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Understanding The Impact Of Cross-Cultural Communication Between American And Japanese Businesses, Scott Jenkins

Senior Theses

This thesis aims to investigate the cultural differences between American and Japanese society most relevant to successful business collaboration in relation to SIOS Technology Group. First, by providing an examination of the issues SIOS Technology Group has experienced as a company with businesses in both Japan and the United States, this case will provide context for the use of relevant frameworks for researching cultural differences. Second, this thesis analyzes relevant theories of cross-cultural research such as the CAGE Distance Framework, Hall’s Cultural Elements, Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions, and Schwartz’s Cultural Values in order to apply their concepts to SIOS Technology Group’s …

Preserving Cultural Landscapes And Neomap Project Update For 2011, J. Christopher Gillam

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Jomon Period Research In West-Central Honshu, Japan, J. Christopher Gillam, Junzo Uchiyama, Oki Nakamura, Tomohiko Matsumori, Carlos Zeballos

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Legacy - February 2010, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Focus of New South Carolina Maritime Archaeology Book.....p. 1
Director's Note - Curation.....p. 2
Carolina Bay Research.....p. 4
Lawton Site Excavation.....p. 10
Stone Quarries and Sourcing.....p. 13
Jomon Period Research - Japan.....p. 14
'From Field to Table' - Long-term Human Environmental Interactions.....p. 16
Finding Sergeant York.....p. 18
The Legend of Sergeant York.....p. 22
Ashley Demmings Takes Reins of Sport Diver Program.....p. 23
SCIAA/ART Donors Update.....p. 24
ART Fundraising Challenge.....p. 26
Topper Site Registration.....p. 27
Georgia Archaeology Month.....p. 27
South Carolina Archaeology Month Poster - Still Available.....p. 27

International Outreach: The Southeast Prehistoric And Historic Landscapes Tour, J. Christopher Gillam

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Legacy - August 2007, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

SCIAA Welcomes New Director Dr. Charles Cobb.....p. 1
Director’s Note.....p. 2
Russian Scholar to Visit SCIAA in October.....p. 3
Japanese Colleagues Visit Archaic Sites in South Carolina.....p. 4
Distant Shores, Cultures, Colleagues.....p. 6
Locating Williamson’s Plantation Battlefield.....p. 7
Research in the South Carolina Upstate.....p. 10
Shovel Testing Around the Santa Elena Kiln.....p. 12
Charleston Foodways.....p. 14
ArchSites Training.....p. 18
SCIAA/ART Donors 2006-2007.....p. 19
South Carolina Archaeology Month 2007.....p. 20

Fieldnotes From The 2003 Russian Far East Archaeological Expedition, J. Christopher Gillam

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Explaining Policy Failure: Japan And The International Economy, 1969-1971, Robert C. Angel

Faculty Publications

This paper examines the determinants of Japan's most serious postwar blunder: failure to define and implement effective and timely countermeasures to deal with its change from deficit to surplus international monetary status during the 1969-1971 period. It concludes that intense bureaucratic compartmentalization and a lack of supra-ministerial leadership of national policy were key determinants of this failure, leaving Japan's political system dependent upon irresistible external pressure (gai-atsu), in this case from the United States, to define and force implementation of necessary policy changes. This critical but largely ignored episode illustrates a negative aspect of the traditional insulation of Japan's national …