Leveraging Japan

Author : George Fields,Hotaka Katahira,Yoram Wind
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028522840

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Leveraging Japan by George Fields,Hotaka Katahira,Yoram Wind Pdf

Japan's current shift from a manufacturing to a consumer economy is creating unprecedented opportunities for any company with the savvy to exploit this, the world's second largest market. Certainly, as the Japanese economy continues to rebound, more and more companies will continue to stake and build their presence there and use it as a springboard to enter other growing Asian markets. In Leveraging Japan, three leading authorities on market strategy and Japan present the new rules of Japanese marketing and discuss the evolution of other emerging Asian markets. These experts then share the same strategies that they've used to help American Express, Avon, Levi Strauss, and KFC, among other multinational companies, successfully establish a presence in Japan and leverage that presence to enter other Asian markets. To read the first chapter from this book, click here.

Author : Tristan A. Volpe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : International relations
ISBN : 9780197669532

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Leveraging Latency by Tristan A. Volpe Pdf

"Leveraging Latency explores how the weak coerce the strong with nuclear technology. Allies and adversaries alike can compel concessions from superpowers by threatening to acquire atomic weapons. When does nuclear latency-the technical capacity to build the bomb-enable states to pursue this coercive strategy? The conventional wisdom is that compellence with nuclear latency works when states are close to the bomb. But this intuitive notion is wrong. Tristan Volpe finds that more latency seldom translates into greater bargaining advantages. He reveals how coercion creates a tradeoff between making threats and assurances credible. States need just enough bomb-making capacity to threaten proliferation, but not so much that it becomes too difficult to promise nuclear restraint. The boundaries of this sweet spot align with the capacity to produce the fissile material at the heart of an atomic weapon. Historical studies of Japan, West Germany, North Korea, and Iran demonstrate that mere capacity to build atomic weapons can yield diplomatic dividends. As nuclear technology continues to cast a shadow over the global landscape, Leveraging Latency provides scholars and practitioners with a systematic assessment of its coercive utility. Volpe identifies a generalizable mechanism-the threat-assurance tradeoff-that explains why more power often makes compellence less likely to work. This framework illuminates how technology shapes broader bargaining dynamics and helps to refine policy options for inhibiting the spread of nuclear weapons"--

Author : Jeffrey Reeves,Jeffrey Hornung,Kerry Lynn Nankivell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315436326

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Chinese-Japanese Competition and the East Asian Security Complex by Jeffrey Reeves,Jeffrey Hornung,Kerry Lynn Nankivell Pdf

This volume examines contemporary diplomatic, economic, and security competition between China and Japan in the Asia-Pacific region. The book outlines the role that Sino-Japanese competition plays in East Asian security, an area of study largely overlooked in contemporary writing on Asian security, which tends to focus on US–China relations and/or US hegemony in Asia. The volume focuses on Chinese and Japanese foreign policy under President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, and regional security dynamics within and between Asian states/institutions since 2012. It employs regional security complex theory as a theoretical framework to view Chinese and Japanese competition in the Asian region. In doing so, the volume draws on a "levels of analysis" approach to demonstrate the value in looking at security in the Asia-Pacific from a regional rather than global perspective. The vast majority of existing research on the region’s security tends to focus on great power relations and treats Asia as a sub-region within the larger global security architecture. In contrast, this volume shows how competition between the two largest Asian economies shapes East Asia’s security environment and drives security priorities across Asia’s sub-regions. As such, this collection provides an important contribution to discussion on security in Asia; one with potential to influence both political and military policy makers, security practitioners, and scholars. This book will be of much interest to students of Asian politics, regional security, diplomacy, and international relations.

Author : Ming Wan
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804754594

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Sino-Japanese Relations by Ming Wan Pdf

This book examines the transformation of the Sino-Japanese relationship since 1989.

Author : Yoshihide Soeya,David A. Welch,Masayaki Tadokoro
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442694255

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Japan as a 'Normal Country'? by Yoshihide Soeya,David A. Welch,Masayaki Tadokoro Pdf

For decades, Japan's foreign policy has been seen by both internal and external observers as abnormal in relation to its size and level of sophistication. Japan as a 'Normal Country'? is a thematic and geographically comparative discussion of the unique limitations of Japanese foreign and defence policy. The contributors reappraise the definition of normality and ask whether Japan is indeed abnormal, what it would mean to become normal, and whether the country can—or should—become so. Identifying constraints such as an inflexible constitution, inherent antimilitarism, and its position as a U.S. security client, Japan as a 'Normal Country'? goes on to analyse factors that could make Japan a more effective regional and global player. These essays ultimately consider how Japan could leverage its considerable human, cultural, technological, and financial capital to benefit both its citizens and the world.

Author : Vincenzo Cicchelli,Sylvie Octobre
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030842963

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The Sociology of Hallyu Pop Culture by Vincenzo Cicchelli,Sylvie Octobre Pdf

Combining global, media, and cultural studies, this book analyzes the success of Hallyu, or the "Korean Wave” in the West, both at a macro and micro level, as an alternative pop culture globalization. This research investigates the capitalist ecosystem (formed by producers, institutions and the state), the soft power of Hallyu, and the reception among young people, using France as a case study, and placing it within the broader framework of the 'consumption of difference.' Seen by French fans as a challenge to Western pop culture, Hallyu constitutes a material of choice for understanding the cosmopolitan apprenticeships linked to the consumption of cultural goods, and the use of these resources to build youth’s biographical trajectories. The book will be relevant to researchers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in sociology, cultural studies, global studies, consumption and youth studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Free trade
ISBN : UIUC:30112105201708

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Pros and Cons of Initiating Negotiations with Japan to Explore the Possibility of a U.S.-Japan Free Trade Area Agreement by Anonim Pdf

Author : Giacomo Chiozza
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009355063

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Leverage and Cooperation in the US World Order by Giacomo Chiozza Pdf

Explores how the US maintains a consensual world order in partner nations with flexible and regular channels of leadership turnover.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford Business Group
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Brunei
ISBN : 9781902339078

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The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2008 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1354 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Advertising
ISBN : UCLA:L0081260879

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Adweek by Anonim Pdf

Vols. for 1981- include four special directory issues.

Author : Douglas Darrell Evanoff
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789812833389

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Globalization and Systemic Risk by Douglas Darrell Evanoff Pdf

The impact of globalization of financial markets is a highly debated topic, particularly in recent months when the issue of globalization and contagion of financial distress has become a focus of intense policy debate. The papers in this volume provide an up-to-date overview of the key issues in this debate. While most of the contributions were prepared after the initial outbreak of the current global turmoil and financial crisis, they identify the relative strengths of the risk diversification and risk transmission processes and examine the empirical evidence to date. The book considers the relative roles of banks, nonbank financial institutions and capital markets in both risk diversification and risk transmission. It then evaluates the current status of crisis resolution in a global context, and speculates where to go from here in terms of understanding, resolution, prevention and public policy.

Author : Mr.Murtaza H. Syed,Ms.Jinsook Lee
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781455211753

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Japan’s Quest for Growth by Mr.Murtaza H. Syed,Ms.Jinsook Lee Pdf

As labor input in Japan shrinks with population aging, capital accumulation and productivity gains will drive growth over the medium-term. At the same time, a changing global landscape calls for a shift in export-oriented investment toward new markets and a new generation of products, as well as increased investment by domestically-oriented firms. What policies could be adopted to help firms adjust to the imperatives of the post-crisis global economy and boost medium-term growth? Using disaggregated data, this paper investigates the determinants of investment and R&D spending by Japanese firms. The results suggest that policies could usefully focus on four areas. First, raising the return on investment, including through reforms to the tax code. Second, decreasing uncertainty through improved risk management by firms and by bolstering the business climate. Third, improving SME access to finance, notably by encouraging venture capital investment in innovative areas and more risk-based lending. And fourth, reducing excess leverage and supporting corporate restructuring to enable new investments to flourish.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Employment and Housing Subcommittee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Consolidation and merger of corporations
ISBN : UCR:31210015731100

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Impact on Workers of Takeovers, Leveraged Buyouts, Corporate Restructuring, and Greenmail by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Employment and Housing Subcommittee Pdf

Author : F. Bidault,Charles Despres,C. Butler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230377820

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Leveraged Innovation by F. Bidault,Charles Despres,C. Butler Pdf

Leveraged Innovation reveals that a dramatically different approach to the supplier-client relationship is being developed by leading companies around the world. It documents the benefits of Early Supplier Involvement (ESI), a radically new approach to inter-company relations which is providing a powerful impetus for increased creativity. Based on the findings of a European Research team, the text clearly shows how, why and to what effect suppliers the world over are becoming increasingly involved in the innovation process itself. Leveraged Innovation demonstrates and documents the process through which increased co-operation can lead to real competitive advantage. Leveraged Innovation is both an introduction to Early Supplier Involvement and a dynamic overview of best practise around the world. It provides important practical insights for enterprising companies, enabling the development and maintenance of ESI programmes of their own.

Author : John Johnson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780557527694

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Harry Broadtape - Volume IV - Die Gotterdammerung... Maybe? by John Johnson Pdf

Despite the fact that he had been trying to withdraw from the world of finance since the early 1980s, Harry's karma always presented situations that managed to keep him in the game. The common thread to these ongoing business dealings now seems, in one way or another, to represent a form of a breach of contract ' either by private parties or the Government. After retiring from a highly successful executive career in the industrial sector, Peggy has now joined Harry to help him fight his way out of his assorted entanglements. Here in Volume IV, we see how these situations evolved and how they are dealt with in a world gone wild with excessive debt creation and social engineering. Throughout it all, Harry and Peggy manage to find comedy in all this social and financial tragedy by treating the whole mess as though it were a soap opera.