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- January 2013
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (D): Lawson's Response
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Victor Stone, Samer Abughannam, Sebastien D'Incau, Jonathan Driscoll, Katharine Hill and Jeffrey Reynolds
CEO Niinami Takeshi (HBS '91) stared out his corner office window as the Tokyo skyscrapers swayed and the concrete trembled. He was in the midst of the largest seismic event to hit Japan in recorded history. Lawson's managers understood earthquake response. They had... View Details
Keywords: East Japan; Earthquake; Lawson's; Natural Disasters; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Japan
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Victor Stone, Samer Abughannam, Sebastien D'Incau, Jonathan Driscoll, Katharine Hill, and Jeffrey Reynolds. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (D): Lawson's Response." Harvard Business School Supplement 713-441, January 2013.
- April 2012 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
The Great East Japan Earthquake (A)
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Victor Stone
At 2:46pm on March 11th, 2011, a 9.0M earthquake shook the Tohoku (Northeastern) region of Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the coastal waters of Tohoku and reverberations from the quake triggered a tsunami that ravaged the coastal shores of Eastern Japan.... View Details
Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Tohoku; Tsunami; Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Facility; Natural Disasters; Japan
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, and Victor Stone. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (A)." Harvard Business School Case 712-480, April 2012. (Revised January 2013.)
- November 2012 (Revised July 2013)
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Kenichi Nonomura, Dena Neuenschwander, Meghan Ricci, David Roth, Kate Schoch and Sergey Vartanov
A few hours after the earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, CEO Tadashi Yanai of Fast Retailing was eating sushi at a restaurant near his office. He was confident that his store managers would be able to decide for themselves the best action to take in the midst of this... View Details
Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Fast Retailing Group; Decisions; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Retail Industry; Japan
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Kenichi Nonomura, Dena Neuenschwander, Meghan Ricci, David Roth, Kate Schoch, and Sergey Vartanov. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response." Harvard Business School Supplement 713-439, November 2012. (Revised July 2013.)
- January 2013
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (E): Yamato Transport's Response
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Leonard Kosinski, Christina Royce, Anna Stetsovskaya and Evgeny Vasilyev
CEO Kikawa of Yamato Transport gave orders to his managers right after the triple disaster hit the Tohoku region of Japan to do whatever it takes to save lives and not to worry about costs. He also felt that he had to confront the government to make donations to the... View Details
Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Yamato Transport Company; Natural Disasters; Business and Shareholder Relations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Transportation Industry; Japan
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Leonard Kosinski, Christina Royce, Anna Stetsovskaya, and Evgeny Vasilyev. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (E): Yamato Transport's Response." Harvard Business School Supplement 713-442, January 2013.
- June 2016
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (I): UNIQLO's Recovery Efforts
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Mariko Yoshida, Sean Brazier, Jay Khil, Krista Nylen and Chris Shilling
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Mariko Yoshida, Sean Brazier, Jay Khil, Krista Nylen, and Chris Shilling. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (I): UNIQLO's Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-477, June 2016.
- June 2016
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (H): Oisix's Recovery Efforts
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Azusa Hanai, Mimi Hanley, Brittani Jackson, Joanna Kao and Blake Landro
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Azusa Hanai, Mimi Hanley, Brittani Jackson, Joanna Kao, and Blake Landro. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (H): Oisix's Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-476, June 2016.
- June 2016
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (G): Yahoo! Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Tomohiro Nakazawa, Sam Burke, Jonathan Kratz and David Marchand
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Tomohiro Nakazawa, Sam Burke, Jonathan Kratz, and David Marchand. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (G): Yahoo! Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-475, June 2016.
- June 2016
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (K): Oh!Guts!'s Recovery Efforts
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Bunsho Kure, Andrew Levine, Andrew Park, Bria Selhorst and Adelyn Zhou
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Bunsho Kure, Andrew Levine, Andrew Park, Bria Selhorst, and Adelyn Zhou. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (K): Oh!Guts!'s Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-479, June 2016.
- June 2016
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (F): Google Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Tomoharu Tanaka, Kavi Krut, March Bishop, E. Kyle Bisutti and Adam Zalisk
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Tomoharu Tanaka, Kavi Krut, March Bishop, E. Kyle Bisutti, and Adam Zalisk. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (F): Google Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-474, June 2016.
- January 2013
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (C): Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital's Response
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Yukiko Sakai, Rebecca Agonafir, Peter Cholewinski, Allison Kean and Emily Kloeblen
On the evening of March 11, 2011, Mayama Fumihiro, the Managing Director of Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital knew that it would be a long, cold night. The 103 staff members and 162 patients and families were huddled on the top two floors of the four-story hospital, where... View Details
Keywords: East Japan; Earthquake; Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Japan
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Yukiko Sakai, Rebecca Agonafir, Peter Cholewinski, Allison Kean, and Emily Kloeblen. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (C): Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital's Response." Harvard Business School Supplement 713-440, January 2013.
- June 2016
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (J): You Home Clinic's Recovery Efforts
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Akio Yonekura, Jonathan Bassani, Chris Harreld, Alan Zong and Victor Stone
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Akio Yonekura, Jonathan Bassani, Chris Harreld, Alan Zong, and Victor Stone. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (J): You Home Clinic's Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-478, June 2016.
- 26 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
On March 11, 2011, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake triggered a powerful tsunami, generating waves higher than 125 feet that ravaged the coast of Japan, particularly the Tohoku region of Honshu, the largest and most populous island in the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
earthquake killed thousands of area residents. "He talked about dozens of families walking from farmer to farmer, asking to find chrysanthemum flowers used for funerals," student Kazumasa Mukae (HBS MBA '14) recalls. "His... View Details
- August 2011
- Supplement
InnoCentive.com (C)
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Eric Lonstein
InnoCentive.com enables clients to tap into internal and external solver networks to address various business issues. This case focuses on the outcome of InnoCentive's decision to post challenges related to environmental issues created by the Gulf Oil Spill. It reviews... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Networks; Decisions; Outcome or Result; Pollutants; Natural Disasters; Natural Environment; Japan
Lakhani, Karim R., and Eric Lonstein. "InnoCentive.com (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 612-027, August 2011.
- September 2004 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
Bank Leu's Prima Cat Bond Fund
In 2001, Bank Leu, a Swiss private bank, is considering creating the world's first public fund for catastrophe bonds. Cat bonds are securities whose payments depend on the probability of a catastrophe occurring, such as an earthquake or hurricane. Cat bonds are... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Bonds; Natural Disasters; Insurance; Capital Markets; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Insurance Industry; Switzerland
Chacko, George C., Peter A. Hecht, Vincent Dessain, Anders Sjoman, and Adam J. Plotkin. "Bank Leu's Prima Cat Bond Fund." Harvard Business School Case 205-005, September 2004. (Revised December 2004.)
- 09 Apr 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
Sustaining a Legacy of Giving in Turkey
Keywords: Re: Christina R. Wing
- September 2004 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Catastrophe Bonds at Swiss Re
In 2002, Swiss Re, the world's second--largest insurance company, is considering securitizing parts of its risk portfolio in the capital markets. This would be a first for the company that, until then, had never transferred risk off its balance sheet. Peter Giessmann,... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Bonds; Natural Disasters; Insurance; Capital Markets; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Insurance Industry; Switzerland
Chacko, George C., Peter A. Hecht, Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Catastrophe Bonds at Swiss Re." Harvard Business School Case 205-006, September 2004. (Revised January 2006.)
- 28 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home
The devastating Japanese earthquakes sent aftershocks of another kind to the economy: the potential disruption of the flow of goods from Japanese suppliers to US high-tech manufacturers. But the Obama administration and domestic companies... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- July–August 2014
- Article
How the Other Fukushima Plant Survived
By: Ranjay Gulati, Charles Casto and Charlotte Krontiris
In March 2011, Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was devastated by three reactor explosions and two core meltdowns in the days following a 9.0 earthquake and a tsunami that produced waves as high as 17 meters. The world is familiar with Daiichi's fate; less... View Details
Gulati, Ranjay, Charles Casto, and Charlotte Krontiris. "How the Other Fukushima Plant Survived." Harvard Business Review 92, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2014): 111–115.
- September 2014 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief: What Can We Learn from Commercial Supply Chains?
By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
Organizing speedy and efficient supply operations for unpredictable major natural disasters was a continuing challenge for the U.S. military, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti was both unique in its operational scope and political complexity. As he reviewed the... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chains; Humanitarian Assistance; Disaster Relief; Distribution; Logistics; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Distribution Industry; United States; Haiti
Shih, Willy, and Margaret Pierson. "Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief: What Can We Learn from Commercial Supply Chains?" Harvard Business School Case 615-003, September 2014. (Revised March 2017.)