The 16th Corporate White Paper
Creating a New Style of Japanese Corporate Management

July 3, 2009

Yasuchika Hasegawa
Chairman, Committee on Corporate Management
(President & CEO, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)

Forward : The 16th Corporate White Paper

Preface : Japanese-style management is now questioned

The Current Financial Crisis Viewed from a Corporate Leader

Part 1 : Reevaluation/Inventory Check of Strength of Japanese Enterprises
-An Inductive Approach toward a New Style of Japanese Corporate Management -

1. What has been regarded as the strengths of Japanese enterprises
2. How successful Japanese enterprises capitalize their strengths
3. Characteristics and strengths of Japanese enterprises that should be maintained or enhanced and issues to be solved - from the integrative consideration of I and II

Part 2 : Issues Japanese Enterprises Face When They Promote Globalization, Which is Indispensable for the Continued Prosperity of Japan
-A Deductive Approach toward a New Style of Japanese Corporate Management -

Introduction：Enhancing presence in growing market (BRIICS and others)

1. Development and use of human resources with a global perspective
2. Growth strategy with M&A as leverage
3. Corporate governance/CSR
4. Enhancing competitiveness of the service/finance industries

Part 3：What is Globalization for Japanese Enterprises?
-Have Globalization Serve as an Engine of the Evolution of a New Style of Japanese Corporate Management -

Members List of Committee on Corporate Management, FY2008

Japanese version