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...case, given the sort of money they have to spend, it seems certain that any quibbles over the Weinsteins' cultural sensitivities will be drowned out by the gushing welcomes of Asian filmmakers. John Chong, the CEO of Hong Kong's Media Asia, one of the largest Chinese film studios, foresees something of a boom. "If they're successful very quickly," he predicts, "maybe more independent film producers will be coming into the China market and the Asia market." It wouldn't be the first time that the Weinsteins have blazed a trail...
...private room at a posh shinjuku crab restaurant, five twentysomethings surround Noboru Koyama, 60, CEO of Tokyo cleaning company Musashino. Koyama looks at his watch--it's 8:30 p.m.--and announces that the party is moving. "O.K.," Koyama says briskly, "we'll do hotel bar, sushi, drag-queen show, hostess club, in that order." The young salarymen, who volunteered to spend Saturday night with their boss, gasp. "We're going...
...skids in the 1990s. Threatened by cheap labor and more efficient business models, Japanese companies began adopting American management concepts such as merit-based pay and job competition. "The Japanese equated globalism with not just the American way of business but with rejecting their past," says Jun Ishida, CEO of Tokyo-based business consultancy Will PM. "No more drinking sessions, no more company events. Suddenly it was about the individual out for himself and only himself...
...Apple CEO Steve Jobs found Nokia's announcement interesting, there's little doubt that executives at the world's mobile phone networks found it positively riveting. Nokia's download site marks a radical departure from the traditional way of doing things in which handset makers like Nokia have to sell their phones to mobile operators like Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and 02. And those companies, in turn, sell services - not just voice calls but increasingly things like ring tones, music and other forms of entertainment - to consumers. In listening to Kallasvuo on Wednesday though, it was clear that Nokia...
...Keeping operators happy will be a challenge. CEO Kallasvuo is optimistic. Extolling connectivity, he told a story about how in the middle of a rainy golf outing he fetched an Internet weather report on his cellphone, indicating the showers would soon cease and allow him to resume playing. His impressed golf mates asked, "What do you have in that thing?" Long time business partners are now probably asking the same question, but not necessarily in the same approving manner. Nokia will manage, but it can expect a few storms along...