Patterns of Inter-Firm Control in Japanese Business
Опубликовано на портале: 22-12-2009
Organization Studies.
1989.
Vol. 10.
No. 4.
P. 549-574 .
Тематический раздел:
Studies of inter-firm relations in modern capitalism have often relied on either
an exchange theory or a structural theory of control. Both paradigms prove inadequate
in explaining non-Western patterns of inter-firm relations. This study adopts an
institutional theory of power to explain the peculiar patterns of horizontal control
that obtains in inter-firm relations within and among large Japanese business groups.
We develop our argument in four steps. First, we review and assess the adequacy of
three different theories of power in capitalist business; second, we describe our
case study: two major types of Japanese business groups; third, we identify forms
of vertical and horizontal control through our analysis of patterns of inter-firm
shareholding, and we show how additional means of control are adopted to reinforce
the existing organizational patterns; fourth, we compare and contrast the highly
structured and cohesive inter-firm relations in Japanese business with the more loosely
organized pattern that is characteristic in the U.S., and we conclude that the current
research on capitalist organizational forms will advance by emphasizing not the unchanging,
universal nature of capitalist domination, but rather its varied institutional nature
and its apparent cross-cultural diversity.
Ключевые слова
business networks East Asian capitalism inter-firm relationships japanese economy japanese institutions organizational sociology organizational studies
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