Japan's Business Renaissance: How the World's Greatest Economy Revived, Renewed, and Reinvented Itself

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Japan's Business Renaissance: How the World's Greatest Economy Revived, Renewed, and Reinvented Itself
by Mark Fuller, John C. Beck
from McGraw-Hill

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• Shilling for Globalization
  This book is nothing but yet another call for open borders and globalization. Other than using the tired old Samurai metaphor, the authors provide little in the way of real business examples in Japan. I was wondering how far into the book it would be before they mentioned importing guest workers but sure enough, I occurs on page 93 about 1/2 way through the book. The authors give the example of Shinsei bank and make sure to mention importing workers from India to Shinsei as a sure sign of "Japan's... more info

• How to thrive with Japan's Lessons of Renewal
  This book is about Japan's renewal - and so much more. John Beck and Mark Fuller provide eye-opening narrative about Japanese culture and history. Countless examples of remarkable transformations are drawn from Japanese businesses in a very approachable manner, while analysis is drawn from rich historical and contemporary sources. The reader is given countless opportunities to reflect - and a surprising number of biases and opinions may be thrown overboard as you read this compelling book.
  There are... more info

• Fresh Writing, Standard Samurai Strategy
  Do you remember the 1980s cascade of management tomes extolling the ancient principles of Japanese management? Welcome back. At that time, Japanese corporations were asserting themselves globally and seemed invincible in almost every industry. Then, everyone wanted to learn from Japan (to the profit of many authors and consultants). However, the collapse of the Japanese stock market in 1989 precipitated a new way of thinking about Japan. Instead of being a global exemplar, Japan became a global disgrace as... more info

• Japan's renewal and Samurai spirits.
  This book is neither just talking about Japanese businesses nor business strategies, but is a literary work that, using several metaphors, tries to associate Japan's business renewal with Japanese history and Japanese traditional mindsets, so called Samurai or Bushido spirits.
  We, the Japanese usually are not conscious that we are descendants of Samurai. As authors say, however, those factors of Samurai spirits are part of our nature, and they might enable us to continue to revive.
  The lessons... more info

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