The Weaknesses of Kyrgyz Exporters Compared to the Japanese Trading Companies in the Context of Chandler’s Industrial Organization

Abstract

The Kyrgyz model of export, for example of agricultural products, often demonstrates its organizational weakness which is not stimulating the economy of the country as a whole. This article shows the example of the Japanese general trading companies which successfully developed their own model of optimized outer trade in the context of Chandler’s industrial organization theory.

Keywords

• kyrgyz economy
• japan’s keiretsu
• general trading companies
• sogo shosha
• industrial organization
• alfred chandler
• international trade