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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business Review

The Japanese employees, while already fluent with Japanese concepts such as kaizen (improvement) and omotenashi (hospitality), struggled to become proficient in English. In some sectors, the global market demands for English-speaking workers makes a global career quite attractive. Aspiring to a global career.

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Being the World's Largest Ad Agency Might Not Be Something to Brag About

Harvard Business Review

This week''s merger announcement between Omnicom and Publicis, two ad and marketing agencies with a combined 2012 revenue of $23 billion, involved glasses of champagne. Kaizen, Japanese for "continuous improvement," is Toyota''s self-described business model. Google''s All "Who Cares?". You Can''t Eat a Check.