List of Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction, Masahiro Shimotani and Takao Shiba
1. The History and Structure of Business Groups in Japan, Masahiro Shimotani
Part I: The Corporate Complex
2. Diversification Process and the Ownership Structure of Samsung Chaebol, Chul-Kyu Kang
3. From Zaibatsu to Corporate Complexes, Kunio Suzuki
4. Structure and Strategy of Belgian Business Groups (1920-1990), Ginette Kurgan-Van Hentenryk
Part II: The Corporate Group
5. Growth via Politics: Business Groups Italian-Style, Franco Amatori
6. Business Groups in the German Electrical Industry, Wilfried Feldenkirchen
7. A Path to the Corporate Group in Japan: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and its Group Formation, Takao Shiba
Part III: Assembler-Supplier Relations
8. 'Japanese-Style' Supplier Relationships in the American Auto Industry, 1895-1920, Susan Helper and David Hochfelder
9. The Subcontracting System and Business Groups: The Case of the Japanese Automotive Industry, Hirofumi Ueda
Part IV: Japanese Business Groups
10. The Organizational Logic of Business Groups: Evidence from the Zaibatsu, Michael L. Gerlach
11. Learning to Work Together: Adaptation and the Japanese Firm, W. Mark Fruin
Afterword, Masahiro Shimotani and Takao Shiba
Index