Japanese Business Operations in an Uncertain World (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Khare, Anshuman; Ishikura, Hiroki; Odake, Nobutaka

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at Japanese companies in manufacturing and services sectors and how they are emerging from the prolonged uncertainty of the pandemic. Aimed at academics, researchers, and practitioners, this book provides valuable insights into how Japanese organizations are adapting to the pandemic and advancements in digital technologies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000511130
• Artikelnr.: 62736318

Autorenporträt

Anshuman Khare is Professor for Operations Management at Athabasca University, Canada. He joined Athabasca University in January 2000. He is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and has completed two post-doctoral terms at Johannes Gutenberg Universität in Mainz, Germany. He is also a former Monbusho Scholar, having completed a postdoctoral assignment at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan. He has published a number of books and research papers on a wide range of topics. His research focuses on environmental regulation impacts on industry, just-in-time manufacturing, supply chain management, sustainability, cities and climate change, online business education, etc. He is passionate about online business education. Anshuman serves as the Editor of IAFOR Journal of Business and Management, Associate Editor of International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education published by Emerald and is on the Editorial Board of International Journal of Applied Management and Technology. Nobutaka Odake is Executive Director of the Humanware Network Initiative. He is former Professor, Department of Techno-business Administration (2003-2017). He has a Ph.D. (Eng) from Nagoya Institute of Technology (2002) and a MD (Eng.) from University of Tokyo (1976). His research fields include (1) Innovation system and technology management such as manufacturing technology, agent system for knowledge creation and transfer, business development in manufacturing firms, academy-industry cooperation, regional development, (2) corporate behavior such as manufacturing management, SME networks, knowledge community, (3) regional economic development such as development of clusters, regional planning. He has experience with several companies before joining the university and visited more than one thousand SMEs and organizations. He is associated with various academies: the Academic Association for Organizational Science; the Japan Society for Science Policy and Research Management; the Japan Society for Production Management; the Japan Academy of Small Business Studies; the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan; Japan Society for Intellectual Production; Japan MOT Society; Japan Association for Management Systems; International Society for Standardization Studies; Richard-Wagner Gesellschaft Japan. Hiroki Ishikura is a Professor at the Department of Commerce in Osaka Gakuin University, Japan. He used to be an Assistant Professor at Kyoto University. He received a Doctor of Engineering degree from Kyoto Institute of Technology and graduated from Fukui University textile engineering department. His research interests lie in Manufacturing Systems. He is closely involved with academic societies such as the International Journal of the Japan Society for Production Management (Editor in Chief), International Journal of Standardization (Editor in Chief), the Society for Standardization Research (Vice Chairman), the Society of Japan Production Management (Director), the Textile Machinery Society of Japan (Fellow), International and Domestic Technologies, Japan (Secretariat) and Textile Research Journal, USA as a reviewer.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Manufacturing 1. Diffusion of innovation and the role of
intermediaries as system integrators 2. How Hitachi's Globalization Efforts
Prepared it for COVID-19 3. Efforts to promote renewable energy: Ecosystem
and regional perspectives 4. Adaptation strategies of Hyundai Motor Group
to the green shift in automotive industry post Covid-19 5. Renewable energy
for a Sustainable Future: Can Japan Catch Up? 6. Current Status and Issues
of Metal 3D Printing Business in Japan Section 2: Services 7. Expectations
for Escape from Restraints on Japanese Digital Transformation During
COVID-19 8. The Impact of Covid on Office Work in Japan 9. Japanese
business communication in the COVID crisis: A study of horenso and its
implications 10. Research on promoting cashless payments in Japan to cope
with COVID-19 11. COVID-19 pandemic impact on Japanese travel and tourism
industry and new challenges in the "with COVID-19" and "after COVID-19" era
12. System Development and New Human Resource Development in the Japanese
IT Industry 13. Issues in research universities to realize large-scale
joint research