Japan - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Oct 1993
Lecture

Evolution of the Main Bank System in Japan

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Japan

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16 May 1988
Lecture

Bank-Manufacturer Relationships in the United States and Japan

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Relationships; Banks and Banking; Manufacturing Industry; Banking Industry; United States; Japan

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September 2023 (Revised September 2024)
Case

IBJ, Inc. (A): Seeking Matrimony in Japan

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Akiko Saito

In March 2020, Shigeru Ishizaka, founder and CEO of IBJ, Inc., Japan's largest marriage matching service provider, faced a critical decision regarding the company’s planned ¥3.5 billion (US$32.8 million) acquisition of competitor ZWEI Co., Ltd. IBJ, founded in 2006,... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Model; Corporate Strategy; Value

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April 1979 (Revised October 1980)
Case

Japan (E2): The End of ""Miracle"" Growth?

By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat

Keywords: Economic Growth; Japan

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16 Aug 2022
News

HBS Club of Japan Event Highlights HBS Fellowship

Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of Japan held a virtual gathering on June 25 to showcase its HBS Japan Fellowship—a fund that helps students from Japan “realize their dream”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

As Japan continues to come to grips with the devastating toll exacted by the earthquake within its borders, the aftershocks are just beginning to be felt within the global economy. Here, several Harvard Business School faculty members... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

10 May 1991
Lecture

Financial Sources of Competitive Advantage: America vs. Japan

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Finance; Competitive Advantage; United States; Japan

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November 2023
Teaching Note

IBJ, Inc. (A–B): Seeking Matrimony in Japan

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 724-356 and 724-357. View Details

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September 2023 (Revised November 2023)
Supplement

IBJ, Inc. (B): Seeking Matrimony in Japan

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Akiko Saito

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13 Mar 2011
News

Sympathy and Concern for HBS Alumni in Japan

Dear HBS Alumni, The tragic situation resulting from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan has shocked and saddened the world. On behalf of the Harvard Business School, we extend our deepest sympathy and concern for our alumni and their... View Details

August 1974 (Revised November 1980)
Case

Japan (B): The Military Challenge to Civilian Control

By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Japan

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January 2009
Teaching Note

Consumer Payment Systems — United States and Japan

By: Benjamin Edelman and Andrei Hagiu

Teaching Note for [909006] and [909007]. View Details

Keywords: Cash; Cost; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Efficiency; Technology; Alliances; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States; Japan

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2004
Chapter

The Globalization of Markets' Revisited: Japan After Twenty Years

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi

Keywords: History; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalized Markets and Industries; Japan

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December 2000 (Revised April 2006)
Case

Promise (A): Building a Consumer Finance Company in Japan

Describes Promise, the third-largest consumer finance company in Japan. Promise was created in 1963 by an entrepreneur and has grown rapidly, especially in the 1990s when commercial banks struggled. Promise's core business consists of providing unsecured loans of up to... View Details

Keywords: Capital Structure; Entrepreneurship; Financial Institutions; Financial Services Industry; Japan

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Porter Prize Japan - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Honors & Awards Honors & Awards Porter Prize Japan... View Details

April 1999
Teaching Note

Japan D1: A Strategy for Economic Growth TN

By: Bruce R. Scott

Teaching Note for (9-378-106). View Details

Keywords: Japan

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06 Oct 2009
News

Harvard Business School Appoints Nobuo Sato Executive Director Of Japan Research Center In Tokyo

01 Apr 2001
News

Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan

of the wildly successful American technology stock market. Launched last year as a joint venture between the U.S. Nasdaq, Japan’s Softbank Corporation, and thirteen leading Japanese and foreign brokerages, Nasdaq Japan aims to break the... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance