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Current Feature Article Relationship marketing in Japan: the buyer-supplier relationships of four automakers (110 Kbs PDF Format) Jai-Beom Kim, Assistant Professor of International Business, Division of Business and International Trade, Myongji University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, and Paul Michell, Professor of Marketing, Department of Marketing, Leeds University Business School, Leeds, UK Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 14(2) 1999, pp. 118-129, © MCB University Press, 0885-8624 Examines the individual buyer-supplier relationships of the four major Japanese automobile manufacturers. Building on the relationship marketing and the interorganizational trust literature, relates their supplier management practices to the type of supplier organizations they use, the relative sales revenues, number of employees, and profitability of both buyers and suppliers, and the level of equity held by automakers in their suppliers. Major finding reveals that the major Japanese automakers have far more diversity than commonality in their supplier policies, and suggests that a comparison of major Japanese companies individually, not collectively, is a rich area of research into buyer-supplier relationships. Past Feature Article Do Japanese companies have a competitive strategy? by Panos Mourdoukoutas and Stratos Papadimitriou first published in the European Business Review Responding to Michael Porter's claim that "Japanese companies rarely have a strategy", this paper argues that the competitive advantage of Japanese enterprises is not to be found in traditional practices. Rather, it is due to the way these practices are upgraded and reinforced by ideological factors such as the "community of fate", as well as the formation of governance structures that cultivate the development of contextual knowledge that leads to the efficient and effective production of complex products. Feature articles are replaced regularly and provided courtesy of Anbar Management Intelligence, which abstracts and provides access to the articles of over 400 top management journals via CD and Internet,updated monthly. To read the feature article you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Instructions and a direct link for downloading, as well as links to other Anbar Asian business management articles available from the Asia Pacific Management Forum is available here or by clicking on the APMF icon. Past Articles and Editorials Courtesy of MCB University Press: (HTML Format) Articles: Redundant employees who turn up to work everyday Local heroes? Striving to disentangle the World Wide Web Should Japanese giants cut the apron strings? Graduate training for foreigners in Japan Editorials: Current Editorial Previous Editorial

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