Japanese Interfirm Networks and their Main Banks [Hardcover]

Based upon a major research project and a high level of access to relevant individuals this is the first book that opens the door on the closed and guarded world of Japanese banking. The book discusses in first-hand terms the nature of the bank's relationships to its client firms, to members of its 'group' and to 'outsiders'; placing these relationships within a competitive strategy which the book sets forth in an original framework, the Relational Access Paradigm.Policy Implications and Overview - Developing Theory from Practice: A Methodological Approach - Relational Access versus the Western Economic Paradigm - Origins of the Japanese Firm and Interfirm Networks - Japanese Governance Structures in the Postwar Era: Industrial Groups and their Main Banks - The Main Bank Relationship: Tatemae or Honne , 'Stylized Facts' or Real Facts? - Bank versus Firm: Triangulating the Data - Conclusion: Relational Access and the Main Bank System in Perspective