Fukuzawa Yukichi Biography Review
Book review - 8 pages - Modern history
The biography on Fukuzawa Yûkichi written by Helen M. Hopper explores one of the most influential private citizens and his views and actions during a critical period of development in Japanese history. The aim of the book is to explore the large contributions, and the influence that Fukuzawa had...
The Realm of East Asia: Changes and the Future
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
The realm of East Asia consists of Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, and Mongolia. This realm, although it has been around for thousands of years, has gone through many drastic changes in modern times. Rich in raw materials, people, and cultures, the East Asian countries...
Asian business culture
Thesis - 9 pages - Journalism
Since the last decade the Northeast Asian economies such as Japan, South Korean and Taiwan have had a remarkable growth and an important development into world-class economic powers. They have emerged from an “array of political and social challenges such as world and civil wars,...
SWOT Analysis - Shiseido
Case study - 4 pages - Services marketing
Strategy includes actions employed at all levels of the company, to face competition. It thus reveals strategic visions, action plans and decisions that will have a direct impact on the profit of the company in its environment. This strategy also applies to different areas of business. We...
The German threat to the democracy, the economy and morality of the United States
Essay - 9 pages - Modern history
When the origin of the United States' entrance into World War II is reviewed Pearl Harbor is the event that justified American intervention. Once bombs were dropped in Hawaii the U.S. had no choice but to declare war on Japan. The United States' values and interests were threatened and...
Intercultural Management: Analysis of the movie "Fear and Trembling"
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
Undoubtedly, the world is currently zooming along the expressway to globalization. Globalization causes exchanges to be quicker, facilitated anywhere at any time. These exchanges concern persons, goods, services and funds. As a result, new dilemmas have risen on the horizon along with new...
Cultural briefing: Asian markets
Thesis - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Japanese business culture is wrongly perceived as the biggest obstacle to starting business in Japan for many foreign companies thinking of entering the Japanese market. Many foreign companies never do start business in Japan (or only enter the Japanese market through a distributor)...
How companies deal with cultural differences: the example of Disneyland Resort Paris
Case study - 97 pages - Services marketing
"Globalization, understood as the extension of the market economy and capitalism in the world, has accelerated over the last thirty years. " Thus the companies that choose to internationalize are growing. This internationalization promotes contacts between cultures, which play a fundamental role...
RSTUDIO: Final Project - Data Correlation, Causation
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Computer science
In this document we propose to study three countries on three different continents namely France, Japan and the United States. We want to analyze how the primary variable fertility rate is related to the influencing variables namely unemployment rate and inflation. Indeed, harsh economic...
Nescafe's Global Communication Strategy
Case study - 5 pages - Communication
In the globalized market of today, dynamic marketing communication strategies are the key for brands that want to relate to the diverse consumer niche from different cultures and markets. Nescafe is one of the most popular instant coffees on the market, which is owned by a huge company - Nestlé....
President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima: Was there a realistic alternative to this course of action?
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
On the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States dropped, on the city of Hiroshima, the first of the only two nuclear bombs ever employed against human population, killing more than 115.000 people - probably as many as 250.000 according to the highest estimates - and injuring at least another...
Case study: How Toyota achieved success in Europe
Thesis - 11 pages - Business strategy
At the end of World War II, the Japanese government asked the European Automakers to curtail exports to Japan in order to help Japan rebuild its industry. The Europeans reciprocated by limiting their market to Japanese cars (C As a result of which the quotas were very limited (e.g....
Empirical study on effect of quality management on competitive performance in manufacturing companies: International perspective
Thesis - 11 pages - Management
This paper presents results of an empirical analysis on quality management and its impact on competitive performance. These results have been derived from the third round survey conducted during 2003 and 2004 under the framework of High Performance Manufacturing Project. After presenting a simple...
Case study of Twingo
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
Renault's presence in the Japanese market dates back to the 1950's, where about 50,000 cars were sold. However, the import of cars to the Japanese market declined considerably during the 1960s. It was not until 1994 that Renault saw its sales increase in Japan with the signing of a...
Sony : the launch of the MiniDisc
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
This document focuses on Sony's use of a “Global Localization” strategy during the launch of the MiniDisc in 1992. Sony is a leading Japanese consumer electronics brand (Case study, graph, p. 2), known through its universal and language-free brand name “Sony”. Its global...
Adaptively Changed Sushi in American, Vinegary rice topped with raw fish and shellfish
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Sushi has a very long history, first mentioned in a compiled dictionary in China by 2nd Century AD, where it is described as salted fish meat in rice. Some authors; however argue that sushi originated from South East Asia back in the 4th Century AD, but there is still no clarity whether rice was...
Democratic transition
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
On 9 March, 2009, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that “China will never adopt Western-style democracy with a multi-party system,” referring to comments made by Parliament chief Wu Banggou that “Communist party leadership should be strengthened and ‘the...
The productive forces of United States of America
Thesis - 32 pages - Economy general
The GNP of United States is the highest in the world, at $10,946 billion in 2004, substantially higher than the EU-25 ($9449 billion, including $1523 billion for France) and two and a half times higher that of Japan ($4390 billion). The GNP per capita remains the fourth highest in the...
Business Report- How to enter the Asian market with the Dyson Airblade(TM)
Market study - 12 pages - Services marketing
Dyson Ltd. is already exporting its products successfully to 49 countries with an increased turnover of 23% within the last year (The Telegraph, 2010). As a marketing consultancy we would like to present to you possibilities to stretch out to new interesting markets to keep on with this story of...
Comparative international accounting systems and practices
Essay - 26 pages - Accounting
There is no doubt that Anglo-Saxon accounting can be distinguished from accounting in continental Europe, Asia, Latin American, and many other parts of the world. It is practiced not only in the United States and United Kingdom, but also to an important extent in countries where, for example, the...
International luxury distribution: Coach and Polo Ralph Lauren
Case study - 55 pages - Services marketing
A comparison between two garment companies has been undertaken in order to understand the brands and their international significance in all areas of growth, distribution, profit and finally the end-users i.e. satisfying the consumer demand. The two companies that have been targeted are "Coach"...
Mary Kay cosmetics: Asian market entry
Thesis - 10 pages - Services marketing
Mary Kay Cosmetics (MKC) is an American company that deals directly with selling of cosmetics and toiletries products. It has existed for 15 years since 1992. It is implanted in 21 countries and planning to market 4 or 5 new markets. It is a “feminine firm” which promotes a strong...
Comparison between Tiffany VS Bvlgari(2004)
Case study - 44 pages - Services marketing
It is an astonishing fact that the jewelry sector is the largest in the luxury goods industry with a global retail sales amounting to $150 billion. The biggest contributor is the US. The US market represents a total of $ 43 billion in this industry. Some of the major players in the luxury...
Tiffany vs. Bvlgari (2005)
Case study - 44 pages - Services marketing
Jewelry sector is the largest in the luxury goods industry with global retail sales amounting to $150 billion. US.representing the biggest market of $ 43 billion. Within the luxury industry, the following jewelers are the major players: Tiffany, Cartier, under parent company Richemont, Bvlgari...
Fuji film: Analysis and strategy
Case study - 16 pages - Business strategy
Fujifilm I & I (Imaging & Information) is an international Japanese company, established in 1934, which manufactures films and cameras. In a recent survey published in a Japanese business daily, the company was ranked the first in Japan. The group has leading technology, which enables it...
SWOT Analysis - Nokia
Case study - 47 pages - Services marketing
The market of mobile telephony was created in the early years of the 90s and was developed with a strong growth until 2000. In the last 5 years, this market has experienced less rapid development due to the fact of the existing intense competition and rate of penetration of new companies in the...
Global consequences of Chinese growth: Impact on the world economy
Thesis - 25 pages - Economy general
Over the past decade, the People's Republic of China has been pursuing an average annual growth of 9%. It has now become the 4th largest world power after the United States, Japan and Germany, but ahead of France and the United Kingdom. However, China currently accounts for only 5% of...
Reconsidering the Samurai Image
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In modern culture, samurai have become the epitome of a model warrior. Across both the Western and Eastern world, popular culture portrays samurai as heroic, wise, loyal, and decisive. Japanese movies glorify the samurai life, whereas Hollywood creates an exotic hero from a far away land. This...
A study on quality circle
Thesis - 23 pages - Business strategy
The term quality circles refers to small groups of line employees (usually ten or fewer) who meet periodically outside of regular work hours to discuss ways to improve the quality of products they produce and the efficiency and effectiveness of the production processes they oversee. Although...
The car industry in China (2008)
Thesis - 32 pages - Economy general
In the current context of significant economic growth of China, with 2008 being a year when Beijing hosted the Olympic Games, it seems wise to focus on the country. Indeed, it officially aims to give way to a spirit of conviviality around sports, but does not forget to attract as many people...
