...Policies to increase competitiveness of Japanese film Industry globally Cooperation, Outbound FDI and Technology Transfer: In the Global Logic of Strategic Alliance, Kenichi Ohmae suggests that due to the dispersion of technology, firms can increase their technological knowledge by cooperation with other partners. Indeed the Japanese did this early on, working with the Americans and Europeans to gain experience in new filming techniques and technology. For example, the Franco-Japanese film Typhoon over Nagasaki, Madame Butterfly (Italian-Japanese), and Geisha Girl (American-Japanese). Japanese firms have also been active in outbound FDI. For example, in 1989 Sony purchased Columbia pictures for 4.8 billion USD, including TriStar Films and the Loews Cinema Chain. Later, to expand its film arm, Sony also acquired MGM. In fact, for such outbound FDI by Japanese firms, they are able to benefit from a stronger yen as they...
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...The Effects of the Automobile Industry on Japanese Culture HUM432 The Effects of the Automobile Industry on Japanese Culture The Japanese Culture The Japanese culture is one of the oldest cultures in the world. Its current state is the culmination of 30,000 to 50,000 years of history (Varley, P. 1973). It has been influenced by the introduction of aspects of many cultures from the Asian and Western worlds. It has resulted in the development and adoption of technologies which have in turn impacted the culture itself. The automobile industry is one of the largest technological industries that have developed in Japan. The growth of the automobile industry in Japan has had both positive and negative effects on the Japanese culture. The Japanese culture in 1950 prior to the accelerated growth of the automobile industry was complex and comprised of practices and institutions which developed based upon both ancient beliefs and contemporary influences. Ancient beliefs were a result of spiritual ideas, and internal political and economic structures that developed over time on this island nation, for the most part isolated from the western world until the 1800s. Western political and economic influences had an effect the culture thereafter. Spiritual beliefs in Japan are primarily an outcome of the influence of Shintoism, Confucianism and Buddhism, with some impact made by Christian missionaries who arrived on the island in 1600s. Shintoism, the earliest religious belief system...
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...(Japanese book selling industry) Why is the profitability of large Japanese retail booksellers relatively poor and their scale relatively small? In such case, we can say that there are many reasons that results in the relatively poor profitability of large Japanese retail booksellers and their small scale, and I am going to discuss them in Six factors as mentioned below: Firstly, Resale Price Maintenance which defined by (the Saihan system), is one of the key reasons that no significant industry consolidation has occurred is the unique price-fixing system that makes it illegal for larger and potentially more efficient booksellers to use price competition to drive out small competitors, which would be a normal competitive strategy to increase sales in a market that sells undifferentiated products, like books. Also, profitability can be even lower if bookstores choose to do announcement or promotion campaigns. Japanese readers like to purchase books based on attractive advertisements and good reviews from the previous readers. Secondly, competition in the area of book distribution is very low, as the book retailers sometimes buy their books from wholesalers and usually directly from publishers, which cause low profitability in the booksellers retail. Thirdly, the emerging substitutes, like used books, e-books and rental books, have reshaped the customers’ reading behavior. Over 80 million dollars in book sales were sold online in Japan a 50% rise since 2004 to 2005. Hence...
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...storage cost and etc. 3. To be able to reach the economies of scale, the production volume must be high. The automobile companies that have the major market share will have the advantage in economies scale. For example, they will incur less advertising cost compare to lower volume production’s company. 4. Japanese automobile industry has to consider the export automobile oversea when the domestic market matured in end of 1980s. All of the three markets are important to the Japanese automobile industry. The most important market will be Asia. The Asia market is growing. Yes. It is said `dumping` in the sense of selling the automobiles oversea is hardly profitable. But it is a must since the domestic market is mature and exporting oversea can cover parts of the fixed cost. It is also an act of Japanese automobile industry to test the oversea market with expected loss in mind. 5. Japanese automobile market is using the market segmentation of product differentiation. They offer different types of cars to satisfied the different needs of customers. The ways to differentiate are the level of luxury, size of car and etc. 6. No. The relationship between Japanese automobile assembler and components supplier is loosing over the years. It is hard for the automobile assembler to control the cost from the second or third tier of component supplier. The cost only can be lowered when the component supplier reach economies of scale in higher volume and...
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...Abstract This paper is a brief discussion of the importance of culture for marketing and managing in global markets. The major topics discussed are management styles; product development and management; advertising campaigns, and communication as they are affected by various elements of culture and Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. Management Styles Management styles practiced by domestically run companies will differ from management styles practiced in the countries of companies’ foreign operations. These differences are influenced by the elements of culture that make up the learned behaviors or way of life of a country’s or region’s people (Gaspar, 2013). Yuan (2010) describes reasons for conflict between American managers and Chinese employees in Fortune 500 companies, citing one instance in which a Chinese employee responded to an American manager with an estimated number rather than an accurate one. Because of differing values and attitudes among cultures described by Gaspar, the American manager interpreted the Chinese employee’s response as being deceptive. However, the Chinese employee was avoiding shame, which in Chinese culture results from not knowing the answer to a question. Upon understanding this, the trust grew between the American manager and his Chinese employees likely as the result of the manager changing the way he sought information from his employees. Also, in China it is expected that companies pay newspaper reporters for writing a favorable stories, which...
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...Term paper Topic: Feudal System Of Japanese Manufacturing. Members: Rittik Mondal Sachit Aggarwal Harsh Faujdar Rishi Gupta Prawal Pandey Vineet Anand Nishant chohla Dharmendra Mahjani Surya Prakash Shubham Patel Contents: ● Main paper: Feudal System of Japanese Manufacturing) ● Paper 1: Industrial subcontracting and structure in Japan: evolution and recent trend ● Paper 2:The Evolution of Japanese Subcontracting ● Paper 3: Sustaining growth in electronic manufacturing sector: lessons from Japanese midsize EMS providers ● Paper 4: Competitive Marketing Strategies: A Survey of Japanese Manufacturing Firms' Competitive Performance in the British Market ● Paper 5: BuyerSupplier Relations In The UK Automative Industry: Strategic Implications of The Japanese Manufacturing Model ● Paper 6: C orporate Environmental and Economic Performance of Japanese Manufacturing Firms: Empirical Study for Sustainable Development ● Paper 7: Japanese Manufacturing System: Implications of the organization ● Paper 8: The JIT Philosophy is the culture in Japan ● Paper 9: Kanban System Feudal World Of Japanese Manufacturing: Kuniyasu Sakai Abstract: The entire paper presents us an overview of how Big Industries work in Japan. Subcontracting is the central issue in this paper...
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...Pismo Oceano Vegetable Exchange: An Enduring Mark of Japanese Identity California’s Central Coast, home to vast acres of land, endless rolling hills, and high concentrations of rich soil, set the stage for strong Japanese agricultural influence in the early 20th century. In the beginning of the 1900’s, Japanese immigration figures were at an extreme in order to meet the cheap labor demands of a developing agricultural industry (Suzuki 127). As this demographic of workers began to advance and purchase property in California, a new wave of landowners and farmers emerged. Japanese agriculture thrived in the farm countries of Arroyo Grande, Avila Beach, and Pismo Beach. All three locations were well suited for growing bush peas and home to a developing railroad network (“Our History”). Families in the area were gathered under a common agricultural identity, choosing to form relationships and friendships in order to develop their community (see images 1 and 2). As a network of fairly small farming families, it was important and essential for separate agriculturalists to begin to group together and share resources to stay competitive with big, growing industries....
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...Strategy Analysis Tsuru Case study Group B12 Group member: HIRPARA SHREY LIM JIA XIN OGUNRINDE OLADIPO WANG QIU JING External analysis 1.1 PESTLE Analysis: The two most important factors to be considered is the economic and social factors. The recovery of the UK economy and the increasing employment rate has increased the average consumer spending on eating out. The eating out market in UK increased at approximately 2% in 2014 and quick-service restaurants experienced a growth rate of 3.7% (EY Report). The London property market has also increased by 29% in 2014 which may affect restaurants’ profitability. As for the social factor, increasing consumer awareness on healthy lifestyles has influenced restaurants to include healthier choices in their menu. This trend provides a good opportunity for both existing players and new entrants to attract new market segmentations. The political and legal, technology and environmental factors are explained in detail in Appendix 1. 1.2 Porter’s five forces: As shown in Appendix 2, there is intense competition among dominant market players such as Wasabi and Itsu which have numerous franchises and experience high brand values and customer loyalty. They benefit from economies of scale and have the resources to retaliate aggressively through pricing promotion. However, the barriers to entry is moderate since the initial capital outlay are relatively low. The market competitiveness increases buyers power. Customers are price...
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...small enterprise company that runs in snack industry, one of the main products that Zoom offers to public is Japanese “satay” named Torichan with a side dish “O Jelly Tea” made from many flavors of tea and have jelly topping on the top. Torichan is a japanese satay with the main ingredient beef, shrimp and chicken, it is offered with various kind of flavours as well such as original, BBQ, and that is aimed to reached unserved market for the japanese snack industry. Torichan is planned to be marketed with direct selling and consigment method in some chosen spots like ngangeni seafood, FEB UGM Canteen and also other canteens within the Gadjah Mada University, by putting so many spot like this we are hoping that it will be easier for our consumer to reach us. Zoom positioning itself as a “Unique” and “Customer Oriented” company, means that we will always provide a differentiation in our product taste also in our services, in addition for being customer-oriented, we bring the idea of customer involvement where customer can feel the making proccess directly. Our main promotion is by using word of mouth idea, which can be developed as well through the help of social media like twitter, facebook and broadcasting message via blackberry messanger, other promotion campaigns using pamflets and posters spread in strategic location in citywide. * Business Information 1. Name : Zoom 2. Business : Japanese Snack 3. Tagline : Japanese says “its awesome” 4. Place : Ngangeni...
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...Competitive Advantage of Nations Michael E. Porter National prosperity is created, not inherited. It does not grow out of a country's natural endowments, its labor pool, its interest rates, or its currency's value, as classical economics insists. A nation's competitiveness depends on the capacity of its industry to innovate and upgrade. Companies gain advantage against the world's best competitors because of pressure and challenge. They benefit from having strong domestic rivals, aggressive home-based suppliers, and demanding local customers. In a world of increasingly global competition, nations have become more, not less, important. As the basis of competition has shifted more and more to the creation and assimilation of knowledge, the role of the nation has grown. Competitive advantage is created and sustained through a highly localized process. Differences in national values, culture, economic structures, institutions, and histories all contribute to competitive success. There are striking differences in the patterns of competitiveness in every country; no nation can or will be competitive in every or even most industries. Ultimately, nations succeed in particular industries because their home environment is the most forward-looking, dynamic, and challenging. These conclusions, the product of a four-year study Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter is the author of Competitive Strategy (Free Press, 1980) and Competitive Advantage (Free Press, 1985) and will publish...
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...INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES IDE Discussion Papers are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussions and critical comments IDE DISCUSSION PAPER No. 120 A Flowchart Approach to Malaysia’s Automobile Industry Cluster Policy Akifumi KUCHIKI* September 2007 Abstract In this paper, we apply a flowchart approach to investigate Malaysia’s automobile cluster policy. We investigate whether the industrial cluster policy has been successful or not, suggest policy prescriptions, and propose a way to prioritize policy measures. Our flowchart approach leads to the following three policy prescriptions: (1) Malaysian firms should establish sites for exporting compact cars with automatic transmissions; (2) actors in the public, semi-public and private sector should work to upgrade skilled labor; and (3) the central government should promote liberalization and deregulation to attract foreign firms into the supporting industries. Keywords: Malaysia, automobile industry cluster, policy prescriptions, actors, deregulation JEL classification: G18, O18, R11 * Executive Vice President, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) E-mail: akifumi_kuchiki@ide.go.jp The Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) is a semigovernmental, nonpartisan, nonprofit research institute, founded in 1958. The Institute merged with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) on July 1, 1998. The Institute conducts basic and comprehensive studies on economic and related affairs in all...
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...2013 – 2014 1 MAKOTO DIY SUSHI JAPANESE RESTAURANT ICMB 493 DIRECTED RESEARCH 5180385 Phupisit Smittinet 5280077 Sarinpat Jiraphongchaijul 5280089 Napat Punvawuthikrai 5280801 Pichaya Unchuleepradit 5280883 Tanasak Visessintop TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 6-7 8 9 10 10-11 11-14 15 15 17 18-22 18 18-19 19-22 23-24 25-29 25 26-29 30 31 32 33-34 35 35-36 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 I. Executive Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY II. General Description 2.1 COMPANY OVERVIEW 2.2 STRATEGIC PLAINNING 2.3 TRIPPLE BOTTOM LINE 2.4 CUSTOMER BENEFITS 2.5 STRENGTHS AND CORE COMPETENCIES 2.6 BUSINESS MODEL III. Market Plans 3.1 MARKET AUDIT a. MARKET SIZE AND MARKET SHARE b. MARKET TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES c. MARKET ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 3.2 SWOT ANALYSIS 3.3 MARKETING STRATEGIES a. TARGET MARKETS b. MARKETING MIX (4PS) 3.4 MARKETING IMPLEMENTATION 3.5 EVALUATION AND CONTROL IV. Operational Plans 4.1 LOCATION 4.2 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT 4.3 PERSONNEL 4.4 INVENTORY 4.5 SUPPLIERS V. Management and Organization ORGANIZATIONAL CHART a. JOB DESCRIPTION b. RESPONSIBILITIES MAPPING VI. Startup Expenses STARTUP EXPENSES TABLE OF CONTENTS 44 45-46 47 48 49 50-52 VII. Financial Plans 6.1 TWELVE-MONTH...
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...discussions by Prof Rajiv Taneja) Case study 1 The Nakamura lacquer Company of Kyoto, Japan was one of the many hundreds of small handicraft shops making lacquerware for the daily table use of the Japanese people when the Americans army began to buy lacqueware as souvenirs. Young Mr. Nakamura, who had just taken over the old family business in 2000, saw therein an opportunity, but soon found that traditional handicraft methods were both too slow and too expensive to supply this new demand. He developed ways of introducing simple methods of machine coating, machine polishing, and machine inspection into what had been purely a handicraft, carried out with simplest tools. When the American army’s souvenir-hunting disappeared in 2005 but by then. Nakamura had built a substantial business, employing several thousand men and producing 5, 00,000 sets of lacquer tableware each year for the Japanese mass consumer market. The Nakamura “Chrysanthemum” brand had become Japan’s best known and best selling brand of good quality, for middle class. Outside Japan, however Nakamura did practically no business, except for selling occasionally to American tourists through his established Japanese outlets such as big departmental store This was the situation when, in early in 2011 –US showed interest in Japanese lacquerware indicating signs of growth in demand-Mr.Nakamura received in rapid sequence two visitors from US ,both were very highly recommended and equipped with the very highest and best credentials...
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...newly modernized Meiji government of Japan sought to join these colonizing efforts and initiated discussions (Seikanron|(lit. "subdue Korea")) in Japan in 1873. This effort was allegedly fueled by Saigō Takamori and his supporters who insisted that Japan confront Korea's refusal to recognize the legitimacy of Emperor Meiji as ruler of the Empire of Japan, as well as for supposed insulting treatment meted out to Japanese envoys attempting to establish trade and diplomatic relations. In fact the debate concerned Korea, then in the sphere of influence of China's Qing Dynasty which elements in the Japanese government sought to separate from Chinese influence and establish as a Japanese satellite.[8] Those in favor also saw the issue as an opportunity to find meaningful employment for the thousands of out-of-work samurai, who had lost most of their income and social standing in the new Meiji socioeconomic order. Further, the acquisition of Korea would provide both a foothold on the Asian continent for Japanese expansion as well as a rich source of raw materials for Japanese industry. The arguments against such designs were outlined in Okubo Toshimichi's "7 Point Document", dated October 1873, in which he argued that action against Korea was premature as Japan, itself, was in the stages of modernization and an expedition would be far too costly for Japan to sustain. Okubo's views were supported by the anti-war faction, which mostly consisted of those returning from the Iwakura Mission in...
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...Orientalism in Films There have been many uses and abuses in Western view of the Eastern cultural and social concept of orientalism. This paper discusses how orientalism relates to the three films namely M. Butterfly, Madame Butterfly, and Lost in Translation. Like the title, "M. Butterfly" basically was playing about transformation. This is the first of the Giacomo Puccini opera metamorphosis that was famous, in which "Madame Butterfly" became the modern geopolitical argument to understand the culture. In this film, through love relations that really did not make sense between a French diplomat and the Chinese opera singer he believed the man became the woman, how could the failure for the wish to be separated from reality result in the deception and the tragedy. Gallimard changed Sole from "only humankind" in the "Perfect Woman". Due to his insecurity about his own masculinity, Gallimard needs to create Song in the image of the perfect Asian woman, which is exotic, sensual, and acquiescent, in order to feel wholly male. Although he seeks to confine Sole within the context of his fantasy, Gallimard poster vulnerability and need actually free Sole by providing her with an outlet to flee the Orientalist representation of Asian people. Gallimard transforms Sole into a butterfly, boots instead of transforming him into one of the butterfly. Whereas Gallimard, is actually the one who eventually ends up trapped by his own fantasy. Through an analysis of Gallimard practice cultural...
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