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Japanese Women Warriors - Updated

Tadashi Yanai, the 70-year-old billionaire founder and CEO of Fast Retailing, concluded a recent interview with CNN (September 19, 2019) by asserting that he wanted his successor to be a woman.

India, Japan, U.S. – Contrasting Assumptions

How people from India, Japan, and the rest of Asia approach business is very differently than people from the U.S. and northern European countries.

RISK

risk

And what does this have to do with culture anyway?

If you work across cultures and want to have any influence, you’d better know how your colleagues perceive risk and how to work with it.

Everyone has their own tolerance for risk, but some cultures...

SUBSIDIARIES SUCK!

That is if you are ambitious.

I recently had an interesting exchange with an old friend who is now working at the headquarters of a Japanese company. He shared some of his priceless insights...

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Globalization has made cross-border business deals more common than ever. But, every day, deals are jeopardized or lost when foreign associates are offended by Americans unaware of other countries' customs, culture or manner. while traveling, meeting a foreigner here or communicating on the...

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