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- November 2013 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Restructuring JAL
By: Malcolm Baker, Adi Sunderam, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
Hideo Seto, the recently appointed chairman of the investment committee of the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation, must decide whether to push JAL group, Japan's largest airline, into bankruptcy or to act as a sponsor in an out-of-court restructuring. The... View Details
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Costs Of Financial Distress; Cost vs Benefits; Air Transportation; Restructuring; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Air Transportation Industry; Japan; United States
Baker, Malcolm, Adi Sunderam, Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Restructuring JAL." Harvard Business School Case 214-055, November 2013. (Revised January 2015.)
- July 2012
- Case
Revenue Solutions, LLC
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Ari Wasserman and Nick Esayian were both dissatisfied with their future prospects in their current careers. Wasserman, who managed an infomercial business for a direct response consumer marketing company, wanted more flexibility and ownership. Esayian was the CEO of... View Details
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Revenue Solutions, LLC." Harvard Business School Case 213-032, July 2012.
- 2011
- Working Paper
The Organization of Firms Across Countries
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the decentralization of investment, hiring, production, and sales decisions from Corporate Headquarters to local... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Performance Productivity; Trust; Asia; Europe; United States
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "The Organization of Firms Across Countries." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-005, August 2011. (Slides from 2008.)
- June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund
By: Robert C. Pozen and Xiaoyu Gu
The China Investment Corporation (CIC) was China's sovereign wealth fund (SWF), established with $200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Growth and Maturation; Decisions; Capital; Investment Banking; Investment Funds; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Wealth; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; China; United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Xiaoyu Gu. "Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund." Harvard Business School Case 311-137, June 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- April 2011 (Revised April 2014)
- Case
ASAHI Net: Bringing Innovation to Education
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
ASAHI Net developed a cloud-based platform for higher education institutions to use in Japan and was wondering if that platform could be accepted in the U.S. as well. View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Information Management; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Technology Platform; Education Industry; Information Technology Industry; Japan; United States
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "ASAHI Net: Bringing Innovation to Education." Harvard Business School Case 711-498, April 2011. (Revised April 2014.)
- October 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Background Note
Reverse Engineering, Learning, and Innovation
By: Willy C. Shih
This background reading looks at reverse engineering in the context of piracy and knock-offs in emerging markets like China. It first considers legal aspects of reverse engineering in strong property rights regimes like the United States as a way of unpacking the legal... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Learning; Engineering; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Emerging Markets; China; United States
Shih, Willy C. "Reverse Engineering, Learning, and Innovation." Harvard Business School Background Note 611-039, October 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
- October 2010
- Supplement
Toyota Recalls (B): Mr. Toyoda Goes to Washington
By: John A. Quelch, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Ryan Johnson
Case describes the testimony to the U.S. Congress of the Toyota CEO and the head of its U.S. motor sales. View Details
Quelch, John A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Ryan Johnson. "Toyota Recalls (B): Mr. Toyoda Goes to Washington." Harvard Business School Supplement 511-041, October 2010.
- 1982
- Chapter
America de Naze 'Gorin no Sho' go Yomarete iruka (Why 'The Book of Five Rings' Is Read in America)
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
- Article
Capital and Ownership Structure: A Comparison of United States and Japanese Manufacturing Corporations
By: W. C. Kester
Kester, W. C. "Capital and Ownership Structure: A Comparison of United States and Japanese Manufacturing Corporations." Financial Management 15, no. 1 (Spring 1986): 5–16.
- 2008
- Other Unpublished Work
Are Private Equity Firms Better Managed?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from over 4,000 medium sized manufacturing firms across Asia, Europe and the US. These measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm-level performance (e.g. productivity,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Management Practices and Processes; Production; Performance Improvement; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Europe; United States
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Are Private Equity Firms Better Managed?" December 2008. (Slides.)
- February 2009 (Revised September 2009)
- Supplement
Yahoo! in China (B)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Daniel Baer
Describes the actions that Jerry Yang took to manage the aftermath of the Shi Tao incident following the 2007 Congressional hearing. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Government Legislation; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Internet; Information Technology Industry; China; United States
Sucher, Sandra J., and Daniel Baer. "Yahoo! in China (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 609-073, February 2009. (Revised September 2009.)
- December 2006 (Revised April 2008)
- Case
China and the WTO: What Price Membership?
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Julia Galef
China has been a member of the WTO for more than five years. Its implementation of requirements has been a mixed bag. While China's growth is still spectacular, many institutional problems remain. And there is a new problem--a spectacular trade asymmetry with the... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Governance Compliance; International Relations; Problems and Challenges; China; United States
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Julia Galef. "China and the WTO: What Price Membership?" Harvard Business School Case 707-032, December 2006. (Revised April 2008.)
- August 2006 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Scopie's Enlarged Gland Shrinker
Describes a firm that markets a laser for a fictional problem. Asks readers to evaluate Scopie's marketing and production strategy (it plans to start in India and then expand to the United States) and its long-term viability. View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Scopie's Enlarged Gland Shrinker." Harvard Business School Case 307-035, August 2006. (Revised September 2006.)
- July 2005 (Revised November 2005)
- Teaching Note
SAIF: May 2004 (TN)
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note to (9-805-091). View Details
- March 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Sealed Air Taiwan (A) (Abridged)
By: Lynn S. Paine
The general manager for U.S.-based Sealed Air Corp.'s Taiwan subsidiary must decide how to improve productivity and achieve profitability. In addition to considering a new approach to compensation, he is wondering how to bridge the gap between Sealed Air's corporate... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Relationships; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Management Skills; Compensation and Benefits; Taiwan; United States
Paine, Lynn S. "Sealed Air Taiwan (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 305-094, March 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- February 2005 (Revised April 2011)
- Case
Haier's U.S. Refrigerator Strategy
By: Pankaj Ghemawat, Thomas M. Hout and Jordan I. Siegel
Haier, the first Chinese consumer durable brand in the United States, succeeded in the compact refrigerator, freezer, and air conditioner markets and then built a U.S. factory to enter the full-size market. Issues include the value of a local entrepreneur to the Asian... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; China; United States
Ghemawat, Pankaj, Thomas M. Hout, and Jordan I. Siegel. "Haier's U.S. Refrigerator Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 705-475, February 2005. (Revised April 2011.)
- April 2004 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Precise Software
By: Paul A. Gompers and Sara Bergson
Yossi Sela, general partner at Gemini Venture capital, considers a new investment in Precise Software. The firm is at a crisis point, and Sela needs to decide whether he will fire the firm's chief executive officer. Conflicts between the American CEO and the Israeli... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Resignation and Termination; Crisis Management; Managerial Roles; Conflict and Resolution; Israel; United States
Gompers, Paul A., and Sara Bergson. "Precise Software." Harvard Business School Case 204-157, April 2004. (Revised March 2008.)
- October 2002 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
eShip-4U
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Timothy M. Laseter
eShip is a small Israeli start-up with a potentially exciting new concept for the residential package-delivery value chain--the Automatic Delivery Machine (ADM). Much like today's ubiquitous ATMs, ADMs would allow consumers to have parcels delivered to a nearby ADM... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Service Operations; Logistics; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Saving; Innovation and Invention; Transportation Industry; Service Industry; Shipping Industry; Israel; United States
Shapiro, Roy D., and Timothy M. Laseter. "eShip-4U." Harvard Business School Case 603-076, October 2002. (Revised December 2003.)
- December 2001
- Case
Cisco China
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Guoqing Chen and David Kiron
Designed to show how Cisco has taken its U.S.-based infrastructure and applied it to China. It is stunning in its impact as one notes how so much of what is being done in the United States in terms of the intranet has been transferred to China. View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Web Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; China; United States
McFarlan, F. Warren, Guoqing Chen, and David Kiron. "Cisco China." Harvard Business School Case 302-069, December 2001.
- October 2001 (Revised December 2001)
- Background Note
Extraterritorial Applications of Antitrust Law: U.S. and Japanese Approaches
By: Guhan Subramanian and Michelle Kalka
This case describes the differebt approaches the United States and Japan have taken to extend the jurisdiction of their antitrust laws to foreign companies. The section on the United States, in particular, focuses on the evolving logic of the Supreme Court in dealing... View Details
Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Government Legislation; Policy; Business or Company Management; Government and Politics; Pulp and Paper Industry; United States; Japan
Subramanian, Guhan, and Michelle Kalka. "Extraterritorial Applications of Antitrust Law: U.S. and Japanese Approaches." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-067, October 2001. (Revised December 2001.)