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Curwen, Peter - In: European Business Review 94 (1994) 1, pp. 17-23

and Japan. Discusses the most recent, ongoing battle, which concerns High‐definition Television (HDTV). The approach taken … modern digital technology, whereas the EC and Japan initially set out to develop old‐fashioned analogue systems – and indeed …

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Europe′s Asian opportunities learning from the USA and Japan

Ju Choi, Chong; Hee Lee, Soo; Lynskey, Michael J. - In: European Business Review 95 (1995) 2, pp. 24-27

the relationship between the USA and Japan. Research has greatly neglected such comparisons between Europe and Asia … Japan, and whether European countries and companies can avoid such future defeats. …

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International approaches to computer‐integrated manufacturing perspectives from Europe and Japan

Hardaker, Glenn; Ahmed, Pervaiz K. - In: European Business Review 95 (1995) 2, pp. 28-39

Highlights similarities, as well as differences, between European and Japanese approaches to implementing computer‐integrated manufacturing (CIM), and is based on research which uses the 7S model, developed by McKinsey & Co., as an underlying framework. Considers a umber of pertinent factors...

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Do Japanese companies have a competitive strategy?

Mourdoukoutas, Panos; Papadimitriou, Stratos - In: European Business Review 98 (1998) 4, pp. 227-234

Responding to Michael Porter’s claim that “Japanese companies rarely have a strategy”, this paper argues that the competitive advantage of Japanese enterprises is not to be found in traditional practices. Rather, it is due to the way these practices are upgraded and reinforced by...

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The promotion of strategic community management utilizing video‐based information networks

Kodama, Mitsuru - In: Business Process Management Journal 8 (2002) 5, pp. 462-489

‐based information networks over the past four years in Japan are taken as examples. This paper describes how knowledge and competencies …

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From an envelope to a dream note and a computer – The award‐winning experiences of post‐war Japanese household accounting practices

Komori, Naoko; Humphrey, Christopher - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 13 (2000) 4, pp. 450-474

This paper explores the development of household accounting practice in post‐war Japan through a review of reported …

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Understanding non‐financial performance measurement practices in Japanese banks

Hussain, Mostaque; Hoque, Zahirul - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 15 (2002) 2, pp. 162-183

This paper reports the performance measurement practices of four Japanese banks. The research is a field study informed by the new institutional sociology theory. It sought to understand and explain what factors affected the design and use of non‐financial performance measurement systems in...

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Japanese cost management meets Sri Lankan politics

Wickramasinghe, Danture; Hopper, Trevor; Rathnasiri, … - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 17 (2004) 1, pp. 85-120

The Sri Lanka Telecommunications company was recently partially privatised and a major Japanese company became responsible for its management. Previously, it was a government department characterised by rule bound, bureaucratic management and political interventions into operational issues. The...

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Towards the feminization of accounting practice

Komori, Naoko - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 21 (2008) 4, pp. 507-538

some women accounting professionals in Japan have brought about changes in accounting practice there by applying a uniquely … and cultural context in Japan will make it difficult for the country to converge its accounting and auditing with global … auditing operate in Japan. Originality/value – By making a close analysis of the process by which Japanese women have entered …

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The development of budgets and their use for purposes of control in Japanese aviation, 1928‐1945

Noguchi, Masayoshi; Boyns, Trevor - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 25 (2012) 3, pp. 416-451

archives of “closedown institutions” this paper examines the role of the state in determining the use of budgets within Japan … Air Transport (1928‐1938) and Japan Airways (1938‐1945). The paper adopts the lens of new institutional sociology to … examine the changes in the use of budgets effected when Japan Airways succeeded Japan Air Transport. Findings – Prior to 1938 …

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