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- January 1998 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Funai Consulting Company, Ltd. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Tomoya Nakamura
In the summer of 1997, a consultant at Japan's Funai Consulting Co. Ltd., must decide how to respond to a client's proposal to offer "open pricing" (based on willingness to pay) to customers unable to pay the standard price for the client's product. The client, Akita... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Price; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decisions; Agribusiness; Management Practices and Processes; Business Ventures; Consulting Industry; Japan
Paine, Lynn S., and Tomoya Nakamura. "Funai Consulting Company, Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-017, January 1998. (Revised February 2002.)
- September 1994 (Revised January 1995)
- Case
Komatsu Ltd. and Project G (C)
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Robert W. Lightfoot
Keywords: Japan
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Robert W. Lightfoot. "Komatsu Ltd. and Project G (C)." Harvard Business School Case 395-003, September 1994. (Revised January 1995.)
- September 1994 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Komatsu Ltd. and Project G (A)
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Robert W. Lightfoot
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Robert W. Lightfoot. "Komatsu Ltd. and Project G (A)." Harvard Business School Case 395-001, September 1994. (Revised May 1997.)
- 12 May 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
Tetsuji Shibayama (MBA 1990) is helping Japanese businesses understand the importance of art to their corporate cultures and their bottom lines, while also introducing art students to the principles and practices—and the ready market—of the business world. After a... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
innovations never been invented or adopted. Book: http://www.nber.org/books/lern11-1 Hybrid Innovation in Meiji Japan Authors:Nicholas, Tom Publication:International Economic Review Abstract Japan's hybrid innovation system during the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2017
- Book
Using Language to Build a Global Company
- December 2020
- Case
Tokio Marine Group (A)
By: David J. Collis, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
Tokio Marine, Japan's leading insurance company, has spent nearly two decades building a global footprint in different insurance businesses around the world. As the company becomes majority non-domestic it has to make a choice of what organisation structure to adopt to... View Details
Keywords: Organisational Design; Culture; Values; Global Strategy; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Values and Beliefs; Insurance Industry; Japan
Collis, David J., Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Tokio Marine Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 721-417, December 2020.
- July 2019 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Momofuku Ando and the Globalization of Noodles
By: Geoffrey Jones and Megumi Takada
This case examines the entrepreneurial career of Momofuku Ando, the Taiwanese-born Japanese entrepreneur who pioneered instant boodles with his Chicken Ramen (1958) and Cup Noodle (1971) products. It begins by reviewing his many previous unsuccessful ventures,... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Failure; Success; Globalization; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan
Jones, Geoffrey, and Megumi Takada. "Momofuku Ando and the Globalization of Noodles." Harvard Business School Case 320-006, July 2019. (Revised November 2022.)
- July 2018
- Case
LIXIL Group Corporation: Building a New Company in an Old Industry
By: Boris Groysberg and Akiko Kanno
In the spring of 2018, Kinya Seto, president and CEO of LIXIL Group Corporation, a major housing and building products and services company, called a meeting at the company’s head office in central Tokyo to discuss how to implement the new three-year strategic plan.... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Leadership And Change Management; Consolidation; Change Management; Leadership; Global Strategy; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
Groysberg, Boris, and Akiko Kanno. "LIXIL Group Corporation: Building a New Company in an Old Industry." Harvard Business School Case 419-009, July 2018.
- May 1997
- Case
Toyota Motor Corporation: Target Costing System
Explores Toyota's target costing system, considered to be the most advanced such system of any major Japanese manufacturer. Specifically, describes Toyota's process of setting rigorous cost-reduction goals and the steps taken to achieve them. View Details
Cooper, Robin, and Takao Tanaka. "Toyota Motor Corporation: Target Costing System." Harvard Business School Case 197-031, May 1997.
- October 1994
- Case
Olympus Optical Company, Ltd. (B): Functional Group Management
Documents the emergence of the functional group management system at Olympus's camera manufacturing facility. This system increases the pressure on the work force to decrease costs and improve output by treating the facility's 10 autonomous groups as profit centers,... View Details
Cooper, Robin. "Olympus Optical Company, Ltd. (B): Functional Group Management." Harvard Business School Case 195-073, October 1994.
- October 1994
- Case
Nippon Kayaku
By: Robin Cooper, Takeo Yoshikawa and Robert S. Kaplan
Cooper, Robin, Takeo Yoshikawa, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Nippon Kayaku." Harvard Business School Case 195-068, October 1994.
- October 2012
- Supplement
Vodafone's Position in the Wireless Telecom Industry in 2001
By: Juan Alcacer
Instructors may use the supplementary material "Vodafone's Position in the Wireless Telecom Industry in 2001" to demonstrate noticeable differences across countries in terms of: (1) WTP (suggested by the striking differences in ARPU); (2) payment methods (pre-paid vs.... View Details
Keywords: Telecommunications; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Japan
Alcacer, Juan. "Vodafone's Position in the Wireless Telecom Industry in 2001." Harvard Business School PowerPoint Supplement 713-437, October 2012.
- fall 1987
- Article
Is the Japanese Management Craze Over?
By: J. A. Davis, M. Von Glinow and S. Kerr
Davis, J. A., M. Von Glinow, and S. Kerr. "Is the Japanese Management Craze Over?" International Journal of Management (fall 1987).
- August 2011
- Case
Perception and Readiness of Japanese Companies for IFRS Implementation: The Tokyo Stock Exchange Survey
By: David F. Hawkins and Jin Yamamoto
Tokyo Stock Exchange survey raises questions about Japan's readiness to adopt IFRS in 2016. View Details
Hawkins, David F., and Jin Yamamoto. "Perception and Readiness of Japanese Companies for IFRS Implementation: The Tokyo Stock Exchange Survey." Harvard Business School Case 112-017, August 2011.
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (TN) (A) & (B)
Teaching Note for 709017 and 710018. View Details
- January 2011 (Revised August 2011)
- Supplement
Kanebo Ltd. (C)
By: David F. Hawkins, Suraj Srinivasan and Akiko Kanno
The exposure of the Kanebo Ltd. fraud raises questions of Japan's preparedness to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards. View Details
Hawkins, David F., Suraj Srinivasan, and Akiko Kanno. "Kanebo Ltd. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-068, January 2011. (Revised August 2011.)
- 1994
- Book
Ishitsu no Management: Nihonteki Doushitsu Keiei wo Koete (Managing Heterogeneity: Beyond Japanese-style Homogeneous Management)
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Yoko Ishikura
- 15 Nov 1989 - 16 Nov 1989
- Lecture
The Causes and Implications of Japan's High Savings Rate
By: W. Carl Kester