Relax guys, we all know what company to ask in this case: a Tokyo-based
technology company lead by a European with Japanese staffs to give him
Japanese opinions;)
Pada Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:03:15 +0900
si Nick May <nick@kyushu.com> bilang:
>
>
> On 14 Feb 2007, at 14:47, Gerhard Fasol wrote:
>
> > With all respect, Eric, to the members of this list -
>
> Oh dear - you are preparing to insult us, aren't you...
>
> > their
> > opinon is only very marginally relevant, because what counts
> > is are the actual actions of Japanese consumers.
>
>
> Well - yes - and the request was for our opinions of the actual
> actions of Japanese consumers.
>
> >
> > One of the most common mistakes foreign companies which fail
> > in Japan make is to base management decisions on the perceptions
> > and prejudices of foreigners, instead of doing actual Japanese
> > market research (which is a lot more effort than making guesses)
>
> You wouldn't happen to know of a firm that does that in Japan, would
> you Gehard....?
>
> >
> > If this is a hobby question, then its ok, but if you need the answer
> > to your question for serious business development, then I suggest
> > not to rely on the opinions of foreigners.
>
> I don't recollect him suggesting he was going to "rely" on the
> opinions given....
>
> > Rapha$BuM(B wrote
> > He was basically recusing himself:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recusal
>
> Oh no he wasn't!
>
> He was basically excluding everyone APART from himself and his company.
>
> Nick
Arnold P. Siboro (asiboro@maltech.jp)
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
-- Albert Einstein
Received on Wed Feb 14 12:52:51 2007