7. Subcontracting: Globalization and Supplier Relations

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Toward Choose and Focus 19
6. 2. Japan’s Strategic Inflection Point, 1998–2006 21
7. Part II. The Old Japan
8. 3. Postwar Corporate Strategy 49
9. 4. Diversification versus Focus 68
10. Part III. Japan’s Changing Industrial Architecture
11. 5. Corporate Relations: Keiretsu, Cross-Shareholdings, and the Main Bank 87
12. 6. Ownership: Institutional Investors, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate Governance 110
13. 7. Subcontracting: Globalization and Supplier Relations 134
14. 8. Price Competition: The Business-to-Business and Retail Price Revolutions 153
15. 9. Lifetime Employment: Changing Human Resource Management 174
16. Part IV. New Markets and New Entry
17. 10. Venture Capital: Opening Access to Finance 203
18. 11. New Competitors: Softbank, Kakaku.com, Astellas, and SBI E*Trade Securities 226
19. 12. Conclusion: The New Japan 253
20. References 261
21. Index 285