Saying Yes to Japan How Outsiders are Reviving a Trillion Dollar Services Market

by Clark, Tim; Kay, Carl

• ISBN13: 9781932234183
• ISBN10: 1932234187
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Vertical

Summary

Saying Yes to Japanexamines the history and future of Japan's service sector, exposing structural shortcomings and offering innovative ways to take advantage of the trillion dollar hole in the nation's domestic economy. Revealing analyses of the real estate, finance, health care, and information technology industries are coupled with up-close profiles of entrepreneurs from around the world who successfully use their "outsider" perspectives to answer surprisingly underserved customer needs.

Author Biography

Tim Clark writes the Japan Entrepreneur Report and serves as Senior Fellow for SunBridge, a Tokyo-based venture capital firm. He teaches at the Portland State University School of Business.

Carl Kay has been founding, running, buying and selling service businesses in Japan and North America for over two decades. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard's East Asian Department and lives in Tokyo.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(4)
Chapter 1 Japan's Invisible Economy	11	(18)
Chapter 2 From Clueless to Cash Flow
Finance	29	(28)
Chapter 3 Building on New Foundations
Real Estate	57	(30)
Chapter 4 The Hardware Mentality Hits Hard Times
Information Technology	87	(32)
Chapter 5 Second Opinion Needed
Health Care Services	119	(28)
Chapter 6 Trillion Dollar Treasure	147	(14)
Afterwords	161	(5)
Notes	166	(8)
Index	174