Why can Toyota’s keiretsu recover from earthquakes quickly?

The keiretsu, or long-term stable business network that exists between Toyota and its suppliers, seems to demonstrate exceptional resilience in the face of natural disasters. Toyota shares production knowledge among the firms in its keiretsu through long-term kaizen-based inter-company learning acti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shumpei Iwao, Yumi Kato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Global Business Research Center 2019-12-01
Series:Annals of Business Administrative Science
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/abas/18/6/18_0191022a/_pdf/-char/en