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• It's Kao's turn now;Despite having come up with the technology behind some very hot products, Japan's Kao Corp. has almost no U.S. presence. Not yet, anyway.

  - 2000-04-24

  Kao Corp. isn't exactly a household name in the U.S., but its products can be found in virtually every home. The problem for Kao: It's not the company selling them. The Japanese company's research and development department has supplied the key technology behind two...

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• Stain, stain go away.(Detergents 97)

  - 1997-01-27

  Slow and steady is an apt description for the multi-billion dollar detergents market last year. Overall detergent sales were up in 1996, and ultras continue to lead the latest in formulations. Globalization also continued, with the big guns in laundry detergent, Procter & Gamble (P&G) and...

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• Stain, Stain Away

  - 1997-01-27

  Slow and steady is an apt description for the multi-billion dollar detergents market last year. Overall detergent sales were up in 1996, and ultras continue to lead the latest in formulations. Globalization also continued, with the big guns in laundry detergent, Procter & Gamble (P&G) and...

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• Should we kow-tow to Kao? (knowledge-management style of Japanese consumer-goods company is questioned)

  - 1996-03-30

  Kao Corp has been lauded for its innovative knowledge-management style that has made it highly successful in its native Japan. Kao's detractors, however, claim that its financial success owes more to its monopolistic tactics than to any management style, regardless of its innovative nature. TOKYO IF COMPANIES thrived...

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