What gives this compilation of essays on corporate governance and managerial practice in Japan a leg up over other scholarly tomes expounding a similar theme is the extensive and in-depth groundwork conducted with corporate stakeholders—from managers, CEOs, investors, civil servants and policy makers—during a crucial period in Japan’s corporate history: The early 2000s up to ...
If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, a glimpse into a city’s soul is no doubt through her cuisine. Chef, sommelier and Japan-certified shochu advisor Yukari Sakamoto’s book, “Food·Sake·Tokyo,” offers a tasteful insight into Tokyo’s gastronomic galaxy that is sometimes hard to navigate even for locals. Released last month and written ...
Dan Ariely, author of the bestselling book “Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions” (HarperCollins, 2008), is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University, where he works at the Fuqua School of Business, the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, the School of Medicine, and the Department of Economics. His now ...
Although by now this book ranks more as a classic than as an “of the moment” barometer of Japanese business culture, Ivan P. Hall’s “Cartels of the Mind: Japan’s Intellectual Closed Shop” (W.W. Norton & Company, 1997) still resonates as a vital information touchstone for any foreigner doing business in Japan. With several decades of ...
At 1,000 yen for 150 quickly-digested pages, Hiroyuki Ishii (石井裕之) and John W. Culver’s book on “black cold-reading”—“The Cold Babble: Confessions of a Pseudo-Psychic” or “Aru nise-uranaishi no kokuhaku” (あるニセ占い師の告白) —was an ironic presence on the shelves in 2009. Picture this: A book with the stated purpose of teaching its readers to recognize and resist ...
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