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| Author: | Ballon, R. |
| Title: | Foreign vs. Japanese products |
| Journal: | Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry
1996 : SEP-OCT, VOL. 15:5, p. 46-49 |
| Index terms: | JAPAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE PRODUCTS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The plight of the foreign product in Japan originates in the Japanese product. The foreign product is not knocking at a closed door (it was in the past and restrictions linger on), but the open door reveals a fiercly competitive market, difficult and expensive. The domestic product, at the most fundamental level, is embedded in a forbidding space-and-time warp: space is confined, inhabited by a dense and educated population, and market structures by necessity are cooperative; time stands for strong cultural traditions and the decisive importance of long-term relationships. |
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