Publications

March 1997 (Revised April 1997)
Background Note

Automobile Distribution in Japan

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Yutaka Kashiwagi

Keywords: Distribution; Auto Industry; Japan

August 1986
Case

Japan as Number One?

By: Bruce R. Scott

Keywords: Japan

24 Apr 2014
News

Empowering Japan through e-commerce

The 1995 earthquake that devastated his native Kobe, Japan, was a turning point for Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993). “It made me realize that I wanted to revitalize Japan’s economy,” says Mikitani, who also sponsored relief efforts during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.... View Details

2009
Working Paper

Capitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan

By: Robert Dujarric and Andrei Hagiu

Japan's industrial landscape is characterized by hierarchical forms of industry organization, which are increasingly inadequate in modern sectors, where innovation relies on platforms and horizontal ecosystems of firms producing complementary products. Using three... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; Innovation and Invention; Industry Structures; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Manufacturing Industry; Japan

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15 Mar 2011
News

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

1993
Article

Ist Freihandel mit Japan möglich? (Free Trade with Japan - even possible?)

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

Keywords: Trade; Japan

June 2004
Case

Medical Technology Industry and Japan (A), The

In a five-year effort, the Health Industry Manufacturers Association (HIMA) tried to influence government health policy in Japan. In 1993, HIMA mobilized in response to fears the Japanese government was planning to target the U.S. medical devices industry. The case... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government and Politics; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Japan; United States

Educators

August 1993
Supplement

Japan Confronts an Interdependent World, Supplement

By: George C. Lodge

Provides an update. View Details

Keywords: Japan; United States

February 1993
Teaching Note

Japan Confronts an Interdependent World TN

By: George C. Lodge

Teaching Note for (9-793-034). View Details

Keywords: Japan; United States

October 1974 (Revised November 1980)
Case

Japan (C)--1945-52: From Occupation to Independence

By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat

Keywords: Policy; Economy; Business and Government Relations; Japan

September 2015 (Revised February 2020)
Case

Managing Consumer Touchpoints at Nissan Japan

By: Thales Teixeira, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno

In 2015, Nissan was third place in the Japanese auto market, behind Toyota and Honda. The challenge of increasing market share was that 80% of car shoppers who were non-Nissan owners did not consider Nissan during their purchase process. This process involved three... View Details

Keywords: Nissan; Automobiles; Cars; Touch Points; Digital Marketing; Internet and the Web; Marketing Channels; Advertising; Auto Industry; Japan

Educators

July 22, 1990
Article

Japan Isn't Playing by Different Rules

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Japan

Article

Reinventing a Business School in Japan

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi

Keywords: Business Education; Japan

December 1992
Article

Will Japan Remain a Long-Term Investor?

By: M. E. Porter and Rebecca E. Wayland

Keywords: Investment; Japan

13 Jul 2011
News

How Generation Next is Rebuilding Japan

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

March 1978 (Revised February 1991)
Case

Caustic Soda in Japan (A)

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Chemicals; Chemical Industry; Japan

October 2004 (Revised October 2005)
Case

ORIX KK: Incentives in Japan

In the context of Japan's struggling economy of the 1990s, ORIX, a leading Japanese financial services company, implemented a new performance evaluation and compensation system. At the time, many higher-paying western firms were entering the Japanese market and... View Details

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Compensation and Benefits; Financial Services Industry; Japan

Educators