Starting a Multinational Corporation

Your team is a large U.S. corporation that manufactures rubber tires, and you want to begin manufacturing and distribution in Japan.

What are the political, cultural, environmental, and economic risks of doing business there?
If you do decide to do business there, how would you staff the operation?
- What kind of approach would you take?
- What type of concerns would you have?
- What do you need to consider when you recruit, evaluate, train, and deal with labor relations issues?
- How would you select the manager?
- What are some of the issues to consider regarding the expatriate?
- What if it does not work out?