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Strategy and Irreversibility in Supplier Relations: The Case of the U.S. Automobile Industry
Abstract
The purchasing strategies of the dominant U.S. automakers form a topic neglected by both economists and business historians. The following article examines the automakers' changing relations with their suppliers throughout the twentieth century. Using the exit/voice paradigm, it establishes a framework that can account for both current and past strategies, even when they seem to contradict the logic of economic theory.
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- Authors
- Helper, S.
- Venue
- Business History Review
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1991
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 781-824
- ISSN
- 0007-6805 (ISSN-L)
- 2044-768X
- OpenAlex
- W2161058174
- Cited by
- 254
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 1.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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