International Business Environment

CASE PRESENTATION

Presented by RUPESH JAIN

PEST ANALYSIS
POLITICAL
Ease and flexibility. adapting the commercial laws other elements in their economic legal framework mitigating the hold on legal restrictions in the case of mergers and acquisitions improvising the commercial laws. The laws eases the pressure off the business investors by providing legal incentives, supporting the business without any unnecessary hitches. The tax benefits towards reorganization of business have been improvised and simplified.

ECONOMIC
The Japanese economy is one of the largest in the world Japan's farming population has been declining steadily. Fishing is highly developed, and the annual catch is one of the largest in the world. Japan as an economy is the major hub in the Asian region for various aspects encompassing business, transportation, trade and logistics. The country's economy is extremely strong in the manufacturing and services sector. The country enjoys strapping ties with surrounding countries as well as other ASEAN countries. The Asian trade has Japan as the major centric force, representing the most advanced economy. The cost of doing business in Japan has also decreased over the years. The taxes in the country compare very favorably with other countries.

EXPORTS:
Cars, electronic devices and computers. Most important trade partners are China and the USA, followed by South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Germany.

IMPORTS:
The most important import goods are raw materials such as oil, foodstuffs and wood. Major supplier is China, followed by the USA, Australia, Saudia Arabia, South Korea, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates.

INDUSTRIES:
Manufacturing, construction, distribution, real estate, services, and communication are Japan's major industries today. Agriculture makes up only about two percent of the GNP. Most important agricultural product is rice. Resources of raw materials are very limited and the mining industry rather small.

ECONOMIC CHANGES 1. Scandal in various financial institutes effects the economy of Japan. 2. Due to bad loans the house loan companies crushed and incurred losses of 77 billion dollars. 3. Japanese finance industry are under 349 billion dollars losses. 4. Due to all those losses Japanese govt. Forces to spend billion of dollars to help out Japan home loan companies.

SOCIAL
Japan's social standard of living is very comfortable yet cost friendly. Consumers have a high purchasing power most of them are very skilled workers. country's education system is also a big pull; it has the highest rate of university goers among the developed nations worldwide. labour market changed from the concept of "lifetime employment" to a more fluid model.

SOCIAL CHANGES 1. Distrust on financial institutes of Japan. 2. Distrust on ministry of finance of Japan. 3. All those scandals harms the image of Japan internationally.

TECHNOLOGICAL
 Japanese research and development efforts for the "fusion" solution, or combining advances in different technologies to generate new products and innovations. Electronic goods, such as TVs, stereo sets, cameras and computers are relatively inexpensive. Mobile technology Japan leads the world in robotics, possessing more than half (402,200 of 742,500) of the world's industrial robots used for manufacturing.

 

lot of effort and investment in the field of research and development giving a sustainable competitive advantages against other countries. has the highest number of patents registered in the world. Japan s information, communication and technology are also developed at very high standards. Japan's extremely urbanized road and rail network, which boasts a level of accuracy unmatched elsewhere in the world, facilitates the strategic development of businesses .