@article{helper_strategy_1991, title = {Strategy and {Irreversibility} in {Supplier} {Relations}: {The} {Case} of the {U}.{S}. {Automobile} {Industry}}, volume = {65}, issn = {2044-768X, 0007-6805}, shorttitle = {Strategy and {Irreversibility} in {Supplier} {Relations}}, url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-history-review/article/abs/strategy-and-irreversibility-in-supplier-relations-the-case-of-the-us-automobile-industry/F7406439D41BEC5DFB52D04909DA10BE}, doi = {10.2307/3117265}, abstract = {The purchasing strategies of the dominant U.S. automakers form a topic neglected by both economists and business historians. The following article examines the automakers' changing relations with their suppliers throughout the twentieth century. Using the exit/voice paradigm, it establishes a framework that can account for both current and past strategies, even when they seem to contradict the logic of economic theory.}, language = {en}, number = {4}, urldate = {2021-06-17}, journal = {Business History Review}, author = {Helper, Susan}, year = {1991}, keywords = {Business History and gender}, pages = {781--824}, }