theoretical background, personal experience and results of an intensive questionnaire survey conducted in Hong Kong, Japan and the …

Japan. Productivity improvement programmes, particularly in Canada, are examined to determine why some fail while others …

been “buried” by rewarding structured achievers. Comparisons are drawn with Japan, where egalitarianism contrasts with US …

is on the industrial development that took place in Germany, the UK, Japan and the USA. The role of a domestic market …

international markets, Japan is finding that the international scene presents a significantly different set of challenges from those … encountered and surmounted domestically. Those skills and attributes that brought Japan domestic success do not easily translate … from “normal” business and credit risk. The speed at which Japan can reinvent itself and address its current economic and …

abounded to explain the influence of Japanese management practices and their role in Japan’s competitiveness. The conclusions …

/methodology/approach – This study uses a sample consisting of 208 firms listed in the Japan Nikkei Stock Index 500 and adopts three-stage least … alternative energies, and ecological information. These results reveal environmental behavior of sample firms in Japan to mitigate …

culture in general. Describes key features of the Buyer/Seller relationship as it is in Japan′s “vertical” society, later …

‐driven innovation in the medical device industry in Japan.  …