Determinants of Firm Boundaries: Empirical Analysis of the Japanese Auto Industry from 1984 to 2002

Sadao Nagaoka, Akira Takeishi, Yoshihisa Noro

NBER Working Paper No. 13063
Issued in April 2007

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The earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual TRIO Conference on Organizational Innovation and Firm Performance at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan on December 15-16, 2006. We would like to thank the comments by the participants, in particular, the penetrating and highly helpful comments by two discussants: George Baker and Tatsuya Kikutani. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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