Some human management aspects of M&A in Japan - obstacles and opportunities offered to foreign companies
Out-in mergers and acquisitions activities in Japan have gradually increased but stay at a level extremely low compared with the situation in the Western World. Regulatory aspects remain important to explain this, but despite rapid changes in the socio-cultural environment, some idiosyncracies resul...
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Universiti Utara Malaysia
1997
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| Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/861/1/Philippe%2C_Debroux.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/861/ http://mmj.uum.edu.my |
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| Summary: | Out-in mergers and acquisitions activities in Japan have gradually increased but stay at a level extremely low compared with the situation in the Western World. Regulatory aspects remain important to explain this, but despite rapid changes in the socio-cultural environment, some idiosyncracies resulting from the concept of company remain. Japan is undertaking rapid socio-cultural changes and we should avoid being dragged into past perceptions far away from the modern reality. Nevertheless, as these characteristics lead, even today in a period of transition, to different management rules and labour attitudes and behaviour, they should still be considered with great care when doing business in Japan. |
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