KATSUO YAMAZAKI is a pofessor at the School of Management, Shizuoka Sangyo University, Japan. He received his BA from Keio University, Japan, an MBA from the University of Detroit Mercy, USA, and a DIBA from Nova Southeastern University, USA. He has twenty-one years of international business experience at Furukawa Electric Company, a global Fortune-listed company, and has been a member of the Academy of International Business since 2001. WOOSEOK JUHN is a Professor at Chukyo University, Japan. TETSUO ABO is a member of the Department of Economics, Teikyo University, and Professor Emeritus at Teikyo University, Japan. His research focuses on Japanese management and production systems in an international context and management geography. His publications include Hybrid Factory: The Japanese Production System in the United States and The Hybrid Factories in Europe: The Japanese Management and Production System Transferred.