Japanese Interfirm Networks and Their Main Banks

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.

'A breakthrough work that overturns current theories of Japan's keiretsu, corporate groups, and its main bank system...An excellent study powerfully illuminating the realities of present-day Japan.' - Professor Hiroshi Okumura, Chuo University