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(★)(With the ease of writing a memorandum to sales managers, Ballon and Honda have prepared this book about the core of corporate governance in Japan with a clarity, objectivity, and understanding that few people could muster in a lifetime.／ The authors lead us carefully along a path they have constructed in four tiers to reveal the Japanese stakeholder system.／(1)How the entrepreneur, large or small, depends on a network of stakeholders to continue business, a responsibility shared by essential employees.／(2)How this enterprise interacts in a country lacking natural resources, relying not only on the efforts of citizens, but also on public officials to promote a production-oriented economy.／(3)How in the domestic market stakeholders are at once partners and competitors and how they satisfy their financial requirements.／(4)How Japanese business adapts and applies its tenets to overseas operations in a struggle with globalization, a challenge courageously faced by means of massive economic cooperation.／And whether intended or not, this book has an added bonus : It delves deeply into the mind and substance of Japanese business, governance, and society. The reader is sure to learn many things that will prove invaluable in doing business with the Japanese, whether in Japan or elsewhere.／ ◆Robert J.Ballon is professor emeritus of Sophia University (Tokyo) and doctor honoris causa of the Catholic University of Cordoba (Argentina). He was born in Belgium, graduated from the University of Louvain (Belgium) and the Catholic University of America (Washington D.C.), and first came to Japan in 1948. His professional interest has concentrated on Japan´s human resource development and position in international business. He is the editor/author of several books, including ´The Financial Behavior of Japanese Corporations (1988)´, ´Foreign Competition in Japan : Human Resource Strategies (1992)´, and ´Japanese Business and Financial Disclosure (2000)´. Keikichi Honda is chairman of Sun Microsystems K.K. (Japan). He was born in Kobe, Japan, and graduated from the University of Tokyo (LLB). Mr.Honda served as chief economist at the Bank of Tokyo and as board member and CEO of the bank´s subsidiaries before joining Sun Microsystems Inc. as vice president in 1996. He served as vice chairman of the Economic Policy Committee of BIAC (OECD) and is the author of several books, including ´Introduction to Financial Futures (1988)´, ´Crosscultural Communications and International Management (1991)´, and ´Foreign Exchange --Easy to Understand (1993)´.) |
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