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- November 1973
- Background Note
Note on the Japanese Trading Co.
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Note on the Japanese Trading Co." Harvard Business School Background Note 374-136, November 1973.
- February 1987 (Revised August 1989)
- Case
Development of the Japanese Steel Industry
O'Brien, Patricia A. "Development of the Japanese Steel Industry." Harvard Business School Case 387-118, February 1987. (Revised August 1989.)
- summer 1981
- Article
Productivity: Learning from the Japanese
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Productivity: Learning from the Japanese." California Management Review (summer 1981).
- 2004
- Preface
Preface to the Japanese Edition
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Kim B. Clark
Keywords:
Japan
- March 1979 (Revised January 1983)
- Case
Microwave Ovens: The Japanese Manufacturers
Buzzell, Robert D. "Microwave Ovens: The Japanese Manufacturers." Harvard Business School Case 579-187, March 1979. (Revised January 1983.)
- October 2003
- Teaching Note
Competition in Japanese Financial Markets-2002; Competition in Japanese Financial Markets-2002 (Abridged); Morgan Stanley Japan-2002 (TN)
By: Tarun Khanna
Teaching Note to (9-702-455), (9-703-407), and (9-702-458).
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- winter 1991
- Article
Global Players, Western Tactics, Japanese Outcomes: The New Japanese Market for Corporate Control
By: W. C. Kester
Kester, W. C. "Global Players, Western Tactics, Japanese Outcomes: The New Japanese Market for Corporate Control." California Management Review 33, no. 2 (winter 1991): 58–70.
- 2011
- Chapter
An Exploration of the Japanese Slowdown during the 1990s
By: Diego A. Comin
Why was the 1990s a lost decade for Japan? How is it possible that the Japanese economy stagnated for a decade if none of the shocks that arguably hit the economy seemed to have persisted for much more than three years or so? In this paper I show that the endogenous...
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Keywords:
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Performance Productivity;
Mathematical Methods;
Research and Development;
Technology Adoption;
Japan
Comin, Diego A. "An Exploration of the Japanese Slowdown during the 1990s." In Japan's Bubble, Deflation, and Long-term Stagnation, edited by Koichi Hamada, Anil Kashyap, and David Weinstein. MIT Press, 2011.
- Research Summary
Financial Regulation and the Japanese Banking Crisis of the 1990s
As part of a long-term research interest in financial regulation and the role of the Ministry of Finance, Ulrike Schaede has studied various segments of Japan's financial markets to understand better the interaction between regulators and regulatees. This includes...
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- June 1998
- Background Note
Share Buy-Backs: The European and Japanese Experience
By: Marc L. Bertoneche
Bertoneche, Marc L. "Share Buy-Backs: The European and Japanese Experience." Harvard Business School Background Note 298-134, June 1998.
- 21 Oct 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
How Major League Baseball Clubs Have Commercialized Their Investment in Japanese Top Stars
- June 2013
- Teaching Note
A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism
By: Karthik Ramanna
Two lost decades later, capitalism in Japan embodies peculiar contradictions—preserving wealth and social stability in the face of declining economic power. Scant transparency in Japanese corporate practices plays an important role in this phenomenon. Sometimes...
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- September 1980 (Revised April 1984)
- Background Note
Note on Japanese Management and Employment Systems
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Note on Japanese Management and Employment Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 481-009, September 1980. (Revised April 1984.)
- November 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism
By: Karthik Ramanna and Matthew Shaffer
Two lost decades later, capitalism in Japan embodies peculiar contradictions—preserving wealth and social stability in the face of declining economic power. Scant transparency in Japanese corporate practices plays an important role in this phenomenon. Sometimes...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Economic Systems;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Fairness;
Values and Beliefs;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Civil Society or Community;
Japan;
Tokyo
Ramanna, Karthik, and Matthew Shaffer. "A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism." Harvard Business School Case 113-026, November 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
- May 2001
- Article
Competing at Home to Win Abroad: Evidence from Japanese History
By: Mariko Sakakibara and Michael E. Porter
The study explores the influence of domestic competition on international trade performance, using data from a broad sample of Japanese industries. Domestic rivalry is measured directly using market-share instability rather than employing structural variables such as...
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Sakakibara, Mariko, and Michael E. Porter. "Competing at Home to Win Abroad: Evidence from Japanese History." Review of Economics and Statistics 83, no. 2 (May 2001).
- 29 Jan 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
An Exploration of the Japanese Slowdown during the 1990s
Keywords:
by Diego A. Comin
- October 1973
- Background Note
Note on the Japanese Managerial System
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Note on the Japanese Managerial System." Harvard Business School Background Note 374-084, October 1973.
- November 1987 (Revised March 1989)
- Background Note
Note on the Japanese Financial System
Meerschwam, David M. "Note on the Japanese Financial System." Harvard Business School Background Note 288-026, November 1987. (Revised March 1989.)
- June 1987 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
Semiconductors: U.S. Response to Japanese Ascendency
Keywords:
Competition;
Trade;
Business and Government Relations;
Semiconductor Industry;
Japan;
United States
Salter, Malcolm S. "Semiconductors: U.S. Response to Japanese Ascendency." Harvard Business School Case 387-210, June 1987. (Revised September 1987.)
- October 1999 (Revised May 2001)
- Background Note
Japanese Financial System, The: From Postwar to the New Millennium
Describes the development of the Japanese financial system, from extensive regulation and fund allocation through administrative guidance in the 1950s to the banking crisis and legal and structural reorganization in the 1990s. Special emphasis is on the processes of...
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Schaede, Ulrike. "Japanese Financial System, The: From Postwar to the New Millennium." Harvard Business School Background Note 700-049, October 1999. (Revised May 2001.)