Archives November, 2010

• 5 Reasons Japanese People Spend Money Online | 11-30-2010

  

  I recently came across this article (Japanese) analyzing some of the reasons Japanese people spend money online. The author of the article explains that there are five major categories that motivate them to spend on online goods and services–some maybe cross-culturally common.

  by Brandon | Posted in General (English), Japanese Market Trends
  Tags: e-commerce, Japan, Japanese, Online Spending
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• art vs DESIGN | 11-22-2010

  

  I am a designer, not an artist. Artist or designer? If you ask me, I will tell you I am definitely not an artist, I’m a designer.  With my grandfather and father having a natural gift for painting and drawing, I think that the “artist” gene skipped a generation since my simplistic, done-in-ten-seconds doodles of food with happy faces can’t ...

  by Admin | Posted in Design & Branding, General (English)
  Tags: Art, btrax, Designer, Web Design
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• Top 10 Largest Japanese Companies in the World | 11-14-2010

  

  We took the Forbes Global 2000 list and summarized where the Top 10 Japanese companies rank. The Top 10 list describes the type of industry that each company serves and lists the sales, profits, assets and market value for each company. Forbes ranks these global titans by a composite ranking from four metric – sales, profits, assets, and market value.

  by Greg | Posted in General (English), Japanese Market Trends
  Tags: btrax, Forbes Global 2000, Top 10 Japanese Businesses
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• Top 10 Largest Chinese Companies in the World | 11-10-2010

  

  Photo by Sam Churchill After seeing 3 chinese companies break into the Top 10 Fortune 500 list this year, I was just curious what the Top 10 Chinese companies worldwide were. We took the Forbes Global 2000 list and summarized where the Chinese companies rank. The Top 10 list describes the type of industry that each company serves and lists ...

  by Greg | Posted in Chinese Market Trends, General (English)
  Tags: btrax, China, Chinese, Chinese Business, Top 10
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• Top 10 Challenges for Startups in Japan to Go Global | 11-04-2010

  

  Challenge 1: Decision Making Speed Just takes too much time to make decisions. They need to ask their bosses permission for every small decision as no one dares to take responsibility for their actions. Challenge 2: Success in Japan Many of them are already modestly successful in Japan.  In other words, the Japanese will not risk too much which limits ...

  by Brandon | Posted in General (English), Japanese Startups
  Tags: Japan Entrepreneur, Japanese Foreign Investment, Japanese Startups, Startup
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