Helper and Sako (1995) did detect some convergence in the way U.S. and Japanese carmakers work with suppliers.

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Moreover, the per barrel cost of pumping oil through Burma to Yunnan and then refining it and transporting it to market will likely be several times the cost of carrying it through Malacca on a supertanker to Eastern China's large demand centers.