Dennis Laurie, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Fellow at the Drucker School of Management at the Claremont Graduate School in California, where he earned his MBA and Ph.D. studying under Peter Drucker. He has a BS in physics and an MS in statistics, both from UCLA, and has taught global management at the University of California, Irvine.
His best-selling Yankee Samurai was published by Harper Business in late 1992. The Japanese translation appeared in early 1993. Dr. Laurie lectures, consults, and writes mainly on U.S.-Japan issues. In Los Angeles he hosts a popular television program, U.S.-Japan Investing, featuring interviews with leading Japanese and American business and government experts.
His strategic planning consulting clients have included Lexus, Canon, Epson, LAPD, Variety, Saatchi & Saatchi and Panasonic. He spent some thirty years between Hughes Electronics and British Petroleum in various senior management positions.
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