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- 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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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.)
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
who was working in Tokyo last week when tremors hit the city. He left his office to drive home. The usual 10-minute trip lasted four hours. Despite their lack of knowledge of what was happening and the full extent of damages, despite...
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Re: Multiple Faculty
- 31 Oct 2006
- HBS Case
Governing Sumida Corporation
goal of listing the company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was realized in 1998. Changes to the company's retirement policy encouraged a more performance-oriented culture, and in 2000, Yawata made English the company's official language,...
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- 06 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Go Globalor No? Can You Make the Case?
"Good point, Tom, and that isn't all we'll need. We also have to have somebody in Asia. Either Singapore or Tokyo would be an ideal base. Probably Tokyo works better because more potential clients are...
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by Walter Kuemmerle
- February 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Amway Japan Limited
In April 1997, the president of Amway Japan (AJL, Tokyo, Japan), pondered how to reverse the first performance decline the company has experienced since entering the Japanese direct selling market in 1979. Established as the tenth overseas subsidiary of Amway Corp. of...
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Strategic Planning;
Motivation and Incentives;
Business Subsidiaries;
Distribution Channels;
Customer Satisfaction;
Consumer Products Industry;
Michigan;
Tokyo
Arnold, David J., John A. Quelch, Yoshinori Fujikawa, and Patrick Reinmoller. "Amway Japan Limited." Harvard Business School Case 598-029, February 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
- January 1999 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Mobile Communications Tokyo, Inc.
Describes a young Japanese telecommunications equipment and software company. The founder and president, Hatsuhiro Inoue, has just seen revenues double over the last two years and expects further rapid growth. The company currently has three product lines:...
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Growth Management;
Initial Public Offering;
Financial Markets;
Telecommunications Industry;
Tokyo;
United States
Kuemmerle, Walter. "Mobile Communications Tokyo, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 899-077, January 1999. (Revised March 2004.)
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
The Tokyo Stock Exchange Survey David F. Hawkins and Jin YamamotoHarvard Business School Case 112-017 Tokyo Stock Exchange survey raises questions about Japan's readiness to adopt IFRS in 2016. Purchase this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
the management provided by nuclear power provider Tokyo Electric Power Co. in efforts to control a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. At the same time, the global public sector stood on the sidelines, waiting for...
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- March 1986 (Revised December 1986)
- Case
British Telecommunications, PLC
Presents a description of international equity markets, including comparisons of the U.S., Japanese, and British markets and recent trends toward deregulation of these markets. The decision focus of the case is on the initial public offerings of British...
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Mason, Scott P. "British Telecommunications, PLC." Harvard Business School Case 286-105, March 1986. (Revised December 1986.)
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
markets for its principal assets? The case also examines how management at State Street responded to the deterioration in its capital ratios generated by "fair value" accounting. Purchase this case:...
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Martha Lagace
- July 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Building a Mishap-Free U.S. Navy
In 2021, Kevin “Bud” Couch, a retired Navy captain who was now working as a civilian employee of the Navy Safety Center, was trying to determine how best to reduce the risk of Navy mishaps. The Navy had experienced a series of major mishaps in 2017 that had led to a...
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National Security;
Safety;
War;
Ship Transportation;
Risk Management;
Operations;
Singapore;
Tokyo;
San Diego
Edmondson, Amy C., Herman B. Leonard, Michael W. Toffel, and Michael Norris. "Building a Mishap-Free U.S. Navy." Harvard Business School Case 622-116, July 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
- December 1991
- Article
Bargaining and Market Behavior in Jerusalem, Ljubljana, Pittsburgh, and Tokyo: An Experimental Study
By: A. E. Roth, V. Prasnikar, M. Okuno-Fujiwara and S. Zamir
Roth, A. E., V. Prasnikar, M. Okuno-Fujiwara, and S. Zamir. "Bargaining and Market Behavior in Jerusalem, Ljubljana, Pittsburgh, and Tokyo: An Experimental Study." American Economic Review 81, no. 5 (December 1991): 1068–1095.
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
nations, says Greyser. In 1964, Japan made a similar overture with the Tokyo Games to point to its recovery from defeat in World War II. China used the Beijing Games in 2008 to showcase itself as an economic and political superpower. "The...
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- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
2009. Purchase the video supplement: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409714 Purchase the supplement (D), 409-118: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409118 Tokyo Electron Ltd. Harvard...
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Martha Lagace
- August 2011
- Article
Independent Invention During the Rise of the Corporate Economy in Britain and Japan
By: Tom Nicholas
Independent inventors accounted for approximately half of all patents in Britain and Japan by 1930, despite the rise of the corporate economy and the spread of industrial R&D. A mixture of patent renewal and historical citations data reveals that the quality of...
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Keywords:
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Development Economics;
Research and Development;
Patents;
System;
Motivation and Incentives;
Tokyo;
London;
United States
Nicholas, Tom. "Independent Invention During the Rise of the Corporate Economy in Britain and Japan." Economic History Review 64, no. 2 (August 2011).
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
panic selling caused an unprecedented early shutdown of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Horie, who denies wrongdoing, was arrested on January 23. What went wrong at Livedoor, and what are we to learn from its undoing? Robin Greenwood, an...
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- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
such as ground grasshopper miso and live shrimp dipped in brown butter. In doing so, he has resuscitated Nordic cuisine, spawning new restaurants all over the world and expanded his own repertoire of super-local cuisine with a pop-up restaurant in London this year and...
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- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
juncture where Daniel Lamarre (CdS's CEO) is looking for new opportunities for growth. Lamarre is pondering the likelihood of success of Cirque's first resident show in Asia at Tokyo Disney Resort, its entry in the Macao market, and a new...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
Harvard Business School Case 207-109 Taka Haneda, a proprietary trader at the Tokyo office of Goldman Sachs, has just learned that the Nikkei 225 will undergo a significant redefinition over the coming week. He faces several billion...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
cases that makes them so enduring?" Saki, Sizzle, Sayonara Case: Benihana of Tokyo Written: 1972 Copies Sold: 269,584 Touring the United States in 1959 with his Japanese university wrestling team, twenty-year-old Hiroaki...
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by Garry Emmons