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February 08, 2012
| MITSloan Management
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November 11, 2011
| Nikkei Business Daily
Steve Ellis, Worldwide Managing Director of Bain & Company, Toshihiko Hiura, Partner and Office Head of Bain’s Tokyo office and several other Bain partners were interviewed by Nikkei Business Daily about strategic M&A and opportunities for Japanese companies. According to Ellis, "it is precisely
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July 04, 2011
| Financial Times
In the aftermath of the Japan tsunami and earthquake, "gaijin" or foreign CEO's are increasingly focused on rebuilding their companies; a theme gaining popularity among other Japanese companies looking to hire non-Japanese leaders.
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June 15, 2011
| Consumer Products | Bain Brief
Even in Asia’s dynamic emerging markets, brands often find it more difficult than ever to outperform their competitors. Some companies are taking a new approach to revitalizing brands and bringing them to full potential.
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April 18, 2011
Beijing, China-April 20, 2011-The number of Chinese high net worth individuals (HNWIs) is projected to rise to 585,000 in 2011, nearly twice as many as in 2008, finds a new study of more than 2,500 HNWIs conducted by Bain & Company, in collaboration with China Merchants Bank.
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March 02, 2011
Hong Kong-March 3, 2011-John Sequeira, a highly-regarded expert in the areas of strategy, business growth, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity in Asia, was named today as head of Bain & Company's Asia Industrial Goods & Services Practice.
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February 15, 2011
| FT Tilt
In the midst of stock exchange consolidation, Asian exchanges are suddenly faced with losing their competitive advantages in domestic markets to these larger exchanges, and must decide whether or not to pursue similar alliances.
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December 21, 2010
| Consumer Products | The Wall Street Journal Asia
Japan's sluggish economy has puzzled Japanese and foreigners alike for a decade or more. How is it that a country that was until recently the world's second-largest economy, and boasts first-world levels of income, can be so mired in low growth and low productivity at home?
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September 18, 2010
| Financial Times
A recent report on Japan from Bain & Company, a consultancy, states: "By aligning growth, profitability and level of capital efficiencies to the average of global corporations, it is possible to dramatically expand Japanese companies' value - and break out of the economic slump.
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August 01, 2010
| Time
Part of Japan's economic problem can be associated to outdated boardroom practices. Work-your-way-up-the-ladder promotion systems and consensus-based decision making have made managers risk-averse and opposed to outside influences.
