Japan: Perspective on problems at IBM Japan · Global Voices
Chris Salzberg

Blogger id:higayasuo traces recent problems at IBM Japan to the old guard in the company not understanding modern conditions of the industry [ja], carrying over experience from an age of general-purpose computers to a modern Americanized age of rational production through outsourcing and specialization. Based on this experience, id:higayasuo explains, this older generation makes the mistake of outsourcing offshore the task of writing  computer programs, while performing writing of program design documents domestically, in the end a more costly way of doing things.