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keiretsu

A Dictionary of Business and Management | 2006 | 286 words | Copyright

keiretsu In Japan, a group of companies that have interlocking cross-holdings. These are usually minor shareholdings to cement relationships and typically involve at least one financial institution. The keiretsu is now the main form of business organization in Japan. Compare zaibatsu.

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