Pros
Worldwide organization with solid technology and marketshare. Local nationals in "C" level positions along with Japanese counteparts.
Cons
US management votes so not equal Japanese management votes. Regardless of research studies and trends, Japanese management in US is more interested in keeping the acquired "C" level managers happy and maintaining a staus quo then the tenured US managers who built the company and want to ensure no distruption to channel partners. Too many late night Japanese meetings that are not open to US managers but who later are expected to impliment the findings from those non-transparent late night closed door meetings. Too many layers of Japanese executives to get approval for minor everyday operational matters.