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Success Story Profiles | A Specialist Offers Advice | Japan Observer |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Ten Private, Unlisted Companies Set to Outperform in 2009 | "Indulgent Parsimony Is the Key for Japan's Consumer Marketers" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: How Are Small Companies Handling the Crisis? Three On-the-Ground Business Executives Chime In; Yen to Gain Strength from Foreign Profit Repatriation Tax Break; Etc. | |
| TRADING COMPANIES: Getting Serious
About Rare Metals READER SURVEY: Possible Goldman Deal for Universal Studios Japan Is Bad Deal for US Taxpayers |
"Indulgent Parsimony Is the Key for Japan's Consumer Marketers" (Part One) | Japan Insight: Saint-Gobain Hopes for Key to Japan Tech; Belgian Pharma Firm UCB To Remain Focused on Japan; Etc. | |
| DEAL UPDATE: As Always, Japan Is a Bit Different | "Ideas for Training Your Japan Salesforce" | Japan Insight: Ajinomoto Details Strategy; Xinhua Finance Remains on Mothers; Cost Causes More Foreign Companies to De-List in Japan; An Old Japan Hand Now Advising Obama; ‘Obama Bonds’ Coming to Japan?; Etc. | |
| STAFF LAYOFFS: Big cuts On the Way
For IBM Japan Credit Crunch in Japan: Japanese Companies Remain Relatively Cash-Rich |
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: With Former Chairman of Outback Steakhouse Japan | Japan Insight: Dance Comedy and Rakugo Abroad; What Shochiku Co.’s Problems May Mean for Kabukiza Theatre; Obama Marketing at JR West?; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Japan's
Under-the-Radar Technologies (Part Two) Credit Crunch in Japan: Winners and Losers Already |
"How to Have a Clear Hiring Strategy for Japan" | Japan Insight: Free Trade Agreement with Indonesia is All About Energy and Imported Labor; Zeiss Planetarium in Hokkaido; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Japan's
Under-the-Radar Technologies (Part One) Is Japan Ready to Embrace the Global Delivery Model?: The Wipro Japan Story |
"Power to the People -- New Developments in Japan's Electricity Market?" | Japan Insight: Soren Celinder Leaves Pfizer, Goes Fishing...While Iwasaki Soothes the Staff...and Pfizer Japan Avoids Additional Staff Cut Expenses in Nagoya; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: What's Next for
Japan's Real Estate Market INDUSTRY FOCUS: Expert Networks are Coming to Japan |
"Selections from the Best Academic Research on Japan's Companies and Industries" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: Engineered Blue-Fin Tuna Must Still Pass the Taste Test; Sakai City's Power Plant Puts It on the Map -- Finally; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: The Importance of
Japan to Goldman Sachs
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"Lessons in How Japan Reduced Traffic Deaths from Motorcycles" | Japan Insight: New Eco-Housing Brand Comes Out of Tostem-Inax Merger; Why .jp Domains Are Safer and More Secure; Ignorance of Muslims Not Limited to Anime Creators; Etc. | |
| Catching Up to Where It Should
Already Be: The Siemens Japan Story Going After the Mass Affluent: The HSBC Japan Story |
"Selections from the Best Academic Research on Japan's Companies and Industries" (Part One) | Japan Insight: Goldman Builds Its Own Keiretsu in Japan; Mangajin is Still Available; Etc. | |
| Looking for Rich Dentists: The
Sirona Dental Japan Story Caterpillar Japan Re-Do: Caterpillar Takes Over at Shin-Caterpillar Mitsubishi |
"Tips on Finding and Using Quality Japan Business Information Sources" | Japan Insight: Lone Star Will Likely Pay Some Back Taxes; Lehman Has Itself to Blame In Marubeni Quarrel; More on Linc Media’s Failed Deal; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Twelve
Independent, Unlisted Firms Set to Outperform in 2008 "Excessively-Profitable": The Puma Japan Story |
"Influencing Policy Outcomes
in Japan and How to Lobby"
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Japan Insight: Linc Media Deal With US Firm May Be On The Rocks; Newell Rubbermaid Buys Aprica Kassai; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: The Pharmacy
Business in Japan Seeking to Thrive as a Niche Imported Brand: The Ford Japan Story |
"How Japanese Citizens'
Groups Use the Internet"
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Japan Insight: Microsoft's Yahoo! Bid Could Shake Things Up in Japan; Etc. | |
| Making Adhesives and Haircare a
Winning Combination: The Henkel Japan Story Wholesale Bank Makes Households A Priority: The Standard Chartered Japan Story |
"Solutions for Non-Japanese
Engineers Working with Japanese"
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Japan Insight: Hedge Fund DB Zwirn Invests in Japan; Sudden Death of Skadden Japan Partner Raises Questions; Etc. | |
| A Merged Company Tries to Raise
Its Profile: Nokia Siemens Networks Japan Prudential Japan: Preparing Gibraltar Brand for the Bank Channel |
"Japanese Management Leads to Edge in IP Cultivation" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: Shire Pharma's Growing Japan Business; Neo Market Finally Gets a Listing; Small Software Firm Challenges IBM with Japanese Baseball; Etc. | |
| Cardinal Japan Hospital Products:
Two Years to a "Transformative Acquisition" McCann-Erickson Japan: "We Compete with Agencies Ten Times Our Size" |
"Racing Ahead at the Speed of Light: Foreign Investors Target IP" (Part One) | Japan Insight: Slow LNG Spot Market Development; Rohm & Haas Japan Continues Restructuring; Etc. | |
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| SPECIAL REPORT: Twelve Private,
Unlisted Companies Set to Outperform in 2007 An Under Re-Insured Market, and Risk Swaps Too: The Swiss Re Japan Story |
"Understanding the Evolution of the Otaku Concept, and How to Market to Otaku" | Japan Insight: Ellis and Ebner Take Stakes in Japan: Another SSJ Exclusive; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Money Management
and Hedge Funds in Japan: The Importance of Establishing an Equity Culture Encouraging Efficiency in Routine Medical Practices: The Smiths Medical Japan Story |
"Increased Activity in Senior Housing --But Will Foreigners Notice?" | Japan Insight: Circuit City Chairman Seeks to Gain Membership on Board of Super-Elite Japanese Golf Club; Nakayama Shoji's Partnership with Kawasaki Heavy Industries; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Japan's Emerging
Energy Efficiency Technologies Management Secrets in Medical Devices: The Medtronic Japan Story |
"The Importance of Establishing a Hybrid Culture in Cross-Border M&A" | Japan Insight: Is Softbank Stupid, or Just Getting Sloppy?; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Mobile Comics,
Mobile Online Gaming, and 3G Rich Games in Japan Scientific-Atlanta and Cisco in Japan: Next Up is Next-Generation IP |
"Japanese M&A: The Deals That Never Close, and Why" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: Pfizer Japan and Merck Banyu -- Back to Business After Japan Labor Turmoil?; Sazaby League Offers Fashion Brands as an Alternative; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Changing Opportunities in Japan Real Estate, with a Special Focus on Government Asset Sales | "Japanese M&A: The Deals That Never Close, and Why" (Part One) | Japan Insight: Could It Be Goodbye
to Marvel Japan?...And Hello to LCD-TV Maker Syntax-Brillian?; Campbell Soup Japan
Survives Company Review, For Now; Etc. From the Editors: "North Korean Missile Launch Will Stimulate Japan's Defense Sector" |
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| Guthy-Renker Japan: A Direct
Response TV Marketer Looks for the Best Ways to Make Money Kameda Medical Center: What Aspects of a Great Hospital to Emulate?l |
"Think Small, Stand Tall, Don't Fall: Japan's Growing MEMS Market" | Japan Insight: Coffee Beverage
Maker DyDo Drinco's D-1 is a Hit; JCB and Discover Credit Card Alliance Favors Both in the
US, Neither in Japan; Etc. From the Editors: "Our Tenth Year" |
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| SPECIAL REPORT: The New Keiretsu
of Sophisticated and Secretive Global Investment Groups in Japan ISP Japan: There's Few Specialty Chemical Niches It Doesn't Seek to Fill |
"The Next-Generation Battle Is Getting Redefined" | Japan Insight: Hartford Japan
Self-Reinsures to Avoid Having to Make a Second Enormous Capital Injection into its Japan
Unit; Estee Lauder Japan Turns the Corner; Etc. From the Editors: "Help Those Local Officials" |
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| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Dr. Mark
Scher on Japan's Postal Privatization and Why It May Not Go as Expected Everpure Japan: Filtering Japan's Water in Food Service and More |
"Divorce in Japan: What a Mess!" | Japan Insight: Courtesy of AIG,
Direct Marketing Tips for Japan; Itochu Ups Oddcast Stake in Avatar Race From the Editors: "Japan -- An Energy Leader?" |
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| Stryker Japan: Now, Better
Opportunities in Medical Equipment Hertz Japan: Profiting from the Boom In Japanese Individual Travel |
"Hostile M&A in Japan" (Part Two of Two-Part M&A Special) | Japan Insight: Ripplewood Unveils
Its Secret Sauce for Sourcing Japan Deals From the Editors: "More Kayama Yuzo's" |
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| SPECIAL REPORT: A Very Successful
Union Revolt at Pfizer Japan Lucent Japan: Ready Again to Rise Again, and With a Merger Partner Now, Too |
"The Evolution of 'Japan-Style M&A'" (Part One of Two-Part M&A Special) | From the Editors: "Relationships, Good and Bad" | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Fifteen Japanese
Independent Private Companies to Watch in 2006 Shinsei Bank: The Next Five Years Present Different Challenges |
"Initiating a Direct Mail Campaign in Japan" | Japan Insight: Japan to be Major Focus of Nestle's New 500 Million Euro Investment Fund; Deciphering Goldman's Newly-Lauched Japan Consumption Index; Etc. | |
| Finally, the Year It's Been
Waiting For: The Nihon Schering Story Just Four Large Customers: The Teradyne Japan Story |
"How Companies Are Reacting to Japan's New Privacy Law" | Japan Insight: Citizens' Groups Become More Active; Softbank Revisited; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Japan's Senior
Housing Market After Toshiba, It's Back to Being Small: The Electrolux Japan Story |
"Effective Selling Techniques in Japan" | Japan Insight: Tower Automotive Japan Focuses on Liaison, Looks to Asia; Measuring Japanese Companies by their Foreign Patents; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Japan's Emerging
Generic Drug Market It's All About Having the Right Stores: The Timberland Japan Story |
"Tapping Into the Japanese Mobile Economy" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: More Capital for Contract Research Firm Moss Institute; Tough Times for Precision Valve Japan; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Private Equity in Japan | "Tapping Into the Japanese Mobile Economy" (Part One) | Japan Insight: A Closer Look at the Japan Private Investment Activities of the Sage Capital Growth/Giuliani Partners Alliance; Etc. | |
| Complexity Reigns, but Growth
Nevertheless: The Sumitomo 3M Story Grant Thornton Japan: Changes in the Financial Landscape Mean It's Time to Acquire |
"A Direct Mail Vacuum Creates Opportunity for Foreign Marketers" | Japan Insight: Swedish Firm Hoganas Challenges the Locals in Powdered Metal; Nintendo Finding It Rough to Build Ex-Asia Pokemon Team; Etc. | |
| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Cultural Critic Murakami Takashi, Japan's 'Andy Warhol' | "Ideas for Training Your Japan Salesforce" | Japan Observer: "Do You Own a
Gun?" Japan Insight: Turnaround at Internet Networking Firm Internap Japan? |
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| Daimler Chrysler Japan: Now It's
All About Profitability Door-to-Door Sales and a Traditional Style: The Bose Japan Story |
"A Smorgasboard of Things to Know If You're Running a Firm in Japan" (Part Three) | Japan Insight: Drug Discovery Firms Bringing Nanotechnology and a Renewed Chance for Independence to Japan Pharma; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Raytheon and Discovering the Opportunities in Japan's Defense and Homeland Security Sectors | "A Smorgasboard of Things to Know If You're Running a Firm in Japan" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: Cosmetics firm Markwins International; Magazine publisher IDG Japan; Candid views from the former head of Outback Steakhouse's Japan joint venture; Etc. | |
| Tecan Japan: A Business That is
Ninety Percent Custom Innovasia: A Small Company Helps Bring Choice in Commercial Interiors and Sees the Future of the Cinema, Hotel, Furniture and Hospitality Sectors in Japan |
"A Smorgasboard of Things to Know If You're Running a Firm in Japan" (Part One) | Japan Insight: Could Hartford Japan be Having Trouble?; JustSystem Decides How and When to Launch its XFY Software Product in the US; Etc. | |
| Skandia's Legacy Helps Insurance
Giant Millea Group EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Catching Up on Hitachi |
"What China's Rising Network Entertainment Industry Means for Japan" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: Watson Wyatt Adjusts to the Needs of Corporate Japan; Foreign Emergency Equipment Providers; Etc. | |
| The Revlon Japan Story: After a
V-Shaped Recovery, What Next? Claria Japan: A Different Kind of Online Marketing Firm |
"What China's Rising Network Entertainment Industry Means for Japan" (Part One) | Japan Insight: Tegal Japan Looks to Future Technology; Etc. | |
| The Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi
Story: Hoping 150,000 Customers Will Help it Restore Growth Publicis Groupe: Is There a Japan Strategy Here? |
"How to Have a Clear Hiring Strategy in Japan" | Japan Insight: CR Bard Seeks Acquisitions; The Rise of Pre-Nuptial Agreements; Etc. | |
| The Coleman Japan Story: Outdoor
Recreation is Alot More than Just Camping Jeld-Wen Japan: Doors Open in Japanese Housing |
"Socially-Responsible Investment Upsets Japanese Business" | Japan Insight: Tyco Electronics Japan Serves Customers Globally; New Rules Herald Increased M&A from China | |
| The AIG Japan Story: Too Much for
Japan's Regulators? SPECIAL REPORT: A Look at Affymetrix and Japan's Biotech Industry |
"Lessons of a Foreign Developer in Japan" | Japan Insight: More on Lego Japan; Answering Questions on Danisco Japan; A New Private Equity Directory; Etc. | |
| Ocular Sciences Japan: How it
Introduces Western Management Practices Danisco Japan: Sales of $100 Million and Still More to Do |
"The Top Ten Expectations of Japanese Customers" | SPECIAL REPORT: Japan's Technology Licensing Organizations (TLOs) | |
| Schneider Electric Japan:
Piggybacking in Machine Exports Lego Japan: Fighting for Share of Mind |
"The Soil Contamination Law in Japan: One Year Later" | Japan Insight: Local Film Commissions Promote Localities; Mitsui's Investment in Quintiles Japan; Nihon Unisys' Projects; Etc. | |
| A Japanese Company in All But
Name: Nihon Unisys A Small Company Does What It Needs: Entegris Japan |
"The Most Important Best Practices for Foreign Tech Firms in Japan" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: DBJ Sees Activity in Auto Parts, Semiconductors and Service; For Financial Firms, Hiring is Robust in Key Areas; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Japanese Brands in
the Coming Decade They're Hiring!: The Quintiles Japan Story |
"The Most Important Best Practices for Foreign Tech Firms in Japan" (Part One) | Japan Insight: Bank of Japan Invests with Highbridge; Toppan Printing Acts as Agent for Small Firms; More on Lionbridge and Microsoft Japan; Etc. | |
| Mobile, Telematics and Beyond:
Qualcomm Japan Becton Dickinson Japan: Good Government Relations and HR Systems |
"Diary of an Acquisition Integration -- Japan Style" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: US Style Guru Considers Japan; Japan's Small Company Potential; Second Tier B2B E-commerce Sites; Etc. | |
| A Dual Strategy for Profit and
Growth: Hennessy Japan Lionbridge Japan: Still Not Targeting Its Best Opportunity |
"Diary of an Acquisition Integration -- Japan Style" (Part One) | Japan Insight: The Securitization Boom and What It Means for Law Firms; What FTC's Raid on Microsoft Japan Really Means; Etc. | |
| 4Kids Entertainment CEO Al Kahn
Explains Why Japan is Key Masco Japan: Cannibalizing the Weakness in the Market |
"It's Time to Re-Energize Your Organization!'" | Japan Insight: Health Services Opportunities in Japan after Emeritus and Beverly; SSJ Readers Got the Scoop on DoCoMo AOL and Den Fujita Well Before Others; Etc. | |
| Campbell Soup Japan: Heading
'Beyond the Can' Lectra Japan: Mastering Small Company Customers |
"Japan's Media World as a 'Cultural Minefield'" | Japan Insight: One City's Business Promotion Grants; Iwami Kagura; APU's Business School; Etc. | |
| AGF/Kraft Japan: Profiting from
'Historical Baggage' Alcatel Japan: Seeing Japan as a Telecom Laboratory |
"Influencing Policy Outcomes in Japan" | Japan Insight: X3D Negotiating to Bring 3D ads to Japan; Collecting Commercial Debts; Disorganized EDS; Etc. | |
| Dresser Japan: Well-Known in the
Energy Industry Kone Japan: A Single Alliance that Works Worldwide |
Excerpting Some of the World's Best Academic Research on Japan Business | Japan Insight: A US Personal Products Brand Marketer Seeks Japan Expansion; More on Japan's First Foreign-Developed Shopping Mall; Etc. | |
| Mastercard Japan: Focused on the
Largest Opportunities Corning Japan: Looking to Achieve a Better Balance |
"Management Training and Organizational Development in Japan" | Japan Insight: Estee Lauder Launches Another Brand; NYFix Seeks to Expand; More Signs of Interest in Japan's Creative and Cultural Content; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Direct Marketing
in Japan BEA Systems Japan: Enabling Commerce |
"Japan Discovers Intellectual Property" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: Advantage Partners Sees a Rosy Private Equity Future; Osaka Prefecture Hires Outside Firm to Help Attract FDI; Etc. | |
| Benetton Japan: "We Changed
Before the Typhoon" ValueCommerce Japan: An E-Commerce Success Story |
"Japan Discovers Intellectual Property" (Part One) | Japan Insight: Korn Ferry on Executive Corporate Governance, Recruitment and more; Another network marketing company enters Japan; Etc. | |
| Chanel Japan: Shiseido, Watch Out! Biacore Japan: Building a Life Science Brand Name |
"Driving Change Thru Union Participation Can Work" | Japan Insight: What Some Major Japanese Companies Are Doing About SARS | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Whatever Happened
to DoCoMo AOL? Shop Channel Japan: "Deviate, and You're Dead" |
"Management Practices that Don't Cross Borders" | Japan Insight: Shinsei Launches Its Tech Department as a Separate Business Unit; The View on Japan from Spencer Stuart; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Japan's Private
Equity Market Steelcase Japan: Changing the Office |
"How Japanese Managers in China Ensure the Sharing of Corporate Values" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: Why BP Japan Gave Up on its Retailing Strategy; An Incubator of Tech Ventures Remains True to Its Original Mission; Etc. | |
| Invitrogen Japan: A Gateway to
Government-Funded Opportunities Avaya Japan: Poised for More Intense Competition |
"How Japanese Managers in China Ensure the Sharing of Corporate Values" (Part One) | Japan Insight: Family Workplace Programs at Toyota and Elsewhere Offer Opportunities for Service Firms; More on the Mechanics of Municipal Mergers, Etc. | |
| Haemonetics Japan: In the Blood
Business, It's Nice to Have One Big Customer TBWA Japan: A Mix of Clients, A Combination of Styles |
"Land Contamination in Japan -- An Investor's Guide" | Japan Insight: Municipal Mergers in Japan; A Web Strategist Moves On; Etc. | |
| Procter & Gamble Japan:
Finding Its Way after Thirty Years Volvo Japan: A Focus on Key Segments |
"How We Were Able to Keep a Factory Open in Japan" (Part Two) | "Do You Own a Gun?": A
Contrast in Cultures Japan Insight: Pepsi to Launch New Japan Brand; The Surprising Nature of a Possible Capex Recovery; Fuji Film Rumor; Etc. |
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| Manulife Japan: Flexibility in
Product, Flexibility in Approach SPECIAL REPORT: The Progress, and Promise, of Structural Reform |
"How We Were Able to Keep a Factory Open in Japan" (Part One) | Japan Insight: The Government Tries to Sell a Restructuring Story; Obstacles Overture Will Face in Japan; Etc. | |
| Vodafone Japan: "Our Ultimate
Objective is to be #1" Our Five-Year Anniversary Retrospective |
"Recent Trends in Foreign Retailer Success in Japan" | Japan Insight: P&G Japan seeks expanded packaging relationship; Hearst is set to license another of its magazines in Japan; Etc. | |
| Reebok Japan: "A Work in
Progress" The Perkin Elmer Instruments Japan Story |
"The Power of Motivation, Japanese-Style" | Japan Insight: A UK environmental services firm and a major consulting competitor to Hewitt and Watson Wyatt explore Japan entry; Etc. | |
| A Sales Office for Each Customer:
The Applied Materials Japan Story As Japan Internationalizes, Berlitz is Ready |
"Crouching Tigers and Hidden Dragons Managed by Anime Whiz-Kids?: Japan's Management Lessons in China, in Software Development and Beyond..." | Japan Insight: Japanese Company
Histories May Offer an Advantage; Etc.
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| Trying to Restore Growth: The
Herbalife Japan Story Variable Annuities Come to Japan: The Hartford Life Story |
"Disruption: How the Mobile Internet is Changing Competition in Japan" | Japan Insight: CDP Capital Makes Deals; The Japan Equity Research Business; Etc. | |
| At the Right Time for Japan: The
Guidant Japan Story The Schenker Japan Story SPECIAL REPORT: Japan Heads to New York For Foreign Investment |
"What's Next for Japan's Pharmaceutical Industry? -- Lessons from Taisho -- Tanabe" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: Ion Global Shifts
Strategy; Cigarette Marketing Japan-Style; Starbucks Competitor Still Seeks JV Partner;
Etc.
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| Keeping Expenses Low Increases
Flexibility: The Lexmark Japan Story SPECIAL REPORT: Is There Any Cause for Optimism About Japan? On-the-Ground Executives Weigh In |
"What's Next for Japan's Pharmaceutical Industry? -- Lessons from Taisho -- Tanabe" (Part One) | Japan Insight: Gymboree, NetYear
Group, Morgan Stanley's McAlinden; Biomedical Company Withdraws; E! in Japan; Etc.
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| Steady Progress in a Closed Market: The Knorr-Bremse Story | "It's Time for a Revolution in Japan" | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: NEC's Executive Responsible for Its Company-Wide Restructuring Effort
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| Disney Internet Group: Preparing
Today for a Wireless Tomorrow National Semiconductor Japan: Keeping Its Ear to the Ground |
"Profitable Management Lessons from the Call Center" | A Night at the Hostess Bar Japan Insight: Pharmaceutical Merger Rumours; Ripplewood and Foreign Managers; JCCI Dinner; Etc. |
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| IMS Japan: Essential
Pharmaceutical Sales Data Emery Japan: Structuring Itself To Be Like Its Customers |
"Restructuring a Customer Responsive Sales Organization in Japan" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: The Good and Bad in Goldman's NPL analysis; Anime in New York (Finally); Wilbur Ross at Japan Restructuring Summit; Celebrating 'Engrish'; Etc. | |
| Chelsea Japan: Premium Outlets Tower Records Japan: "We Still Have Room to Grow" |
"Restructuring a Customer Responsive Sales Organization in Japan" (Part One) | Staying At the Company Dormitory Japan Insight: Circuit City Chairman's Japan Golf Club Isn't Where Most of Us Play; Revisiting Secom and Bellsystem24; Renting a Mobile Phone; Etc. |
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| INDUSTRY FOCUS: Japan's Credit
Card Industry Parker Hannifin Japan: Executing a "More Forceful" Approach |
"Building Consensus at Meetings, and Making Expectations Realistic" | Japan Insight: Allstate's Withdrawal; US Private Equity Shops in Japan; Former American Express Japan President on the Value of a Japan Assignment; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: The Financial Health of Corporate Japan | "A Japan Acquisition That (Luckily) Never Closed" (Part Two) | Japan Insight: Internet Cafes As An Opportunity; Which Execs are Flying to Japan?; St. Jude Medical; Japan as a Stepping Stone; Etc. | |
| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BP JAPAN PRESIDENT GORDON SOUTER | "A Japan Acquisition That (Luckily) Never Closed" (Part One) | Japan Insight: BT's Japan Withdrawal; Bankruptcy Data on i-mode; Big Atmel Contract with Matsushita; Japan's Elementary Schools; Etc. | |
| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SHISEIDO
PRESIDENT AKIRA GEMMA Second-Half Inbound (to Japan) M&A Review |
"The Most Important Ten Percent" | Japan Insight: Trans Cosmos Cuts Its Losses with Encomp; 3G Mobile Japan Summit; AT&T's Armstrong at Japan FDI Seminar; Etc. | |
| BS Group: Acquiring a Leader in One of Japan's Most Insular Industries | The Mobile Internet Market: Lesson's from Japan's i-Mode (Part Two) | INDUSTRY FOCUS: JAPAN'S HEALTH CARE REFORM PROMISES TO CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES | |
| SAP Japan: Can it Stay on Top as
Tech Changes? Danzas Japan: Logistics Provider Will Profit from Some Key Relationships |
The Mobile Internet Market: Lesson's from Japan's i-Mode (Part One) | Convenience Store Chains Try to Distinguish Themselves | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: The Coming Battle
for Japanese Creativity and Cultural Content Volkswagen Japan: Leading Import Benefits from Clear Strategy |
Environmental Due Diligence in Japan: An Investor's Guide | Japan Insight: Insiders' Update on AOL Japan's alliance with NTT DoCoMo (and Time Warner, too) | |
| Henkel Japan: Can It Double its Japan Business by 2005? | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW (PART TWO):
BANKRUPTCY ACQUIROR WILBUR ROSS OF WL ROSS & CO. Health Information on the Internet: A Growing, Under-Served Market |
Japan Insight:IBM Japan, Gymboree; HP and Lehman Brothers; Etc. | |
| Nestle Japan: Partnering for Distribution | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW (PART ONE): BANKRUPTCY ACQUIROR WILBUR ROSS OF WL ROSS & CO. | Japan Insight: General Dynamics;
JC Penney Direct; A Revealing Look at Municipal Finances; Etc.
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| Levi Strauss Japan: Reengineering
Products and Processes Denny's Japan: US Brand, Japanese Execution |
Foreign Healthcare Companies Offer Training to Facilitate Change | It's Still Hard to Order a Book
Online in Japan Japan Insight: The Boom in Airport Construction; New Accounting Rules; Ministry Advisory Panels; Etc. |
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| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SECOM'S
NOBUYUKI SASAKI First Half 2000 Inbound (to Japan) M&A Review |
How We Hire Well, and Protect Ourselves from Local Labor Laws | Japan Insight: Two More Entrants to the Education Market; Cargill and Toshoku after the Close; Wooing Postal Savings Bureaucrats; Newspapers and Branding; 4Kids Entertainment; Etc. | |
| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH
BELLSYSTEM24'S YUKIO SONOYAMA Beverly Enterprises Expands in Senior Healthcare Services |
Influencing Policy Outcomes in Japan - Impacting the System | Japan Insight: Leading Researchers on Corporate Governance, Tokushu Hojin, NTT Docomo's Dominance, JAL Operational Practices, Shoei and Hostile Takeovers; Etc. | |
| Avon Products Returns to Growth in
Japan Peripheral Patent Battles Don't Affect Visx and Summit |
Seven Reasons Why Japanese Call Centers are Different (Part Two) | Japan Insight: Major Japanese Companies that Abandon or Sell Net businesses; BP Amoco and AM/PM Japan; Broadvision Extends Its Wings; GM auto parts supplier Lear; Etc. | |
| SPECIAL REPORT: Online B2B Trading
Communities Head to Japan AutoLiv Benefits from Small, Strategic Acquisitions |
Seven Reasons Why Japanese Call Centers are Different (Part One) | Japan Insight: A Specialty Retailer; AFLAC; Nihon Keizai Shimbun; Japan Marketing; Funeral Products; Etc. | |
| EXCLUSIVE SURVEY:
JAPANESE-LANGUAGE WEBSITES OF NON-JAPANESE COMPANIES 1999 Inbound (to Japan) M&A Review |
The Things Foreign Businesspeople Do that Really Annoy Japanese (Part Two): The Importance of Hansei | Japan Insight: Fujitsu and Dialog; Another Coffee Retailer to Enter Japan; Kennedy-Wilson CEO; Etc. | |
| T. Rowe Price: A New Entrant Finds
the Right Partner Encyclopedia Britannica: A Diversity of Businesses to Position for the Future |
The Things Foreign Businesspeople Do that Really Annoy Japanese (Part One) | SPECIAL REPORT: Foreign Venture Capitalists Prepare to Put Their Mark on Japan | |
| Coherent Medical: From Exporter to
JV to Owned Operations Kohler: "Such Promising Opportunities -- It Behooves Us to Figure It Out" |
Real and Virtual Retailing Show Signs of Convergence in Japan | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MARUBENI'S HIDEYA TAIDA | |
| Microsoft: Staying on Top in a
Market that Sets Trends Eddie Bauer: Exploiting a Successful Japan Multichannel Strategy |
Human Resources in Japan M&A (Part 2) | NA | |
| Federal Express: Growing Up in
Japan Three-Five Systems: Japan Distribution Helps Proprietary Technology Firm |
Human Resources in Japan M&A (Part 1) | A Meeting at Softbank | |
| Putnam Investments: A Wholesale
Strategy in Funds Distribution Dana and Walbro: An Auto Parts Forum: |
Adapting Successful Training Techniques for Japan | NA | |
| Dole Foods: Revolutionizing Food
Distribution Republic Bank: Foreign Exchange Becomes a Big Business |
Not all Foreign Company Japanese Websites Are Created Equal | Visiting a Japanese Trade Show | |
| Fidelity Investments: Educating
the Market Dow Chemical: A Global Supplier |
Research Tools for Doing Business in Japan | A Guest of Japanese Companies | |
| Johnson Controls: A Successful JV
Turnaround Hertz: Linking with Toyota in the Rental Car Market |
Diary of a Deal: Crossborder Japan M&A | Inside a Japanese Home | |
| IBM's E-Business Ad Campaign Emeritus Corporation: Assisted-Living Senior Housing Provider |
Using Japan's Bankruptcy Process for Acquisitions (Part 2) | Automatically Japan | |
| Ardent Software: Data Warehousing
Firm El Torito: Mexican Restaurant Chain |
Using Japan's Bankruptcy Process for Acquisitions (Part 1) | Japanese Courtesy | |
| Playboy: Consumer Goods | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DIET
FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MURAI Japan's Financial Services Industry |
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| PSINet Japan: Internet Service Provider | EXCLUSIVE SURVEY OF FOREIGN COMPANIES IN JAPAN: Market Entry and Profitability | The Life Long Bonds of University Students | |
| MBIA/Ambac International:
Financial Guarantees/Insurance Howmet: Gas Turbine Engine Parts |
Lobbying Strategies in Japan | A Street View of Tokyo | |
| TBWA Worldwide: Advertising Agency MA Hanna: Engineered Plastics |
Japan's Consumer Electronics Industry | Fogotten Shikoku | |
| Symantec: PC Software Eichrom Industries: Resins for Analysis of Radioactive Elements |
Japan's Internet Industry | A Visit to the Doctor | |
| Gentex Japan: Auto Parts Oregon Potato: Potato Products |
Successful Meetings | Going '3L' Shopping | |
June '98 |
Town & Country Cedar Homes:
Portable Housing Deco Tools: Industrial Painting Equipment |
Manufacturing to Rigorous Specifications | Rural Japan |
May '98 |
Merit Medical: Medical Equipment Prairie Cajun: Seafood |
Negotiating | Men's Haircuts |
April '98 |
Progressive Electronics:
Electronic Instruments SIT Strings: Guitar Strings |
Japan's Hi-Tech Industry | Guns in Japan |
March '98 |
Hanna Andersson: Children's
Clothing Catalogues OI Analytical: Analytical Instruments |
Japan's Retail Industry | Convenience Stores |
February '98 |
International Hobbycraft:
Toys/Hobbies International Enzymes: Pharmaceutical Raw Materials |
Japan's Healthcare Industry | How Japanese View Foreigners |
January '98 |
Met One: Environmental Measuring
Equipment Matt Brewing: Beer |
Japan's Chemical Industry | The Commuting Life |
December '97 |
Fran Wilson Creative: Cosmetics Alden: Do-it-Yourself Home Tools |
The Importance of Local Representation | Hostess Bars |
November '97 |
Eastbay: Sporting Goods Catalogues Aeroglide: Industrial Driers |
Profile of Japanese Distributor: Software | College Students |
October '97 |
Trimedyne: Surgical Lasers TPI: Telephone Equipment |
Etiquette | Street Life in Tokyo |
September '97 |
Fisher Space Pen: Hi-Tech Writing
Instruments GPI: Recycling Equipment |
Partnering | Suburban Homes |
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