Architects of Affluence – The Tsutsumi Family & The Seibu–Saison Enterprises in Twentieth–Century Japan: Tsutsumi Family and the Seibu-Saison ... No. 166 (Harvard East Asian Monographs) - Hardcover

Havens, Thomas R H

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067404360X ISBN 13: 9780674043602

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Traces the history of the Japanese Tsutsumi family's enterprises in transportation, retailing, travel, and leisure, from the family's colorful founder Pistol Tsutsumi to the present. Examines the management styles and marketing techniques that have allowed the family's Seibu and Saison enterprises

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Little has been written in English on the service sector in twentieth-century Japan, and this volume is a major contribution to our knowledge of a highly significant area of business development. It is a work of meticulous scholarship of the kind that we have come to expect from Professor Havens, and will provide a valuable source for those wishing to explore more fully the Japanese service sector.--Janet Hunter "Asian Affairs "

Synopsis:

Traces the history of the Japanese Tsutsumi family's enterprises in transportation, retailing, travel, and leisure, from the family's colorful founder "Pistol" Tsutsumi to the present. Examines the management styles and marketing techniques that have allowed the family's Seibu and Saison enterprises to prosper both before and after WWII, and shows

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 067404360X
• ISBN 13: 9780674043602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352