Asia has become a dynamic centre for multinational corporate activities in recent years. At the same, the financial centres of Singapore and Hong Kong have grown rapidly and continue to expand. In fact, the Asia dollar market is offering a strong challenge to Eurodollar market that was predominant in the last decade. In this same time frame, Japan has garnered international headlines with multi-billion dollar trade surpluses, which have resulted from promotion of quality products worldwide and well developed sales strategies. The international competitiveness of Japanese industry and high levels of worker productivity has caused corporations throughout the world to re-examine their own policies in terms of plant modernization, increased automation management techniques and sales strategies.