Why Apple Isn’t Japanese

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  Posted By: Kiyuu @ 04/15/2008 1:30:06 AM

  It is ironic that you point to Apple's success as being at least partly the result of the fact that Apple is not a Japanese company. Inside Japan, Apple's customer service and support are absolutely awful. As for DoCoMo, they have lost their way inside Japan as well, as they have been losing customers in droves to Softbank and AU, and they still don't get it. Both Apple and DoCoMo seem to have completely lost touch with their Japanese customers.

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  Posted By: BeijingMan @ 01/02/2008 9:21:36 AM

  Good points. If innovation and new ideas are limited in Japan by hierarchy, how is China then? China is limited by Confucian education, hierarchy and Guanxi.but have advantage of big numbers law. While Japanese dinos are slow because of vertical integration, Chinese (former) SOEs are amputated because they want to do everything in growing markets and have no focus. Both peoples are fast with Rubik's cube but it's just repetition. Blog: http://beijingman.blogspot.com

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  Posted By: BeijingMan @ 01/02/2008 9:20:22 AM

  Good points. If innovation and new ideas are limited in Japan by hierarchy, how is China then? China is limited by Confucian education, hierarchy and Guanxi.but have advantage of big numbers law. While Japanese dinos are slow because of vertical integration, Chinese (former) SOEs are amputated because they want to do everything in growing markets and have no focus. Both peoples can be fast with Rubik's cube but repetition leads nowhere. Blog: http://beijingman.blogspot.com