Selling the American Way
The Singer Sales System in Japan, 1900–1938
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9628362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Gordon (0000-0002-4190-2268, Fundação Saúde, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 671-699 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007680500063169 |
| OpenAlex | W2147285373 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 12 |
From 1900 through the 1920s, Singer put in place its proven selling system in Japan, despite making remarkably little adjustment to local conditions, and with a fair degree of success. But the company was hurt in the long run, with a turning point in the early- to mid-1930s, by its refusal to adapt—as its local competitors did—to the expectations of employees and the limited means of potential customers. Singer's dramatic rise and fall in Japan reveals ways in which practices of global capitalism are simultaneously transformed and transformative as they take root in particular locales
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Atlantic Threads
Unending Capitalism
Les sarakin et la construction du marché du prêt à la consommation au Japon depuis les années 1960
Marketing the Hearth
Globalisation and the evolution of international retailing
Un autómata de fierro”
Collective financing among Chinese entrepreneurs and department store retailing in China
Everyday Technology in South and Southeast Asia
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2022 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |