How unique is East Asian development? Comparing steel producers and users in East Asia and Western Europe

Matthias Kipping

Asia Pacific Business Review, 1997, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-23

Abstract: This article questions the ‘uniqueness’ hypothesis of East Asian business by highlighting a number of interesting similarities between its steel industries and those of Western Europe. These similarities concern the relationship between the steelmakers and the steel-using industries in each of those countries and the way in which this relationship is co-ordinated. The article will attempt to demonstrate that, in this respect, Japan and South Korea followed two different and rather distinctive patterns, but had a lot in common with Germany and France respectively. The producer-user interaction has so far received only little attention in the relevant literature, but, as the following article shows, it is an important determinant or competitive advantage in steel production.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288174

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