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Redundant employees who turn up for work every day

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 1, pp. 44-45

A company’s “core” workers in Japan can still expect jobs for life, but recession has brought an end to automatic …

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In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 2, pp. 53-54

“All you need is love” is not only the title of a famous Beatles song but also a guiding principle behind education and training at a multinational retailing chain. This article describes the unusual staff‐development practices employed by Yaohan International Group.

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Toray trains managers to look to the future

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 2, pp. 71-72

Companies in declining industries can still be successful, as the experience of Toray of Japan, the world’s largest …

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Japanese trade unions: myth and reality

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 5, pp. 162-163

So‐called “enterprise” unions ‐ in which membership is restricted to a company’s employees ‐ predominate in Japan. Some …

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Testing time for trade unionists

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 5, pp. 173-175

Investigates why unions have found it so difficult to get a foothold in Japanese‐owned automobile factories in the USA.

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The challenges facing western women who work in Japan

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 6, pp. 212-214

female managers working in Japan cope with this environment? A recent study investigated. …

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Japanese vocational training under the microscope

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 6, pp. 228-230

training in Japan. Describes the current structures and possible reforms. …

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Local heroes?

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 6, pp. 231-233

pie. But a Japan‐based multinational supermarket chain offers a more thorough and all‐embracing training programme to its …

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Entrepreneurial service performance and technology management

Carraher, Shawn M.; McClure Franklin, Geralyn; Parnell, … - In: Journal of Technology Management in China 1 (2006) 1, pp. 107-117

technologically oriented performance in technologically oriented businesses in mainland China and Japan. Design …/methodology/approach – Data was collected from 262 employees in mainland China and 236 employees in Japan pertaining to their service and … satisfaction, performance orientation, and helpfulness. In Japan, the seven dimensions consisted of extroversion, emotional …

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Technology transfer in Asia: challenges from a cross‐cultural perspective

Hirt, Christian - In: Journal of Technology Management in China 7 (2012) 1, pp. 4-21

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight challenges to the transfer of technologies which are caused by the internationalization of companies and the need to outsource production in a globalized business environment. Aside from typical methods of transfer by means of documents or...

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