Rediscovering Japanese Business Leadership: 15 Japanese Managers and the Companies Theyre Leading to New Growth

Only an insightful writer like Yozo Hasegawa could provide masterful portraits of the new Japanese leaders and describe how great Japanese companies continue to soar. This is a fascinating must–read business book to better understand some of the greatest Japanese business leaders of today.
Dr. Dominique Turpin
The Dentsu Professor
IMD
Once again, we face a period of great transformation in our world. In Japan since the 1980s, many managers had increasingly looked to adopt Western business models as the most rational means for success in a globalizing world  only to see those foundations collapse with the “Lehman Shock” of 2008. Amid all the turmoil and the ebb and flow of Eastern versus Western business models, there are those companies that have repeatedly and consistently demonstrated first rate, if not world class, leadership strength. The 15 companies and top managers introduced in this book are just such a breed. Mr. Hasegawa shows us why their ongoing stories offer much from which the world can learn going forward.
Yotaro Kobayashi
Former Chairman
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Rediscovering Japanese Business Leadership will guide readers through a fascinating exploration of how 15 remarkable leaders are building world class companies through traditional values and practices that have been reinvented to achieve amazing results. Distilled into principles that apply to every company and every manager, it′s easy to see a future where Japanese business returns to the forefront of global leadership and innovation.
Jeffrey Hollender
Executive Chairman, Seventh Generation
Author, The Responsibility Revolution
While the Japanese economy has yet to recover from the impact of the Lehman Shock of 2008, there are many Japanese firms that remain coolly undaunted as they embark upon their next phase of development, of which  Fast Retailing, Nintendo and Toyota offer some prime examples. But in an increasingly global and transparent economy, there is still so much we can learn about where the true strength of Japanese business lies—hidden beneath the surface of a macroeconomic perspective. As Mr. Hasegawa so deftly demonstrates, this strength dwells in the many hard fought struggles, well–tempered beliefs and rigorous experiences of companies that continue to learn what it takes to survive.
Junichi Arai
Chairman, Japan Center for Economic Research


Spis treści:
Preface
1 Succeeding by Destroying a Growth Model
Kanemasa Haraguchi, Secom Co., Ltd. (Service)
2 In the Right Place, Good Things Sell Themselves
Toshifumi Suzuki, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (Retail)
3 Is Something Holding You Back?
Shinzo Maeda, Shiseido Co., Ltd. (Cosmetics)
4 The Customer Always Trumps Legacy
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Video Games)
5 Standing with Consumers on Deregulated Ground
Kaoru Seto, Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (Land Transport)
6 From Japan to the World’s Dinner Tables
Yuzaburo Mogi, Kikkoman Corp. (Food)
7 Matching Brick–and–Mortar Innovation with the IT Revolution
Tadashi Yanai, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (Clothing)
8 Growing in a World of Change
Kazuyasu Kato, Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (Food)
9 Reviving the Engine of Japan Inc.
Akio Mimura, Nippon Steel Corp. (Steel)
10 Adversity is a Reversal of Fortune Opportunity
Fumio Ohtsubo, Panasonic Corp. (Electrical Machinery)
11 When Business Must Not Come First
Yasuchika Hasegawa, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Pharmaceutical)
12 Winning in the New Workplace
Masahiro Sakane, Komatsu Ltd. (Machinery)
13 Increasing Management Quality
Fujio Mitarai, Canon Inc. (Electrical Machinery)
14 Returning to One’s Roots
Akio Toyoda, Toyota M otor Corp. (Automobiles)
15 Work Steadily Toward Objectives, Don’t Rush Results
Sadayuki Sakakibara, Toray Industries Inc. (Textiles)
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

Nota biograficzna:
Yozo Hasegawa was born in Tokyo in 1943. After graduating from Keio University′s Faculty of Economics in 1967, he joined Nikkei Inc. as a journalist in the business and foreign–news departments and was posted as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in Warsaw and Vienna between 1982 and 1985. He returned to Japan as senior staff writer until his retirement in 2007. Hasegawa is now a full–time professor at Teikyo University and adjunct professor at Gakushuin University in Tokyo, while also serving as a regular commentator in radio and television. He regularly interviews top business leaders as host of a weekly television show, “Top Leadership, Up Front.” His books include: Clean Car Wars: How Honda and Toyota are Winning the Battle of the Eco–Friendly Autos; Lexus: A Challenge of Toyota; Would You Like to Work for Carlos Ghosn?; Passing on the Honda DNA; Carlos Ghosn’s 5 Revolutions; and Jack Welch & Japan′s Recovery.
Tony Kimm is a freelance translator, writer and movie subtitler who makes his home in Tokyo, Japan. He has worked for a major Japanese publishing company and has translated articles and publications for the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the Asahi Shimbun and various Japanese government agencies. Tony, a Minneapolis native, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.


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Only an insightful writer like Yozo Hasegawa could provide masterful portraits of the new Japanese leaders and describe how great Japanese companies continue to soar. This is a fascinating must–read business book to better understand some of the greatest Japanese business leaders of today.
Dr. Dominique Turpin
The Dentsu Professor
IMD
Once again, we face a period of great transformation in our world. In Japan since the 1980s, many managers had increasingly looked to adopt Western business models as the most rational means for success in a globalizing world  only to see those foundations collapse with the “Lehman Shock” of 2008. Amid all the turmoil and the ebb and flow of Eastern versus Western business models, there are those companies that have repeatedly and consistently demonstrated first rate, if not world class, leadership strength. The 15 companies and top managers introduced in this book are just such a breed. Mr. Hasegawa shows us why their ongoing stories offer much from which the world can learn going forward.
Yotaro Kobayashi
Former Chairman
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Rediscovering Japanese Business Leadership will guide readers through a fascinating exploration of how 15 remarkable leaders are building world class companies through traditional values and practices that have been reinvented to achieve amazing results. Distilled into principles that apply to every company and every manager, it′s easy to see a future where Japanese business returns to the forefront of global leadership and innovation.
Jeffrey Hollender
Executive Chairman, Seventh Generation
Author, The Responsibility Revolution
While the Japanese economy has yet to recover from the impact of the Lehman Shock of 2008, there are many Japanese firms that remain coolly undaunted as they embark upon their next phase of development, of which  Fast Retailing, Nintendo and Toyota offer some prime examples. But in an increasingly global and transparent economy, there is still so much we can learn about where the true strength of Japanese business lies—hidden beneath the surface of a macroeconomic perspective. As Mr. Hasegawa so deftly demonstrates, this strength dwells in the many hard fought struggles, well–tempered beliefs and rigorous experiences of companies that continue to learn what it takes to survive.
Junichi Arai
Chairman, Japan Center for Economic Research