.... The results provide a first indication that cultural differences affect the cultivation of relation-specific skill, and thus need to be considered integral to the concept. East Asia Trust Automotive industry Banri Asanuma Relation-specific skills Cultural homophily Supplier-maker relation ©...

... with the rising purchasing power of the expanding middle class, massive infrastructural development, as well as the expansion in intra‐regional trade and investment, East Asia has emerged as an independent centre of growth in the global economy since the early 1990s. Presents empirical evidence on the rise...