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- September 1994 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Acer Group, The: Vision for the Year 2000
By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard C. Wei
In the early 1990s, Acer, Inc. set two goals: to be a top-five PC company worldwide in 1995 and to be a global consortium of companies by the year 2000. The company identified potential obstacles concerning capital, image, number of experienced international managers,... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Structure; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Experience and Expertise; Marketing Strategy; Production; Rank and Position; Business Strategy; Capital; Computer Industry; Japan
Mills, D. Quinn, and Richard C. Wei. "Acer Group, The: Vision for the Year 2000." Harvard Business School Case 495-001, September 1994. (Revised September 1994.)
- February 1994 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Manville Corp. Fiber Glass Group (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Sarah Gant
Manville Corp.'s senior managers are surprised when Japanese government officials advise them not to go forward with their plan to add a cancer warning label to diatomaceous earth (DE) products sold in Japan. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has ruled... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Ethics; Conflict of Interests; Health; Safety; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Japan
Paine, Lynn S., and Sarah Gant. "Manville Corp. Fiber Glass Group (C)." Harvard Business School Case 394-116, February 1994. (Revised May 1999.)
- fall 1984
- Article
Japanese Quality Management
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. "Japanese Quality Management." Columbia Journal of World Business (fall 1984).
- July 1988
- Teaching Note
Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd., Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-387-043). View Details
- 07 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Innovation in Asia
industry, and even a country to the head of the class almost overnight, said Kiyotaka Fujii, president and CEO of SAP Japan Co., Ltd. That lesson was learned by Japan in the 1980s, when it was rising to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- January 2003
- Teaching Note
Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company (TN)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman
Teaching Note for (9-203-029). View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
clear that this is the case, and it is certainly not clear that every leader matters. Sometimes leaders have no choice. No president could have avoided declaring war on Japan after Pearl Harbor. But a president other than George W. Bush... View Details
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
their South Korean offices, but had not a single female executive in Japan during the same time frame. Siegel, Pyun, and Cheon may conduct future research into why hiring female managers proved profitable. Siegel's initial hunch: Because... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- October 1989
- Teaching Note
Hattori-Seiko and the World Watch Industry in 1980, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-385-300). View Details
- April 1993
- Teaching Note
Koito Manufacturing Ltd. (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-291-027). View Details
- November 15, 2022
- Article
What Really Makes Toyota’s Production System Resilient
By: Willy C. Shih
Toyota has fared better than many of its competitors in riding out the supply chain disruptions of recent years. But focusing on how Toyota had stockpiled semiconductors and the problems of other manufacturers, some observers jumped to the conclusion that the era of... View Details
Keywords: Supplier Relationships; Manufacturing; Supply Chain; Production; Auto Industry; United States; Japan
Shih, Willy C. "What Really Makes Toyota’s Production System Resilient." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (November 15, 2022).
- February 1999 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
JAFCO America Ventures, Inc.: Building A Venture Capital Firm
By: Walter Kuemmerle, Kiichiro Kobayashi and Chad S Ellis
JAFCO, a large Japanese venture capital firm, is making a second attempt to enter the U.S. venture capital market. The U.S. subsidiary, JAFCO America Ventures, is in the midst of a challenging turnaround. Going forward, the U.S. subsidiary's leadership needs to make a... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Market Entry and Exit; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Japan; United States
Kuemmerle, Walter, Kiichiro Kobayashi, and Chad S Ellis. "JAFCO America Ventures, Inc.: Building A Venture Capital Firm." Harvard Business School Case 899-099, February 1999. (Revised March 2004.)
- October 2014
- Case
MCA Matsushita (A)
By: Andrew Wasynczuk and Karen Huang
- April 2013 (Revised March 2013)
- Teaching Note
GREE, Inc.
By: Andrei Hagiu and Masahiro Kotosaka
- July 1989 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
AUCNET: TV Auction Network System
The AUCNET system links buyers and sellers in the wholesale used car market in Japan. Video images delivered via videodisk or satellite along with an inspector's opinion and objective character based data are used to conduct a realtime auction over computers and... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Auctions; Service Industry; Japan; United States
Konsynski, Benn R. "AUCNET: TV Auction Network System." Harvard Business School Case 190-001, July 1989. (Revised April 1996.)
- April 2003 (Revised November 2005)
- Teaching Note
Sony AIBO: The World's First Entertainment Robot (TN)
By: Youngme E. Moon
Teaching Note for (9-502-010). View Details
- February 2001
- Background Note
National Innovation Systems and Comparative Industry Evolution
Discusses U.S. and Japanese innovation systems. Illustrates these with comparative studies of computer and pharmaceutical industries. Probes effects of labor, capital, and customer market institutions on these sectors in the United States and Japan. View Details
Keywords: Industry Growth; Innovation and Invention; Computer Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Japan; United States
Chesbrough, Henry W., and Gillian Morris. "National Innovation Systems and Comparative Industry Evolution." Harvard Business School Background Note 601-049, February 2001.
- February 1991 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Xerox and Fuji Xerox
Describes the growth and development of Fuji Xerox, Xerox's joint venture in Japan, and the evolving relationship between Fuji Xerox and Xerox. Focuses on the technological development of Fuji Xerox, and on the contributions that Fuji Xerox has made to Xerox's... View Details
Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin. "Xerox and Fuji Xerox." Harvard Business School Case 391-156, February 1991. (Revised December 1992.)