Abstract
Many scholars hold that Japan’s machine industries became the world’s strongest competitors, because they are built on small- and medium-sized (hereinafter small and medium) suppliers and semifinished-goods subcontractors with high technological capability, especially in production control know-how. The casting, forging, metal stamping, and powder metallurgy industries are important suppliers to a range of machine industries.1 The quality of their parts strongly affects the quality of final products. Most casting firms classified as subcontractors are small- to medium-sized in terms of capital and employees.
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Kojima, S. (1999). Foundry Industry. In: Okada, Y. (eds) Japan’s Industrial Technology Development. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68509-8_4
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