...‐war success, even though it has also created a dangerous conformity and a deficient view of competition. Uses an inset about clothing on the rack, which is very prevalent in the Japan schema of things, none of Japan’s leading companies having any significant share — asking why this should be so...

...B Gould Argues that effective partnership souring requires increased movement of information and resources across the boundaries between firms. Adopts the position that company competitiveness depends on value chain effectiveness as a whole — meaning partnership sourcing along the chain. Notes...

...T Kippenberger Questions whether corporate USA will be able to maintain competitiveness into the next millennium owing to unrelenting restructuring, meaning a recovery is based on an illusion of improved productivity. States, bluntly, the USA needs to grow in order to maintain market share — let...