What Mathematics Can Do for You [electronic resource] : Essays and Tips from Japanese Industry Leaders /
Giga, Yoshikazu.editor.
Kobayashi, Toshiyuki.editor.
Japan is a tiny country that occupies only 0.25% of the world's total land area. However, this small country is the world's third largest in economy: the Japanese GDP is roughly equivalent to the sum of any two major countries in Europe as of 2012. This book is a first attempt to ask leaders of top Japanese companies, such as Toyota, about their thoughts on mathematics. The topics range from mathematical problems in specific areas (e.g., exploration of natural resources, communication networks, finance) to mathematical strategy that helps a leader who has to weigh many different issues and make decisions in a timely manner, and even to mathematical literacy that ensures quality control. The reader may notice that every article reflects the authors' way of life and thinking, which can be evident in even one sentence. This book is an enlarged English edition of the Japanese book What Mathematics Can Do for You:  Essays and Tips from Japanese Industry Leaders. In this edition we have invited the contributions of three mathematicians who have been working to expand and strengthen the interaction between mathematics and industry. The role of mathematics is usually invisible when it is applied effectively and smoothly in science and technology, and mathematical strategy is often hidden when it is used properly and successfully. The business leaders in successful top Japanese companies are well aware of this invisible feature of mathematics in applications aside from the intrinsic depth of mathematics. What Mathematics Can Do for You ultimately provides the reader an opportunity to notice what is hidden but key to business strategy.
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Preface; Contents; A Dialogue Between a Mathematician and Toyota's Chairman: Think, Think, and Think Again; What Lies Beneath; (Mathematical) Reason and Sentiment; Math Is Fun; Mathematics and ``Kaizen''; Ask ``Why'' Five Times; Company Profile of Toyota; A Brief Biography of Fujio Cho, Toyota; About the University of Tokyo; A Brief Biography of Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Mathematician; BNP Paribas/Tokyo; Reasons Why Mathematics Is Important to Our Company; Definitions; Bootstrapping Method; The Market Convention Equation; Reasons Why Business Needs Mathematics; Last Words
Company Profile of BNP ParibasA Brief Biography of Yusuke Yasuda, BNP Paribas/Tokyo; Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Are Numbers Useful? Acknowledging the Contribution of Mathematical Modeling to Corporate Management; The Realities of Corporate Management; The Mathematical Methods Employed by Takeda; Corporate Strategy and Planning; Sales and Marketing; Research and Development; Mathematical Reasoning in Business; Last But Not Least; Company Profile of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; A Brief Biography of Yasuchika Hasegawa, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)Mathematics Drives the Economy; Introduction; Mathematics Supports the Safety and Security of the Services Provided by NTT; Mathematics That Gives Impetus to Innovation; From Mathematics to Corporate Management; Company Profile of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT); A Brief Biography of Norio Wada, NTT; Nomura Holdings, Inc.; The Role of Mathematics in Finance: Applied Mathematics and Risk; Company Profile of Nomura Holdings, Inc.; A Brief Biography of Kenichi Watanabe, Nomura HD; HORIBA, Ltd.
Mathematics Is the Starting Point of Corporate CultureHORIBA, Ltd. Started as a Student Venture Company; Products Are Based on Mathematics; Identification of the True Nature of Things; Communications; Human Assets Are Invisible Properties That GreatlySupport the Group; The HORIBA Group Is One Company; Company Profile of Horiba, Ltd.; A Brief Biography of Atsushi Horiba, HORIBA; Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI); Mathematics Supports Development of Railway System Technology; To Improve Performance of Trains; To Cope with Natural Disasters; To Reduce Deterioration of the Environment
To Control Train OperationCompany Profile of Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI); A Brief Biography of Eisuke Masada, RTRI; Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC); The Role of Mathematics in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Exploitation Industry in Japan; Introduction; What Are Oil Fields and Natural Gas Fields?; The Origin of Oil Is Not Where It Exists Today; Method of Oil Field and Natural Gas Field Exploitation; Method of Direct Petroleum Exploitation; Risk Evaluation Accompanying Oil-Gas Field Development
The Role of Mathematics in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Exploitation and Development Industry
Includes bibliographical references.
Japan is a tiny country that occupies only 0.25% of the world's total land area. However, this small country is the world's third largest in economy: the Japanese GDP is roughly equivalent to the sum of any two major countries in Europe as of 2012. This book is a first attempt to ask leaders of top Japanese companies, such as Toyota, about their thoughts on mathematics. The topics range from mathematical problems in specific areas (e.g., exploration of natural resources, communication networks, finance) to mathematical strategy that helps a leader who has to weigh many different issues and make decisions in a timely manner, and even to mathematical literacy that ensures quality control. The reader may notice that every article reflects the authors' way of life and thinking, which can be evident in even one sentence. This book is an enlarged English edition of the Japanese book What Mathematics Can Do for You:  Essays and Tips from Japanese Industry Leaders. In this edition we have invited the contributions of three mathematicians who have been working to expand and strengthen the interaction between mathematics and industry. The role of mathematics is usually invisible when it is applied effectively and smoothly in science and technology, and mathematical strategy is often hidden when it is used properly and successfully. The business leaders in successful top Japanese companies are well aware of this invisible feature of mathematics in applications aside from the intrinsic depth of mathematics. What Mathematics Can Do for You ultimately provides the reader an opportunity to notice what is hidden but key to business strategy.
Mathematics.
Mathematical models.
Mathematics
Social sciences.
Mathematics, general.
Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.
Mathematics Education.
Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.