Various arrangements in vertical relationships have evolved in different countries to attain efficient trading relationships. Vertical relationships in Japan can be identified to have distinctive characteristics in several aspects compared with those in other countries. This study is a...

This paper provides a new insight into the linguistic element of lobbying concerning the historical transformation of business activities. For this purpose, the paper sheds light upon creation and dissemination of theorisation, simplified claims concerning the consequence of suggested policy...

This paper illustrates the situated construction of a marketing environment, in which power significantly matters. For this purpose, we shed light upon the meaning attached to diesel vehicles in Japan. The focus is justified by its uniqueness regarding the treatment of diesel vehicles and the...