This research considers what kind of the validity towards inter-organizational relation maintenance with a customer can be realized by IT outsourcing business which is a part of solution business by the supplier of computer and other information devices. In this paper, IT outsourcing business in IBM Japan was investigated. As a result, it is shown clearly that IT outsourcing business is effective in inter-organizational relation maintenance between a customer and a equipment supplier, at the same time the subject of future investigation caused by information differentiation has been pointed out.

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When a company takes actions, there is a process called decision-making in the premise by all means. The corporate management is such decision-making continuation, as well as small business, the achievements of the company are influenced by contents done decision-making and the practice method of decision contents. In late years, speed comes to be found for corporate management, but will not there be the problem because we find speed for management even if we can leave it to the speed about the decision-making to have a great influence on corporate management and will perform it. By this article, it's based on such a critical mind and I analyze and consider decision-making speed and relations with achievements.

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In order to provide proper health-medical-welfare services effectively and efficiently for local residents, it is significant to establish and manage the community comprehensive health care system. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the present condition and progress situation of the community comprehensive health care system, and keep improving it for establishing and managing it very well. In Aomori prefecture, the questionnaire survey about the community comprehensive health care system for the local residents was conducted. From the results of this survey, this paper discussed consciousness and condition of the local residents on the community comprehensive health care system in Aomori prefecture. Especially, this paper analyzed the community comprehensive health care system by regional scale.

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The purpose of this study is to uncover the work value of Vietnamese workers in Hanoi using a questioner based method. Though several studies investigate this issue focusing on the corporations in Ho Chi Minh, little research has been conducted focusing on the corporations in Hanoi. We examine the difference between blue collar workers and white collar workers regarding the work value. We also focus on the difference between Japanese affiliated firms and local firms. Unskilled workers who have difficulty to get a job are likely to be well motivated because of competitive labor market. A significant difference of motivation toward a job is observed between white collar and blew collar workers.

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This study attempts to investigate how smoothly Chinese technical interns work with Japanese workers at the company A. Though almost all studies use an interview based method to collect information,this study uses a questionnaire based method to conduct a statistical analysis. This study attempts to uncover not only Chinese interns perception towards their workers but also on Japanese workers' perception towards Chinese workers.

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Various advance planning takes place before a new retail store is opened. Since the ultimate goal is a high volume of sales, an accurate sales prediction is desired in the planning stage. In this study, an arbitrary population was prepared for a chain of retail stores deployed in a particular area, and an attempt was made to predict sales at new stores by using patterns of 100 variables, including geographical information, demographics, and consumption trends. Training signals were created by using all 100 variables for areas in which stores had been opened in the past, and the Mahalanobis-Taguchi system of quality engineering was used to create a polynomial expression with 100 terms to estimate the sales of the new stores. The error in the sales prediction was calculated from the S/N ratio obtained from the polynomial expression.

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In regional consulting, such as wide-area commercial consulting, producing area consulting and regional commercial modernization programs which were conducted after 1970s, the main purpose was to grasp regional structures and the main target was the results/output of the activities. Such consulting were meant for regional programs and policies and their role was for the government in great measure. Since 1980s, due to lowered trust in the government, good governance has been reviewed and corporate management techniques, such as meritocracy and customer driven has been introduced. Under such circumstances, for the consulting in the age of local management where various subjects take actions toward regional operations and management, the following viewpoints should be necessary: ① local residents ② local management operations ③ outcome ④ feedback to various subjects.

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Coffee is classified in three types in Japan, these are regular coffee, instant coffee and canned coffee. These are three classifications in Japan because of the market situation, types of company and other characteristics. This study analyzed the industry and companies that are related to the coffee market in Japan. The study found that there are six types companies, “a Gulliver type”, “a quality serious consideration type”, “a core brand serious consideration type”, “a vending machine overemphasis type” and a company that relates superiority and inferiority to corporate earnings.

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In order to figure out the actual conditions of comprehensive health care supporting centers, we conducted the questionnaire surveys in Aichi prefecture, in 2007 and 2008 by joint research with the social welfare technical committee in Aichi Medical Association. In this paper, the following key problems in comprehensive health care supporting center were discussed. 1) To secure and develop qualified human resources and 2) to establish the system for cooperation among relevant organs in regional area.

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The Banshu area forms the largest somen noodle production center for the above 110 years from Meiji 30's to the present. Then, where is the source of sustainable competition advantage? And what activity did the cooperative association carry out for local brand construction and management? An organization system, the know-how of the merchandise, the maintenance of the brand, a price/supply and demand adjustment, the development of the distribution are nominated for brand-building by the cooperative association. Both either of accumulation for the long-term is demanded. This study intends to clarify the structure for Banshu somen noodles production area and describe concerning activities and functions to the brand-building by the cooperative association.

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The difference between types of business exists in the approach for reduction of negative environmental impacts. Then, it is necessary so that examining the directionality of the approach of each type of business may reduce the negative environmental impact in transportation. In this study, status and problems on Green Logistics of each type of business are clarified by analyzing the corporate environmental reports that is one of the sources of information concerning environmental measures in the enterprise.

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In this paper, we discuss what visualization in health andmedical field is, and how to visualize the data that are mainly recorded by the point of action recording system (daily lifestyle recorder) for daily life behavior. In order to clarify the problems of a present lifestyle by visualizing their lifestyles with daily lifestyle recorder, data and the policy necessary for making to visible were considered.

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Increasing uncertainty in the management world, it becomes the supremacy proposition that companies adapt environmental change. In this study, we suggested diagnosis framework of networks in a meaning of the value creation from a viewpoint of various degrees of management resources.
Until today, most of researchers focused on the small and homogeneous networks such as industrial complex in these domains. However the widely heterogeneous networks are realized by overcoming long geographical distances and enclosure of management resources, and create greater values of products. Such networks can be applied to complex environment of companies in the next generation. Accordingly, the purpose of our study is the discovery of interaction process among heterogeneous organizations having diverse resources. In this network, higher originality of management resources makes higher sustainability of organization.

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These days, cooperation among the business companies have been well conducted as a strategy in a severe economic environment. Especially OEM is one of the cooperation that the small and medium-scale manufacturing industry have conducted from many years. However, the managerial policy of OEM customer enterprise is controlled in OEM in a passive aspect. Then, the aspect decided to be put on development with strategic OEM that stood from mere OEM in an active aspect. In the previous work, the concept of a dominant source for a strategic partnership, a tie-up ability, and continued competition, the purpose, and the technique are examined. And, the analysis aspect is found from the earlier literature. Then, the development of strategic OEM that stands newly in an active aspect with a current research case enterprise through the enterprise by the hearing enterprise is considered in this text.

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Japanese manufacturers have been generally considered not strong in making the best of R&D activities, in spite of their high level R&D performances. In printer industries, however, Japanese manufacturers have shown distinctive business achievements, making the good use of R&D results. The purpose of the study is to find their contributing factors.
The approach of the study is composed of two steps. The first, key technologies and main applications of printers have been analyzed how they have changed from 1970s to now. The second, contributing factors of Japanese printer manufacturers have been studied based on the changes of the key technologies and applications.
The findings are three factors. The first one is patent strategy to protect the unique key device technologies. The second one is redefinition of the supply unit which is composed of the original printing mechanism and consumable supplies. The last one is the supply business model which enables stable earnings.

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Balanced Scorecard is primarily used to manage strategies for achieving the vision of companies, governments and nonprofit organizations. Recently, state and local government finances are severe. Therefore, it is necessary to solve social problems in a way not to depend on government. In this study, we consider perspectives on Balanced Scorecard for solving social problems as a communication tool. Specifically, we use Balanced Scorecard for analyzing multiple problems on park management. A framework of analysis is made from four steps. First, we create a matrix of three business and three needs. Next, we consider the key points and draw the central points. In addition, we extract four perspectives: participants, talent and capacity, mechanism, fund and budget, from the common sense of ideas on the central points. Finally, we arrange two tables and make BSC framework. As a result, we could indicate the direction of future study.

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In this paper, we analyze why shopping street associations and nonprofit organizations are building partnerships, and how these partnerships are developing. In addition, we also discuss what form the partnerships between shopping street associations and nonprofit organizations should take as well as how they should be build and develop.
The result indicates that shopping street associations and nonprofit organizations created a network based on the following four points: 1) A Shared awareness of a problem in the community, 2) An initial approach from shopping street association, 3) The existence of nonprofit organization that desires ties with the community, 4) The presence of local government that functions as an intermediary. Moreover, shopping street associations and nonprofit organizations could develop this network through the following four points; 1) Complementary resources, 2) Sharing of the successful experience of enjoying the benefits, 3) Creating a place for information exchange and interaction, 4) An implementation of an initiative to fulfill mutual wishes.
Going forward, shopping street associations and nonprofit organizations should build and develop a broad partnership that reaches out beyond the two parties.

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Thinking about strategy is important for the corporation. However, more difficult it becomes to figure out which product makes the profit and where the profit comes from, the more diversification is progressed. It is wag-the-dog if there is no time to consider the strategy as the time is given to figure out the status. Mazda Corporation advances the visualization of management and its own 3 axis control to overcome the difficulty of strategy making along with the development of diversification. 3 axis controls makes it easy to figure out the current business structure and enables us to refine the strategy by simulating the future multi-scenario.

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Six years have passed since Relationship Banking to the Regional Banks, though there are stillmany problems to solve. This paper describes the factor of reduction of psychological resistance and positiveness to disclosure to the Bank. after quantitative research. Consequently ability of Facilitators and attitude of Banks are the main factors of reduction of psychological resistance, and in addition, management style is the main factor of positiveness to Disclosure.

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The research task of this paper is to examine practical value of a diagnosis for increasing possibility to establish collaboration by developing a diagnostic tool, then to find what is necessary for improvement and what is the limitation of the diagnosis. In order to study this theme, I set three research questions, (1) Is the diagnostic tool's point of view appropriate? (2) Are the components of the assessment tool appropriate? (3) Is the assessment tool effective to exercise communication that increases the possibility of establishment of a collaboration? Then I conducted a case study on several consulting companies and a company that plans and produces art exhibitions. The case study was done in two ways. The one is that administrators use the diagnostic tool and evaluate it. The other one is that administrators understood contents of the diagnostic tool and reminded her past experience of collaborations, then evaluate the tool. As a result, a certain degree of validity was recognized in terms of the diagnostic tool's point of view, components, and effectiveness. In addition, as for the necessity of improvement, mutual understandings required additional consideration, and the situation where the tool is not required are clarified.

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Globalization has led to an increase in marketing expansion. A multitude of new competitors are constantly emerging. On another front, technological innovation and changes to product architecture are both occurring in an increasingly uncertain environment. The manufacturing sector, which uses networks as its platform, is faced with these changes. In this study, we can see the direction of change in such manufacturing firms. In order for these autonomous participating firms to leverage their superior capabilities, they are moving to open modular architecture products and utilizing autonomous distributed networks. With this approach, it is easy to adapt to environmental uncertainty, not just because of network leader innovation but also because of the leveraging of partner innovation. However, in the movement toward homogeneous product competition, tireless innovation is essential to create uniqueness within the confines of the standardization framework.

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This paper explore merit pay system and examine howto design merit pay system at small and medium enterprises approaching action research. This study is contributed to introduce merit pay system at small and medium enterprise and generalized discussion point of each step designing merit pay system. The result of this study shows systematically way to design merit pay system leading action research and possibility familiarize to introduce merit pay system at small and medium enterprises.

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In term of diversification theory I have analyzed and estimated the strategy small and medium Construction developing new business for the purpose of existence. From the term of “Resources Based View”I analyze and estimate the strategy in this paper. If I regard the strategy in these companies as business innovation, general organization is “the capability” for business innovation. I will consider what “the capability” is for medium-sized and small construction developing new business and what the meaning is to improve it.

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The purpose of our workshop presents a framework of sustainability diagnosis that replace the conventional methods like as societal diagnosis or environmental one which are not useful concept and tool for emerging new global problems.
We think the concept of the triple bottom line (TBL) captures the essence of business sustainability, by analyzing and evaluating the impact of business activities on the broader economy, the environment, and on the society in which they operate.
We suggested the stakeholder approach as a basic and useful tool for grasping the integrated TBL. And we have done researches the relationship between important stakeholders and sustainability, and showed the conditions of small businesses' sustainability through some case studies.

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