Download or read book Value based Management Of The Rising Sun written by Yasuhiro Monden and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006-07-07 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides critical information on a wide selection of cases and theories that detail reforms and innovations in Japanese companies, in their decade-long struggle to recover from the 1991 bubble burst. It examines the Japanese concept of business value, business restructuring, organizational redesign and new business models.The book is unique in that the technique and models described are all originally developed in Japan. It will serve as a useful reference source for companies looking for ways to rejuvenate their businesses.

Download or read book Management Uncertainty and Accounting written by Akira Nishimura and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a capstone to the magisterial career of one of Japan's most senior scholars of risk, accounting, and management. How can companies and organizations navigate today's world, rife with unexpected challenges and opportunities? In this trenchant book, Nishimura offers case studies, theoretical models, and useful strategies for the new normal. This book will be useful to scholars, businesspeople, and bankers.

Download or read book Japanese Management Accounting Today written by Yasuhiro Monden and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2007 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates how different types of Japanese management systems are able to motivate stakeholders, including employees, top management, stockholders, customers and transaction partners, to participate actively in the organizational behavior that improves business performance. The various systems motivating stakeholders are examined in five sections: Strategy and Business Restructuring for Enhancing the Business Value; Management Control Systems and Budgeting; Cost Management; Management Accounting for Supply Chain and Shared Services; and Process Management. Sample Chapter(s). Part 1:1: How Japanese Legal and Accounting Rules Can Facilitate Business Group Restructuring (671 KB). Contents: Strategy and Business Restructuring to Enhancing Business Value: How Japanese Legal and Accounting Rules Can Facilitate Business Group Restructuring (Y Monden & Y Monden); Changes in the Concept of Capital and Their Effects on Economic Profit in Japan (S Hiraoka); Management Control Systems and Budgeting: Analysis of the Influence of Performance-Based Systems on Japanese Management Control (E Yokota); Questionnaire Survey on the International Financial Control Affecting the Responsibility Accounting of Overseas Subsidiaries (M Tomo); Cost Management: The Role of OC Hidden CostOCO in Cost Management (S Kon); Target Costing Brings Another Competitive Edge: Creation of Capacity Surplus through Information Capital Readiness by IT (Y Ogushi); Management Accounting for Supply Chain and Shared Services: Allocation of Joint Profit among Supply Chain Companies: Application of Core Theory (M Imabayashi); Characteristics of Japanese Shared Service Centers (T Sonoda); Process Management: Chain Effect among Objectives under Management by Objectives (N Ogura & S Nibuya); The Framework of Business Process Management and Dell Computers (G Lee & N Yamaguchi); and other papers. Readership: University students, researchers, and professionals and practitioners in business and management fields."

Download or read book Business Group Management in Japan written by Kazuki Hamada and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pt. 1. Accounting information for group management and management control system. Management accounting information for consolidated group management / Kazuki Hamada. Management control system of Japanese pure holding companies / Makoto Tomo, Makoto Yori and Takayuki Asada -- pt. 2. M & A including MBO and outsourcing for group reformation. Influence of M & A on financial performance : measuring the performance of M & A from sustainability of utility / Kozo Suzuki. Management buyout of a Japanese business group / Naoyuki Kaneda. Managerial significance of strategic outsourcing / Shunzo Matsuoka. Acquisition price as an incentive price of M & A / Yasuhiro Monden -- pt. 3. Analysis of accounting information for consolidated and business group and segmental business units. Consolidated accounting information for business group management / Manabu Takano. Business evaluation of a company group in Japan : A case study of segment reporting by Panasonic Electric Works / Shufuku Hiraoka -- pt. 4. Management of inter-firm relations. How can management accounting achieve goal congruence among supply chain partners? / Yoshiteru Minagawa. How to maintain the bargaining position defined in Toyota's dealership control / Hiroshi Ozawa. Royalties and profit sharing : Focusing on Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. / Noriko Hoshi. Factors influencing control mechanisms in joint ventures : Evidence from Japanese manufacturing industries / Yuichi Kubota. Does inter-firm cooperation contribute to the performance of Japanese firms? Concept of incentive price for motivating inter-firm cooperation / Yasuhiro Monden -- pt. 5. Inter-organizational learning and autonomous organizations. Management of population-level learning and inter-organizational relations in Japan / Hiroki Kondo. Management control system in an empowered organization / Katsuhiro Ito

Download or read book M A for Value Creation in Japan written by Yasuyoshi Kurokawa and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Accounting problems encountered in M&As / Yasuyoshi Kurokawa -- 2. A study of goodwill and intangible fixed asset on business combination : pharmaceutical companies in Japan / Yujiro Okura -- 3. The method of payment in takeovers and earnings management / Kunimaru Takahashi -- 4. Income smoothing and the just-in-time system in the Japanese automobile industry / Michio Kunimura -- 5. M&A and its incentive system for the inter-firm organization / Yasuhiro Monden -- 6. The impact of market inefficiency on TOB in Japan / Tatsushi Yamamoto -- 7. A survey of public-to-private buy-out transactions in Japan / Keiichi Sugiura -- 8. Do M&As in Japan increase shareholder value? / Kotaro Inoue.

Download or read book Management of Enterprise Crises in Japan written by Yasuhiro Monden and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2014 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on various business practices to manage ailing companies during economic depression or in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters. The methods implemented by various Japanese enterprises, such as Japan Air Line, Tokyo Electricity Company, Nissan and Toyota, to overcome their challenges are elaborated in this book. The scope of the book covers: restructuring under government financial support; private turnaround management of huge conglomerates; reorganization of business domains; accounting for risk management, and robust supply chain management in the aftermath of disasters.

Download or read book Lean Management Of Global Supply Chain written by Yasuhiro Monden and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first among many books in supply chain management, which provides the readers with insights on how to select the best global supply chain out of inter-firm network, fables system or market firms. This process is clearly expounded in the book through case studies, which include Apple, Toyota, BMW, IKEA and Taiwan TSMC. The main editor, Prof Yasuhiro Monden, is the founding father of Lean Production Management who published Toyota Production System from IIE in 1983, which is called the classic of Lean System. This book will explain how the global supply chain (GSC) could be organized by considering causal relationships of the stage differences in (1) market needs, (2) product design architecture, and (3) product life-cycle, for the purpose of reducing the total costs of GSC.

Download or read book Japanese Project Management written by Shigenobu Ohara and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2009 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive look at the features of KPM, including its emphasis on creativity and teamwork, its broader OC open value systemOCO as opposed to a OC closed technical systemOCO, its close links with corporate strategy and human resource development, and the support infrastructure needed for advancing KPM. Chapters cover both the theory and practice of KPM, citing cases of information and communications technology (ICT) and pharmaceutical companies, among others. KPM holds special relevance today as global competition is increasingly reducing the lifecycle of organizations. Managers will find in KPM not only a way to survive the shake-up, but also a framework of value creation for the next generation.

Download or read book Management of Service Businesses in Japan written by Yasuhiro Monden and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the service industry taking up the largest portion of its GDP, Japan has much to share in the area of managing service industry. This book explores and elucidates the unique management styles in non-manufacturing industries or service industries in contemporary Japan, both practically and theoretically through case studies. These specially selected cases are the management of the world No.1 convenience store chain of Seven-Eleven, the sales finance business and auto sales business of Toyota, application of TPS (Toyota Production System) to life insurance company, performance evaluation of local government, BSC (balance scorecard) in local government hospitals, cost and pricing policy of telecommunication company, Japanese-style OC hospitalityOCO in the retail industry, service level agreement (SLA) in IT and shared service companies, and ICT (Information & Communication Technology) applied to BPN (Business Process Network) of service industry.The analyses presented in this book were carefully laid out in regard to the business in general. It will be useful for business practitioners in service industry and beneficial to the scholars, students or general readers interested in this area.

Download or read book Management of an Inter firm Network written by Yasuhiro Monden and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses especially on financial and/or managerial accounting aspects of inter-firm network in three phases: (1) strategy for forming the inter-firm network; (2) management control of inter-firm network; and (3) task control of production, sales and logistics of inter-firm network.

Download or read book Toyota Production System written by Yasuhiro Monden and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bestseller for almost three decades, Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just-In-Time supplies in-depth coverage of Toyota's production practices, including theoretical underpinnings and methods for implementation. Exploring the latest developments in the Toyota Production System (TPS) framework at Toyota, this new edition updates the classic with new material on e-kanban, mini-profit centers, computer-based information systems, and innovative solutions to common obstacles in TPS implementation. Yasuhiro Monden, instrumental in introducing the JIT production system to the United States, explains the logic and methodologies of the TPS. Extending the humanized aspect of production introduced in the third edition, Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just-In-Time, Fourth Edition explains how to cultivate the culture and way of thinking needed to establish the TPS holistically across your organization. Exploring the link between kaizen methods and calculation methods in TPS, this edition includes new chapters on: The goal of TPS One-piece production in practice Kaizen costing Material handling in an assembly plant Smoothing kanban collection Determination of the number of kanban New developments in e-kanban Cultivating the spontaneous kaizen mind Following in the footsteps of its bestselling predecessors, the fourth edition provides easy-to-follow guidance for implementing the TPS in your organization. It explains how Toyota has adapted and reacted to recent fluctuations in demand, quality problems, and recalls. It also includes an appendix that considers the recent tsunami in Japan and investigates how to reinforce the JIT system to ensure supply chain flow during sudden stoppages at individual locations within the chain.

Download or read book Management Of Innovation Strategy In Japanese Companies written by Kazuki Hamada and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, innovation has been considered difficult to manage, as it occurs through contingent discoveries and inventions. For effective innovation management, it is necessary to determine what provides new value to customers and achieve this new value efficiently, while solving the technical problems. This book explores how innovation management for industrial revitalization and activation are conducted in Japanese companies. 'Innovation' has diverse definitions, but the editors of this book have adopted the one proposed by J A Schumpeter. The features of innovation management in Japanese companies are considered systematically in the book. Positive analyses using questionnaires and innovation management strategy in individual industries and companies is also explored in detail.

Download or read book Sustainability Management And Network Management written by Kazuki Hamada and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors focus on the problem of sustainability from the standpoint of corporate management in this book. They propose that 'sustainability management not only earns profits, but also fulfills social responsibilities while considering the environment, people, and society, and enables management to continue to have the potential to survive in the future'. In that sense, it is also related to the Sustainability Development Goals. To fulfil this aim, the authors focus on how companies should implement sustainability management through considering both the theoretical aspects and practical aspects of actual companies.From a theoretical perspective, the authors consider the construction of a business model that achieves both economic and social value, the implementation method of governance control, and the performance evaluation method. From a practical perspective, the current state of sustainability management in Japanese companies is analysed by focusing on the cases of two manufacturing companies and two service companies. In addition, since cooperation with other companies and other organizations is necessary for implementation, the authors explore the ideal form of cooperation between companies and cooperation between the private sector and local governments.

Download or read book International Management Accounting in Japan written by Kanji Miyamoto and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2008 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the interests of globalization, many companies today are establishing theories and practices for international management accounting. This book discusses the current status of international management accounting in Japan through interviews with three major electronics companies. By tracing the history of the business expansion of the three companies, as well as their transition of strategies and accompanying organizational structure, key features and details of international management accounting are faithfully described. The book is divided into two parts. Part I describes general concepts of international management accounting in global companies, while Part II analyzes the experiences of three leading electronics companies ? Matsushita, Sharp and Sanyo ? in international management accounting. Written in a scholarly yet accessible manner, this book will benefit both academics and industry professionals practising in the field.

Download or read book Business Process Management of Japanese and Korean Companies written by Gunyung Lee and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today''s business environment is characterized by hypercompetition and the development of the Internet. Fierce competition between suppliers and the availability of abundant information have caused a shift in bargaining power from producers/suppliers to buyers and consumers. Consequently, Business Process Management (BPM) OCo i.e. management tool to optimize and control operations flows by viewing the transactions within and outside corporations as processes, with the focus on speedily meeting customers'' needs OCo has emerged as a popular management framework. However, recent research on BPM has put too much emphasis on information sharing and the visualization of business processes using IT innovations. This book argues that BPM must be linked with existing management tools. Based on survey results of Japanese and Korean companies'' BPM practices, the book demonstrates how to build BPM as a holistic management model by addressing the importance of BPM views, the effectiveness of its approach, and the latest research trends. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: The Conceptual Framework of Business Process Management (116 KB). Contents: Theory and Framework of BPM: The Conceptual Framework of Business Process Management (G-Y Lee); Organic Coupling Between BPM and Management Information (R Uematsu); The Business Process Network Strategy of SMEs (S Arimoto); Global Process Management (Y Asakura); Case Studies of BPM in Japanese and Korean Companies: Business Process Innovations in Panasonic Corporation: A Case Study (M Kosuga); BPM Practices in a Japanese Company: A Case Study of Canon Co. Ltd. (Y Asakura & A Kimura); BPM Practices in a Korean Company: A Case Study of LG Electronics Co. Ltd (G-Y Lee); Business Process Management: A Case of Korea Telecommunication Co. (KT) (B Sohn); Empirical Studies of BPM in Japanese and Korean Companies: Current Status of Process Management in Japanese and Korean Companies (K Sakate & N Yamaguchi); Comparison Between Japanese and Korean Companies from the Viewpoint of Balanced Scorecard (Y Nagasaka). Readership: Management staff in public and business corporations; academics, researchers and advanced undergraduates and graduate students in management.

Download or read book Entrepreneurship In Asia Social Enterprise Network And Grassroots Case Studies written by Jersan Hu and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the importance of entrepreneurship in sustaining the prosperity of society and uses the case studies from Taiwan, Japan as well as China, to provide an insight into Societal Entrepreneuring in Asia, and the construction of an entrepreneurial society. In order to provide a comprehensive and complete picture on entrepreneurship, the authors have also included both case studies of commercial endeavors as well as non-profit making business endeavours. These collective experiences would be invaluable to readers who are seeking to understand the role of entrepreneurship in Asian society.

Download or read book Springer Handbook of Automation written by Shimon Y. Nof and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 1841 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook incorporates new developments in automation. It also presents a widespread and well-structured conglomeration of new emerging application areas, such as medical systems and health, transportation, security and maintenance, service, construction and retail as well as production or logistics. The handbook is not only an ideal resource for automation experts but also for people new to this expanding field.