Publications

January 1987 (Revised September 1991)
Case

Walt Disney Co.'s Yen Financing

By: W. Carl Kester and William B. Allen

Walt Disney is considering hedging future yen inflows from Disney Tokyo. It is evaluating techniques using FX Forwards, swaps, and Yen term borrowings. Goldman Sachs presents a rather unusual but potentially attractive solution: Disney could issue ECU Eurobonds and... View Details

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Currency; Bonds; Valuation; Tokyo

September 2020 (Revised January 2021)
Case

Catalys Pacific

By: Joshua Lev Krieger

In 2019, BT Slingsby founds Catalys Pacific, the first biotech “venture creation” fund in Tokyo. After convincing some of the biggest Japanese pharmaceutical firms to invest, BT hopes the fund can make a big splash and transform biotechnology innovation in Japan. After... View Details

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Companies; Biotech; Health Care; Entrepreneur; Innovation; International Business; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Innovation Strategy; Venture Capital; Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Tokyo

January 2007 (Revised October 2011)
Case

Roppongi Hills: City Within a City

By: Anita Elberse, Andrei Hagiu and Masako Egawa

Minoru Mori is the CEO of Mori Building, which has built Roppongi Hills, an ambitious large-scale, mixed-use development in Tokyo, Japan that includes high-end retail, restaurants, hotel, office, library, and art museum. A destination site for tourists and local... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Development Economics; Brands and Branding; Urban Development; Competition; Real Estate Industry; Tokyo

15 Jan 2015
News

Asia Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

Regional Chair Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993) delivered remarks at The HBS Campaign Tokyo Regional Event, January 7, 2015. Alumni and friends of Harvard Business School from across Asia gathered in early January 2015 to celebrate and connect... View Details

August 1994
Teaching Note

Nippon Kayaku TN

By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry; Chemical Industry; Tokyo

01 Sep 2016
News

Events Around the World

Northern California at ThirstyBear Brewing Company. 11 TOKYO: Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993) at the Campaign’s Tokyo Regional Event in January 2015. To see more photos from past Campaign events, please visit alumni.hbs.edu/CampaignPhotos. View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events

reunions on campus in October. 3 Tokyo was one of 67 locations where clubs and alumni groups enjoyed an evening of networking and socializing in conjunction with the annual HBS Global Networking Night held on October 18. 4 Jay and Page... View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

California Research Center Marks Fifth Year

to James W. Breyer (MBA ’87), managing partner at Accel. Meanwhile, across the Pacific, the Japan Research Office officially opened in Tokyo last December. The office, part of the School’s Global Initiative, provides assistance for... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

November 2012 (Revised August 2013)
Case

A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism

By: Karthik Ramanna and Matthew Shaffer

Two lost decades later, capitalism in Japan embodies peculiar contradictions—preserving wealth and social stability in the face of declining economic power. Scant transparency in Japanese corporate practices plays an important role in this phenomenon. Sometimes... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Economic Systems; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Civil Society or Community; Japan; Tokyo