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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
American bathrooms. Taught in the second-year course Leading Innovative Ventures, the case was coauthored with Masako Egawa (MBA ’86), former executive director of the Japan Research Center, and former research associate Jun Fukuyoshi... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
States? Indeed, much of the rhetoric on investing environments argues that the major destinations for U.S. outbound FDI — the developed markets of Europe and Japan and the emerging markets of China and India — are filled with capital... View Details
- 27 Jan 2016
- News
Case Study
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading by example at a global company
Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993), CEO of Rakuten, talks about leading a global company and the competitive advantages of speaking English. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
by Ralph Ranalli Talking about his ambitious plans to create a safer, cleaner type of nuclear power plant, Russell Wilcox says, quite matter-of-factly, that he was "looking for a project that would have an impact on the world." There aren't many people who can make... View Details
- 28 Sep 2010
- News
Exposure Abroad Key to Success
- 15 Jan 2015
- News
Asia Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
the Grand Hyatt Tokyo for a Japan regional event. The evening featured remarks by Dean Nohria, Professor Hirotaka Takeuchi, Regional Chair Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993), Campaign Managing Director Janet Cahill, and Thierry G. Porte (MBA... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
at Harvard Business School. MBA in hand, he arrived at P&G at the age of 30 as an assistant brand manager for Joy dishwashing detergent. A variety of other assignments followed, such as helping turn around P&G's beauty products business in View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Learning to Speak the Language of Business
companies with a commanding presence in their home markets. But to call Mikitani’s company, Rakuten, the Amazon.com of Japan would overlook fundamental differences for customers and merchants alike. “We created a real online marketplace... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jan Swartz (MBA 1996)
48-hour jaunt to Japan to promote Princess as "the cruise line Audrey loved." (Hepburn—one of Japan's most admired celebrities—christened the Star Princess in 1989.) Doesn't leave home without: Samsonite four-direction roller luggage;... View Details
- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
though he didn’t realize it at the time, leading those services would signal the beginning of a shift in his career path. The banker and Naval officer would ultimately become an ordained Episcopal priest. On his second tour of duty, Quainton served in View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
that his generation is leaving them and what they will need to do about it. Japan and the Shackles of the Past (What Everyone Needs to Know) by R. Taggart Murphy (MBA 1981) (Oxford University Press) Japan is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charlie Williams (MBA 1939, DCS 1952)
never forget — the men understood that no invasion of Japan would be necessary and that the war’s end was near. In 1947, I was discharged from the Navy and began teaching at HBS ten days later. As we all know, HBS is a very special place,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
area and a mentor from my days at HBS. Professor Hayes had just returned from doing research in Japan and had written a white paper comparing differences in manufacturing management between American and Japanese electronics production.... View Details
- 25 May 2011
- News
Race to the Finish?
multicultural, turnaround artist and shake-things-up executive, born in Brazil, raised in Lebanon, educated in France, and revered in Japan (One poll there had Japanese women selecting the happily married Ghosn as their top choice for an... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
president of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Japan, based in Tokyo. Porté serves as a trustee of the American School in Japan and of Camp Rising Sun, an international leadership camp. A magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard... View Details
- 24 Mar 2011
- News
Managing in Asia
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
Image by Chuan Khoo / Getty Images Learning to Speak the Language of Business In March 2010, CEO Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993) stood in front of his employees at online retail giant Rakuten’s Tokyo headquarters and made a stunning announcement: all 7,100 of them would... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Faculty Updates
Management Program, the Program for Management Development, and the International Senior Management Program in Switzerland. The author or coauthor of eight books and dozens of articles, Yoshino's next book on corporate restructuring in Asia will be published next year.... View Details