Sunday, April 1, 2007

There is no fareness for a joint ventur business

I wrote that I have worked for almost ten years for joint ventur companies.
One in the Untited States for Japanese company with American, in Japan for US's company with Japanese.
Both I was on the top of the companies even they are not big companies.

The most important factor I had in my mind was to make fare both sides, employees, shareholders and customers.
Consequently I found there is no fairness about the joint ventur business.

I tryed to be fare for the emplyoees but for the Japanese majority's a Japanese is a top.
( The company I started in the U.S. my sucessor is an American. It is not common.)

Also there is no trusts between two parties.
Japanese do not turst foreign partners not only Americans but any, British, Scotish, Jewish and
Asians.
Foreign partners do not trust Japanese.
It is most unhappy factor for the people working together.

Foreign company's objectives usually set in very short term, used be in half a year , one qauter
of a year and now a month.
Japanese set longer. So there is a complict always about making a plan.

As a member of Tokyo American Club, I heard many comversations of the people who come form many other countries who work joint companies in Japan. They complain are common
that I used to have.

Joint venture business seems no meanings.
The business leaders should choose the better way to make maximize both cultures work for
their business.
Otherwise nobody will be happy. Even today it is difficult to understand each other completely.
So 100years or 70years ago it is not doubt there were many misunderstandings between countries.
venture companies

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