Rediscovering Japanese Business Leadership: 15 Japanese Managers and the Companies They're Leading to New Growth

Japanese companies have proved to be remarkably resilient – they have weathered the Asian financial crisis of 1997, the post-bubble malaise that lasted throughout the 1990s and now, the current global financial maelstrom. Business strategists today are looking to Japan to discover new means of succeeding in global markets and riding out the rough times.

Get behind the experiences and philosophies of 15 Japanese managers who are steering their companies to new growth and global leadership in the 21^st century with the newly published book, Rediscovering Japanese Business Leadership: 15 Japanese Managers and the Companies They’re Leading to New Growth (ISBN: 978-0-470-82495-5; John Wiley & Sons).

Written by leading journalist and academic, Yozo Hasegawa, this is a timely collection of profiles of the country’s most innovative CEOs, who are not only driving growth and reshaping their respective industries in the 21^st century but are demonstrating a knack for consistently meeting the various challenges of today’s rapidly changing world. It includes such luminaries as Nintendo President and CEO Satoru Iwata, Canon Chairman and CEO Fujio Mitarai, and Shisedo President and CEO Shinzo Maeda. Together, they represent the core of a growing breed of savvy business leaders who are well-rooted in classical Japanese business values yet also subscribe to and are well-versed in global business realities.

Author Yozo Hasegawa masterfully uncovers the leadership skills, philosophies and key strategies that these 15 leaders possess and distills them into principles that apply to every company and every manager. He also discusses what makes them captains of industry and their companies well-equipped for growth and success through the next century and beyond.

Rediscovering Japanese Business Leadership provides a window into some of the best business minds behind Japan’s most successful global brands, and gives penetrating insight into what makes them tick and what we can learn from them. As other Asian companies seek to expand their global market, this book is a must-read for its valuable lessons from Asia’s first global success story.

Rediscovering Japanese Business Leadership: 15 Japanese Managers and the Companies They’re Leading to New Growth

Published by John Wiley & Sons

Publication Date: February 4, 2010

US$24.95; Paperback; 256pp.; ISBN: 978-0-470-82495-5