Japanese entrepreneurs

What are some distinctive characteristics of entrepreneurs in Japan? What distinctive challenges do they face? How do Japanese patterns of starting up and growing a company differ from such patterns in Silicon Valley? Do you think that Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurship in Japan might or might not become more widespread?

Global Business

Using the Euro as a model of comparison, do you think the members of NAFTA (U.S., Canada, Mexico) could adopt a similar common currency. Explain why or why not (hint: think in terms of how each country might engage in fiscal (taxes and government spending) and monetary (interest rates and the money supply) policies ... and other implications.

Japanese business culture

I hope you could do this one as well. Someone else did it but he didn't consider any Japanese business culture. Please do it keeping Japanese business culture in mind. Thank you for your help. You have invented a new technology feature for digital cameras and have been trying to license the technology to Japanese camera companies-with no luck. One day, you are approached by the American manager of the Santa Clara office of a large Japanese trading company. She says that the trading company is interested in working with you to get your technology into the Japan market. For this purpose, she says that a Japanese senior vice president of her trading company is visiting the Bay Area in a m... click for more

Japanese way of negotiation

Topic: It has been suggested that negotiation processes can be divided into four stages in any culture. Within this framework, what patterns and practices of negotiation appear to be distinctly "Japanese"? Be sure to include (along with other possible items) timing, persuasive tactics, questioning and information exchange, the roles of the negotiating team in the decision-making process, and the management of impasse situations. What is it about the Japanese patterns and practices that is different from those in other countries, e.g. the U.S.?

International market entry strategy

My company makes electric motors used for business applications such elevators, lifts and cranes, and powering factory machinery. We have done very well in the US market and are considering expanding into international markets. Which international market entry strategy, in general, would involve the most risk for the company? a. Lateral expansion. b. Subcontracting. c. Direct investment. d. Exporting.