Joi Ito: Why you need a local partner in Japan
Interesting posting by Joi Ito about why companies need a local partner in Japan. His examples: eBay went it alone and had to leave and now don’t exist in Japan having lost net auctions to Yahoo Japan and Rakuten. Friendster and now Facebook who have launched “localized versions” are not getting traction. Mixi, the Orkut
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