inward foreign direct investment by MNEs in Japan up to 1980 (Qn.13)! ! ! by! ! ! Student ID: 610059574 ! ! University of Exeter ! ! ! Prepared for: ! Professor David Boughey ! ! ! University of Exeter ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! BEM 3030 International Business History Assignment 2 ! Introduction ! ! Japan’s restrictive stance towards inward foreign direct investment (IFDI) has been particularly prominent from the origins of 12th century Japan through the Tokugawa shogunate and Meiji
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communicates (Schneider & Barsoux‚ 2003). Some cultures‚ where the message is explicit‚ are low-context (Germans‚ Scandinavian countries). Such cultures are characterized by flexible ingroups and outgroups. On the other hand‚ in high-context cultures (Japan‚ Arab countries) the message is unclear and it ’s difficult to be entered if the person is an outsider. Another academic known for his research in the field is Geert Hofstede. He developed four cultural dimensions power distance‚ individualism
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Livelihood Improvement Program - Japan By Gaurav Kochar The way Japan has gone about developing its rural areas is quite commendable. Even though the resources were limited‚ other hardships that came in the way‚ the zeal and enthusiasm shown by the Japanese to excel and do better in whatever they do is something which should be taught not just to the people in developing countries but also in developed country. One of such program‚ which aimed at developing rural Japan‚ was Livelihood improvement program
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Japan initiated the Pearl Harbor attack with the intention of preventing Americans from joining World War II. With the war expanding in Europe‚ Japan had joined the Axis side and intended to widen their territory in Asia. The greatest threat to the plans of the Japanese was the United States entry into the war and the supply of raw materials to the opposing powers. At the time of the attack in 1941‚ the Americans had avoided full involvement in the war and they intended to bring supplies to the countries
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technical issues but still manages to keep up the good results and when they go out to celebrate Dave shares the news with Todd about the swift of the department in China. To what extent could the stereotypes appearing in the film be interpreted with Trompenaars’ models and to which of his four diversity cultures each country belongs? The film ‘’Outsourced’’ is an excellent example of a comparison between two very different cultures such as East’s and West’s as seen through the eyes of an American filmmaker
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The main reason that japan attacked Pearl Harbor was they need resources .During December the 7th in 1942 the day japan attacked Pearl Harbor. America was involved both in the pacific against japan and in Europe against japan all in the Nazi Germany. The reason why that japan attacked Pearl Harbor was they needed oil‚ japanese imports‚ and they needed world order. Japan needed oil because they attack Pearl Harbor in order to block the United States and the Philippines for japan to acquire oil. Towards
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annually on a regular basis and discuss issues regarding whaling (IWC 2011). After long-term discussions‚ Japan’s whaling practices have been restricted‚ and Japan is currently only allowed to perform whaling in the name of research in the northwestern Pacific and the Antarctic. (Morikawa 2009:5). Since this commercial whaling moratorium‚ Japan strives for the ‘’resumption of whaling based on research and scientific surveys’’ (ibid.‚ p.3). A couple of significant facts suggest that Japan’s stated argument
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Communication Style and Cultural Features in High/Low Context Communication Cultures: A Case Study of Finland‚ Japan and India Shoji Nishimura1‚ Anne Nevgi2 and Seppo Tella3 1 Waseda University‚ Japan 2 Department of Education‚ University of Helsinki 3 Department of Applied Sciences of Education‚ University of Helsinki Abstract People from different countries communicate in ways that often lead to misunder-standings. Our argument‚ based on Hall’s theory of high/low context cultures (1959‚ 1966
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The Case Study of “Bookoff‚ Amazon Japan‚ and the Japanese Retail Bookselling Industry” Una Hu 1 Why is the profitability of large Japanese retail booksellers relatively poor and their scale relatively small? According to the case‚ ‘stagnation in sales along with the steady increase of costs over time has reduced the profitability of both large chains and small stores’ (Peng 2009‚ p. 391). There are several reasons that results in the relatively poor profitability of large Japanese retail booksellers
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How did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Aloha! Such a peaceful Sunday morning‚ where everyone leisure around a beautiful serene Hawaiian Island‚ thinking about tropical fruits and beaches. How could anyone expect anything so terrible would happen? As we all know‚ Japan had been an aggressive country‚ expanding into their neighbor’s territory whenever they had economic problems. There had always been months of negotiations between Japan and U.S. It seemed that war was inevitable. With competent practice
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