30.03.2003

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Matsushita to set up consulting firm run by women

Sunday, March 30, 2003 at 00:17 JST
OSAKA — Matsushita Electric Industrial Co said Friday it will set up next Tuesday a new consulting company run by women who had to quit their jobs due to reasons such as child bearing.

The company, to be named Women's Frontier, is being established under Matsushita's in-house program to encourage its employees to come up with new businesses.

Matsushita employee Naoko Goto will become the president of the firm, but women with adequate working skills can apply for jobs at the firm no matter who they had worked for before quitting their jobs, company officials said.

The venture firm will adopt a system which will be easy for employees to continue working, such as the work-at-home style.

For clients, the firm will offer advice on management and business operations from a woman's viewpoint, and will dispatch workers, they said.

Aiming at annual sales of 300 million yen in five years, Goto said, "I am happy to offer a workplace for women who had to quit their jobs for various reasons. We want to aim at listing the firm in the future." (Kyodo News)

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