Rakuten

(1) Strong Business and Technology Vision. Throttle is on all the time! (2) Supreme Quality Focus. (3) Passionate people. (4) Good sharing of information across teams. (5) Attention to detail at engineering, documentation, and processes. (6) Great work culture driving individuality, responsibility, and accountability.

(1) Highly cost-conscious. (2) Employee benefits can get better. (3) Not quite global compared to other product companies in Bangalore. All other centers try and emulate Tokyo, which is not possible.

1. Strengthen global centers by embracing local businesses, which help kick-start synergy.
2. Fuel self-drive and synergy across teams, rather than trying to drive.
3. Dispel hierarchy as per the geo.