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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-04, Section: A, page: 1568. ;Adviser: Ben Ross Schneider. Japan is often characterized as an economy of big corporations and conglomerates like NEC or Sony. In reality, the fabric of the Japanese economy is woven not with these large conglomerates but primarily with small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Facing increasingly internationalized production structures, traditional relations between large corporations and small subcontractors are unraveling. The dissertation is based on extensive field research with owners and managers of 43 high technology SMEs in three industrial regions in Japan. ;A variety of what I call "intermediating hierarchies" between the state and private sector serve the exclusive interests of the central state and big business in Japan, including the Ministry of Finance controlled financial system, vertically integrated keiretsu production structures and the patent system. These hierarchies are part and parcel of Japan's system of so-called "flexible rigidities" or "flexible specialization. " Further, these hierarchies have become significant barriers to innovation in small and medium sized enterpr

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Author

Ibata Arens

Published

2001

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Economics, Politics