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Can Japan Compete?
Michael Porter, Hirotaka Takeuchi, and Mariko Sakakibara
Basingstoke, England: Macmillan, 2000;
New York: Basic Books and Perseus Publishing, 2000;
Tokyo: Diamond, 2000.

The result of a major piece of research, this book reveals that there have long been two Japans, the familiar one that was highly competitive, and another Japan, almost invisible, that was highly uncompetitive. The authors unravel this puzzle, and provide a solution that challenges the conventional wisdom on the drivers of Japanese competitiveness.


Links to related articles at HBS Working Knowledge:
     "Can Japan Compete? Part 1" 
     "Can Japan Compete? Part 2"


Links to purchase the book: 

 

UK edition, site includes PDF for contents, index, and first chapter

             US edition

       Japanese edition

 

 
 

              

 

           

 

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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