... boats, animals, and tools. And in A.D. 301, the Roman Emperor Diocletian issued an edict specifying maximum prices for everything from poultry to gold, and maximum wages for everyone from lawyers ... demonstrated a knack for bringing new products to market quickly. However, we mention the keiretsu organizational form here only because of one of its more unheralded benefits: it is a form of business ... (ibid., p. 164). 13 This explanation for long term contracting has been argued at length by Ronald P. Dore, Taking Japan Seriously (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1987). 14 Ibid.,...