The fable of the keiretsu
Subtitle: urban legends of the Japanese economy
By: Yoshiro Miwa and J. Mark Ramseyer.
Contributors: Ramseyer, J. Mark, 1954-
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Conglomerate corporations -- Japan.; Corporations -- Finance.; Japan -- Economic policy -- 1989-; Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1989-
Description: Keiretsu, or informal business alliances, are widely held to have played a crucial role in postwar Japanese development. This text argues that keiretsu are an urban myth and that such alliances never existed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The fable of the keiretsu; title: And of the zaibatsu; title: The myth of the main bank; title: And of outside directors; title: Legends of government guidance; title: The cost of kipling.