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5,110 Days in Tokyo and Everything's Hunky-dory: The Marketer's Guide to Advertising in Japan by Sean Mooney Hardcover
232 pages
Japanese-American ad agency exec gives a hands-on explanation about Japanese hard and soft sells, foreign celebrities, and copy development.
The Accidental Office Lady by Laura J. Kriska Paperback
304 pages
Firsthand account of the author's experience as a Honda Motor Company trainee.
American and Japanese Business Discourse: A Comparison of Interactional Styles by Haru Yamada Hardcover
Assembled in Japan: Electrical Goods and Making of the Japanese Consumer Hardcover
Examines the rise of the Japanese electronics industry focusing on the 1950s explosion of domestic consumer demand.
Beyond Japanese Management: The End of Modern Times by Paul Stewart Hardcover
(Also available in Paperback)
Bringing Home the Sushi: An American Businessman and His Family Takes on 90's Japan by Mark Meers Hardcover
Bunsha: Improving Your Business Through Company Division by Hiroshi Sekiyama, Kuniyasu Sakai Hardcover
Business Enterprise in Japan: Views of Leading Japanese Economists by Ryutaro Komiya, Kenichi Imai Hardcover
Business Ethics: Japan and the Global Economy by Thomas W. Dunfee, Yukimasa Nagayasu Hardcover
Business Guide to Japan: Opening Doors, and Closing Deals by Boye Demente, Boye De Mente Paperback
173 pages
Business Networks in Japan: Supplier-Customer Interaction in Product Development by Jens Laage-Hellman Hardcover
The Change of a Lifetime: Employment Patterns Among Japan's Managerial Elite by John C. Beck, Martha N. Beck Paperback
Culture and Management in Japan by Hayashi Shuji, Frank Baldwin Hardcover
Different Games, Different Rules: Why Americans and Japanese Misunderstand Each Other by Deborah Tannen Paperback
190 pages
Japan and the United States are in closer contact politically and economically than ever before, yet in many ways our nations are as far from mutual understanding as ever. Misconceptions and miscommunications between East and West continue to plague this important relationship, frustrating the best efforts of both cultures to work together. Stereotypes abound: Americans see Japanese as evasive and inscrutable, while Japanese see Americans as pushy and selfish. What causes these persistent misunderstandings, and what can be done to avoid them?
Doing Business With Japan by Paul Leppert Paperback
Doing Business With Japan: Successful Strategies for Intercultural Communication by Kazuo Nishiyama Paperback
224 pages
The author draws on his extensive bilingual and bicultural experience to provide readers with an insightful look at many key aspects of doing business with Japan, ranging from initiating and maintaining business contacts, effective interpersonal communication, decision-making styles, negotiation tactics, presentational speaking, working of Japanese multinational companies, and living and working in Japan.
Doing Business With Japanese Men: A Woman's Handbook by Christalyn Brannen, Tracey Wilen Paperback
Doing Business with the New Japan by James Day Hodgson Hardcover
240 pages
Doing Business in Japan: Telling It Like It Is Hardcover
The Dynamics of Japanese Organizations by Frank-Jurgen Richter Hardcover
The Eight Core Values of the Japanese Businessman: Toward an Understanding of Japanese Management by Yasutaka Sai Hardcover
Engineered in Japan: Japanese Technology-Management Practices by Jeffrey K. Liker Hardcover
Equal Employment Opportunity: Labor Market Discrimination and Public Policy (Sociology and Economics) by Paul Burstein Paperback
Financial Reform in Japan: Causes and Consequences by Maximilian Hall Hardcover
Foreign Direct Investment in Japan by Masaru Yoshitomi, Edward M. Graham Hardcover
Going to Japan on Business : Protocol, Strategies, Language for the Corporate Traveler by Christalyn Brannen Paperback
176 pages
Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia by James L. Watson (Editor) Paperback
280 pages
Five scholars of "hamburger historiography" analyse McDonald's ascendancy in the East as both corporation and harbinger of changing values in Asian societies. A portrait of cultural accommodation, compromise, and change.
Hidden Differences: Doing Business With the Japanese by Mildred Reed Hall, Edward T. Hall Paperback
192 pages
By interviewing successful American and Japanese business people, the authors gathered information about cultural patterns such as use of space and time, information flow and communication processes, interpersonal relationships in the home and at work, business philosophy and management styles.
Inside the Kaisha: The Enigma of Japanese Business Behavior by Philip Anderson Hardcover
Intelligent Businessman's Guide to Japan by Jon P. Alston Paperback
Internationalization, Corporate Preferences and Commercial Policy in Japan by Hidetaka Yoshimatsu Hardcover
310 pages
Investing in Asia: The Regional Operations of Japanese Multinationals by Dennis J. Encarnation Hardcover
Japan: Doing Business in a Unique Culture by Kevin B Bucknall Paperback
228 pages
Japan Business: The Portable Encyclopedia for Doing Business With Japan by Christine Genzberger, Edward Hinkelman Paperback
Japan for Businessman; Job Hunter by James Rickman Paperback
Japanese Business Culture and Practices: A Guide to Twenty-First Century Japanese Business by John P. Alston Paperback
184 pages
Alston describes not only how Japanese work, entertain, make decisions, and use language in unique ways, but they also offer practical advice on how to work for and with Japanese.
Japanese Business into the 21st Century by Osamu Katayama, Richard Walker Hardcover
Japanese Etiquette and Ethics In Business by Boye Lafayette De Mente Paperback
200 pages
Since its original publication, this pioneering work on the subject, has been the standard guide for Westerners doing business with the Japanese--either here or abroad. In this new edition, the author examines those characteristics that epitomize the Japanese character and business personality.
Japanese Innovation Strategy: Technical Support for Business Visions by Lewis M. Branscomb, Fumio Kodama Hardcover
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The Japanese Negotiator: Subtlety and Strategy Beyond Western Logic by Robert M. March Paperback
200 pages
Japanese-U.S. Business Negotiations: A Cross-Cultural Study by Don R. McCreary Hardcover
Judo Strategy: Turning Your Competitors' Strength to Your Advantage by Mary Kwak Paperback
256 pages
Judo for businesses! Adaption of the principles for a corporate audience, showing how they can also be used to help companies battle bigger and stronger competitors.
Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking - The Scientific Thinking Mechanism by Shigeo Shingo Hardcover
281 pages
Dr. Shingo presents six unique models, the sum of which he calls the Scientific Thinking Mechanism.These frameworks allow groups to deconstruct problems and rebuild them into powerful improvement ideas. This concept is central to Toyota Production System (TPS) and provides the necessary foundation for any Lean Initiative to be built upon.
Made in Japan: What to Do and What Not to Do When Doing Business With Japanese by Francis McGowan Brunetto Hardcover
Made in Japan: Revitalizing Japanese Manufacturing for Economic Growth by Japan Commission on Industrial Performance Hardcover
Marketing in Japan by Ian Melville Paperback
256 pages
Aimed at firms of all sizes wishing to enter or expand in Japan, written by someone who has already been successful in this area. Focus is on the mechanics of marketing and distribution, not generalities about the market.
Marketing Japanese Style by Paul A. Herbig Hardcover
The Ministry of Finance: Bureaucratic Practices and the Transformation of the Japanese Economy by J. Robert Brown Hardcover
The Mind of the Strategist: The Art of Japanese Business by Kenichi Ohmae Paperback
Office Ladies and Salaried Men: Power, Gender, and Work in Japanese Companies by Yuko Ogasawara Paperback
280 pages
In this engaging ethnography, Yuko Ogasawara exposes the ways that these women resist men's power, and why the men, despite their exclusive command of authority, often subject themselves to the women's control. Ogasawara, a Japanese sociologist trained in the United States, skillfully mines perceptive participant-observation analyses and numerous interviews to outline the tensions and humiliations of OL work.
The Political Economy of Japanese Financial Markets: Myths Versus Reality by Dick Beason, Jason James Hardcover
Portraits of the Japanese Workplace: Labor Movements, Workers, and Managers by Makoto Kumazawa Paperback
The Rice-Paper Ceiling: Breaking through Japanese Corporate Culture by Rochelle Kopp Paperback
The "rice-paper ceiling" is the invisible obstacle to advancement facing many non-Japanese working in Japanese corporations. This readable and detailed analysis looks at why the rice-paper ceiling exists and offers practical strategies for overcoming it.
Shoshaman: A Tale of Corporate Japan by Arai Shinya, Chieko Mulhern (Translator) Paperback
224 pages
Success Secrets to Maximize Business in Japan by Carin Holroyd Paperback
Successful Business Management Through Shinto by Toshu Fukami Paperback
220 pages
Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way by Jeffrey Liker Hardcover
288 pages
Reveals how Toyota selects, develops, and motivates its people to become committed to building high-quality products-and how you can do the same for your company.
The Toyota Way by Jeffrey Liker Hardcover
350 pages
A book for a general audience that explains the management principles and business philosophy behind Toyota's worldwide reputation for quality and reliability.
Urban and Industrial Management in Developing Countries: Lessons from Japanese Experience by Wilfrido Cruz, Kazuhiko Takemoto, Jeremy J. Warford Hardcover
Women and Japanese Management: Discrimination and Reform by Alice C.L. Lam Hardcover
Work, Learning, and Earnings: Employment and Pay Systems in Japan and the U.S by Clair Brown Hardcover