Analysis of Japanese Multinationals and Other Asia Pacific Companies

Running Head: ASIA PACIFIC 1
Asia Pacific
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Institutional Affiliation
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ASIA PACIFIC 2
Introduction
Following the facts on FDI as per the Asia pacific companies, the paper will focus on
companies in Europe and how they operate country wide. In this case, the report is basically on
how the Japanese multinationals plays their role. This will based on companies such as
Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan, Toyata in Japan, sumsung electronics in Korea, TECO in
Taiwan and finally Huawei Technologies in China. The report will give an analysis of teh
companies based on the following aspects. The strategy of the company, the corporate
organization of the given company, their ore capacities and finally show how government play
their role in establishment and development of the company.
Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan
Strategy
Mitsubishi Corporation is Japan largest trading company, the corporation was founded in
1950 with its headquarters based in Chiyoda, Tokyo (Buckley & Ghauri, 2018 p.569). The
corporation has its operation within many industries such as machinery as well as industrial
finance. Mitsubishi corporation strategy is based on the sound foundation to its management and
sustainable growth, the corporation has adhered to the management initiatives based on their
perspectives including growth, profitability, and efficiency (Buckley & Ghauri, 2011 p. 262).
The group through its diverse strategies has taken the challenge of resolving environmental
issues, resources, and energy issues.
Corporate organization

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Mitsubishi Corporation is based on three corporate principles, the spirit and values have
been in place since 1934. The first principle is Corporate Social Responsibility that entails their
consistent efforts to resolve communal issues and challenges. The corporate taker the initiatives
to make sure that the society within which it is situated benefits from its contributions. The
corporate respects the culture and operations in the society for the purpose of fitting according to
the culture of the society members for smooth operation (Burke, 2014 p. 467). The second
principle is integrity and fairness where the group emphasizes maintaining the principles of good
faith within the organization.
Core capabilities
The Corporation core competencies can be divided into three categories, first
information; this competency entails the incorporation of global partnerships, and by so doing
the corporation’s ability to implement multiple businesses by joining efforts with other
organizations to form beneficial business relationships locally and internationally (Luo, 2011
p.56). The second competency is technology where the corporation has ventured into various
technological advancements in order to increase efficiency, owing to the fact that Mitsubishi is a
motor company production processes will require technological intervention.
The role of government
Host governments of Mitsubishi Corporation have implementation of conditions that the
corporations will operate under the government policies, the government sets legal objectives to
the corporation to pay taxes, and for the corporation it enhances trade between the host country
and the home country (Rugman, 2015 P.678). The next role of government includes the ability of
having a control over the way trade will be contacted based on the variety of market standards.

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The government makes sure that the trade processes are well monitored and monitored for the
purpose of having a smooth operation of the company business. The government participation in
the company will make sure that the corporation is able to trade freely (Cho & Uchikawa, 2017
P. 553).
Toyota in Japan
Strategy
Toyota uses a generic strategy that enables it has a competitive advantage. The company
has set some foundation over which it offers a stiff competition with other companies within the
world. Over many years, the company has portrayed very progressive success from its operations
and advancements; this can be evidence by the fact that the company has fulfilled its goals
(Lusk, 2014 p.156). This company is categorized as one of the most developed company cross
the world. It is situated in Japan and well known for its massive production of locomotives. In
addition, it is one of the Japanese multinational automotive manufacturers; its headquarters is
based in Toyota Aichi Japan (Mottage, 2017 p.16). The corporation strategy emphasizes
environmental sustainability aligning accordingly with the Toyotas global vision of respect for
the planet. The corporation recently implemented the Toyota environmental problems solutions
for the purpose of preventing any challenge that may face the company from achieving its future
strategies in operation (Yang & Xu, 2009 p.25). The corporation is in addition focused on
making sure that it abides with the set rules and strategies for the purpose of having the operation
verifications within the governance requirements.
Corporate Organization