Germany and Japan Germany and Japan were part of the second wave of modernizing nations. They did not start industrializing until the second half of the nineteenth century. It was nearly a century after the French revolution and the beginning of British industrialization. They did have an advantage in being the second wave‚ for one they could learn from the technologies and techniques that were used in Europe before them and implement these systems into their own industries. Germany and Japan did not
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Housing There are currently two major types of housing in Japan: the single-family detached homes and multi-family dwellings. According to the 2008 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications housing statistics‚ most people in Japan live in single-family home. Of the total home count‚ 55.4% are single-family homes‚ 41.7% are multi-family dwellings and remaining 2.7% are single-family houses clustered together sharing walls. (pie graph) The single-family detached home is more traditional and
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“FINDING YOUR STRATEGY IN THE NEW LANDSCAPE” By: Pankaj Ghemawat Executive summary: The economic health of the world became worse after the global recession of 2008. The general impact of this catastrophe crashed not only the manufacturing sector but also the service sector as well globally. Most of the times it limited the various activities of the cross border commerce. The FDI has plunged down by 40% dramatically within the span of one year. Such trends in the economy can invite weak global
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multinational companies (MNC) can help them benefit from these opportunities. The main issue of this article is to address how an MNC should review its expansion strategy in this hostile post recession operating environment. The author highlights the need of changes in several business processes. Beginning from the change in organizational strategy‚ the author recommends MNCs to address the changes required in target markets and products‚ rethink about the locations for operations and be more innovative
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NEW GLOBAL STRATEGIES FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 1. High intensity domestic competition breeds international success. 2. In the diamond-shaped chart‚ there are key elements of it success is to be sustained: Company strategy (structure and rivalry)‚ factor conditions‚ demand conditions‚ related and supporting industries. 3. The home base shapes a company’s capacity to innovate rapidly in technology and methods and to do so in the proper directions. 4. A global strategy supplements
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Economy of Japan Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy with Black Ships steamed into the bay at Edo‚ old Tokyo‚ on July 8‚ 1853‚ and displayed the threatening power of his ships’ cannons. At the time Japanese did not know what a stem engine is‚ due to the distance‚ Japanese thought the smoke of the stem engine was the fire of a great dragon. So Japanese surrendered without a fight. Commodore Perry requested that Japan open to trade with the West and ends the Japanese seclusion. Japanese
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Feudal Japan Research topic influenced by one of the two Main sources: The last Samurai Directed by Edward Zwick and Rurouni Kenshin Anime series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. My research is based on Samurais and their way of living. I want to bring out the history behind feudal Japan where Samurai warriors were a big part of. The movie Last Samurai‚ directed
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Agnese and Sala (2009) mentioned the puzzling performance of Japan in the past two decades is the object of growing attention in the literature. In this paper‚ we are discussing about one salient feature of this performance – the long term unemployment in Japan. According to Bloomberg‚ AFP on Business Times dated on 30 November 2011‚ it was mentioned the country faced a high unemployment rate at 4.5% in October 2011 which is higher than the 29 economists’ prediction. Our aim is to exam the causes
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parts‚ reached more than five kilometres inland.The meteorological agency issued its top-level evacuation alerts for the entire Japanese coast amid warnings of a tsunami of between six and 10 metres. Towns and farms around Sendai city in northern Japan have been engulfed by a seven-metre tsunami‚ while a four-metre wave swamped parts of Kamaishi on the Pacific coast.Residents have been ordered to high ground and stay away from the coast as tsunamis can strike in several waves.Seismologists say the
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significant from an economic and from a social perspective. Economically‚ it changed society to become a capitalistic one as opposed to mercantilist. Supply and demand were met by labor and machines to produce profit. More efficient production and new inventions allowed for higher levels of production‚ and transportation across greater distances‚ which was one of the applications of the steam engine. Originally‚ the steam engine was created to remove water from mines‚ and was invented
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