Strategy and performance of foreign companies in Japan / Sikander Khan, Hideki Yoshihara
- Bib ID:
- 1850585
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Khan, Sikander
- Description:
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- Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 1994
- xxxv, 287 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0899308996 (alkaline paper)
- Summary:
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Despite the competitive nature of the Japanese market, a large number of foreign companies are successful in terms of profits, innovation and reverse technology. In fact, some are so successful that their profit levels in Japan exceed those elsewhere. It is an unfounded myth that the Japanese market is unprofitable for foreign companies. Foreign companies succeed in part by utilizing Japanese CEOs, a high degree of autonomy, and individual creative resources; they fail because of a lack of understanding of the intensity of competition and demanding customers in the Japanese market.
A comprehensive, empirical study of a large number of foreign companies doing business in Japan show that the majority of these firms classify themselves as successful. Only six percent were failures. The companies that are successful display an ability to use their own resources to create new technologies and new products and then transfer them back to the parent company. Findings from the study suggest that there are a number of inadequacies in the existing theories of MNEs and FDIs. Practical conclusions are offered to foreign companies who plan to invest in Japan, as well as to foreign and Japanese policymakers who seek to boost FDI in Japan.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Studying Foreign Companies in Japan
- 2. The Japanese Economy
- 3. Successful Foreign Companies in Japan
- 4. Investment and Management Strategies
- 5. Human Resource Management Strategy
- 6. Marketing Activities of Foreign Companies
- 7. Production and Research & Development
- 8. Key Success Factors and Advice to Foreign Companies
- 9. Implications
- Appendix A: Questionnaire for the Survey Study
- Appendix B: Statistical Tables
- Appendix C: Acknowledgments to Participating Foreign Companies, Ministries, Banks, and Industrial Associations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-277) and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Yoshihara, Hideki, 1941-
- Copyright:
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