Comparison study between Japan and UK on the strategy and collaboration in purchasing department

论文1中的主要实证研究结果发现，与英国的购买者一样，日本的零售购买者做出理性的购买决定，几乎不受情感印象的影响。在零售业买家研究中的“管理相似性”方面，发现英国和日本具有高度的相似性。如第4章所述，日本主要零售商正在将西方式的劳动分工纳入其采购组织。从问卷调查的结果可以看出，这一点也是一致的。在生产和劳动管理领域，普遍存在着被称为“日本式管理”的现象。然而，在零售业中，并没有一种值得称道的“日式经营”，这与尘封已久的日式分销系统密切相关。相反，值得称赞的是对客户的回应，以及提供产品以满足他们的各种需求。如果日本零售商是一个 关于我们 日本的零售管理能够将联合收割机的制造技术与消费者信息的收集结合起来，以低成本、多品种的产品满足消费者的需求，因此在国外会受到更高的评价。目前，日本零售业正以其强大的购买力向这一点迈进，作为第一步，本研究考虑了扩散的程度，以及具有分工的买方组织的意义。此外，本研究还证实，日本的零售业虽然有其独特的流通体系，但在理性地进行购买决策这一点上，与英国的零售业相似。今后的日本零售市场将是一个经营更加国际化的市场，包括外国零售企业的参与。这包括经营不善的零售商被收购的可能性，也包括内部管理已经在进行理性决策的外资。少

The results of main empirical studies in paper 1 found that, like buyers in the UK, Japanese retail buyers make rational buying decisions influenced little by emotional impressions. In terms of "management similarity" in the research concerning retail buyers, it was found that the UK and Japan share a high degree of similarity. As seen in Chapter 4, leading Japanese retailers are incorporating Western-style division of labor in their buying organizations. It may be seen that the results from the questionnaire analysis resembled these points.What is commonly acclaimed as "Japanese-style management" is generally found in the production and labor management fields. There is, however, no unique acclaim-worthy "Japanese-style management" in the retail industry, which is intimately connected with the dusty Japanese-style distribution system. Rather what is worthy of acclamation is response to customers, and the provision of products to meet their various demands. If Japanese retailers were a … More ble to combine manufacturing techniques with the collection of consumer information, and meet consumer demands with a wide range of products at a low cost, Japanese retail management would be more highly acclaimed outside Japan. At present the Japanese retail industry, with its strong buying power, is approaching this pointAs a first step, this research has considered the degree of diffusion, and significance of buyer organizations with divisions of labor. As well, this research has confirmed that the Japanese retail industry is, in spite of its connection with its own particular distribution system, similar to the UK retail industry in that buying decisions are carried out rationally.The Japanese retail market of the future is likely to be one with more internationalized management, including the participation of foreign based retail firms. This includes the possibility of poorly performing retailers being bought-out buy foreign capital whose internal management, it may be added, has already been carrying out rational decision making. Less