Mitsubishi Corporation


Blind Ambition

By Edward O. Welles |  Nov 1, 1989

Two companies fight over the patent rights to fiber optic HDTV (high-definition television).  Read story

Do Not Pass Go

By Hal Plotkin |  Nov 1, 1988

Dual deck VCR manufacturer sues Japan Inc. for blocking access to parts.  Read story

Put a Chip in It!

By David H. Freedman |  Apr 1, 2005

Thanks to new technology, nearly anything can be "smart." Are you smart enough to keep up?  Read story

"theory F"

By JOEL KOTKIN AND YORIKO KISHIMOTO |  Apr 1, 1986

All those studies on Japanese management overlook the one ingredient that makes it all work: Fear.  Read story

One Dozen Powerful Strategies for Avoiding Thieves, Spies, Con-Artists, and...

By Don Phin |  Jan 1, 2004

As we tell clients, if it's out on the street, it's in your workplace. If there are people "out there" who are abusive, harassing, discriminatory, violent...  Read story

Beware The Trojan Horse

By JAY FINEGAN |  Dec 1, 1987

Inside those Japanese auto plants are the seeds of destruction for thousands of small U.S. companies  Read story

Manufacturing: Here, There, Or Everywhere?

By Jerry Wasserman |  Jun 1, 1985

The thesis that Joel Kotkin set forth in his article is too simplistic. It is not a case of manufacturing either in the United States or offshore. In som...  Read story

How Japanese Trading Companies Took The Lead

Jan 1, 1983

Mitsubishi International Corp. and Dexim Inc. are both international traders, but the Japanese company, headquartered in New York, moves more than $10 bil...  Read story

Rolling The Dice

By Elizabeth Conlin |  Mar 1, 1989

One CEO faces the twin tasks of dealing with growing revenue and getting his technology internationally accepted.  Read story

Future Shocks

By John Case |  Dec 1, 1988

How market fragmentation is causing small companies to suffer.  Read story

Ready, Aim, Focus

By JAY FINEGAN |  Mar 1, 1997

A Leadership Intensive Training program helped one company refocus its squabbling employees onto competitors.  Read story

The Accidental Automator

By Joshua D. Macht |  Jun 15, 1997

A small company's bank forces it to invest more in computerization, and in so doing saves the company.  Read story

Will The Robot Be Father To The Industry?

Mar 1, 1983

The first born-at-Catalyst company that will be nudged over the side of the nest on the assumption that it will fly is Androbot Inc., scheduled for evicti...  Read story

Do The Japanese Make Good Partners?

By Joel Kotkin |  Mar 1, 1987

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Often it's a matter of size -- of your firm and theirs.  Read story

A Very Japanese Company

By Christopher A. Mead |  Nov 1, 1981

Toshimichi Miyashita believes in harmony and hard work. That's led him to build a very profitable company.  Read story

Where Small Companies Are Important

By Robert Wood |  Nov 1, 1981

Big business may dominate Japan's image abroad, but 91% of Japanese private employees work in firms employing fewer than 500 workers.  Read story

Rising Sons

By Joel Kotkin and Yoriko Kishimoto |  Apr 1, 1984

The success of American growth companies has inspired the first generation of japanese entrepeneurs in the past four decades.  Read story

Creators of the New Japan

By Joel Kotkin |  Oct 1, 1990

Why Japan's future will depend more and more on small, innovative research- and development-oriented companies.  Read story

What Business Are You Really In? Miller/zell Inc.

By Tom Richman |  Aug 1, 1983

Reconceptualizing, strategic planning, challenging assumptions -- call it what you will, it describes the process of adapting to change, a process in which a...  Read story

Life In The Silicon Rain Forest

By Susan Benner |  Jun 1, 1984

Oregon has always been a great place to fish or raise a family. Lately it has become one of the hottest places around to start a company.  Read story

The French Connection

By Edward O. Welles |  Nov 1, 1991

Profile of the changing French entrepreneurial landscape.  Read story

Growing Your Business by Going Global

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jan 1, 1994

Lessons from a company that leapt unwarily into foreign-distribution, plus intelligence on Saudi Arabian markets.  Read story

Unlimited Partnerships

By Robert C. Wood |  Nov 1, 1982

Close and enduring relationships between big business and smaller companies help keep Japanese industry productive and innovative.  Read story

The No-tech Solution

By Craig R. Waters |  May 1, 1986

Industrial America's graveyard is filled with companies just like Intermatic. But then, they didn't have Jim Miller.  Read story

Play Money

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1988

Founder of simulated stock market confronts decision among three different long-term growth strategies.  Read story

Capturing Eardrums

By Rob Walker |  May 1, 2005

In a world that's increasingly awash in marketing clutter, Paul Anthony, founder of Rumblefish, believes music can help a brand stand out. So what does your ...  Read story

The Enigma of Entrepreneurial Wealth

By George Gilder |  Oct 1, 1992

Essay on entrepreneurial wealth; adapted from Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise.  Read story

For Sale: The American Dream

By Joseph Rosenbloom |  Nov 1, 2001

Need help selling your company? Lots of folks out there claim they can help you get the most for your business. Don't believe everything you hear.  Read story

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