Does governance matter? Keiretsu alliances and asset specificity as sources of Japanese competitive advantage

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dyer, JH
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.6.649
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 649-666
• 关键词: GOVERNANCE; Competitive advantage; JAPAN; alliances

摘要

This paper examines exchange governance issues in the U.S. and Japanese automobile industries using a transactions cost framework. Empirical results are partially consistent with transactions cost theory, but may also require a rethinking of transactions cost logic under conditions of high uncertainty.