Japan - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1996
News

Four Professors to Retire

in 1971, and was named Williston professor later that year. In the years ahead, Crum intends to pursue his interest in international business. "I plan to spend time teaching in Japan and Europe and consulting with international... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

2012
Working Paper

Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration

Every year, a large number of women migrate as brides from developing countries to developed countries in East Asia. This phenomenon virtually did not exist in the early 1990s, but foreign brides currently comprise 4 to 35 percent of newlyweds in these developed Asian... View Details

Keywords: Immigration; Gender; Developing Countries and Economies; Education; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; East Asia; Japan; South Korea; Taiwan; Singapore

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November 2005 (Revised July 2009)
Case

Trolltech (Norway) - Will Cenapio Steal Christmas?

Describes the creation of an open source software venture in Norway, Australia, and the United States that lands a strategic OEM deal with a leading Japanese manufacturer of embedded devices (PDAs in this instance). Details the evolution of the two companies'... View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Conflict and Resolution; Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Open Source Distribution; Information Infrastructure; Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Information Technology Industry; Australia; Japan; Norway; United States

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May 2000
Teaching Note

Steinway & Sons: Buying a Legend (A) - (D) TN

By: John T. Gourville

Teaching Note for (9-500-028). (9-500-045), (9-500-046), and (9-500-047). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Japan; New York (state, US)

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January 2000
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Steinway & Sons: Buying a Legend (B)

By: John T. Gourville

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Japan; New York (state, US)

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February 1998
Teaching Note

Sumiko Ito TN

By: David A. Thomas

Teaching Note for (9-493-011). View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry; Japan; England; United States

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26 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 26

ones. Findings: Our key counterintuitive finding is that Japanese and American founders of entrepreneurial firms are more similar than is often suggested. We first find that in both Japan and the U.S., achievement motivation is positively... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jun 2011
What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

Japan would approach the ratios of the US. Even assuming that all such long-term projections are never accurate, is it possible that a country could fall into bankruptcy? What does national bankruptcy mean? Years ago economists told us... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational

Japanese managers in foreign locations engaged in nemawashi and ringi by intensive telephone contact and frequent exchanges of visits between headquarters in Japan and the overseas units. View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20

314-087 Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science Considers the marketing and strategic challenges faced by natural beauty brands using the case of Australian-based Jurlique, which was acquired by Pola of Japan in 2011. The... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308009 Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan Harvard Business School Case 708-017 Toshihiko Fukui, Government of the Bank of Japan, faced a complex... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14

the right for guiding monetary policy into dangerous territory. Their criticisms echoed arguments Bernanke himself had made with regard to past downturns in Japan and Europe. Were the critics right, or was the Bernanke Fed charting a wise... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 9

note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/611082-PDF-ENG Knowledge Creation at Eisai Co., Ltd Hirotaka Takeuchi, Ikujiro Nonaka, and Mayuka YamazakiHarvard Business School Case 711-492 Eisai has used knowledge creation as the engine of growth for its operation in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 29, 2008

Business School Case 706-052 In 2006, the Philippines faces a difficult choice. Japan has offered the country a trade agreement that includes access to the Japanese labor market for Philippine nurses and other professionals. The same... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2017
Case

AKB48: Going Global? (A)

By: Juan Alcácer, Kotaro Sasamoto, Tee Chayakul and Mayuka Yamazaki

After a remarkable success in Japan, the producer of the Japanese female singing group AKB48 evaluates market opportunities overseas for his artistic creation. This case introduces the business model behind the AKB48 concept and allows students to identify what... View Details

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22 Apr 2014
News

Mark Fields Follows a Legend Leaving Ford in Prime Condition

Keywords: automotive industry; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

July 2011
Teaching Note

Suntech Power (TN)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for 712001. View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Sales; Information Technology; Business Subsidiaries; System; Competition; Renewable Energy; Semiconductor Industry; Germany; Spain; United States; China; Japan

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May 1988
Background Note

Roles and Relationships of Business and Government

By: George C. Lodge

Synthesizes a wide range of literature and experience concerning comparative government-business relations, focusing especially on Japan, Europe, and the United States with some references to Brazil and Mexico. Designed for discussion in two consecutive class sessions.... View Details