business Series
Content:
Business Networks in Japan explores the creation of supplier-customer networks through case studies of two of Japan's largest companies: the Toshiba Corporation and the Nippon Steel Corporation
Note:
Intro -- Business Networks in Japan Supplier-customer interaction in product development -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The importance of technological cooperation -- 1.2 Purpose of the study and content of the book -- Chapter 2 Technological development in industrial markets: an interaction and network approach -- 2.1 The concept of business relationships -- 2.2 A network-based framework for description and analysis of business relationships -- 2.3 Networks, relationships and technological development -- Chapter 3 Methodology -- Chapter 4 Development and commercialization of Zn-Fe alloy coated steel sheet for autobodies: the case of Nippon Steel -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Nippon Steel Corporation -- 4.3 Development of coated steel sheet for automotive bodies: historical background -- 4.4 The case of DUREXCELITE -- 4.5 Other developments -- 4.6 International outlook -- 4.7 Some comments on the Nippon Steel case -- Chapter 5 Development and commercialization of structural fine ceramics: the case of Toshiba -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Fine ceramics: definition and characteristics -- 5.3 Toshiba -- 5.4 Development of nitride-based ceramics in Toshiba -- 5.5 Cummins Engine -- 5.6 The agreement between Toshiba and Cummins -- 5.7 Toshiba's and Cummins' joint development of wear-resistant silicon nitride components for diesel engines -- 5.8 The current situation -- 5.9 Some comments on the Toshiba case -- Chapter 6 Case analysis -- 6.1 Degree of cooperation and integration with the network -- 6.2 Selection of partner -- 6.3 Management of cooperative relationships -- Chapter 7 A concluding note on the interacting and networking behavior of Japanese companies -- 7.1 The Japanese industrial system and technological cooperation -- 7.2 The Japanese company and technological cooperation -- Notes
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Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Laage-Hellman, Jens Business Networks in Japan London : Taylor & Francis Group,c1997 ISBN 9780415148696
Language:
English
Keywords:
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