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Case Study – A German High-Tech Company’s Strategy for Entering the Japanese Market

Prof. Dr. Heiko Seif, Alexander Zettl, Hubert Stärker January 31, 2018

Recently, the EU and Japan have agreed on a free trade agreement to enter into force in 2019. If the agreement were implemented as planned, the world’s largest free trade area would be created. Japan […]

What Japan’s Over 1,000 Year-Old Family Owned Businesses Can Teach Us

Hendrik Schwartz, Prof. Dr. Marc-Michael Bergfeld May 9, 2017

How do some family companies go on for centuries while others die early? What is the secret of a long corporate life? Is there an influence played by culture? What can the unique Japanese approach […]