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Subcontracting, flexible specialization, and Britain's internationalcompetitiveness; subcontracting and the economics of transactions costs; howdo external pressures on firms lead to more subcontracting?; subcontractingin the United Kingdom and Japan - a preliminary account - subcontracting inthe UK; subcontracting in Japan; the industries and firms - the choice ofindustries and firms; the choice of industries, the company interviewingprogramme, introduction to the industries; engineering, the motor industry,the electronics industry; the engineering companies - the companies; thesubcontracting decision; the British principals, the Japanese principals,supply chain management; subcontractor selection, development and monitoring,contractual arrangements and the subcontracting relationship,sub-subcontracting; the subcontractors' experience of subcontracting;subcontractors' perceptions of their competitive advantage, subcontractorselection and monitoring, contractual relations, technology transfer andother help, dependence, dualism and opportunism?; the motor industrycompanies - the companies; the subcontracting decision; the Britishprincipals, the Japanese principals, supply chain management; subcontractorselection, development and monitoring, contractual arrangements and thesubcontracting relationship, sub-subcontracting, the subcontractors'experience of subcontracting; subcontractors' perceptions of theircompetitive advantage, subcontractor selection and monitoring, contractualrelations, technology transfer and other help, dependence, dualism andopportunism?, the electronic companies - the companies; the subcontractingdecision; the British principals, the Japanese principals, supply chainmanagement; subcontractor selection, development and monitoring, contractualarrangements and the subcontracting relationship, sub-subcontracting, thesubcontractors' experience of subcontracting; subcontractors' perceptions oftheir competitive advantage, subcontractor selection and monitoring,contractual relations, technology transfer and other help, dependence,dualism and opportunism?, the Japanese subcontracting relations -introduction; Japanese subcontracting relationships in practice; the basis ofsubcontract trading - a code of faith, ahum-no-kokyuu - "breathing inharmony", or maintaining a cooperative attitude, joint development, Partcontents.