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  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

led the way in this field from its beginnings in 1919 through the next four decades. But by the 1970s, Japanese companies such as Sony and Matsushita had taken over the market. Similarly, it was the Japanese... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 28 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 28

gain drawing from a qualitative study of 90 U.S.-based employees of a Japanese organization following a company-wide English language mandate. These native English-speaking employees believed that the mandate elevated their worth in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

coauthored the textbook and its updates with the late Sumantra Ghoshal (HBS DBA '86) and Paul W. Beamish of the University of Western Ontario. "The Japanese juggernaut had just come driving through the United States, challenging the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 26 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 26, 2008

time. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608113 Kazuo Inamori, A Japanese Entrepreneur Harvard Business School Case 408-039 The case provides insight into a business leader whose cognizance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Apr 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?

power with the goal of producing 2,000 megawatts of generating capacity in ten years. The goal was achieved in five years. So Texas has renewed the incentives and raised the goal to 5,000 megawatts. I wouldn't bet against that goal being exceeded as well. Or consider... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities
  • 04 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 4

This case explores the opportunity to purchase the condominium management business of a distressed real estate developer by Advantage Partners, a leading Japanese private equity firm. The case explores investment structuring, bidding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 May 2008
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global

my foreign assests and resources be protected? Are Global Brands Effective? Why Global Brands Work Japanese automakers create single products and brands for worldwide consumption, while Ford customizes products for local markets. You know... View Details
  • 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
Keywords: by Staff; Auto
  • 20 May 2014
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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
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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
  • 25 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Developing the Global Leader

gives you a heightened sensitivity to cultural differences, and how those differences are tied up in language." After 60 or so hours of Japanese language instruction, George could more or less carry on a conversation, and did so with... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

School Case 514-084 Vision 2020: Takeda and the Vaccine Business In 2014, Yasuchika Hasegawa was orchestrating the transformation of Takeda from a Japanese pharmaceutical company with a global footprint into a global company with a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

trade-off between distribution and inventory costs. The faster, more dependable (and more expensive) the distribution method employed, the lower the inventory cost incurred. If only we had more dependable and lower cost distribution based on better information. Now we... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Service
  • 25 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?

be a country's culture that prevents companies from succeeding. For example, Japanese companies may not be able to easily transcend that country's consensual culture. Establishing just what that country effect is on performance could be a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 30

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-006.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsKanebo Ltd. (A) David F.Hawkins, Suraj Srinivasan, Akiko Kanno, and Lizzie GomezHarvard Business School Case 111-037 Speculation as to how Japanese companies might... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil

anger and blame stage. They are moving out of denial, but the corporate response emphasizes stopping "them" rather than innovating. Case in point: The U.S. auto industry. When threatened by superior Japanese imports, domestic... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

of mercantilist system was, with a short time lag, a winner for all Japanese citizens, who were all able to raise their living standards; the income gap between the upper and lower quintiles was actually reduced to only 3.4 percent, the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
  • 30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006

A.S.—(Norway)—The Cenapio Project Harvard Business School Case 806-090 Describes the creation of an open source software venture in Norway, Australia, and the United States that lands a strategic OEM deal with a leading Japanese... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

and where to cut was clearly a plus for Carlos Ghosn, who is not a GE alumnus but is one of the cases we teach on a new CEO widely known for transforming the nearly bankrupt Japanese auto manufacturer Nissan into one of the world's most... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment
  • 04 Oct 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?

observations of the practices of Japanese manufacturers, concluded that increased speed from product conception to market not only reduced cost but increased quality, variety, and productivity; reduced rework, waiting, and duplicated... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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