Top Global Companies in Japan
Authors: Akira Ishikawa & Tai Nejo
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing	Format: pbk, 164 pages
ISBN: 981238684X	Copyright: 2004

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Amid the current, protracted recession in Japan, new corporations – termed global excellent companies by the authors of this book – have been rising since the end of the 20th century. They are not yet in the spotlight but have a huge market share worldwide with regard to their specialised products and services.

These corporations have climbed to the top of the global market while many other large Japanese companies have fallen into a slump. The authors highlighted their corporate policies and strategies for achieving high earnings – the secret of "producing something from nothing" and "enabling the lesser to win against the greater". They have long focused on specific niches, improved the speed of their business undertaking, and effectively used information technology. The authors set out to study these companies and analyse their practices so as to gain insight into the way companies should be managed in the 21st century.



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Dr Akira Ishikawa is the Dean of Graduate School of International Politics, Economics and Communication in Aoyama Gakuin University. He is the author of several English books which include Future Computer and Information Systems 1986 and Global Information Network 1995. He is also the author of many Japanese books which include the Fifth Generation Computer and Corporate Strategy 1988, Why do Meetings Fail? 1995 and World Number One Companies in Japan 1999. Dr Ishikawa has been given several honors including the Book of the Year Award, the Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award and the Man of the Year Award.



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