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The Smithers’ view: a rocky road ahead for Japan and the USA

Bruce, Robert - In: Balance Sheet 10 (2002) 3, pp. 19-24

Andrew Smithers is a leading UK economist and pundit. This outline of a talk which he gave to the UK Asset and Liability Management Association earlier this year looks at the economic prognosis for both the Japanese and the US economies. Both are facing tough and almost impossible choices, he...

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Strategy implications of business culture differences between Japan and China

Li, Xinjian; Putterill, Martin - In: Business Strategy Series 8 (2007) 2, pp. 148-154

‐Turner (1998) and on the base of comprehensive field visits and observation undertaken in China and Japan over the past several … business management developing business opportunities in Japan and China. Originality/value – This article elucidates the … differences in business culture between Japan and China and shows to the global business community that a differentiated view of …

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Porter's business strategies in Japan

Allen, Richard S.; Helms, Marilyn M.; Jones, Holly; … - In: Business Strategy Series 9 (2007) 1, pp. 37-44

Purpose – The Japanese government is promoting a move towards a variety of generic business strategies based on the Porter Prize as a way to regain global competitiveness and end their long economic recession. The purpose of this paper is to report on the current state of Japanese business...

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Placing the Japanese retail sector in context: issues for marketers in overseas companies

Lee, Yang‐Im; Trim, Peter R.J. - In: Business Strategy Series 9 (2008) 5, pp. 243-248

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the retailing industry in Japan, in order that … interlinked bodies of knowledge was conducted. Findings – The retailing sector in Japan is both complex and well established … establish sustainable business relationships based on trust. The multi‐layered distribution system in Japan dictates the role of …

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The effect of China's RMB exchange rate movement on its agricultural export

Chen, Longjiang - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 1, pp. 26-41

) effect and exchange rate risk effect. The empirical examination results, taking China's agricultural exports to Japan as a … volatility positively stimulates agricultural exports to Japan. However, the effect of exchange rate volatility on the export is …

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Visual communications – the Japanese experience

Mestre, Michel; Stainer, Alan; Stainer, Lorice; Strom, Bill - In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal 5 (2000) 1, pp. 34-41

four distinct advantages: assimilation, exposure, evoking and unifying. In Japan, they are related to underlying inherent …

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Communication competency of Japanese managers in Singapore

Kameda, Naoki - In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal 5 (2000) 4, pp. 204-210

In this day of internationalization and electronic information, communication competency is truly required for global managers. Japanese global managers, however, are often criticized as lacking the power of expression. It is said that they are very poor at communicating with their foreign...

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Financial reporting on the Internet by leading Japanese companies

Marston, Claire - In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal 8 (2003) 1, pp. 23-34

of a survey of Internet reporting by the top 99 Japanese companies in 1998. It was found that the majority of these … which had no Web site or only a Japanese Web site in 1998. It was found that the majority of these companies now have an …

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Silence during intercultural communication: a case study

Fujio, Misa - In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal 9 (2004) 4, pp. 331-339

This is a case study of USA‐Japan intercultural communication, analyzing a one‐hour meeting between a US manager, a … Japanese manager and a Japanese junior staff member of a US company operating in Japan. The study focuses on miscommunication …

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Effective interpersonal communication in Japanese companies under performance‐ based personnel practices

Yamaguchi, Ikushi - In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal 10 (2005) 2, pp. 139-155

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships among information‐seeking behavior, interpersonal communication, perceived procedural justice, and the reduction of job‐related uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach – The sample consisted of 323 Japanese...

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