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Understand the reasoning and rational of the "Keiretsu" families.
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With that understanding, one can better understand the reasoning and rational of the "Keiretsu" families. Keiretsu families are groups of businesses organized together as strategic alliances, and make up the backbone of Japanese industrial organization. An American corporation is forced to maximize profits to satisfy stockholders. Japanese corporations, by joining a keiretsu, can be spared this pressure of chasing short sighted profits because fully 78% of stock is owned by members of the keiretsu.3 Rather than profits, the keiretsu members want certain preferential treatment as customers and suppliers of the corporation.4 In order to understand how the 'keiretsu' works, and how it gives Japan a near insurmountable strategic advantage in empire building (strategic conquest of markets), I will discuss the role of the keiretsu in each stage of industry, and show its impact given that role. Initial Investment. In order for a business to make a capital investment, it requires financial capital....
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