Honesty, Diligence, and Skill: Risk Sharing and Specialization in the Kiryu Silk Weaving Cluster, Japan
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- Masaki Nakabayashi, 2017. "Honesty, Diligence and Skill: Risk Sharing and Specialization in the Kiryu Silk Weaving Cluster, Japan," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 21(4), pages 1401-1424, November.
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Keywords
industrial clusters; relational contracts; putting-out system; risk sharing; textile industry; Japan;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2014-01-10 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-HIS-2014-01-10 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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