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  • December 2020
  • Supplement

Tokio Marine Group (B)

By: David J. Collis, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
Updates the Tokio Marine (A) case by providing information on the organisation structure adopted by the Japanese insurance firm as it moved to integrate its global operations, along with changes in HR policies that sought to balance traditional Japanese practices with... View Details
Keywords: Organisational Design; Organization Structure; Culture; Global Strategy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Values and Beliefs; Human Resources; Insurance Industry; Japan
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Collis, David J., Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Tokio Marine Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-418, December 2020.
  • September 2020 (Revised April 2021)
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Hitachi Rail Limited (A)

By: David J. Collis, Akiko Kanno and Nobuo Sato
Hitachi must decide whether to make a British executive, who has successfully built its European rail business from scratch, head of its global rail division even though the bulk of revenues for the unit still come from Japan. The case describes the history of Hitachi... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Leadership; Values and Beliefs; Human Resources; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Rail Industry; Japan
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Collis, David J., Akiko Kanno, and Nobuo Sato. "Hitachi Rail Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 721-364, September 2020. (Revised April 2021.)
  • August 2019 (Revised January 2020)
  • Case

Essential Explorations at MUJI

By: Tomomichi Amano, Das Narayandas, Naoko Jinjo and Akiko Kanno
Launched as a private brand in 1980 to counter the increasingly brand-conscious consumer in Japan, MUJI offered beautifully designed, fairly priced, no-frills quality goods. The once modest private label brand with 40 products had expanded significantly by 2019 to more... View Details
Keywords: Product Portfolio Management; Brands and Branding; Product; Management; Change Management; Mission and Purpose; Retail Industry; Japan
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Amano, Tomomichi, Das Narayandas, Naoko Jinjo, and Akiko Kanno. "Essential Explorations at MUJI." Harvard Business School Case 520-024, August 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
  • May 2018
  • Supplement

Abe on Womenomics, part 3: International Efforts & Conclusions: Excerpt from Opening Address to the World Assembly of Women, Tokyo, August 28, 2015

By: Boris Groysberg
This video supplement is a lightly edited excerpt of a 2015 speech by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in which he describes Womenomics--policies and aspirations to promote greater economic participation by Japan's women, thereby promoting economic growth, greater... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Gender; Business and Government Relations; Employment; Growth and Development; Working Conditions; Japan
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Groysberg, Boris. "Abe on Womenomics, part 3: International Efforts & Conclusions: Excerpt from Opening Address to the World Assembly of Women, Tokyo, August 28, 2015." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 418-721, May 2018.
  • May 2015 (Revised September 2015)
  • Case

AIP Healthcare Japan: Investing in Japan's Retirement Home Market

By: John A. Quelch and Qing Xia
The CEO of a health care-based REIT is considering alternative nursing home investment strategies. Students must consider macro-industry trends, scale and scope issues and consumer segmentation data in making their recommendations. View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Services; REIT; Marketing; Investment; Health Care and Treatment; Segmentation; Accommodations Industry; Health Industry; Real Estate Industry; Japan
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Quelch, John A., and Qing Xia. "AIP Healthcare Japan: Investing in Japan's Retirement Home Market." Harvard Business School Case 515-102, May 2015. (Revised September 2015.)
  • 9 Dec 2009
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Value-Based Health Care Delivery

By: Michael E. Porter
This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006, and "How Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care," Journal of the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Japan
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Porter, Michael E. "Value-Based Health Care Delivery." Japanese Health Care Strategy, Tokyo, Japan, December 9, 2009.
  • August 1994 (Revised May 1997)
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Sony Corporation: The Walkman Line

Explores how Sony manages its Walkman line in both the domestic (Japanese) and Western markets. Describes a simple target costing system, a simple Japanese cost accounting system, and the management of product proliferation. View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; Japan
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Cooper, Robin. "Sony Corporation: The Walkman Line." Harvard Business School Case 195-076, August 1994. (Revised May 1997.)
  • October 1994
  • Case

Yokohama Corporation, Ltd. (A): The Yokohama Production System

Yokohama is in the middle of a supplier chain: it supplies Tokyo Motors and several other automobile manufacturers, and it is in turn supplied by Kamakura Ironworks. This case describes this supplier chain and the interorganizational cost systems that have evolved in... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Supply Chain; Auto Industry; Japan
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Cooper, Robin, and Takeo Yoshikawa. "Yokohama Corporation, Ltd. (A): The Yokohama Production System." Harvard Business School Case 195-070, October 1994.
  • August 1994
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Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd.

Describes the introduction of two profit planning and control systems at Kirin as part of its shift from a production-oriented to a consumer-oriented strategy. Specifically, documents Kirin's use of profit centers to increase efficiency and its use of pseudo profit... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Organizational Structure; Management Systems; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan
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Cooper, Robin. "Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 195-058, August 1994.
  • October 1994
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Kamakura Ironworks Company, Ltd.

Describes cost management techniques in a supplier chain in the Japanese automotive industry. Exposes students to interorganizational cost management systems and explores when cost systems are required and when they can be switched off. Also illustrates supportive... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Supply Chain; Auto Industry; Japan
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Cooper, Robin, and Takeo Yoshikawa. "Kamakura Ironworks Company, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 195-056, October 1994.
  • August 1994
  • Case

Higashimaru Shoyu Company, Ltd. (A): Price Control System

Illustrates how Japanese firms use profit pressures to increase efficiency. In particular, explores how pseudo profit centers create pressure on workers to increase revenues and reduce costs, and the use of semiautonomous teams in a traditional Japanese workforce. View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Groups and Teams; Organizational Structure; Performance Efficiency; Management Systems; Japan
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Cooper, Robin. "Higashimaru Shoyu Company, Ltd. (A): Price Control System." Harvard Business School Case 195-050, August 1994.
  • March 1994 (Revised October 1994)
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Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.: Target Costing System

Describes Nissan's sophisticated target costing system in the context of new product introduction. On the basis of consumer analysis and a life cycle contribution study, Nissan conducts an exhaustive analysis of component costs to determine whether a new model can be... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Product Development; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
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Cooper, Robin. "Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.: Target Costing System." Harvard Business School Case 194-040, March 1994. (Revised October 1994.)
  • September 2011
  • Teaching Note

Kanebo Ltd. (TN) (A), (B), and (C)

By: David Hawkins and Suraj Srinivasan
Teaching Note for 111-037, 111-038, and 111-068. View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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Hawkins, David, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Kanebo Ltd. (TN) (A), (B), and (C)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 112-039, September 2011.
  • December 2010 (Revised September 2011)
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Kanebo Ltd. (A)

By: David F. Hawkins, Suraj Srinivasan, Akiko Kanno and Lizzie Gomez
Speculation as to how Japanese companies might implement IFRS with particular emphasis on consolidation accounting. View Details
Keywords: History; Business Conglomerates; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Consolidation; Financial Statements; International Finance; International Accounting; Standards; Goodwill Accounting; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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Hawkins, David F., Suraj Srinivasan, Akiko Kanno, and Lizzie Gomez. "Kanebo Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 111-037, December 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
  • 1991
  • Case

Nihon no Apparel Sangyou no Case (Case on the Japanese Apparel Industry)

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry; Japan
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Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Nihon no Apparel Sangyou no Case (Case on the Japanese Apparel Industry)." 1991.
  • April 2010
  • Case

Globalization at Komatsu

By: Michael Y. Yoshino
The case captures the challenges Komatsu, the second largest manufacturer of the earth moving equipment faced during the past five decades as it sought to globalize its operations. By 2007, it had become the second largest manufacturer of the earth moving equipment... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Distribution Channels; Production; Organizational Culture; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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Yoshino, Michael Y. "Globalization at Komatsu." Harvard Business School Case 910-415, April 2010.
  • 15 Nov 1989 - 16 Nov 1989
  • Lecture

Are Capital Costs Lower in Japan?

By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Cost of Capital; Japan
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Kester, W. Carl. "Are Capital Costs Lower in Japan?" Lecture at the U.S.-Japan Conference on Investment and Trade Friction, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Tokyo, Japan, November 15–16, 1989. (Research presenter.)
  • 11 May 1992 - 13 May 1992
  • Lecture

Japanese Corporate Governance: Source of Efficiency or Restraint of Trade?

By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Trade; Japan
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Kester, W. Carl. "Japanese Corporate Governance: Source of Efficiency or Restraint of Trade?" Lecture at the Conference on the Japanese Financial Market and Corporate Managerial Behavior, International University of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, May 11–13, 1992. (Research presenter.)
  • 13 Oct 1994
  • Lecture

Use of Convertible and Warrant Bonds by Japanese Firms: Risk Shifting or Delayed Equity?

By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Bonds; Risk and Uncertainty; Equity; Japan
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Kester, W. Carl. "Use of Convertible and Warrant Bonds by Japanese Firms: Risk Shifting or Delayed Equity?" In Complex Securities and Corporate Finance. Lecture at the Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, October 13, 1994. (Discussant.)
  • April 2009 (Revised March 2013)
  • Case

Lawson: Becoming the Community Store of 9,000 Japanese Communities

By: Linda A. Hill, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, Masako Egawa, Emily Stecker and Mayuka Yamazaki
Keywords: Retail Industry; Japan
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Hill, Linda A., Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, Masako Egawa, Emily Stecker, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Lawson: Becoming the Community Store of 9,000 Japanese Communities." Harvard Business School Case 409-112, April 2009. (Revised March 2013.)
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