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Author Katayama, Osamu, 1940-

Title Japanese business into the 21st century / Osamu Katayama ; translated by Richard Walker
Published London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Athlone, 1996

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Description 260 pages ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Back to the Drawing Board -- 2. Even Giants Must Change: Toyota Motor -- 3. The Dynamism of Self-Reform: The East Japan Railway Company -- 4. On the Frontiers of Distribution: Seven-Eleven Japan -- 5. Creating Knowledge: Nintendo -- 6. The Drama of Globalization: Yaohan -- Epilogue: The Path of Survival
Summary Based on interviews with a number of leading industrialists, Japanese Business into the 21st Century analyses the strategies they have employed to sustain their success through the current period of economic difficulty and onwards into the twenty-first century. The companies include the East Japan Railway, Toyota (led by Tatsuro Toyoda), Yaohan International Holdings, Seven-Eleven and Nintendo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-254) and index
Notes Translated from the Japanese
Subject Industrial management -- Japan.
Strategic planning -- Japan.
Success in business -- Japan.
LC no. 95052515
ISBN 0485114623 (hb)
Other Titles Japanese business into the twenty-first century