Books, consumption, and the movement of Japanese business to Singapore

Mien Woon Ng, Eyal Ben-Ari

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

This chapter explores two sets of issues related to the operation of a Japanese book company - which we call Yomitakunai - in Singapore. First, the case of this book company allows us to examine the “transplantation�? of a retail business from Japan to this national context. This kind of analysis is important because it has been primarily production facilities and (more recently) financial services which have been systematically studied by social scientists (Hayashi 1986; Blumenthal 1987). Thus against the background of previous studies of what has been termed the “transferability�? of Japanese organizational practices we can better see the distinctive characteristics of retail businesses.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationJapan in Singapore
Subtitle of host publicationCultural Occurrences and Cultural Flows
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages112-132
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)9781136116100
ISBN (Print)0700712453, 9780700712458
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2013

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2000 Eyal Ben-Ari and John Clammer.

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Books, consumption, and the movement of Japanese business to Singapore'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this