Japan
How Ready are Japanese Firms to Bear the Impact of Coronavirus?
February 13 by Ankur Bansal“When China sneezes, the world catches cold”. This seems to be even more true this time.
Japan’s tryst with AI, Analytics and IOT
January 06 by Ankur BansalJapan has always taken the lead with 'robots' and process management. Why, then, is it lagging in AI? asks Ankur Bansal, SSON columnist on sourcing issues
Japanese Firms Should be More Courageous with Shared Services
December 10 by Ankur BansalThe third largest economy in the world is lagging far behind in adopting the shared services model
Architecture CAN Change the World (and Your Office)
April 14 by SSONIn searching the web for ideas that help you in your job I sometimes come across random pieces of content that catch my attention. And often these random pieces actually strike a chord with shared s...
Japan’s economic growth threatened by dark cloud of labour shortage
August 12 by The Shared Services & Outsourcing Network EditorToday, the world's third largest economy is characterized by 25% of its population as being over the age of 65. Given the importance of the workforce in driving economic growth, this is a significan...
Asia Pacific & Japan: market expansion and M&A driving CFO's BPO expectations
June 23 by Arindam DuttaAs our "Sourcing Superstar" series continues, we move to the Asia Pacific & Japan region, to ask HP's Global Head of Business Analytics & APJ what's driving his market. Asia is where "it's all happe...
Land of the Rising Sun
January 10 by Emma BeaumontI left my heart in Tokyo… The Romance between Shared Services and Japan continues. It’s fair to say that the Japanese market is no stranger to the world of shared services. This is...
Q&A: Shinichi Yamada, NTT Data
January 10 by SSONRightly or wrongly, the outsourcing – in particular offshore outsourcing – sector in Japan has tended to be viewed as being markedly less developed than the equivalent sectors in North A...