Purpose – The aim of this study is to identify and describe the factors associated with Nissan Company's electric vehicle (EV) development. In addition, Nissan's different commercialization strategies toward EV and HEV development will be discussed. Design/methodology/approach – This study...

In this paper we examine the development of Softbank, the Japanese Internet investment conglomerate, and make two propositions. Firstly, we suggest that while the traditional keiretsu system began to unravel, Softbank, ironically, represented a new kind of keiretsu. Paradoxically, during its...

Using the framework of contract economics, we assess the determinants of the choice of vertical integration, relational contracting (keiretsu sourcing) or market sourcing by seven Japanese automobile manufacturers (OEMs) with respect to 54 components. Our major findings are as follows. First,...

We have assessed the determinants of the choice of integration, relational contracting (keiretsu sourcing) and market sourcing by seven Japanese automobile manufacturers (OEMs) with respect to 54 components in light of contract economics. Our major findings are the following. First, the...

Perspectives -- Organization Accumulates and Market Utilizes: A Framework of Knowledge-Corporate System-Innovation Dynamics -- Boundaries of Innovation and Social Consensus Building: Challenges for Japanese Firms -- Redefining Innovation as System Re-Definition -- Knowledge, Information, Rules,...

This book represents one of the first attempts by a multidisciplinary research team, encompassing the social sciences, business, architecture and planning, engineering, and finance and economics, to help rural communities discover sustainable and self-reliant paths to development and...