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Top team characteristics and the business strategies of japanese firms

Simeon, Roblyn - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 1 (2001) 2, pp. 4-12

This study is an extension of research which links top management team characteristics and the use of a variety of business strategies. Agency theory and information processing theory provided the framework used to investigate the complex business strategies of 219 Japanese firms in four...

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Introducing officer systems in Japanese companies

Masui, Kazuhito; Kakabadse, Andrew - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 2 (2002) 1, pp. 10-12

Notes that after a serious recession which is still haunting Japan, board members of Japanese corporations are being … improve management. However, there are some companies in Japan which have handled the transition successfully. Argues that …

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Organizational governance in internal hybrids: a case study of Maekawa Manufacturing Ltd

Peltokorpi, Vesa; Tsuyuki, Emiko - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 7 (2007) 2, pp. 123-135

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which scholars have proposed organizational forms combining elements of markets and hierarchies. These hybrid forms are based on networked connections and bottom‐up entrepreneurship, fostering knowledge sharing among...

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New perspective for the management of M&A process: a merger case of a Japanese pharmaceutical company

Shibayama, Sotaro; Tanikawa, Kunihiro; Kimura, Hiromichi - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 11 (2011) 1, pp. 77-89

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to provide a new perspective for effective management of the merger and acquisition (M&A) process by making use of a case study of a merger in the Japanese pharmaceutical industry. As corporate governance and culture are notably employee‐oriented in...

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Attitudes and values in Chinese manufacturing companies

Alas, Ruth - In: Chinese Management Studies 2 (2008) 1, pp. 32-51

manufacturing companies in comparison with values and attitudes in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. Design … the determinants of pay. A survey was conducted in two plants in the electronics industry in China, Japan, South Korea and …, among values at the societal level and job‐related attitudes in China, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. It is argued that …

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A comparative innovation study of China, Japan and Taiwan

Johnson, William H.A.; Chuang, Michael - In: Chinese Management Studies 4 (2010) 4, pp. 385-400

found that the Taiwanese experience towards proactive innovation lies in between China and Japan in terms of progress on the …

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The Diaoyu Islands, China‐Japan guan‐xi and nuclear war: is there a role for Thomas‐Kilman model?

Foo, Check‐Teck - In: Chinese Management Studies 7 (2013) 1, pp. 12-35

nuclear outbreak. Third World War may just be sparked off with Russia aligned with China against Japan and the USA. Design …

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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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