Global Business
Global Business
Over the past two decades, the Chinese and American economies have developed a symbiotic relationship with one another. China has become the United States’ largest creditor, while the American and multinational...
The “great recession” has completely changed today’s economic climate. Consumers are buying less and saving more, banks are lending very little money, and conservationist policies are emerging from developed nations,...
For a long time, many companies viewed under-developed markets as a strategic afterthought and, for the most part, tackled them in an opportunistic way. Though this partly explains why so many companies ended up...
Today, the working world is smaller and much more integrated. Home base for a business isn’t necessarily one’s home country, and leadership may often take business professionals out of their cultural comfort zones....
In terms of intellectual and industry leadership and innovation, Walter Wriston deserves very high marks. While A. P. Giannini (Bank of America) and J. P. Morgan are in a league of their own for having started great...
The Japanese government has long played a central role in fostering industrial development, seeing it as essential to Japan's prosperity and national strength. Corporate objectives are focused on market share and...
The authors trace the history of relations between the two countries, beginning with the series of efforts by the United States to open Japan to trade, which finally succeeded in 1854. The two countries moved closer...
Korea and Japan have many things in common: the same Oriental heritage, many traditional values, and a lack of useful land and natural resources. These characteristics make them more like each other than either beign...
We no longer control our economic destiny. Decisions being made in Japan and Germany have begun to determine what jobs Americans will have next year, and the living standards of our children in the 21st century. There...
A refutation of complacent Western assumptions about Japan’s economy and trading practices. This antidote to the panic and propaganda of "Japan-bashers" reveals the truth about Western approaches and provides...
