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Background Note
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1985
Winter Age of the Japanese Steel Industry
by
Kim B. Clark
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Abstract
Describes the situation facing the Japanese steel industry in 1984. Two strategies for coping with the world steel situation are presented: diversification and globalization. The actions of Nippon Steel and Nippon Kokan are used to illustrate these strategies.
Keywords: Globalization;
Situation or Environment;
Business Strategy;
Diversification;
Steel Industry;
Japan;
Citation:
Clark, Kim B. "Winter Age of the Japanese Steel Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 685-050, January 1985.