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Keiretsu Definition

Keiretsu describes a mutually supportive business relationship, typically between a group of corporations with broad power and reach or between manufacturers, suppliers, and investors (Karen, 2007). The term was used extensively in Japan after World War II, when strong banks invested in specific companies and encouraged them to supply discounted products and services to each other to promote mutual success.

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Keiretsu References

  • Gerlach, M. (1992) Alliance Capitalism: The Social Organisation of Japanese Business, University of California Press, San Francisco, pp. 12- 13.
  • Gilson, R. J. and Roe, M. J. (1993) Understanding the Japanese Keiretsu: Overlaps between corporate governance and Industrial Organisation, The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 102 (4), pp. 871-906.
  • Jonathan, J. and Brigham, E. (1992) Keiretsu: Their effect on business and how, American Young University Law Review, 1992 (4).
  • Karen, E. K. (2007) Keiretsu for Small Biz? Business Week Online, p. 16.

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