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SUNSET IN THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
SUMMARY
FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, PART 1
THE PATH TO GLOBALIZATION
FOUR STAGES ON THE PATH TO GLOBALIZATION
Stage 1: Domestic focus
Stage 2: Exports
Stage 3: Regional focus
Stage 4: Borderless global business
EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE
JAPAN BEFORE WORLD WAR II
STAGE 1: DOMESTIC BIRTH AND FOCUS
Customers
Competitors
Employees
Suppliers
Regulators
Shareholders
SUMMARY
FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, PART 2
THE MAKINGS OF MASTER EXPORTERS
Technology and quality
Labor and culture
Keeping the home market to themselves
THE LUCK OF THE …. JAPANESE
Open trade with big markets
Oil shock and Japanese automakers
Dumb foreign competitors
THE NET EFFECT
THE CRAZY 1980s
SUMMARY
A BRAVE NEW WORLD
REGIONAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
Japanese firms’ lagging geographic expansion
Tracking FDI flows
The Fortune Global 500 rankings
SUMMARY OF THE CHALLENGES OF A REGIONAL APPROACH
Global stage of development and growth
Role of innovation in global growth
The drivers of innovation
Fundamental requirements for global success
CURVE BALL
PERFORMANCE ABROAD AND TOLERANCE FOR RISK
Japanese overseas performance
Tolerance for risk
THE DEATH OF JOE ISUZU
SUMMARY COMMENTS
BARBARIANS AT THE GATE
GREATER USE OF HOME COUNTRY EXPATRIATE MANAGERS BY JAPANESE MNCS
Drivers of low use of local leaders
FOUR PHASES OF EXPATRIATE DEPLOYMENT
Phase 1: Send in the experts
Phase 2: Look for high caliber locals
Phase 3: Local success and frustration
Phase 4: Best and brightest leave
THE BAMBOO CEILING
CONCLUSION
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE, BUT NOT A DROP TO DRINK
WHAT ABOUT OLDER STUDENTS?
CONCLUSIONS
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
THE STORIES OF KENICHI TANAKA AND JEAN-LOUIS DESVIGNES
Tanaka at Daiei
International expansion
Stagnation
More challenges for Tanaka
Desvignes at Carrefour
International expansion
International assignment
FINAL COMMENTS
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING JAPAN
LONG-TERM ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR JAPAN
Fertility rate
Population and immigration
Dependency ratio
Investment rate
Labor force, participation rate, and foreign workers
Foreign workers
Participation rate
Technical progress and productivity
Long-term economic prospects
CONCLUSION
SO WHAT ARE THE JAPANESE TO DO?
PART I: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SENIOR JAPANESE EXECUTIVES
Become acutely aware of your own cognitive biases
Race to add diversity
Use international joint ventures more creatively
Use M&As wisely
Revise the policy for promotion
Pour resources in developing global leaders
Define what good looks like
Develop corporate people systems
PART II: ADVICE TO THE INDIVIDUAL JAPANESE MANAGER
Take charge of your own development
Build your network
Take the plunge
Lead while you can
SUMMARY COMMENTS
A CAUTIONARY TALE
A FEW WORDS OF CAUTION FOR THE “FOLLOW JAPAN” CROWD
LESSONS FOR EXPERIENCED MNCS
Building structural flexibility
Lessons from the military
Lessons for business
Building diversity
Investing in speedy transitions
Speeding the process
Building skills in-house
FINAL COMMENTS
NOTES
CHAPTER 2 – FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, PART 1
CHAPTER 3 – FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, PART 2
CHAPTER 4 – A BRAVE NEW WORLD
CHAPTER 5 – CURVE BALL
CHAPTER 6 – BARBARIANS AT THE GATE
CHAPTER 7 – WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE, BUT NOT A DROP TO DRINK
CHAPTER 8 – A TALE OF TWO CITIES
CHAPTER 9 – THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING JAPAN
CHAPTER 10 – SO WHAT ARE THE JAPANESE TO DO?
CHAPTER 11 – A CAUTIONARY TALE
INDEX
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