The family business tragedy-Otsuaka Furniture case-
2021年5月3日 Family Business
Today, I would like to share my ideas on why the tragedy happened in that family business. Otsuka is one of the top furniture companies founded in 1969. Due to the high economic growth era in Japan in seventies and eighties, they have expanded their business. Katsuhisa, (Katsu), the founder and the father of Otsuka …
Enhance staff’s engagement for highly professional firms Part 2
2021年4月29日 Philosophy
The highly professional firms such as law firm, copyright application, accountant as well as some sectors of services, eg. Luxury restaurants have the same common issues. They have to train their staff but once they’ve got skills and experiences, they easily leave the original place and open their own business or they eventually get head …
Enhance staff’s engagement for highly professional firms Part 1
2021年4月27日 Philosophy
The highly professional firms such as law firm, copyright application, accountant as well as some sectors of services, eg. Luxury restaurants have the same common issues. They have to train their staff but once they’ve got skills and experiences, they easily leave the original place and open their own business or they eventually get head …
What’s wrong with Archegos? Part2
2021年4月22日 Family BusinessInvestment Highlights
We were talking about why Bill failed despite of religious behaviors. As Kazuo Inamori, the founder and honorary chairman of Kyocera group, stresses that top management should have religious mindset so that he can maintain ethical behaviors. However, even though Bill had remained very humble and devout Christian, he made such a huge mistake, and …
The survival of wholesale business Part 1
2021年4月20日 Philosophy
The distribution revolution has been seen for more than 10 years. Consumers and producers are directly connected via the Internet and other tools. The wholesale funciton, in many business fields, has been no longer needed. This time, Mr. Inamori talks about the essence of the wholesale business. Case Company A (A corp) created an agricultural …
What’s wrong with Archegos? Part1
2021年4月20日 Family BusinessInvestment Highlights
A couple of weeks ago, due to Archegos default, several global financial institutions got a lot of loss. As I was working for a bank around Lehman brothers’ clash in 2008, I am interested in Archegos case: whether we could find the similar background and mechanism as we saw for Lehman in the past. What …
How to create avatars of the top leader Part 2
2021年4月15日 Philosophy
Kyocera management staff are the ones who joined Kyocera at a very early stage. They were well trained by Mr. Inamori and after their retirements, and all of them, with no exception, say that they were very happy, and their career as well as private lives had been very much fulfilled. This time, I would …
How to create avatars of the top leader Part 1
2021年4月13日 Philosophy
Kyocera management staff are the ones who joined Kyocera at a very early stage. They were well trained by Mr. Inamori and after their retirements, and all of them, with no exception, say that they were very happy, and their career as well as private lives had been very much fulfilled. This time, I …
How to Succeed your business in the U.S, by JAL savor. Part2
2021年4月8日 Philosophy
This time, several entrepreneurs who started their businesses in the U.S and have been learning at Seiwajuku shared their experiences with other members. The majority of them have had difficulties in their business growth under the very harsh competition as well as the “profit driven” environment in the U.S. However, Julie, the owner and the …
How to Succeed your business in the U.S, by JAL savor. Part1
2021年4月6日 Philosophy
This time, several entrepreneurs who started their businesses in the U.S and have been learning at Seiwajuku shared their experiences with other members. The majority of them have had difficulties in their business growth under the very harsh competition as well as the “profit driven” environment in the U.S. However, Julie, the owner and the …
