Business Forum articles from January 1999

Business Forum archives from January 1999

The Future of Japanese Innovation: Leader or Follower?
January 1, 1999... Japan is at a directional crossroads. Should the Japanese continue pursuing a policy based on the adaptation of existing technology? Or, is it the right time in its history for Japan to pursue a policy stressing innovation leadership? This...

Personal Values of Japanese Business Managers.
January 1, 1999... Researchers have spent many years examining the Japanese business culture, but there is limited empirical evidence about the personal values of Japanese business managers. The research of these authors confirms some previous conclusions, but...

Are the Effects of Age and Gender Changing the Personal Values of Japanese Executives?
January 1, 1999... There is ample justification for research on personal values in Japan and on comparisons between Japanese and American values. Japan is a major part of the world economy and has substantial economic interaction with the United States. Business...

Can We Learn Management Techniques From the Japanese Ringi Process?
January 1, 1999... A basic philosophical concept of Japanese management is ringiseido: decision-making by consensus. Are any of its practices applicable in the West? These authors make a case for useful implementation of some aspects of ringiseido and its...

The Future of Japanese Marketing.
January 1, 1999... The Japanese have been labeled the "world's champion marketers." These authors challenge that assertion. Japan's future as a major power is dependent upon her continuing to meet increasing global competition. These authors propound that this...

Future of the MBA in China.(Master of Business Administration)
January 1, 1999... The movement to bring China into the World Trade Organization generated much discussion about how best to take advantage of this huge and mostly untapped market. To be certain, manufacturers and service providers are developing strategies to...

IRIDIUM: Lessons for All Companies.
January 1, 1999... "Zeal Without Knowledge is Fire Without Light" [1] --Thomas Fuller Gnomologial In 1985, Karen Bertiger, the wife of Motorola executive Barry Bertiger, was sitting frustrated on a Caribbean beach. She wanted to call home and she asked...

The Convergence of Technology and Individualism.(companies and contract employees)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1999... Let me introduce you to a hypothetical New Economy contract worker, Mary Lou Jones. "I am 31, single, and work for a young company producing software for the Internet. I consider contract work a blessing, but not without some drawbacks....

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES.(sexual harassment prevention policy)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1999... Policy on the Prohibition of Sexual Harassment California State University, Los Angeles, will take action to prevent and eliminate sexual harassment, as man dated by the Chancellor's Executive Order No. 345. Sexual harassment is...