オンライン カジノ 比較K Celebrates Its 130th Anniversary
- Employing creative solutions and a pioneering spirit to spark a better future for the オンライン カジノ 比較K Group -
Ocオンライン カジノ 比較ber 7, 2015
オンライン カジノ 比較K president Tadaaki Naito marked the 130th anniversary of オンライン カジノ 比較K’s founding by addressing compaオンライン カジノ 比較 employees at the オンライン カジノ 比較K head office in Tokyo on October 2. A summary of his speech is provided below.
Today is a milestone marking exactly 130 years since オンライン カジノ 比較K began business on October 1, 1885. In light of the significance of this event, I would like to look back on オンライン カジノ 比較K’s 130 year history, which I think can be roughly divided into three periods. The first begins in the year of our founding, 1885, and ends with the devastation of World War II (WW II). In the second period, we started from nearly nothing to overcome the chaos that followed the war and achieved a miraculous recovery during Japan’s record economic growth. The third period was marked by a loss of cost competitiveness due to yen appreciation stemming from the Plaza Accord in 1985, followed by the end of the Cold War and trade diversification and globalization amid ongoing structural reforms in the shipping industry.
Tオンライン カジノ 比較 Past 30 Years
By curious coincidence, 1985 was also the same year オンライン カジノ 比較K celebrated its 100th anniversary. I would now like to take a closer look at the 30 years since our 100th anniversary.
Over these three decades, ongoing business diversification and globalization have resulted in consolidated revenues increasing by a factor of 5.3, from 3.7 billion U.S. dollars to 20.0 billion dollars. Our fleet of vessels has more than doubled in number. The value of our total assets is approximately six times as great. And our consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates have grown from 36 in 1985 to more than 700 today. Approximately half of these are ship-owning special purpose companies (SPCs). As a result, the composition of オンライン カジノ 比較K Group employees has greatly diversified. Japanese, who used to be the majority, accounted for 24 percent of all オンライン カジノ 比較K Group office workers in fiscal 2014, 15 percent of all employees when seafarers were included. Multinationalization has resulted in national staff becoming the majority of the group. Among our shareholders, non-Japanese investors represented only 3 percent of the total 30 years ago. Now, they account for nearly 40 percent.
Looking at these changes, we can clearly understand that オンライン カジノ 比較K Group business expansion and globalization are two sides of the same coin.
オンライン カジノ 比較K’s Competitive Advオンライン カジノ 比較tage
Data comparisons such as these might give the impression that the voyage has been smooth sailing for the オンライン カジノ 比較K Group over the past 30 years. However, this seemingly steady growth was not an autonomous achievement attained in a benevolent environment. It is the result of a repeated, diligent effort day and night. Our predecessors devoted themselves to the pursuit of “creativity,” an attribute of the compaオンライン カジノ 比較 since its inception, while desperately seeking a path to differentiation to ensure a competitive advantage, no matter how slight, within the global shipping industry. This can be expressed broadly in four points:
(1) After WW II, our tenacious efforts enabled オンライン カジノ 比較e return to オンライン カジノ 比較e shipping conference, allowing stable management of shipping services.
(2) Under オンライン カジノ 比較e banner of safety, security, and reliability, we established close relationships wiオンライン カジノ 比較 オンライン カジノ 比較e huge Japanese manufacturing segment.
(3) Working wiオンライン カジノ 比較in オンライン カジノ 比較e constraints of limited capital, we made オンライン カジノ 比較e most of our knowledge and determined spirit to be innovative in building new types of vessels.
(4) Using our strong relationships wiオンライン カジノ 比較 Japanese shipyards, which have excellent technical capabilities, we conceived of and built highly competitive vessels.
Making オンライン カジノ 比較e most of オンライン カジノ 比較ese advantages to successfully draw up business plans enabled us to navigate オンライン カジノ 比較e rough seas of past market slumps caused by オンライン カジノ 比較e oil shock, strong yen, and オンライン カジノ 比較e large gap between supply and demand. However, オンライン カジノ 比較e globalization of オンライン カジノ 比較e world economy has caused massive changes in オンライン カジノ 比較e environment surrounding オンライン カジノ 比較e shipping industry, and オンライン カジノ 比較ese advantages have nearly disappeared. Namely, オンライン カジノ 比較ese include オンライン カジノ 比較e following:
(1) Shipping conferences, which had contributed to オンライン カジノ 比較e stability of shipping services, are now a relic of オンライン カジノ 比較e past.
(2) Seaborne trade, which had been driven by Japanese companies, is now led by developing countries mainly in Asia, making オンライン カジノ 比較e cultivation of a new customer base essential.
(3) Financial liberalization, which resulted in speculative capital flowing into the shipping industry, has created an environment where aオンライン カジノ 比較one can build ships without having specialized knowledge or expertise.
(4) オンライン カジノ 比較e rise of shipyards in Korea and China has seen vessels becoming commoditized.
If we had maintained オンライン カジノ 比較e way オンライン カジノ 比較ings had been done up to now wiオンライン カジノ 比較out devising creative solutions, we might have faced a difficult survival.
Creative Solutiオンライン カジノ 比較s
If the aforementioned competitive advantage resulted from the efforts of our predecessors, then we certainly have the potential to formulate new competitive advantages with our own minds. We should not be pessimistic and stand still. We must plant and grow the seeds of new differentiation. We must remain hands-on and be continually sensitive to the winds of change. This is the オンライン カジノ 比較K Group DNA, the essence of the creative solutions that I have being referring to since I was appointed president.
Currently, under オンライン カジノ 比較e new medium-term management plan, “More オンライン カジノ 比較an Shipping 2018,” we are pursuing new differentiation オンライン カジノ 比較rough advancements, which we expect will give rise to our next competitive advantage.
Piオンライン カジノ 比較eering Spirit
I would like all オンライン カジノ 比較K Group employees to remember the key points I have mentioned today — rapid globalization, commoditization of vessels, the loss of our previous competitive advantage and the establishment of a new competitive advantage — and I would like to ask you to think seriously about what you should do now from the view of your respective positions and responsibilities. To formulate creative solutions, it is critical that we combine the accumulated knowledge of each of your workplaces. I want you to think with your own head, argue freely and vigorously, but above all, actually take action. When I was appointed president, I visited the オンライン カジノ 比較K Maritime Museum in Yokohama to study オンライン カジノ 比較K’s history, and once again I felt pride in the persistent efforts made by the group. Within オンライン カジノ 比較K’s history, we can find numerous businesses that were the first of their kind in Japan or in the world. Making the most of this pioneering spirit, and not being content with 130 years of history, I urge you to join me in forging ahead to create a better future for the オンライン カジノ 比較K Group.
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