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Book Review: Short-Term America: The Causes and Cures of Our Business Myopia by Michael T. Jacobs
Harvard Business School Press, Boston • 268 pages • $24.95 One of the most quoted aphorisms of Sony’s Akio Morita is that in Japan, managers think ten years ahead; in America, ten minutes. Superficially, the criticism is valid. American business executives are short-term profit maximizers, and this country’s long-term ability to compete in world markets [...]
1Jan1993 | Hal Gordon | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: The Enigma of Japanese Power by Karel van Wolferen
Alfred A. Knopf, 400 Hahn Road, Westminster, MD 21157 • 1989 433 pages * $24.95 cloth The nub of this book is that Japan really is an unfair trade parmer—but can’t help it. The author, a Dutch journalist who has spent most of the last 25 years in Japan, confirms what most Americans already believe: [...]
1Apr1990 | Hal Gordon | 0 comments | Continued-
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