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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success
master's degree in Japanese studies from the University of Michigan and served four years with the Air Force in Japan after graduation. Baxter then followed a friend's example and applied to HBS with no business experience. "By the end of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)
“My most rewarding mission.” —Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Richard Kondo (MBA 1999) served as a US Navy Submarine Officer in Japan and later pursued a medical device career in marketing and business... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
Ltd. Japan Research Center The Japan Research Center (JRC) helped facilitate research-related activities for Professor Ramon Casadesus-Masanell during a global research fellowship in Tokyo. He spent six... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Peter W. Olson: By the Book
says of his twelve-year stint in Japan and Germany. "My first marriage was to a Russian woman, so I also got to know the Soviet Union very well." He returned to the United States in 1989, when the eldest of their three children was 11... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
truths about people and organizations — a foundation that serves as a springboard for an evolutionary leap into a new, networked age." Can Japan Compete? by Michael E. Porter, Hirotaka Takeuchi, and Mariko Sakakibara (Perseus... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
pursuing MBAs and careers in business and technology. “Without financial aid, I wouldn’t be here and be able to share my story,” she explains. Advancing Women Leaders In Japan HBS faculty members are engaged in helping View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Tickling the Ivories
KAO: Out of conflict and apparent mistakes, a beautiful, coherent melody. The Economist magazine has called him “Mr. Creativity” and a “serial innovator.” A former keyboard player for Frank Zappa, John Kao (MBA 1982), an HBS faculty member from 1982 to 1996, holds an... View Details
- 10 Apr 2019
- News
Rakuten’s Mikitani Bets $5.5 Billion To Shake Up Japan’s Telecom Industry
A recent feature in Forbes outlines Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani’s plan to disrupt Japan’s mobile phone market. Named Rakuten Mobile, the company hopes to build the network in “half the time and at a cost of up to 40% less than what it would take to build a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Mentoring women to become leaders in Japanese business
Wakana Tanaka (MBA 2003) talks about being a leader and mentor for women in Japanese business and society. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Capitalizing on the power of knowledge
Yoshito Hori (MBA 1991), founder and dean of Globis University in Japan, on the power of knowledge and the opportunity to innovate. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Reinventing the Annual Report
especially in Europe and Japan — are also starting to issue corporate social responsibility (CSR) or sustainability reports. Sometimes these are mailed with the annual report, but more often they have to be ordered separately or... View Details
Keywords: Robert G. Eccles
- 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
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
College of New York, where he received his BA cum laude in 1933. He earned a Ph.D. in economics in 1941 from Columbia University. He then spent 24 years at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of State working on aspects of the postwar recovery of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
launched Tokyo-based Rakuten, a 10,000-person company that began as an online shopping mall and now includes banking, travel, e-book, and credit card divisions. With a market capitalization of approximately $14 billion in fiscal year 2012, Rakuten—which means... View Details
- 23 Sep 2021
- News
Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies
Clubs News Clubs News Alumni in Japan Launch Virtual Series on Business and Sustainability The HBS Club of Japan (HBSCJ) launched a new and comprehensive virtual speaker series in September to help the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley