A extra=lit. system, series, grouping of enterprises, order of succession is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings. It is a type of informal business group. The keiretsu maintained dominance over the Japanese economy for the last half of the 20th century. The member companies own small portions of the shares...
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A group, or network, of manufacturing and other companies in Japan, usually centered around a bank and including a trading company. Keiretsus are characterized by cross-ownership of shares, strategic coordination, and preference for transactions within the network.
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(from the article `Japan`) Japanese industry is increasingly characterized by a tendency toward tie-ups, mergers, and takeovers among the larger manufacturing and industrial ...
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A network of Japanese companies organized around a major bank. The term is also used outside of Japan to describe how a large corporation with many subsidiaries and associated firms can manipulate revenues. For example, firm A and B are controlled by firm C. Firm A is forced to buy its input from firm B at a high price. As a result, A is unprofitab...
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A network of Japanese companies organized around a major bank.
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In Japan, an alliance of companies or organisations which own shares in one another as a means of security, but each individual company operates independently
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(esp. in Japan) a loose coalition of business groups.
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