... indicators such as a low-gender pay gap or a high ratio of females in managerial positions suggest that Scandinavia is ahead in terms of gender diversity and equality, whereas those indicators suggest that the level in Japan is currently lower. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how executives...

... set of Japanese, European and US financial securities companies operating in Japan, in order to find which international model provided the highest evaluations. Findings Results revealed that employees in Japanese companies displayed significantly higher levels of understanding of company goals...

...Fredric William Swierczek; Jun Onishi This article presents the findings of research on the application and adaptability of Japanese management practices in a different cultural context, Thailand. The national characteristics of Japan and Thailand based on Hofstede's conceptual framework, Japanese...

... in 1974. It remained dormant until its first store opened in 1984. The parent company of Morioka moved its headquarters from Shizuoka in Japan to Hong Kong in 1989 and relocated to Shanghai in China in 1996. Before the company was declared insolvent in November 1997, it had operated ten store outlets...

... of reasons for this ethos. The presence of a number of senior Japanese managers who "shadowed" their senior British counterparts and reported back to Japan was clearly one influence, in that the group orientation of the Japanese at senior level set a particular tone for the organisation as a whole. This also...