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- June 2021
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Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization and digital connectivity, those who lived in far-remote villages or impoverished urban areas could not...
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Agility;
Ecosystem;
Innovation Ecosystems;
Innovation;
Crowdsourcing;
XPRIZE;
Open Innovation;
Partnership;
Government;
Collaboration;
Co-creation;
Purpose;
Impact;
Social Impact;
Movement;
Organizational Behavior;
Organizational Ambidexterity;
Ambidexterity;
Culture;
Culture Change;
Global Teams;
Experimentation;
Space;
Space Industry;
Airline Industry;
Start-up;
Platform Business;
Platform Strategy;
Platform;
Digital;
Robotics;
Robots;
Avatar;
Telepresence;
Innovation Lab;
Mobility;
COVID-19;
Intrapreneurship;
Public-private Partnership;
Innovation and Invention;
Technological Innovation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Alignment;
Leadership;
Leading Change;
Diversity;
Organizational Culture;
Change Management;
Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Digital Platforms;
Transportation Industry;
Aerospace Industry;
Japan
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 421-085, June 2021.
- 03 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
How Firm Strategies Influence the Architecture of Transaction Networks
- March 2014
- Case
Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
Considers the marketing and strategic challenges faced by natural beauty brands using the case of Australian-based Jurlique, which was acquired by Pola of Japan in 2011. The case opens two years later in July 2013 when Sam McKay, the chief executive officer, on a visit...
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Australia;
China;
Environmental Strategies;
Green Business;
Marketing;
Entrepreneurship;
Globalization;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
China;
Australia;
United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrew Spadafora. "Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science." Harvard Business School Case 314-087, March 2014.
- Profile
Mark McNeill
“Englishnization” case in LEAD, my Japanese classmate and I engaged in a role play where he answered the professor’s opening cold call in Japanese and I responded to his points in View Details
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Faculty & Research - Business History
America Must Rediscover the Ideological Flexibility That Helped It Win the Cold War By: Jeremy Friedman 2024 Working Paper Health, Human Capital Development and the Longevity of Japanese Elites Since 710 By: Tom Nicholas and Hiroshi...
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- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980
property rights of international investors. Even in the developed countries, receptivity towards multinationals fell. In Europe and the United States, whole sectors were closed to foreign companies. The Japanese economy grew so fast that...
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by Geoffrey Jones
- 17 Dec 2020
- News
Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta
adding that since the majority of HBS alumni in Japan are male, “the club has always had male presidents.” The club’s immediate past president, Seiji Yasubuchi (MBA 1990), is a “strong promoter of diversity and inclusion in Japanese...
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Margie Kelley
- 09 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place
introduce them in Japan. Unfortunately, Japanese consumers were hooked on a completely different technology, forcing Vodafone to abandon ship after a few rocky years. "Vodafone needed to study the View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
and the sinking of the Japanese fleet in Truk Lagoon, which became one of the world’s largest ship graveyards. Much later it became a scuba destination because the steel turned out to be a useful foundation for coral reefs and marine...
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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Automobile Cluster (2016) Japan Skin Care Cluster (2013) The Japanese Gaming Cluster (2012) Japan Flat Panel Displays (2011) The Video Games Cluster in Japan (2009) Jordan Jordan Tourism Cluster (2009) Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Oil and Gas...
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Health Care - Faculty & Research
transformation of Takeda from a Japanese pharmaceutical company with a global footprint into a global company with a Japanese heritage. A 33-year veteran of Takeda, Hasegawa-san was appointed president of...
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- 04 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.
Takeuchi says. "In this very turbulent world, we really need something like kata to make our lives a little better every day. To exercise those human strengths and remain centered amid mounting complexity, Takeuchi recommends developing and using kata, a View Details
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by Kristen Senz
- 01 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security
society—its state capacity—in situations that require national unity, such as wars, says Tabellini. He teamed with Nancy Qian, a professor of managerial economics at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, to study volunteer military enlistment during the eight...
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by Rachel Layne
- 09 Apr 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses
boss deserves a big salary, but only when the number is fully explained. Research Papers Driven by Social Comparisons: How Feedback about Coworkers’ Effort Influences Individual Productivity At a Japanese bank, researchers examine the...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Channels of Influence
- 29 Mar 2022
- Book
5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries
How do companies survive not just for years, but for decades? For centuries even? During a global pandemic, researchers are studying anew what makes companies resilient, agile, and enduring. After all, Japanese construction firm Kongō...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Management Practices, Relational Contracts, and the Decline of General Motors
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
global beauty powerhouse over the last two decades; and Shu Uemura, the Japanese makeup artist who created an exquisite, and now global, brand. A further complication in reaching a definitive answer to whether there are gender advantages...
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
years. There, he was primarily responsible for identifying new business opportunities in the Japanese market and was involved in the expansion and development of Kikkoman's health club business. Andy has also worked at Booz-Allen &...
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- 03 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business
better." Rituals Enhance Consumption Just as there are multitudes of grief rituals all over the world, so too are there innumerable rituals related to feasting, ranging from cultural (a Japanese tea ceremony) to personally quirky...
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by Carmen Nobel