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- May 2013
- Article
Hybrid Innovation in Meiji Japan
By: Tom Nicholas
Japan's hybrid innovation system during the Meiji era of technological modernization provides a useful laboratory for examining the effectiveness of complementary mechanisms to patents. Patents were introduced in 1885, and by 1911, 1.2 million mostly non-pecuniary... View Details
Keywords: Prizes; Technological Innovation; System; Patents; Knowledge; Value; Cost vs Benefits; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Performance Effectiveness; Japan
Nicholas, Tom. "Hybrid Innovation in Meiji Japan." International Economic Review 54, no. 2 (May 2013): 575–600.
- August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Consumer Payment Systems — Japan
By: Benjamin Edelman and Andrei Hagiu
In 2008, the Japanese consumer payments landscape featured ongoing widespread use of cash, limited use of credit cards and rapid rise of e-money systems based on contactless technology embedded in cards and especially mobile phones. The case details the alliances that... View Details
Keywords: Personal Finance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Digital Platforms; Alliances; Competitive Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Japan
Edelman, Benjamin, and Andrei Hagiu. "Consumer Payment Systems — Japan." Harvard Business School Case 909-007, August 2008. (Revised May 2009.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- September 1990 (Revised June 1994)
- Supplement
Procter & Gamble Japan (D)
1990 update of the P&G Japanese business. View Details
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Procter & Gamble Japan (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-054, September 1990. (Revised June 1994.)
- September 1990 (Revised November 1991)
- Supplement
Procter & Gamble Japan (C)
Updates the (A) case. The issues facing P&G were two-fold. 1) General manager, Japan--how to keep both the business and organization growing; 2) President, international--what role should the Japanese operation play in the P&G worldwide business? View Details
Keywords: Business Offices; Business Growth and Maturation; Globalization; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizations; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Japan
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Procter & Gamble Japan (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-005, September 1990. (Revised November 1991.)
- September 1992 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Japan Confronts an Interdependent World
By: George C. Lodge
Traces the evolution of Japan's economic strategy from 1972 to 1992. Describes the collapse of the Japanese stock market in the spring of 1992, raising the question: Is this the end of Japan's miraculous growth? To help students consider that question, the case... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Financial Markets; Information Technology; System Shocks; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Growth and Development; Situation or Environment; Japan; United States
Lodge, George C. "Japan Confronts an Interdependent World." Harvard Business School Case 793-034, September 1992. (Revised March 1998.)
- August 1993
- Supplement
Japan Confronts an Interdependent World, Supplement
By: George C. Lodge
Provides an update. View Details
Lodge, George C. "Japan Confronts an Interdependent World, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 794-032, August 1993.
- February 1993
- Teaching Note
Japan Confronts an Interdependent World TN
By: George C. Lodge
Teaching Note for (9-793-034). View Details
- January 1996 (Revised June 1996)
- Supplement
Toys "R" Us Japan (B)
By: Debora L. Spar
Supplements Toys "R" Us Japan. View Details
Spar, Debora L., and Laura Bures. Toys "R" Us Japan (B). Harvard Business School Supplement 796-107, January 1996. (Revised June 1996.)
- September 1994 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Search for the New Japan
O'Brien, Patricia A., and Jerry Useem. "Search for the New Japan." Harvard Business School Case 795-030, September 1994. (Revised December 1994.)
- October 1974 (Revised November 1980)
- Case
Japan (C)--1945-52: From Occupation to Independence
By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat
Scott, Bruce R., and Audrey T. Sproat. "Japan (C)--1945-52: From Occupation to Independence." Harvard Business School Case 375-032, October 1974. (Revised November 1980.)
- 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
Teixeira, Thales, Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Managing Consumer Touchpoints at Nissan Japan." Harvard Business School Case 516-035, September 2015. (Revised February 2020.)
- July 22, 1990
- Article
Japan Isn't Playing by Different Rules
By: M. E. Porter
Porter, M. E. "Japan Isn't Playing by Different Rules." New York Times (July 22, 1990).
- Article
Reinventing a Business School in Japan
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Reinventing a Business School in Japan." Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry 22, no. 4 (July–August 2003).
- April 2025
- Case
Japan Industrial Partners Powers the Leveraged Buyout of Toshiba
By: Brian K. Baik, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett
The case explores Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) $14 billion takeover of Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba). JIP was a private equity firm that took over the troubled electronics corporation in late 2023. The deal, which had been labeled one of the largest leveraged... View Details
Keywords: International Accounting; Borrowing and Debt; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Ownership; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Valuation; Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Capital Structure; Cost of Capital; Private Equity; Bids and Bidding; Accounting Industry; Electronics Industry; Energy Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Asia; Japan
Baik, Brian K., Joseph Pacelli, and James Barnett. "Japan Industrial Partners Powers the Leveraged Buyout of Toshiba." Harvard Business School Case 125-055, April 2025.
- August 1979 (Revised February 1981)
- Case
Warner-Lambert Japan Ltd.: Schick Products Division
Wiechmann, Ulrich E. "Warner-Lambert Japan Ltd.: Schick Products Division." Harvard Business School Case 580-008, August 1979. (Revised February 1981.)
- April 1986 (Revised July 1988)
- Case
Cooperation for Competition: U.S. and Japan
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Cooperation for Competition: U.S. and Japan." Harvard Business School Case 386-181, April 1986. (Revised July 1988.)
- August 1995 (Revised March 1998)
- Background Note
Competition Policy in Japan in 1995
McGahan, Anita M., and Geoffrey Verter. "Competition Policy in Japan in 1995." Harvard Business School Background Note 796-039, August 1995. (Revised March 1998.)
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details
- Article
Intermediary Functions and the Market for Innovation in Meiji and Taisho Japan
By: Tom Nicholas and Hiroshi Shimizu
Japan experienced a transformational phase of technological development during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. We argue that an important, but so far neglected, factor was a developing market for innovation and a patent attorney system that was... View Details
Nicholas, Tom, and Hiroshi Shimizu. "Intermediary Functions and the Market for Innovation in Meiji and Taisho Japan." Business History Review 87, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 121–150.