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- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
number of companies are placing users at the core of their business strategies. Take MUJI, a leading Japanese design retailer, which has created a range of products designed by customers including a car, light fixtures, and sofas. The... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
theme parks—was to ensure a steady flow of creative software for its global hardware businesses. Senior MCA management agreed to the acquisition, expecting the new, cash-rich Japanese parent to provide capital for acquiring more record... View Details
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
http://hbr.org/search/713405-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 409-112 Lawson: Becoming the Community Store of 9,000 Japanese Communities No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/409112-PDF-ENG Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
customs and port authority data on the international shipments of all U.S. publicly-traded firms, we show that firms are significantly more likely to trade with countries that have a strong resident population near their firm headquarters. We use the formation of World... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
into global markets. In a critical stride toward becoming the world's No. 1 Internet services company, Mikitani announces Englishnization-a highly publicized aggressive two-year English proficiency mandate for all 7,100 of Rakuten's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
countries rather than addressing analytical issues, such as why firms grow big. Moreover, whilst English may be triumphant in the world of business, in the world of business history, scholars still write in local languages. There is a rich literature on View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
that some multinationals were exploiting the inherent sexism in South Korea by hiring female managers there, while at the same time still not hiring or promoting senior female managers at home. To wit, the researchers examined 37 Japanese... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
That's a significant shift. Until recently, people's perceptions about quality for value and technological prowess were tied to the nations from which products originated. "Made in the USA" was once important; so were Japanese... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
and elaborate on their normative implications. Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan Authors:Douglas J. Skinner and Suraj Srinivasan Publication:The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Abstract We study events surrounding ChuoAoyama's failed audit of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
brands. However, retail then becomes a real estate play, as is true in Japanese department stores. Alvarez: This isn't something that would happen overnight but you could imagine it as people get more and more comfortable in the online... View Details
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
Japanese competition. In the second research stream, conducted with Wheelwright, Bruce Chew, Takahiro Fujimoto, Kent Bowen and Marco Iansiti, Clark made the case that product development could be managed in new ways that would lead to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
others. Some contributors highlight how expedited flows of information allow business professionals to develop new knowledge practices. They analyze dynamics ranging from the decision-making processes of the Federal Reserve Board to the legal maneuvering necessary to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
Working PapersAn Exploration of the Japanese Slowdown during the 1990s Author:Diego A. Comin No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-065.pdf (When) Are Religious People Nicer?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
percent each year. In contrast, Mary Kay Cosmetics had decided to exit the Japanese market in 2001. Purchase this supplement: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509067 Who Is the Fairest of Them All? Choosing a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
made by Japanese manufacturers during that time. Now, however, the overall perceptions of key competitors have dramatically changed. Toyota, in particular, has a significantly diminished reputation due to highly publicized recent recalls.... View Details
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals
according to the Olmsted brothers' initial landscaping plan, contrasts pleasingly with the buildings' red brick and echoes their white painted trim. White-flowered shrubs and trees such as Japanese barberry, white fringe trees, and... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
animal testing was a sensitive issue as it contradicted the brand's strong environmentally friendly and ethical positioning. The matter had already arisen during the Pola acquisition as Pola, like all Japanese cosmetics companies,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
2000 respectively, GE Capital and Citi Financial both acquired Japanese consumer-lending companies. In 2006, when the Japanese Supreme Court rules that one of the big Japanese... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way to Go to Market
1,000 cars per year as compared to, say, the Chevrolet division of GM, which has an average much less than 1,000. Moreover, the Japanese company has about 1,500 distributorships in the United States; Chevrolet has about four times that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
activities that seek only to benefit society and not as opportunities to create economic gain. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409042 The Dojima Rice Market and the Origins of Futures Trading Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace