This book explores how the business transformation taking place in Japan is influenced by the digital revolution. Its chapters present approaches and examples from sectors commonly understood to be visible arenas of digital transformation-3D printing and mobility, for instance-as well as some from not-so-obvious sectors, such as retail, services, and fintech.

I The Societal and Economic Outlook.- 1 Why Japan's digital transformation is inevitable (Anshuman Khare, Kriti Khare and William W. Baber).- 2 Rating Japan's Readiness for an Evolving Digital Economy (Jerry Platt).- 3 Digital Transformation Execution in Japan (Kieran Gane).- 4 Digital Transformation challenges in the Japanese Financial Sector: A practitioner's perspective (Raja Karim).- 5 The Japanese B2C Retail Industry in the Digital Age (Philippe Huysveld).- 6 Does the Japanese Work Ethic Conflict with the needs of Retail in the Digital Era? (Hiroki Ishikura and Anshuman Khare).- II Innovations in Businesses.- 7 Business Model Innovation: A Japanese SME driven to full digitalization by corporate philosophy (William W. Baber, Makoto Sarata and Muga Tsukamoto).- 8 A Study of a Three-part Entrepreneurial Strategy in an MRO e-Procurement Platform in Japan (Yutaka Mizuno and Nobutaka Odake).- 9 The Beginnings of Automated Loan Decisioning During Japan's Lost Decades ? The Case of Gate Finance (James Howard).- 10 Innovation of Small and Medium-sized Manufacturers in the Digital Age (Nobutaka Odake).- 11 Digitalization and evolution of business model pathways among Japanese software SMEs (William W. Baber, Arto Ojala and Ricardo Martinez).- 12 Digital Disruption in Japanese Market Research: Disrupters and a Startup Connecting Incumbents with New Technology (Genjiro Kosaka).- 13 Recovery from Significant Adversity: How Japanese Retailers Deal with Digital Disruption (Katrin Horn and Sierk Horn).- 14 Foreign investors' acceptance and usage of PropTech in the Japanese real estate market (Daniel J. Mills and David Gotsill).- III The Future.- 15 Artificial Intelligence in Japan: Policy, prospects and obstacles in the automotive industry (Faith Hatani).- 16 The Evolution and Strategic Operations Perspective on 3D Printing ? The Global and Japanese Experience (Abubaker Haddud, Anshuman Khare and Hiroki Ishikura).- 17 The future of Fintech in the context of the Japanese main bank system (Kanji Kitamura).- Index.