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Published by: MIT Sloan School of Management
Published in: "MIT Sloan Management Review", 1995
Length: 10 pages

Abstract

A follow-up survey to one published in our Summer 1991 issue (''How Much Has Really Changed between US Automakers and Their Suppliers?'' by Susan Helper) shows that long-term, closely linked relationships have performance advantages for automakers and their suppliers in both the United States and Japan. Although such high-performance relationships with customers are still more prevalent in Japan than in the United States, the nature of supplier relations in the two countries is converging in some respects. The current survey includes more than 600 automotive suppliers in the United States and almost 500 suppliers in Japan.

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Abstract

A follow-up survey to one published in our Summer 1991 issue (''How Much Has Really Changed between US Automakers and Their Suppliers?'' by Susan Helper) shows that long-term, closely linked relationships have performance advantages for automakers and their suppliers in both the United States and Japan. Although such high-performance relationships with customers are still more prevalent in Japan than in the United States, the nature of supplier relations in the two countries is converging in some respects. The current survey includes more than 600 automotive suppliers in the United States and almost 500 suppliers in Japan.

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