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(esp. in Japan) A loose coalition of business groups

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  • Japan's unique form of capitalism, based as it is on huge industrial groups called keiretsu, is beginning to fade.
  • Also missed were the structural limitations of Japan's "keiretsu" or cartels, most of which are illegal but exist as an open dirty secret.
  • The command-and-control system on debt, involving the bureaucracy and many inter-linked "keiretsu" banking institutions has been falling away.
  • He thoroughly reviewed the "keiretsu" business partnerships that characterize Japanese-style management and conducted large-scale workforce cuts.
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