The Tokyo chronicles

"The Tokyo Chronicles is a capitivating inside look revealing the secrets of Japan's success and identifying the critical factors that are essential to competing or cooperating with Japanese business enterprises. Written in a series of short stories, The Chronicles represent the highlights of Al Sieg's experiences living, working, and competing in Japan. Sieg ran Eastman Kodak's operations in Japan and was charged with making a serious incursion into the home "turf" of its arch rival, Fuji Film. After seven years of difficult lessons and remarkable progress, Kodak's business had grown by more than 600 percent and was firmly established in the Japanese market." "Sieg's personal stories reveal a side of Japan that is not often seen by Americans and will help managers to truly understand the real strengths and inherent weaknesses of Japanese companies and their economic system.^

The Chronicles also provide a unique perspective that portrays the first-person challenges of living with the interconnections between everyday Japanese life and business." "From his clashes with MITI to the forays into acquiring Japanese companies, Sieg takes the reader on a visual tour of Japan and its intricate forms of business and bureaucracy.