30..04.2025
International Business & Trade
Dear all,
Re: 05.05.2025 (Mon)-07.05.2025 (Wed)
I just wanted to inform you that we will try the best to stick with the following schedule:
05.05.2025 (Monday)
Part of Business System in Asia
Management in Japan
Trappolini, D. (2013). A Tale of Three Companies: The Survival Strategies of Sony, Hitachi, & Canon, (eds) Parissa Haghirian, Case Studies in Asian Management, World Scientific.
“Japanese Government Pushes for Governance Reform”.
06.05.2025 (Tuesday)
Aoyama, Y. (2007). “Oligopoly & the Structural Paradox of Retail TNCs: An Assessment of Carrefour & Wal-Mart in Japan”, Journal of Economic Geography, 7, 471-490.
“Entrepreneurship Vacuum in Japan”.
Ahmadjian, C. L., & Robbins, G. E. (2005). “A Clash of Capitalisms: Foreign Shareholders & Corporate Restructuring in 1990s Japan”, American Sociological Review, 70(3), 451-471.
07.05.2025 (Wednesday)
Chizema, A., & Shinozawa, Y. (2012). The ‘company with committees’: Change or continuity in Japanese corporate governance? Journal of Management Studies, 49(1), 77-101.
Management in China
Tse, E. (2010). “Is it too Late to Enter China?”, Harvard Business Review, 88(4), 96-101.
Sheng, S., Zhou, K., & Li, J. (2011). “The Effects of Business & Political ties on Firm Performance: Evidence from China”, Journal of Marketing, 75: 1-15.
Please be advised that I have additionally included Chizema & Shinozawa’s (2012) paper to read. The course syllabus has been updated to reflect this new assignment.
I wish you a wonderful day & please take the best care of yourself.
Best wishes,
Norifumi Kawai