Interpersonal Networks in the ‘Ruling Triad’

Susan Carpenter
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Susan Carpenter: The University of Edinburgh Business School

Chapter 5 in Why Japan Can’t Reform, 2008, pp 83-100 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract ‘Kone’ is a term used by the Japanese to refer to personal connections. The bond between bureaucracy, big business and politicians is fashioned from elaborate networks of formal and informal relationships (e.g., connections) between the three bodies, and generates an ideal environment for ministerial control over Japan’s political economy. The networks are forged though mutual obligation (e.g., ‘back-scratching’) and plays a far more important role than does the ‘old boys’ network in Western countries.

Keywords: Inside Trading; Trading Company; Interpersonal Network; Defence Agency; Exhibition Hall (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230595064_5

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