RIP Enrique Alejandro Velez 1973-2017
A recent graduate of Globis MBA and the current Executive Director and Senior Vice President of Digital Communications at JCE Japan...
Communicating the Spirit of Okinawa
Continuing his interviews on innovation in the Japanese service industry, Cris Vlad interviewed Ms. Akiko Katsuki, Head of Customer...
Making the Most of Japanese Innovations
“Now I work while traveling between Japan, the U.S., and Hong Kong,” says Romanian-born Cristian Vlad. Cristian first encountered Japan...
THIS IS YOUR LIFE
“ THIS IS YOUR LIFE. DO WHAT YOU LOVE, AND DO IT OFTEN. IF YOU DON’T LIKE SOMETHING, CHANGE IT. IF YOU DON’T LIKE YOUR JOB, QUIT. IF...
I'm offering too many services!
Part 3 of 3: This article covers winding the businesses down and the evaluation of results. See Parts I and II.) The schoolchildren were...
"Willingness to Act": A Secret to Japanese hospitality?
round the world, people have been trying to understand the Omotenashi, the concept behind the world-renowned Japanese hospitality. GLOBIS...
Beating the fear of cold calling, and other lessons kids taught me
This article covers the sales day (November 3rd) for the 14 teams of elementary schoolchildren entering Junior Economy College in...
What I learned about business from 75 Japanese fifth- and sixth-graders Part I of a three-part serie
Late last year, the Young Entrepreneurs Group at my local chamber of commerce asked me to judge a 5-month business competition for...
“Having lived in Japan for 26 years, I want to help Japanese companies transform the architecture of
BA in Humanities, University of Bucharest, Department of Foreign Language Studies. MA in International Relations, Hirosaki University...