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An American company finds success cultivating South America's popular caffeinated drink
Home Instead: The Business of Granny Care
As the population around the world ages, Home Instead finds that non-medical companionship and care giving can make good business
Belu: Environment-Friendly Bottled Water
A British company focuses on helping the environment and maintaining profits
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- Japan
- Capital: Tokyo
- GCI Rank: 9 What's This?
Developed for the World Economic Forum by Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martin, the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) measures the competitiveness of nations using economic statistics and extensive polling of international business leaders.
FEATURED STORIES
Japan
Recipe for a New Strategy
Zojirushi ruled rice cookers--but to grow, it had to bring a unique design focus to other products
Feelin' Muji
How do you design by not designing? A retailer's quest for the ultimate in simplicity can be complicated
Revving Up Nissan
The design of its new supercar inspires a collaboration revolution at the Japanese automaker
DOING BUSINESS IN JAPAN
Problematic Factors
- Access to financing
- Restrictive labor regulations
- Foreign currency regulations
- Inadequate supply of infrastructure
- Inefficient government bureaucracy
- Inadequately educated workforce
- Poor work ethic in national labor force
- Policy instability
- Government instability/coups
- Crime and theft
- Corruption
- Tax regulations
- Tax rates
- Inflation
- 0 10 20 30
- Percent of responses
Note: From a list of 14 factors, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic factors for doing business in their country/economy and to rank them between 1(most problematic) and 5. The bars in the figure show the responses weighted according to their ranking.