Commerce international au Japon et en Asie du Sud-Est : la structure inter-entreprise du keiretsu

Exposé Économie & marchés Marchés étrangers

Date de publication :

12/06/2009

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Anglais

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4 pages

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The rise of the keiretsus
1. Creation of keiretsu
2. The keiretsu inter-firm structure
3. The advantages of the keiratsus
The decline of keiratsus
1. Reasons of the decline
2. Consequences of the decline

Résumé :

The keiretsus played a major role in the emergence of Japan as a leading global economic power after the World War II. But today, keiretsus have become an issue in debates concerning the Japan's place in the international trading system. The keiretsu structure protected the companies from the vagaries of the market and helped them to grow. On the other hand, those companies had a less proactive approach confronting to the changes in the environment, and did not react on time.

The purpose of this essay is to explain the keiretsu inter-firm structure which raised the Japanese economy, and to understand the decline of keiretsu nowadays. In Japanese, the word keiretsu is written with two Chinese characters: kei meaning "system" and retsu meaning "line". In other word, it can be best define as the framework of relationships that links banks, manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors. Also, the keiretsu structure cooperates with the Japanese government. Two forms of keiretsus are distinguished: financial or horizontal keiretsus known as the "Big Six", and vertical keiretsu which are suppliers or assembly firms such as Toyota and Matsushita. To understand the topic, we should underline historical and economical facts.