Imports consist raw materials such as oil, foodstuffs and wood. In the 80s, there was a rapidly raising a trade surplus and that was the reason Japan has a surplus in its export and import balance. Major suppliers are China, USA, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and follow by many other countries. .
Business Proposition.
In today's fast moving business scenario, many big firms are trying to find various methods to achieve greater success. Business process outsourcing is one of the trends that almost every company is looking forward moving to. Outsourcing has been known by many big companies as one of the powerful tools to cope with the change of globalization and technology. When considering the right choice, outsourcing will actually help the company's growth and saving costs. Japan is a good place for outsourcing for its innovative technology and rapid growth of economy. Therefore, United States companies should consider outsourcing in Japan because of their highly innovative companies, their economic boost and their strong access to the rest of Asia.
Evidence 1.
Multinational companies from Japan play an important role when U.S companies are considering making any investment. Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) emerged in the early 20th century, especially in manufacturing. Japan is home to many high-quality companies and enterprises that are growing and dominant in their business domains. With the newest technologies of using flexible manufacturing system, factory automation, concurrent engineering, robotics, and mechatronics; therefore, final products always come in high quality with low production cost and consist a huge product differentiation. They are the top world leading in the sector of automobile manufacturing. There are many prominent firms such as Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, Suzuki etc. had made Japan into an appealing option for many international companies that seek to enhance their business relations.
Knights used the Olympic Games 1972 as the platform to promote Nike first time worldwide and he achieved that some great American athletes wear Nike during the games which boosted the sales for the company. ... As Knights created his business plan for "Blue Ribbon Sports" 1962 while he did his MBA on Stanford University he thought about using cheap Japanese labor to develop a cheap and good-quality running shoe. Outsourcing was implemented into the business plan and from the beginning cheap labor and exploitation accompany the economic successful development from Nike (todayifoundou...
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