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| Author: | Hemmert, M. |
| Title: | 'Intermediate organization' revisited: a framework for the vertical division of labor in manufacturing and the case of the Japanese assembly industries |
| Journal: | Industrial and Corporate Change
1999 : SEP, VOL. 8:3, p. 487-517 |
| Index terms: | Industries Labour Manufacturing Competitive advantage Japan |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper develops a framework that distinguishes 5 types of organization for the vertical division of labour btw. manufacturing firms: market transactions, recurrent transactions, interdependent transactions, quasi-integration and formal integration. The application of this framework to the Japanese assembly industries shows that (i) components suppliers are quasi-integrated in Japan, in contrast to formal integration in the West and (ii) transactions with parts makers are mostly interdependent in Japan, compared with recurrent transactions in Western countries. These findings are explained by differences in the institutional setting. |
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