caa a22 4500 397572964 CHVBK 20180308164846.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199611 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013643 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013643 Sako Mari London School of Economics and Political Science Suppliers' associations in the Japanese automobile industry: collective action for technololgy diffusion [Elektronische Daten] [Mari Sako] This paper analyses the structure and functions of suppliers' associations {kyoryokukai) in the automobile industry in Japan. The bilateral assembler-supplier relationship has received much attention recently as a source of Japanese industrial competitiveness. However, this paper argues that the hitherto neglected area of intersupplier co-ordination in technology diffusion is at least as important as the bilateral assembler-supplier relationship in accounting for the overall performance of the Japanese automotive industry. On the basis of company visits and a large-scale survey of first-tier suppliers conducted by the author, the paper analyses the reasons why suppliers' associations were established and why they continue to exist today, and their effects on economic performance. © 1996 Academic Press Limited Articles nationallicence Cambridge Journal of Economics Oxford University Press 20/6(1996-11), 651-671 0309-166X 20:6<651 1996 20 cameco https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013643 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013643 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Sako Mari London School of Economics and Political Science NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cambridge Journal of Economics Oxford University Press 20/6(1996-11), 651-671 0309-166X 20:6<651 1996 20 cameco Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 217104983 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford