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		Sogo shosha are Japanese traders, existing at the center of Japan's global economic effort and serving as intermediaries for half of their country's exports and two-thirds of their imports.
		This must be countered by the sogo shosha's ability to procure commodities and to find markets for smaller Japanese clients, for manufacturing subsidiaries in developing countries, and for large-scale resource development projects, which have also enhanced their bargaining power.
		The sogo shosha have declined from internal weaknesses.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/9158/kwujmktg13.html (4348 words)

	AKPsi
		This the Sogo Shosha is either unable to do because it does not contain the necessary technical expertise or does not wish to do because of cost factors.
		First the Sogo Shosha is usually a financially strong member of the zaibatsu and lends its financial strength to the manufacturer members by, among other actions, financing the sales of the manufacturer until collection has been made.
		This factor combined with the fact that the Sogo Shosha has a great deal of political power is probably one of the principal reasons why there is reluctance on the part of Japan to open up its markets to foreign competition.
	www.akpsi.com /news/detail.cfm?id=641 (2257 words)

	UNCTAD.ORG >> Home >> NEW ROLE FOR JAPAN´S SOGO SHOSHA AS THEY SHIFT FROM MANUFACTURING TO SERVICES
		Prior to 1980, 46% of sogo shosha´s foreign affiliates (1,338 firms) were in manufacturing (especially textiles and chemicals), ahead of commerce (31%).
		In examining the 139 foreign affiliates established by the five largest sogo shosha in 2000-2002, the shift from manufacturing to services becomes clear: 82% were in services (40% in commerce and 42% in other services).
		According to the 2003 annual reports of the five largest sogo shosha, 49% of the 660 foreign affiliates listed as their principal subsidiaries and associated companies are in commerce and 28% in other services.
	www.unctad.org /Templates/Webflyer.asp?docID=5720&intItemID=2068&lang=1#endnote1 (743 words)

	Re: Question on shogoshosha vs. keiretsu and zaibatsu
		Sogo Shosha's annual sales (often more than $200 billion) but profit is very thin.
		Sogo Shosha used to handles "Everything"...it used be said they handles "Ramen-noodele to Missile".
		These day, Sogo Shosha try to expand business on E-business, financial related business to invest in venture business etc. Sogo Shosha' main strength is world information network and banking function as middleman.
	www.mail-archive.com /fukuzawa@ucsd.edu/msg10455.html (522 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Invisible Link : Japan's Sogo Shosha and the Organization of Trade: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The sogo shosha is not defined by the products it handles or even by the services it performs, for it offers a broad and changing array of goods and functions.
		The sogo shosha could be broadly defined as a large, diversified, multinational enterprise engaged primarily in trading.
		There are only nine sogo shosha in Japan - six of them of major significance - and the largest employs fewer than 15,000.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0262240254 (537 words)

	SBN Feature Article: September 1998
		Sogo shosha like Mitsui, Mitsubishi, and Sumitomo are household names in Japan (much like GE, Microsoft, and GM in the U.S.) and are involved in a diverse array of markets, ranging from textiles to electronic commerce, through their many corporate subsidiaries.
		The environmental impact of a company's business activities is more difficult to evaluate when it is involved in many different industrial sectors, a problem which many sogo shosa cite as the main factor behind their relatively weak environmental reporting and disclosure policies.
		The lack of shareholder activism, the complicated corporate structure of the sogo shosa, weak environmental NGOs, and relatively lax financial disclosure requirements mean that most Japanese companies are not required to, and often do not feel compelled to, release eco-efficiency information like the rate of recycling and energy intensity of production and services.
	www.envirolink.org /articles/sep98-2.html (1620 words)

	Sumitomo Corporation of America : Soga Shosha
		Just a few years ago many were suggesting that the revolution in information technology would eliminate the need for middlemen, causing the sogo shosha, or integrated trading company to become superfluous.
		The soga shosha is commonly said to have no counterpart outside Japan, and this distinctiveness makes it tough to explain our business to non-Japanese.
		Building on this past, the soga shosha of today has become a trading and investment organization that competes with companies of other types in some areas but also performs a unique and important role as a risk taker.
	www.sumitomocorp.com /about/soga_shosha.html (739 words)

	AAS Abstracts: Inter-area, Library, Teaching session 116 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This paper is a preliminary inquiry into the changing pattern of Japanese food trade with the United States, focusing on the response of the sogo shosha, general trading companies, to diversification of food imports to Japan between 1982 and 1992.
		In the post-WWII era, it is well established that sogo shosha have been the prime movers of foodstuffs to Japan from points around the world.
		Since the early 1980s, however, unexpected changes have taken place in the sogo shosha role as trade agents: research indicates that despite increasing supply of foodstuffs to Japan, agricultural imports are of decreasing importance as an import category for the five largest Japanese trading companies.
	www.aasianst.org /absts/1995abst/inter/inter116.htm (1267 words)

	Japanese companies maintain the tradition of trade Los Angeles Business Journal - Find Articles
		From wood pulp to neckties to missiles, the sogo shosha trade it.
		The nine sogo shosha cumulatively do about $1 trillion in annual business, and they field offices in 200 cities worldwide.
		All together, the L.A. sogo shosha outposts could be billing $3 billion a year, according to industry estimates.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_n13_v15/ai_13695662 (431 words)

	Finding & Planning
		The sogo shosha play an especially important role and are often the catalyst for the formation of new projects.
		Additionally the sogo shosha always welcome input from foreign companies and consultants (who may be looking for sources of financing for a project).
		Preliminary studies are funded by JICA, the sogo shosha, directly and indirectly by Japanese Ministries (through the consulting associations) or by recipient countries.
	www.euroact.co.jp /oda-japan/AboutODA/Project_Formation/Finding___Planning/finding___planning.html (669 words)

	Scanning in Action (Japan)
		The total revenue of the nine major sogo shosha make up approximately 30 percent of Japan's GNP ÐÊtogether they handle nearly 50 percent of Japan's total exports and 60 percent of its imports.
		Each sogo shosha invests huge amounts of resources to create its own far-reaching network for data gathering.
		Through diligence and tenacity, the sogo shosha have become masters of gathering vast quantities of business intelligence information by tapping the most public, boring sources, and cultivating legitimate, open human contacts.
	choo.fis.utoronto.ca /ncb/es/ES.action.Jap.html (1433 words)

	Strategy for the Value Added Link: An Exploratory Analysis of the International Joint Venture, AOL Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Sogo Shosha, Japanese General Trading Companies today stand at a major crossroads with respect to their future sustainable competitive advantage.
		For example, advanced networking technology facilitating direct contacts between manufacturers and consumers, has made Sogo Shosha's overall intermediary role in global business vulnerable to the so-called "the death of the middleman" in markets.
		Because each trading firm among the six major so-called Sogo Shosha has a distinctive historical background and multifaceted business activities, an in-depth and interdisciplinary investigation is required.
	www3.georgetown.edu /grad/cct/7799.html (331 words)

	Re: Question on shogoshosha vs. keiretsu and zaibatsu
		Sogo Shosha and Keiretsu are two different concepts, although you will find that Sogo Shosha are, in many cases, members of a keiretsu or have aligned interests with a keiretsu, much like a strategic alliance.
		But it seems in modern times, many large companies (Toshiba, NEC, etc.) have developed their own overseas branches, sales force and distribution network, and are not so reliant on these firms to establish disti channels and move their product.
		For instance, before Applied Materials established a Japanese subsidiary, products were handled many by the sogo shosha Kanematsu.
	www.mail-archive.com /fukuzawa@ucsd.edu/msg10453.html (539 words)

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		There are thousands of trading companies in Japan that are involved in exporting and importing, and the largest firms are referred to as general trading companies or sogo shosha.
		¡6' ª¬ó ¨,Indirect Export-Home country based merchants¨{Trading company-Sogo Shosha (Continue) The sogo shosha differ from multinational corporations chiefly in that their wide-ranging investments are all in some way directly connected with trade, with the broad aim of stimulating international business.
		Recognizing demand for goods or services, the sogo shosha look for ways to supply it, either taking the intermediary role in trade deals between a number of parties or independently directly the flow of trade.
	tulip.bu.ac.th /~nisit.m/mk422chapter7.ppt (921 words)

	Goodbye to the glory days: trading houses are trying to shift from being all-around elites to focused middlemen. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Sogo shosha translates literally to "all-around trading company." As its name suggests, these companies handle everything that has to do with overseas markets -- from trade, marketing and information to financial matters.
		In The Invisible Link: Japan's Sogo Shosha and the Organization of Trade, M.Y. Yoshino and Thomas Lifson argued, for example, that the Mitsui family, which had been a vital financial patron of the restoration movement, used its powerful political connections to be granted the opportunity to enter into banking, mining and trade.
		The company was expected to export overseas surplus products of the Imperial land and to import products needed at home, and thereby to engage in intercourse with the 10,000 countries of the universe, the book says.
	www.allbusiness.com /periodicals/article/588982-1.html (585 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Invisible Link: Japan's Sogo Shosha and the Organization of Trade: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Invisible Link provides a systematic and well-balanced description that covers virtually all aspects of sogo shosha operations, from finance to personnel.
		A large sogo shosha will finance, develop, manufacture and/or carry over 20,000 different items, "from noodles to missiles" as one slogan has it.
		The Invisible Link gives detailed coverage to such topics as historical evolution of the sogo shosha, strategic responses and competitive dynamics, culture and organization, administrative structures and processes, human resource systems, career outcomes, interunit and interfirm coordination, sectional and network organization, and emerging challenges as the nature of the Japanese economy changes.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0262740141 (443 words)

	Econ 372
		The sogo shosha is a trading company that typically is a major player in each keiretsu.
		The sogo shosha provides market analysis and international trading services for member companies within the keiretsu.
		Macroeconomic industrial policy is simply the use of fiscal and monetary policies to provide a stable macroeconomic foundation.
	www.marietta.edu /~delemeeg/econ372/s3as2002.htm (608 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Marubeni Corporation is one of the largest and most profitable of Japan's unique and powerful sogo shosha.
		Although Japan is reputed to have as many as 8000 shosha (trading companies), Marubeni, together with Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Itochu and Sumitomo, make up the "Big 5" (sogo shosha).
		However, the sogo shosha have been able to adapt to the new business climate by demonstrating their inherent versatility, for example, strengthening their presence in the key telecommunications and IT sectors.
	www.europe.marubeni.com /html/history.html (264 words)

	ABeam Consulting - Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		From heavy manufacturing companies to the Sogo Shosha, ABeam Consulting is the JMNC’s leading partner in the Americas.
		The conversion of raw materials into usable materials and goods, through plant facilities and the associated equipment for operation, is a lesser-known, yet significant JMNC industry globally.
		The Sogo Shosha has long been a unique entity to the Japanese economy, acting as a global trader for raw materials and goods, including some of the largest "turnover" companies in the world.
	www.abeam-na.com /industry.html (318 words)

	:: Company Overview ::
		Mitsui and Co. (Thailand) Ltd. is an affiliate of Mitsui and Co. Ltd. in Japan: - one of the world largest SOGO SHOSHA (General Trading Company) with the strongest global network capabilities of 89 overseas trading subsidiaries in total 93 countries.
		It was in 1906 that Mitsui's liaison representatives first came to Bangkok, with an office located at the Oriental Hotel.
		Mitsui Thailand and Mitsiam main function are trading and investment, as we are full-service SOGO SHOSHA, our role is not limited to exporter, importer domestic and offshore trader.
	www.mitsui.co.th /eng/company_profile/company.php?m=C&s=C (336 words)

	The Invisible Link:0262240254:M. Y. Yoshino and Thomas B. Lifson:eCampus.com
		"The Invisible Link "provides a systematic and well-balanced description that covers virtually all aspects of sogo shosha operations, from finance to personnel.The sogo shosha is not defined by the products it handles or even by the services it performs, for it offers a broad and changing array of goods and functions.
		Yet it is a uniquely Japanese business operation whose structural and strategic dynamics have no close counterparts in North America and Europe.There are only nine sogo shosha in Japan - six of them of major significance - and the largest employs fewer than 15,000.
		The sogo shosha typically deal in bulk in products that are highly standard
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0262240254&referrer=CJ (214 words)

	Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australia - Media Service
		I would like to talk to you today about the important role the large Japanese trading houses play in our economic relationship, firstly in underpinning our tremendous exports to Japan and secondly in contributing to Japanese direct investment in Australia.
		Sogo shosha translates literally as "all round trading company"- which doesn't really do justice to the scale of these companies' operations.
		Moreover, Australia's two largest exporters, according to rankings published by Business Review Weekly, are the two largest of the sogo shosha, namely Mitsubishi and Mitsui.
	www.dfat.gov.au /media/speeches/trade/1997/ceda5sep97.html (1214 words)

	CorpWatch : MITSUBISHI: The Most Environmentally Destructive Corporate Force on Earth
		* In 1995 the Mitsubishi Corporation, the group's general trading company or sogo shosha, was ranked by Fortune Magazine as the largest corporation on the planet, with revenues topping $175 billion.
		* The sogo shosha, Mitsubishi Corporation, is Japan's number one fossil fuel trader.
		The flagship corporations -- the banks and sogo shosha -- use their reciprocal trade and financing relationships with other keiretsu members as the primary vehicles to arrive at a highly sophisticated level of collaboration.
	www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=988 (773 words)

	Amazon.ca: Sogo Shosha: The Vanguard of the Japanese Economy: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Amazon.ca: Sogo Shosha: The Vanguard of the Japanese Economy: Books
		Sogo Shosha: The Vanguard of the Japanese Economy
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	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0195825004 (171 words)

	Australian National University EPrints2 Archive - Problems and Prospects in Cross-Cultural Interactions in Japanese ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The characteristics of two industries, general trading firms (the sogo shosha) and manufacturing firms, are discussed and their impacts upon cross-cultural relationships and work attitudes of managers are examined.
		Findings indicate that Australian managers in manufacturing firms have more positive perceptions of work relations with Japanese managers and positive work attitudes than Australian managers in the sogo shosha.
		This suggests that manufacturing firms provide a more positive work environment to Australian managers than the sogo shosha, whereas cross-cultural interactions in the sogo shosha are not very effective, which may cause misunderstanding and mistrust between managers, and lower levels of job satisfaction and organisational commitment of local managers.
	eprints.anu.edu.au /archive/00000582 (694 words)

	... 'The Invisible Link: Japan's Sogo Shosha and the Organization of Trade' by M.Y. Yoshino - at Loanspage.co.uk books ...
		'The Invisible Link: Japan's Sogo Shosha and the Organization of Trade' by M.Y. Yoshino - at Loanspage.co.uk books for s.
		The Invisible Link: Japan's Sogo Shosha and the Organization of Trade
		Financial book recommended: The Invisible Link: Japan's Sogo Shosha and the Organization of Trade.
	www.loanspage.co.uk /book/0262240254 (186 words)

	Asiaweek 1000 1999
		No prizes for guessing that Japan's sogo shosha or trading corporations continue to take the top places in The Asiaweek 1000, now in its eighth year of ranking the region's largest companies by sales.
		Sharing top honors with the sogo shosha are carmaker Toyota (No. 4, up two places), Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT, No. 7) and diversified manufacturer Hitachi (No. 9).
		But even the mighty Japanese felt the sting of 1998, when the Asian Economic Crisis was at its worst.
	www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/features/asiaweek1000/aw1k.inside.html (1138 words)

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