A Very Japanese Company
Toshimichi Miyashita believes in harmony and hard work. That's led him to build a very profitable company. Read story
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Dateline: Tokyo
The Japanese have a phrase, haragei, to describe the form of nonverbal communication operative in companies in which a more traditional -- and hierarchica... Read story
Running The Reality Principle
In this litigious society of ours, the rights of one constitutional entity almost inevitably bump up against the rights of another, with the resolution of... Read story
Let Them Eat Pies
An elderly couple in Hawaii has finally come up with an American product that the Japanese seem to want as much as Americans want Japanese VCRs and cars: ... Read story
The Once and Future Traveler
A travel-management expert describes how future technology might change the way we do work on the road. Read story
Going Through Customs
Americans are selling the Japanese everything from shampoo to catering trucks. The trick is to play by their rules. Read story
Creators of the New Japan
Why Japan's future will depend more and more on small, innovative research- and development-oriented companies. Read story
Taking The Trade Wars To Japan's Own Soil
A group of U.S. electronics companies have taken their fight to Japan. Talk about protectionism has dominated the headlines lately, but now many companies... Read story
Timely Travel Tips on Demand
Service provides up-to-the-moment travel information for any destination requested by a subscriber. Read story
Mr. Iacocca, Meet Mr, Honda
Chrysler's famous chairman may be the best of America's auto men, but as a manager and an industrialist, he doesn't hold a candle to Japan's most successful ... Read story
Right Solution, Wrong Problem
Inc. Technology's editor offers an overview of the issue along with some comments. Read story
Is Japan An Open Market?
The answer to this question used to be a flat no. Until recently, most Japanese would have freely acknowledged that their government nurtured domestic in... Read story
A World Of Goods
International trading companies such as Boles & Co. ("Our Man in Zurich, Tokyo, and Hong Kong," January) may become large and profitable, but they won... Read story
Trading Places: Are America and Japan Locked in a Trade War?
Japanese and American entrepreneurs gather for a freewheeling discussion of the differences that divide them, and the ventures that may bring them together. Read story
"theory F"
All those studies on Japanese management overlook the one ingredient that makes it all work: Fear. Read story
The New Issei
How a few Japanese managers broke free of Theory F by exporting themselves to America. Read story
Things I Can't Live Without...
Cake maker Sylvia Weinstock can whip up multiple multi-tiered confections in one of her favorite things: a 90-quart mixer. Read story
Business Trips Don't Have to be All Business
Being away on business shouldn't mean doing away with enjoyment. It should mean doing things differently. Get an expert's tips on how to get the most out of ... Read story
Unlimited Partnerships
Close and enduring relationships between big business and smaller companies help keep Japanese industry productive and innovative. Read story
Second Thoughts
Corruption and decay in the Japanese economy; is it really so wise for the U.S. economy to emulate Japan's? Read story
Turning Japanese (Entrepreneurial)
Is a start-up wave sweeping Japan? Read story
Trading, American Style
I'm rather struck by the fact that the author of the article on Jack Boles's trading company ("Our Man in Zurich, Tokyo, and Hong Kong," January) focuses ... Read story
The American Model Goes Global
When Jean Ichbiah broke away from the Paris-based computer giant Bull (formerly called Cii-Honeywell Bull) in 1980 to start his own software company, he f... Read story
Pint-size Computers
As of now, most portable computers are more deadweight than lightweight. Still, if you are looking for a complete business machine to go home to office, you ... Read story
International;
JAPAN'S MUCH BALLYHOOED "VENture business" boom may be going bust. In the past six months alone, more than 25 of that country's growth companies have gon... Read story
Beware The Trojan Horse
Inside those Japanese auto plants are the seeds of destruction for thousands of small U.S. companies Read story
Stage Might
Director Ben Cameron talks about the changing role of live theater in the digital age. Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: Vosges Haut-Chocolat
Inc.com is counting down to the unveiling of Inc . magazine's Inc. 500 list with a profile a day of one of this year's honorees. Check back Monday th... Read story
Tailor-Made in America
A business expert explains how craftmanship practiced at so-called "Craftories" is inventing a new competitive edge. Read story
Learning to Enjoy the Small Things The stories of Jay Goltz and the other entrepreneurs who chose to "be great instead of big" hit close to home... Read story
Fire and Motion
I’ve read a ton of books on competition and strategy, and none of them are as useful as this one simple concept. Read story
Dossier
Answer the call of Shangri-la; go virtual at the Waldorf-Astoria; or work out in the privacy of your hotel room with your own "fit kit." Read story
Fire and Motion
I’ve read a ton of books on competition and strategy, and none of them are as useful as this one simple concept. Read story
Extra! Extra! U.S. Wins Semiconductor Wars
News of the United States' victory in the semiconductor wars goes unreported. Read story
Do The Japanese Make Good Partners?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Often it's a matter of size -- of your firm and theirs. Read story
"I have one life, and it must come together."
Inc. gathered five entrepreneurs to define what The Good Life means to them and how they're living it. Read story
Loose Lips Sink You
Even casual public chit-chat among employees can give competitors confidential information about your business. Here's what you need to know to keep your com... Read story
Kansei Iwata: A Program For Independence
Like Shigenobu Nagamori, many of Japan's new wave of entrepreneurs have emerged from the ranks of Japan's leading corporations. Back in 1973, for instance... Read story
Seizing Global Opportunities
A look at entrepreneurs who have found business opportunities from the North Sea to Antarctica Read story
It's No Occident: Japan Exports Venture Capital
First came Sony, then sushi bars. Now, Ken Kawabe is out to give venture capital a Japanese flavor. Last August, Kawabe opened a Los Angeles branch ... Read story
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