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  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

Up on the Green Roof

ROOFTOP GARDEN: HBS project manager Kevin Ruby surveys Shad Hall’s newly planted perennials. Photographs by Neal Hamberg When it came time to replace the leaky roof on Shad Hall — runners joked of dodging buckets placed on the indoor track to catch ceiling drips — the... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Construction of Buildings; Construction
  • 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
Keywords: Economic Systems; Framework; Government and Politics; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Business and Government Relations; Mathematical Methods; System; Japan; Europe; Mexico; United States; Brazil
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  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

corporate profitability, Japan introduced the JPX-Nikkei400 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. We find that managers... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

(cherry blossoms) Project, where the company asked users in Japan to report about how cherry blossoms were blooming near them day by day, had opened up opportunities for the company's consumer business in Japan. The project ultimately... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

From Where We Stand

even greater heights. KIYOMI SAITO Kiyomi Saito (MBA 1981), president and CEO, JBond Totan Securities, Tokyo, Japan In my day, college-educated women in Japan were not hired unless they had good connections... View Details
  • 13 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 13

Business School Case 413-040 As 2012 approached, the woes of the financial crisis seemed to be fading, companies were resuming business as usual, and some of the scrutiny on corporate governance practices began to recede as well. That is until another major financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

Big Business in Japan Authors:Anthony J. Mayo and Mayuka Yamazaki Publication:Harvard Business Review 84, no. 10 (October 2009): 30. (Conversation) Abstract At age 74, Yoshiko Shinohara is a towering figure in Japanese business. She has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809079 Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan (B) Harvard Business School Case 709-056 Toshihiko Fukui, who works for the Government of the Bank of Japan, faced a complex... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Aug 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

fiber-optic cable from Japan to the United States. Such approvals normally take about two months. Global Crossing, whose own fiber link across the Pacific was scheduled to begin service at about the same time, petitioned the FCC to delay... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar
  • 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
  • August 2005 (Revised April 2014)
  • Teaching Note

Innocents Abroad: Currencies and International Stock Returns

By: Mihir A. Desai, Kathleen Luchs, Elizabeth A. Meyer and Mark Veblen
What do international stocks contribute to the portfolio of a U.S. investor? How do currencies interact with stock price movements in determining the benefits of international diversification? This case helps students compare the risks and returns of foreign stock... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; International CAPM; CAPM; Home Bias; Currency Risk; Exchange Rate Risk; International Stock Market Returns; Financial Services Industry; United States; Currency Exchange Rate; Stocks; Financial Markets; International Finance; Investment Return; Currency; Risk and Uncertainty; Emerging Markets; Investment Portfolio; United States; Australia; Canada; China; Germany; India; Japan; United Kingdom
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  • Research Summary

Overview

The Information Age has introduced well-received opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands allow individuals to track their own performance; companies like Uber and leading hospitals help you choose a driver or a doctor based on how others rated... View Details

Keywords: Management Accounting; Disclosure; Performance Measurement; Incentives; Control; Education; Education Industry; Health Industry; Transportation Industry; Energy Industry; Auto Industry; United States; Japan; India
  • January 2002 (Revised September 2002)
  • Case

Corporate Renewal in America

By: Bruce R. Scott and Thomas S. Mondschean
Discusses various macroeconomic, regulatory, technological, and financial forces that led to increased corporate restructuring in the United States beginning in the mid-1980s. The U.S. financial system is often viewed as the most developed in the world and a model for... View Details
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Corporate Governance; Macroeconomics; Economic Systems; Restructuring; Markets; Private Sector; Corporate Finance; Germany; Japan; United States
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  • October 1992
  • Supplement

American Connector Co. (B)

By: Gary P. Pisano
Presents a plant manager's proposal to improve operations at American Connector Co. The plan attempts to imitate operations at DJC Corp., a successful Japanese competitor. Requires students to consider how changes in manufacturing impact productivity, flexibility, and... View Details
Keywords: Change; Production; Performance Productivity; Strategy; Japan; Sunnyvale
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  • 2017
  • Book

The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations

By: Tsedal Neeley

For nearly three decades, English has been the lingua franca of cross-border organizations, yet studies on corporate language strategies and their importance for globalization have been scarce. In The Language of Global Success, Tsedal Neeley provides an... View Details

Keywords: Communication; Residency; Corporate Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Brazil; France; Germany; Indonesia; Japan; Taiwan; Thailand; United States
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  • July 2005 (Revised October 2006)
  • Case

Global Fun: The Internationalization of Theme Parks

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Steven Shaheen
A fictitious private equity firm considers whether to buy the international theme park business of the LEGO Group. Considers the origins of theme parks in the United States; the international expansion of Disney theme parks to Tokyo and Paris since the 1970s; and the... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Globalized Markets and Industries; Globalized Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Germany; Tokyo; Great Britain; Denmark; United States; Paris
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  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209029 The Restructuring of Daiei Harvard Business School Case 209-060 In 2004, the Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (IRCJ) was given the task of restructuring... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

Greenwood Publication:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Firms can manipulate their stock price by limiting the ability of their investors to sell. I examine a series of corporate events in Japan in which firms actively... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace