In Japan, the center firm in a strategic network of vertical relationships might be expected to undertake all of the following EXCEPT:
A) reducing its transaction costs by promoting longer-term contracts with subcontractors.
B) enabling engineers in upstream companies to have better communication with those companies with which it has contracts for services.
C) encouraging subcontractors to modernize their facilities and providing them with technical and financial assistance to do so.
D) decreasing communications between network members to reduce communication costs.

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Decreasing communications between network members to reduce communication costs would not be expected in a strategic network of vertical relationships in Japan. Communication is valued in Japanese business culture and building relationships through communication is a key part of conducting business.

In Japan, the Center Firm in a Strategic Network of Vertical