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	Konosuke Matsushita Summary
		Matsushita's business philosophy led to the Japanese "paternal management" tradition, whereby employees are viewed as being part of a "family" within the company, and are assured of lifetime employment, without fear of layoffs.
		Konosuke Matsushita (松下幸之助 Matsushita Kōnosuke, November 27, 1894 – April 27, 1989) was a Japanese industrialist, the founder of Matsushita Electric, a company based in the suburb of Kadoma (on the Keihan line), Osaka in Japan.
		Konosuke Matsushita was born in 1894 in the farming village of Wasa in Wakayama Prefecture, the son of a landlord.
	www.bookrags.com /Konosuke_Matsushita (1788 words)

	Konosuke Matsushita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Konosuke Matsushita (松下幸之助 Matsushita Kōnosuke, November 27, 1894 – April 27, 1989) was a Japanese industrialist, the founder of Matsushita Electric, a company based in the suburb of Kadoma (on the Keihan line), Osaka in Japan.
		Konosuke Matsushita was born in 1894 in the farming village of Wasa in Wakayama Prefecture, the son of a landlord.
		Matsushita wanted to market a new light socket he had invented, and so in 1918, at the age of 23, he founded Matsushita Electric Appliance Factory with his first employees being himself, Mumeno, and Mumeno's brother, Toshio Iue.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Konosuke_Matsushita (405 words)

	Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was founded by Konosuke Matsushita in 1918, with its first product being a duplex lamp socket.
		Matsushita was founded in 1918 and operated factories in Japan and Asia through the end of World War II, producing electrical components and appliances such as light fixtures, motors, and electric irons.
		In 1951, Konosuke Matsushita traveled to the United States and met with American dealers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matsushita (677 words)

	Matsushita (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Matsushita's founder Konosuke (who died in 1989 at the age of 94) is considered one of the greatest business leaders of all time.
		Matsushita's founder Konosuke Matsushita was born in Wakayama, Japan, in 1884, in an agricultural family.
		Matsushita felt the need to transfer a much larger portion of design, RandD and components to foreign countries to get be closer to customers and have a better understanding of their tastes.
	www.vedpuriswar.org /book/MATSUSHITA.htm (5132 words)

	Gyan for the Day!: Konosuke Matsushita (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It is a story of Konosuke Matsushita who lacked formal education, wealth, charisma, connections and even a special talent.
		Konosuke Matsushita was born on November 27, 1894 in a little village named Wasamura south of Osaka.
		Konosuke retired officially from Matsushita in 1973 but continued as an advisor till his death in 1989.
	gyanfortheday.blogspot.com /2006/01/konosuke-matsushita.html (1345 words)

	Konosuke Matsushita (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Konosuke Matsushita (松下幸之助 (松下幸之助: the japanese language is a spoken and written language used mainly in japan....
		Konosuke Matsushita was born in 1894 in the farming village of Wasa (village of Wasa: more facts about this subject) in Wakayama Prefecture (Wakayama Prefecture: wakayama prefecture (; wakayama-ken) is part of the kii...
		Matsushita also used national newspaper (newspaper: A daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements) advertising, an unusual form of marketing in Japan in the 1920s.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/konosuke_matsushita (474 words)

	Matsushita Memorial Library
		The Matsushita Memorial Library was established in May, 1994 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Matsushita Electric and the PHP Institute.
		This Library is open to the public, and aims to present a wide range of Konosuke Matsushita's thoughts that give deep insight into his life, way of thinking, his management philosophy and his ideas on the govering of a nation, together with his perspectives on world politics.
		To do this we have included recordings of his voice along with many audio and visual materials, as well as pictures and copies of the books that he wrote.
	matsushita-library.jp /en (168 words)

	He Sparked Business In Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Konosuke Matsushita didn't build his $50 billion electronics industry leader by inventing the next hot gadget.
		Matsushita gave up a promising and secure career at the local electric light company at the age of 23 to launch his own manufacturing business.
		Matsushita's early business strategy was as simple as it was successful: Improve the life of the consumer, and the balance sheet of the company, by redesigning expensive household appliances at a price the average Japanese family can afford.
	www.alphaimports.com /models/Matsushita.htm (777 words)

	Konosuke Matsushita (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Konosuke Matsushita's philosophy: provide a large supply of consumer goods at the lowest possible prices--without compromising quality and service.
		Matsushita was one of Japan's wealthiest men, yet he had little formal education for such a remarkable entrepreneur.
		Matsushita Electric supplied "three treasures" to the recovering Japanese households: a washing machine, a refrigerator and a fl-and-white television.
	www.ce.org /Events/Awards/460.htm (256 words)

	Konosuke Matsushita: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Konosuke Matsushita was born in 1894 in the farming village of Wasa in Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama Prefecture quick summary:
		Matsushita wanted to market a new light socket he had invented, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Matsushita was in danger of removal as president, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ko/konosuke_matsushita.htm (1249 words)

	APEC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		With the expansion of the business, Konosuke Matsushita began to ask a simple question, ¡°Are companies only a tool for making money?¡± He believed that while profits were of vital importance to enterprise management, more important was the social function of the enterprise, that is, to bear social responsibilities.
		First of all, Konosuke Matsushita believed that enterprises did not belong to any individuals, instead, a corporation is a ¡°public entity¡± and it can exist only if it receives the support of society and therefore must contribute to the society.
		Konosuke Matsushita had to entrust some routine management practices to others because he was frail, so he paid much attention to making proper use of personnel.
	www.apecsmesa.org /showNews.jsp?newsId=203710000008 (2195 words)

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		Matsushita would be embroiled in legal investigations and his company would be the largest manufacturer of televisions in the free world.
		Konosuke Matsushita was perhaps the most respected industrialist in Japan, revered as a moral authority.
		Matsushita and his company were considered the guiding spirits of this management style.
	ftp.monash.edu.au /pub/nihongo/matsushita.pbs (6258 words)

	Matsushita - see also National and Technics etc. manufacture
		Matsushita is considered the biggest company in Japan for electric household supply.
		Konosuke Matsushita (1894-1989) started with nothing but an idea for an electric plug, and created a vast business empire that spread around the world.
		Matsushita Electric has been founded by Konosuke Matsushita 1917 in Osaka, Japan.
	www.radiomuseum.org /dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=5567 (617 words)

	Konosuke Matsushita - Japanese Industrialist & Founder of Matsushita Electric
		Konosuke Matsushita (1894-1989) was a Japanese industrialist, the founder of Matsushita Electric, a company based in the suburb of Kodoma (on the Keihan line), Osaka in Japan.
		Matsushita's Early Life Konosuke Matsushita was born in 1894 in the farming village of Wasa in Wakayama Prefecture, the son of a landlord.
		Matsushita was in danger of removal as president, but was saved by a favorable petition signed by 15,000 employees.
	www.japan-101.com /business/konosuke_matsushita.htm (551 words)

	Matsushita Resources & Information - matsushita electric industrial
		Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Japanese: ??????????, Matsushita Denki Sangyo Kabushiki Gaisha) (MEI) (TYO: 6752) is an electronics manufacturer based in Kadoma, Osaka prefecture, Japan.
		Matsushita matsushita matsushita was founded philips in 1918 and operated factories
		In 1951, Konosuke + Matsushita electric traveled to the United States and relay met filters industrial with American dealers.
	www.bizhisto.com /matsushita.htm (1103 words)

	Wired 2.07: Kitchen Magician
		Matsushita Electric Works was founded by Konosuke Matsushita in 1919 to commercialize an invention the 22-year-old entrepreneur had made in his spare time while working as an inspector with the Osaka Electric Light Company.
		Nonetheless, within Matsushita, says consultant Peter Rawle of the Tokyo branch of the brokerage Smith New Court, "surrounded by acres and acres of mud, there are enormous pearls." Matsushita Electric Works's virtual reality group is one such pearl.
		Matsushita already had a database consisting of 30,000 CAD models of kitchens.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/2.07/kitchen.html?pg=2&topic= (654 words)

	Panasonic UK - Panasonic Legacy - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co is one of the largest and most successful ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd is without a doubt one of the world's largest and most successful electronics companies.
		In the UK, Matsushita is more recognisable under the brands of Panasonic and Technics, world-wide they work as National, Ramsa, Quasar and MAS (Matsushita Avionics), manufacturing more than 15 000 different products.
		The story of Matsushita Electric began in Osaka, Japan in 1918, when Konosuke Matsushita invented a two-socket light bulb.
	www.panasonic.co.uk /aboutus/legacy/pukweb04-dynamic-aboutus-legacy-main (329 words)

	Matsushita (Panasonic) Corporation
		Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., the parent Company of Panasonic was established as an independent company separated from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. in1958 to lead the Matsushita Group in the field of industrial and business-oriented electronics.
		Taking as its guide the Matsushita philosophy that human beings are their most precious natural resource, Panasonic is dedicated to the development of people through the enhancement and improvement of public education in the United States.
		In Japan, Matsushita Electric's home country, for example, the company is regarded as one of the country's foremost leaders in the development of plans for greater harmony between the environment and industry.
	foxweb.marist.edu /users/prema.nakra/matsushita.html (1525 words)

	MATSUSHITA LEADERSHIP: LESSONS FROM THE 20TH CENTURY'S MOST REMARKABLE ENTREPRENEUR. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Matsushita certainly fit that bill, more so than I thought at the beginning of the project, and an exploration of his life provided fascinating clues as to the roots of great leadership and to the process by which adaptive organizations are developed.
		Perhaps the biggest challenge of all was that the more I learned about Konosuke Matsushita, beyond both the halos and the warts, the more I came to like- this man. In a big and time-consuming undertaking where the goal is an honest assessment of someone, admiring the subject is a mixed blessing.
		Konosuke Matsushita died in 1989, one year before this project began, so he never learned of how an odd coincidence steered me in his direction.
	mgv.mim.edu.my /booksearch/bookpref/11678.htm (1254 words)

	PANASONIC EUROPE - Panasonic In Europe
		The company was founded in 1918 in Osaka, Japan by Konosuke Matsushita and has grown from just 3 employees to over 290,000 people worldwide.
		Profound in its importance yet elegantly simple, Konosuke Matsushita's breakthrough led to what is now one of the world's largest electronics companies.
		Matsushita's Basic Management Objective, formulated in 1929 by the company's founder, Konosuke Matsushita.
	www.panasonic-europe.com /about_europe.aspx (297 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 96044863
		Konosuke Matsushita was born at the very end of the 19th century.
		The story of Konosuke Matsushita shows how great leadership is not a static quality but a crucial element that evolves over decades, often built on a base of pain, not privilege.
		But the Matsushita saga is about how tough times produced increasingly large yet humanistic ambitions, a set of growth-inducing mental habits, decades of continuous learning, and then phenomenal accomplishments that benefited millions of people.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/simon052/96044863.html (3292 words)

	Panasonic Middle East - ideas for life
		Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd is one of the worldâs leading manufacturers of electronic and electric products for consumer, business and industrial use.
		Konosuke Matsushita born in November 1894 in South Osaka, started his professional life as an apprentice in a “Hibachi” shop.
		On April 27, 1989, Konosuke Matsushita, founder of Matsushita Electric, expired at the age of 94 after having made massive contributions to the world’s changes.
	www.panasonic.ae /PMM/English/Docs/ourcompany.aspx (599 words)

	R&D Magazine
		Matsushita posited that a light powered by a long-lasting battery would sell well.
		Cost is always an issue," says Paul Liao, CTO for Matsushita Electric Corp. of America, Secaucus, N.J. Matsushita has 10 R&D centers and a venture capital arm in Silicon Valley that invests in startup research companies with promising technologies.
		Konosuke Matsushita conceived the idea for a long-lasting bicycle light not by sitting alone in a laboratory, but riding a bicycle, among other cyclists, at night in Osaka where he would introduce the innovation.
	www.rdmag.com /LaboratoryDesign/LD0503FEAT_1.asp (1389 words)

	Planet GameCube FAQS: GameCube FAQ - Matsushita
		Matsushita was among the first Japanese companies to make environmental policy a priority.
		Matsushita has also garnered praise by implementing an all-e ncompassing product life cycle assessment plan, which will analyze new products & minimize the impact they will have on the world's environment.
		In several countries, local Matsushita manufacturing operations greatly contribute to economy and society, offering sources of employment and the means for developing the region.
	planetgamecube.com /specialArt.cfm?artid=1801&CFID=6545732&... (1261 words)

	Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Berhad (PMMA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The appearance of an improved, two-way socket and attachment plugs handier than anything else in the market proved to be the turning point in his career.
		Konosuke Matsushita had at last found his true calling.
		Matsushita Electric Appliance Factory was then established on March 7, 1918, in Osaka and today, Matsushita's achievements speak louder than words.
	pmma.panasonic.com.my /PMMA/AboutUs/au_founder.asp (236 words)

	Boston.com / Business / Matsushita to change name to Panasonic
		Matsushita Electric Corp. of America said it will change its name to Panasonic Corp. of North America in order to give it a more recognizable association to the brand name of many of its products.
		The company, which is the North American arm of Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., said the name changes will start on Jan. 1.
		Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., based in Osaka, Japan, derives its name from company founder Konosuke Matsushita.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2004/12/09/matsushita_to_change_name_to_panasonic (307 words)

	Panasonic - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In more recent history, Matsushita Electric has begun manufacturing more expensive television and audio/video equipment in addition to their entry-level offerings, and as of fall 2005, is using the Panasonic brand name worldwide.
		Through the Panasonic nameplate, Matsushita was one of the first companies to manufacture Laserdisc players in the early 1980s and was among the group of companies that first conceived the DVD format.
		The Osaka office which appeared in the comic is suppose to be the Twin Tower at Kyobashi, and when Kosaku is sent to work in China, the view from the Shanghai office is same as the view from the Panasonic office in Shanghai.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Panasonic (1043 words)

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