Program/Project Management Resource List #48

Revised March 2007

Provided by the NASA Headquarters Library

As Japan and America have the two most technologically powerful economies, firms and government bureaus of both countries often try to reach out to their colleagues in order to pool resources for mutual benefit. Unfortunately, many of these well-intentioned joint ventures founder on the cultural differences that exist between Americans and Japanese. This pathfinder serves as an introduction to the ways that Americans and Japanese can work together on projects and avoid the minefield of cultural misunderstanding. Please see International Cooperation in Space for items that generally apply to all international joint ventures in outer space.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call (358-0172) or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your Local Library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

Books

American Astronautical Society. International Programs Committee. Seminar: International Space Cooperation: Non-U.S. Space Agencies. Washington, D.C.: American Astronautical Society, International Programs Committee, 1999.

TL788.4 .I48 1999 BOOKSTACKS

 

ANSER Corporation. International Space Guide. Arlington, VA: ANSER, Center for International Aerospace Cooperation, 1999.

TL788.4 .A57 1999 BOOKSTACKS

 

Bainum, Peter M. (ed.). Space Development and Cooperation Among All Pacific Basin Countries: Proceedings of the 9th International Space Conference of Pacific Basin Societies. San Diego, CA: Published for the American Astronautical Society by Univelt, 2002.

TL780 .A24 vol. 110 BOOKSTACKS

 

Funakawa, Atsushi. Transcultural Management: A New Approach for Global Organizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997.

HD62.4 .F85 1997 PPM-STACKS

 

Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin. The Alliance Revolution: The New Shape of Business Rivalry. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.

HD69 .S8 G66 1997 PPM-STACKS

 

Harbison, John R, and Peter Pekar, Jr. Smart Alliances: A Practical Guide to Repeatable Success. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

HD69 .S8 H373 1998 BOOKSTACKS

 

Harvey, Brian. The Japanese and Indian Space Programmes: Two Roads Into Space. New York, NY: Springer; Chichester, UK: Published in association with Praxis Pub., 2000

TL789.8 .J3 H37 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Poyago-Theotoky, Joanna (ed.). Competition, Cooperation, and Research and Development:The Economics of Research Joint Ventures. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1997.

HD45 .C625 1997 BOOKSTACKS

 

Simon and Schuster Audio. Japanese II. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster Audio, 1998.

PL535.7 .J37 1998A AUDIO COLLECTION

 

Johnson, Jean M. The Science and Technology Resources of Japan: A Comparison with the United States. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, Division of Resource Science Studies, Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, 1997.

Q180 .J3 S35 1997 BOOKSTACKS

 

National Research Council. Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications. U.S.-European-Japanese Workshop on Space Cooperation. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999.

TL788.4 .U64 1999 BOOKSTACKS

Articles and Reports

Delios, Andrew, and Paul W. Beamish. "Joint Venture Performance Revisited: Japanese Foreign Subsidiaries Worldwide", Management International Review, vol. XLIV, no. no. 1 (First Quarter 2004), p. 69-91.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Fujio, Misa. "Silence during intercultural communication: a case study", Corporate Communications, vol. IX, no. 4 (2004), p. 331-339.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Gwynne, Peter. "US-Japan project could be model for cooperative technology development", Research Technology Management, vol. XLVI, no. 2 (Mar/Apr 2003), p. 2-4.

 

Kameda, Naoki. "A research paradigm for international business communication", Corporate Communications, vol. X, no. 2 (2005), p. 168-182.

Available through ABI Inform

 

McGinnis, Michael A. "Lessons in Cross-Cultural Negotiations", Supply Chain Management Review, vol. IX, no. 3 (April 2005), p. 9-10.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Paik, Yongsoon, and Junghoon Derick Sohn. "Expatriate managers and MNC's ability to control international subsidiaries: the case of Japanese MNCs", Journal of World Business, vol. XXXIX, no. 1 (Feb 2004), p. 61-71.

Available through Wilson Select Plus

 

Internet Resources

Crisafulli, Jim. Japan-US Science, Technology, and Space Applications Program (JUSTSAP). 2006 [12 March 2007]

http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/affiliates/justsap/

 

Dunbar, Brian. Kibo Japanese Experiment Module. 14 Oct. 2006 [12 March 2007]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/jem.html

 

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. 2007 [12 March 2007]

http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html

 

__________. International Space Station and Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo". 1 Oct. 2003. [12 March 2007]

http://iss.sfo.jaxa.jp/iss/index_e.html

 

JB Intercultural Consulting. 2006 [13 March 2007].

http://www.culture-at-work.com/index.html

 

King, Marla. NASA Japan Representative Office. 14 July 2005 [12 March 2007]

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oer/japan/index.html

 

Office of the United States Trade Representative. Japan Affairs. 2007 [12 March 2007]

http://www.ustr.gov/World_Regions/North_Asia/Japan/Section_Index.html