Author: Tetsuya Fujimoto
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Category : Corporation, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Author: Hiroshi Shimizu
Publisher: NUS Press
ISBN: 9789971693848
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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This pioneering work discusses the role of Japan in the economic development of Singapore since 1965 by looking at the nature and extent of the value-added activities of Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) in the manufacturing, construction, and retailing sectors. Japan's economic presence and influence were very strong in Singapore during this period. The city-state was a major recipient of Japanese foreign direct investment in Asia, and was also an important overseas customer for Japanese manufacturing and construction firms. In this book, Hiroshi Shimizu examines the value-added activities of Japanese multinational corporations in Singapore, drawing on case studies of leading companies such as Minebea, Pokka Corporation, Kikkoman, Bridgestone, and Isetan. He uses this information to analyse Japanese foreign direct investment in Singapore as part of an Asian or global strategy, explaining competition and co-operation between Japanese MNCs and local firms, and evaluating various factors that led to a decline of Japan and the rise in the importance of China in Singapore, particularly since the late 1990s.

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Author: Eyal Ben-Ari
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136116109
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245

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The Japanese impact on Southeast Asia has been profound, not only in terms of economic presence, but equally in terms of an increasingly visible cultural presence. Food, fashion, TV, film, religion, sport, popular music, ideas about management and social relationships and even local literatures have been profoundly impacted by the flows of cultural influences from Japan. This volume examines these flows and their consequences in Singapore, a Southeast Asian society in which the Japanese presence is so visible as to make it a regional paradigm for a study of cultural influence in the region.

Author: Eiichi Ohki
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Category : International business enterprises
Languages : en
Pages : 26

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Languages : en
Pages : 151

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Author: Peter Daniels
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351923897
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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The acquisition and management of information is central to the operation and marketing of many service-providing firms and other organizations. Their varied knowledge requirements influence approaches to organizational structure, relationships to other organizations, the location of operations, and entry into new markets. In this book, an international and interdisciplinary team of leading scholars examines the attributes of knowledge acquisition and diffusion within and across service-providing organizations. Using a variety of case examples, they pay particular attention to the processes of internationalization and the ways in which service-providing organizations affect regional economic development.

Author: SHU. ZHANG
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ISBN: 9781361404386
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Languages : en
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This dissertation, "Make a Company Localized or Personalized: a Case Study of a Japanese Electric Subsidiary in Shanghai" by Shu, Zhang, 章抒, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of thesis entitled Make a Company Localized or Personalized: A Case Study of a Japanese Electric Subsidiary in Shanghai submitted by Zhang Shu for the degree of Master of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong in April 2005 As the Chinese market grows, management localization is becoming a high priority among Japanese subsidiaries in China. However, there have not been any in- depth studies that look at the effects that management localization may bring to a Japanese company, or how Chinese managers use the authority with which they are empowered in a localization process. Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews, this study explores the formulation and the consequences of the localization strategy which is employed in a Japanese electronic sales subsidiary in Shanghai. Through the examination of human resource management and the power and position of Chinese staff in the company (Chapters 3 & 4), my research finds that local talents have generally been promoted to second-tier management positions. Ms. Zhu is the most powerful local manager I have observed. As the Deputy General Manager of the Administration and Finance Department, she not only controls the key issues of human resources, accounting, IT and logistics, but also enjoys more authority and control over local employees than do her top Japanese managers in the office. However, when further exploring the respective motivations of Japanese Expatriates (JE), Overseas Chinese Expatriates (OCE) and Local Managers (LM) regarding the localization issue (Chapters 5 & 6), my investigation reveals that JEs' preference of localization is relative to their interests in career development and ambition to succeed in the Chinese market. The OCEs are represented in my research by Mr. Ishii, a Shanghai-born Chinese who joined the company in Tokyo and acquired Japan nationality in his 30s. Owing to his dual identity of being both the expatriate Vice-President and a Shanghai native, he became a key person in starting and conducting the localization program of the company. However, during the localization process, he also acquired experience and built a network so that he would be able to start a company providing IT and consulting services for the Japanese subsidiary after he quit his job there. In other words, the practice of localization was a kind of preparation for his private business in Shanghai. When Ms. Zhu was promoted by Mr. Ishii, she utilized her powerful position to acquire personal financial gain by, for example, giving company contracts to her friends. The localization process provided chances for Ishii and Zhu to gain more power in the company, especially with regard to the management of local staff and their authority in choosing local service partners, which made their Chinese subordinates claim that the company had become Ishii and Zhu's personal property. In this sense, the company was also personalized in the localization process. To sum up, this case study sheds lights on the dynamic and diversified nature of localization. It shows the process of localization is not merely a position transfer from expatriates to local talents but involves power struggles among various interest groups. My study suggests that a localization strategy could make companies vulnerable to personalization by local manag

Author: Kwok Leung
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 140207932X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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Our understanding of management in Asia has not kept pace with the demands of managers and students. The Handbook of Asian Management provides in-depth critical reviews of central topics in strategy and organizational behavior research in Asian contexts. Leading scholars take stock of what has been learned and give clear directions towards greater rigor and relevance for research in this region.

Author: Paul Hong
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811376352
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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This book provides an overview of evolving patterns of trade partnership with historical perspective. It presents changing requirements of industry competitiveness and explains the vital relationships between trade partnerships and industry competitiveness. As well, it further examines the interactive relationships between trade partnerships and industry competitiveness. In recent years, with decreasing strategic alliances among nations and less visibility of international governance mechanisms (e.g., WTO) and counter to globalization, preferential trade agreements and free-trade agreements have proliferated among nations. At the same time, industrial competitiveness is becoming a serious strategic policy priority of nations—both advanced and emerging economies. Theoretical discussion focuses on the practices of global network capabilities for the top of the pyramid (ToP) and base of the pyramid (BoP). Special focus is on trade partnerships and industry competitiveness in the Asian economies (China, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia), three ASEAN nations (Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia), and Mexico. Extensive industry and firm-level case studies discuss ToP and BoP interface capabilities in the form of manufacturing and services life-cycle management, which extends value creation and delivery of manufacturing and services. This extension integrates the cloud ecosystem, such as timely data/information/knowledge flows via the virtual world; and ground value chains, such as the flow of complex real goods and services in the visible world.