Successful Deregulation Campaign Relaxes Japan's Rules on Management of Expense Receipts PDF

The average profit margin of Japanese companies is about 1/3 that of US companies. One reason is the inefficiency of paper-based administrative processes. Rigid government regulations are to blame. Concur Japan, which provides cloud-based expense management solutions, undertook a campaign to bring about deregulation that would permit electronic expense management using mobile devices. It achieved this goal through a public relations program combining association, media, and government relations.