Publications

November 15, 2022
Article

What Really Makes Toyota’s Production System Resilient

By: Willy C. Shih

Toyota has fared better than many of its competitors in riding out the supply chain disruptions of recent years. But focusing on how Toyota had stockpiled semiconductors and the problems of other manufacturers, some observers jumped to the conclusion that the era of... View Details

Keywords: Supplier Relationships; Manufacturing; Supply Chain; Production; Auto Industry; United States; Japan

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February 1999 (Revised March 2004)
Case

JAFCO America Ventures, Inc.: Building A Venture Capital Firm

By: Walter Kuemmerle, Kiichiro Kobayashi and Chad S Ellis

JAFCO, a large Japanese venture capital firm, is making a second attempt to enter the U.S. venture capital market. The U.S. subsidiary, JAFCO America Ventures, is in the midst of a challenging turnaround. Going forward, the U.S. subsidiary's leadership needs to make a... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Market Entry and Exit; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Japan; United States

October 2014
Case

MCA Matsushita (A)

By: Andrew Wasynczuk and Karen Huang

Keywords: Music Corporation Of America; Matsushita Electric Industra; Negotiation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; United States; Japan

April 2013 (Revised March 2013)
Teaching Note

GREE, Inc.

By: Andrei Hagiu and Masahiro Kotosaka

Keywords: Strategy; Technology; Multi-Sided Platforms; Two-Sided Platforms; Technology Platform; Technology Industry; Japan; United States

July 1989 (Revised April 1996)
Case

AUCNET: TV Auction Network System

The AUCNET system links buyers and sellers in the wholesale used car market in Japan. Video images delivered via videodisk or satellite along with an inspector's opinion and objective character based data are used to conduct a realtime auction over computers and... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Auctions; Service Industry; Japan; United States

April 2003 (Revised November 2005)
Teaching Note

Sony AIBO: The World's First Entertainment Robot (TN)

By: Youngme E. Moon

Teaching Note for (9-502-010). View Details

Keywords: Technology Industry; Japan; United States

February 2001
Background Note

National Innovation Systems and Comparative Industry Evolution

Discusses U.S. and Japanese innovation systems. Illustrates these with comparative studies of computer and pharmaceutical industries. Probes effects of labor, capital, and customer market institutions on these sectors in the United States and Japan. View Details

Keywords: Industry Growth; Innovation and Invention; Computer Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Japan; United States

February 1991 (Revised December 1992)
Case

Xerox and Fuji Xerox

Describes the growth and development of Fuji Xerox, Xerox's joint venture in Japan, and the evolving relationship between Fuji Xerox and Xerox. Focuses on the technological development of Fuji Xerox, and on the contributions that Fuji Xerox has made to Xerox's... View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Electronics Industry; Japan; United States

1988
Book

Managing Quality: The Strategic and Competitive Edge

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Management; Quality; Operations; Japan; United States

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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

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

century--the Electronic Century. Halfway through my research, however, I decided to concentrate completely on the latter topic and make chemicals and pharmaceuticals the subject of a separate volume. The rise of Japan in consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

26 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

profitability, Japan introduced the JPX400 in 2014. The index highlighted the country's “best-run" companies by annually selecting the 400 most profitable among Japan's large and liquid firms. Index-inclusion incentives led firms to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209044 Leading Citigroup (A) Harvard Business School Case 308-001 The (A) case describes a series of controversial events and alleged misdeeds that placed Citigroup in the public spotlight and launched investigations into the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Sep 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Decision-Making by Precedent and the Founding of American Honda (1948–1974)

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and John Heilbron; Auto

August 1983 (Revised March 2011)
Supplement

Honda (B)

Describes the history of Honda Motor Company from its beginning through its entry into and subsequent dominance of the U.S. market as seen through the eyes of Honda executives. The history of Honda's successful entry into the U.S. market is viewed as highly adaptive... View Details

Keywords: Management; Business History; Auto Industry; Japan; United States