keiretsu
noun
kei·ret·su
kā-ˈret-(ˌ)sü 
ke-
plural keiretsu also keiretsus
: a powerful alliance of Japanese businesses often linked by cross-shareholding
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The stock exchange is pushing the country’s sprawling conglomerates, known as keiretsu, to streamline their organizational structure.
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Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 4 Mar. 2024
Japanese markets are also pushing the country’s sprawling conglomerates, known as keiretsu, to streamline their complicated organizational structure.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 23 Feb. 2024
Their keiretsu system of manufacturers, supplies and distributors all working closely together has been imitated by other cultures since the 1980s, but has been hard to duplicate.
—Kerri Thurston, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
The keiretsu that flushed productive firms with capital during periods of high productivity proved unable to mobilize capital when those firms faced stresses.
—Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 17 Aug. 2020
And when the Japanese were eclipsing the U.S. economy through the keiretsu, large affiliated industrial companies working hand in hand with government—until Japan’s Lost Decade became two.
—Stanley F. Druckenmiller, WSJ, 2 May 2018
The firm was taken by the Japanese idea of keiretsu, a network of like-minded companies that support one another through partnerships and equity stakes.
—Bloomberg.com, 13 Mar. 2018
Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 4 Mar. 2024
Japanese markets are also pushing the country’s sprawling conglomerates, known as keiretsu, to streamline their complicated organizational structure.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 23 Feb. 2024
Their keiretsu system of manufacturers, supplies and distributors all working closely together has been imitated by other cultures since the 1980s, but has been hard to duplicate.
—Kerri Thurston, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
The keiretsu that flushed productive firms with capital during periods of high productivity proved unable to mobilize capital when those firms faced stresses.
—Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 17 Aug. 2020
And when the Japanese were eclipsing the U.S. economy through the keiretsu, large affiliated industrial companies working hand in hand with government—until Japan’s Lost Decade became two.
—Stanley F. Druckenmiller, WSJ, 2 May 2018
The firm was taken by the Japanese idea of keiretsu, a network of like-minded companies that support one another through partnerships and equity stakes.
—Bloomberg.com, 13 Mar. 2018
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“Keiretsu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keiretsu. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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