Books by Ulrike Schaede

This book offers an up-to-date, in-depth exploration of current Japanese business strategies and management practices, laying out the business foundations that make Japan a leading player in both the global supply chain and the upcoming digital transformation.

Examines how "choose and focus" strategies, whereby corporations concentrate on core areas and spin off unrelated businesses, have completely altered the strategic logic of Japan's previous industrial architecture.

By bringing together case studies of eight critical issue areas, this text looks at Japan's responses to globalization and move toward "permeable insulation". Topics covered include past practices and changes in policy, and Japan's compliance with and resistance to global trade rules.