politics, economics, progression, and every aspect of a community. It is transmitted to generations and generations thereafter. I chose Japan because they appear distinctly different in business interactions than the United States, and as an accounting major, I have an interest in how various cultural traits may or may not determine a way a country conducts business in the global community. My research will include analysis of various dimensions of culture to include: communication, religion, ethics
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1. In the 1980s Japan was viewed as one of the world’s most dynamic economies. Today it is viewed as one of its most stagnant. Why has the Japanese economy stagnated? The Japanese has stagnated due to Japanese banks. The banks over lent, made it easy to borrow and in turn created bad debt, it make it difficult to replace the money borrowed and cause a deficit causing the deflation in the country. “The Nikkei average plunged from nearly 39,000 points in December 1989 to about 14,300 points in
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Company Company A will be moving part of its business overseas into Japan in the 4th quarter of 2010. In order to prepare for any cross-cultural issues or communication differences that may impact the company’s marketing approach and strategies I have prepared a brief summary of some of these challenges. I have also touched on certain cross-cultural ethical differences between Japan and the United States. Marketing Approach It is important to become aware of the culture around you.
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six tips for socializing with international people in trade show. The first one is researching on your business and social protocols that you might see at the trade show. You have to research it before the show and be prepared. Second, it is important being polite and sensitive to visitor’s conduct. We have different way of greeting, eye contacting. For example, bow is customary greeting in Japan, however, American people generally are not expected to be familiar with the complex Japanese bowing protocols
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Entry Market: Japan | Japan has made concerted efforts to open its markets through deregulation and other measures to contribute to the | |well-balanced development of the global economy and enhance the quality of life of Japanese citizens. It has also sought to increase | |imports through the adoption of several promotional policies. Nevertheless, there is continued criticism abroad that Japanese official | |regulations and business practices are obstructing
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some places, such as Japan, it is considered courteous to give a gift before doing a business deal. The questions start to arise now because the company has no idea how to take this gift. Japan has a unique culture where giving a small gift is a nice gesture before doing business. I think this is the same for South Korea because most of your Asian countries like giving a small gift before doing business. The Netherlands somewhat shocked me because of how much business is done with them. We
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Japan Bill Cook Westwood College February 4, 2013 Japan History Japan is a country that has been around for a long time and is filled with conflicts and extremes. Japan is known for the way they do things and it’s state of the art technology, solid fighting traditions and superior creative achievements. Japan is an island that so close to the mainland, yet it’s still very much secluded. Throughout history, there have been several ideas that have been adopted from both Asia and the West
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With such this country beings such a small island Japan is actually has a huge cultural impact on the world. Most of it's early cultural has been influenced by other countries and empires mainly China and has since the early B.C era of times has evolved into the prosperous culture we have today. Japan today is rich and diverse and unique from any other Asian country and culture today. In Ancient Japan before the the establishment of city states, Japan was no different from any other early civilization
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to the others how Cochlear works in Japan will. This research will be based on how the macro-environmental factors affect Cochlear’s global marketing mix. Cochlear can control their marketing mix, 4P based on the influence on uncontrollable factors like politics, economic, social, and technological. However, that’s not it there are more to covers when one doing global business. First of all, let’s look at the legal and political environment over Japan. Japan foreign policy practice a high security
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taste than the average beverages served at a coffee shop. Starbucks has done research on places they want to reach out to overseas. Starbucks has done studies overseas in Japan, Italy, Spain, Germany, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. For each location, they had to do studies and factor in what their target market is and what they will be doing in those countries. Some problems Starbucks faced were their product. One thing the local coffee shops had over Starbucks is that they served food with their drinks.
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