Efficiency vs. effectiveness orientation of global sourcing strategy: A comparison of U.S. and Japanese multinational companies
Efficiency vs. effectiveness orientation of global sourcing strategy: A comparison of U.S. and Japanese multinational companies
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全球采购战略的效率与有效性导向：美国和日本跨国公司的比较
DOI：
10.5465/ame.1998.1334000
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发表时间：
1998
影响因子：
8.9
通讯作者：
Masaaki Kotabe
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作者：
Masaaki Kotabe
高管概览在本十年的大部分时间里，日本陷入了战后最长的经济衰退。一些权威人士预测，这将是日本企业巨头的终结。事实上，近年来，我们对日本和日本竞争的兴趣也随之减弱。我们向日本人学习也是如此。这是危险的短视。近年来，随着美国和日本的跨国公司在太平洋地区实施全球采购战略，国际贸易的钟摆已经从跨大西洋转向跨太平洋。事实上，虽然在后泡沫经济中苦苦挣扎，但许多日本企业已经加快了向环太平洋全球采购模式的转变。这一模式基于日本与亚洲其他地区、澳大利亚以及越来越多的环太平洋地区的区域联系，建立在日本著名的目标成本、目标汇率、新产品开发风格和经连会（keiretsu）（企业间联盟）之上。虽然日本企业已经放慢了步伐...
Executive Overview During most of this decade, Japan has been mired in its longest post-war recession. Some pundits predict that this will be the end of the Japanese corporate juggernaut. Indeed, our interest in Japan and Japanese competition has waned concomitantly in recent years. So has our learning from the Japanese. This is dangerously short-sighted. The pendulum of international trade has shifted from cross-Atlantic to cross-Pacific in recent years, as U.S. and Japanese multinational companies engaged in global sourcing strategy across the Pacific. Indeed, while struggling in the post-bubble economy, many Japanese companies have accelerated their move toward their Pacific Rim global sourcing paradigm. Based on Japan's regional ties with the rest of Asia, Australia, and increasingly other parts of the Pacific Rim, this paradigm builds on Japan's famed target costing, target exchange rate, new product development style, and keiretsu (interfirm alliances). While Japanese companies have slowed the pace ...