| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 291 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Japan's strategic inflection point, 1998-2006 -- Postwar corporate strategy -- Diversification versus focus -- Corporate relations : keiretsu, cross-shareholdings, and the main bank -- Ownership : institutional investors, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance -- Subcontracting : globalization and supplier relations -- Price competition : the business-to-business and retail price revolutions -- Lifetime employment : changing human resource management -- Venture capital : opening access to finance -- New competitors : Softbank, Kakaku.com, Astellas, and SBI E*Trade -- Conclusion : the new Japan |
| Summary |
"In Choose and Focus, the first in-depth account of this strategic inflection point in Japanese business, Ulrike Schaede argues that the emerging practices and attitudes have created a New Japan. Drawing on profiles of several corporations, including Panasonic, Takeda, Astellas, Softbank, and kakaku.com, Schaede explains how the fundamental principles of Japan's economy have been overturned. "Choose and focus" strategies, Whereby corporations concentrate on core areas and spin off unrelated businesses, have completely altered the strategic logic of Japan's previous industrial architecture"--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-283) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Competition -- Japan
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Product differentiation -- Japan
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Strategic planning -- Japan
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High technology industries -- Japan
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
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Commercial policy
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Competition
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Economic policy
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High technology industries
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Product differentiation
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Strategic planning
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Japan -- Commercial policy
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Japan -- Economic policy -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780801460555 |
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0801460557 |
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