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- 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
- 16 Dec 2014
- News
Laying the foundation for a better understanding of Japan
Nobuo Sato (MBA 1982) appreciates the importance of cultivating a global awareness in HBS students. As executive director of the HBS Japan Research Center (JRC), he especially wants them to have a better comprehension of his native... View Details
- May 2025
- Case
A Decade of Corporate Governance Reform in Japan (2013-2023)
By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Akiko Kanno
Wang, Charles C.Y., and Akiko Kanno. "A Decade of Corporate Governance Reform in Japan (2013-2023)." Harvard Business School Case 125-088, May 2025.
- May 2023 (Revised February 2025)
- Background Note
Note on Corporate and Government Reskilling Efforts in Japan
By: Christopher Stanton and Akiko Kanno
Stanton, Christopher, and Akiko Kanno. "Note on Corporate and Government Reskilling Efforts in Japan." Harvard Business School Background Note 823-123, May 2023. (Revised February 2025.)
- March 2002
- Background Note
Understanding Securities Markets in the United States and Japan
Provides a basic understanding of how securities markets work. View Details
Applegate, Lynda M. "Understanding Securities Markets in the United States and Japan." Harvard Business School Background Note 802-093, March 2002.
- August 2011
- Article
Independent Invention During the Rise of the Corporate Economy in Britain and Japan
By: Tom Nicholas
Independent inventors accounted for approximately half of all patents in Britain and Japan by 1930, despite the rise of the corporate economy and the spread of industrial R&D. A mixture of patent renewal and historical citations data reveals that the quality of... View Details
Keywords: Independent Innovation and Invention; Development Economics; Research and Development; Patents; System; Motivation and Incentives; Tokyo; London; United States
Nicholas, Tom. "Independent Invention During the Rise of the Corporate Economy in Britain and Japan." Economic History Review 64, no. 2 (August 2011).
- September 1975 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Japan (A): 1853-1881, The Challenge to the Old Order
By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat
Scott, Bruce R., and Audrey T. Sproat. "Japan (A): 1853-1881, The Challenge to the Old Order." Harvard Business School Case 375-347, September 1975. (Revised January 1994.)
- January 2008 (Revised March 2009)
- Teaching Note
Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan (TN) (A) & (B)
By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
Teaching Note for [708017]. View Details
- February 2011 (Revised July 2011)
- Case
Deferred Tax Assets in Basel III: Lessons from Japan
By: David F. Hawkins, Karthik Ramanna, Nobuo Sato and Mayuka Yamazaki
In a controversial decision, the Bank for International Settlements includes deferred tax assets as part of a bank's core capital. View Details
Hawkins, David F., Karthik Ramanna, Nobuo Sato, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Deferred Tax Assets in Basel III: Lessons from Japan." Harvard Business School Case 111-076, February 2011. (Revised July 2011.)
- July 1988 (Revised May 1998)
- Teaching Note
Motorola and Japan (A), (B), and (A), Supplement, Teaching Note
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for (9-388-056), (9-389-172), and (9-388-057). View Details
- August 2020 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
From Farm Boy to Financier: Eiichi Shibusawa and the Creation of Modern Japan
By: Geoffrey Jones, Gabriel Ellsworth and Ryo Takahashi
This case describes the career of Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), a serial entrepreneur who is widely known as the “father of Japanese capitalism” and as a pioneer of socially responsible investment. Born in feudal Edo Japan, following the Meiji Restoration in 1868... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Business History; Ethics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Economy; Society; Japan
Jones, Geoffrey, Gabriel Ellsworth, and Ryo Takahashi. "From Farm Boy to Financier: Eiichi Shibusawa and the Creation of Modern Japan." Harvard Business School Case 321-043, August 2020. (Revised July 2021.)
- March 1979 (Revised November 1980)
- Case
Japan (E1)--1972-77: Recurring Trade Imbalance and Trouble with Trade Partners
By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat
Scott, Bruce R., and Audrey T. Sproat. "Japan (E1)--1972-77: Recurring Trade Imbalance and Trouble with Trade Partners." Harvard Business School Case 379-162, March 1979. (Revised November 1980.)
- May 2019 (Revised September 2020)
- Background Note
Demographic Changes for the Future of Work in Japan
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Koji Everard and Naoko Jinjo
Fuller, Joseph B., Koji Everard, and Naoko Jinjo. "Demographic Changes for the Future of Work in Japan." Harvard Business School Background Note 319-113, May 2019. (Revised September 2020.)
- Article
Value of New Performance Information in Healthcare: Evidence from Japan
By: Susanna Gallani, Takehisa Kajiwara and Ranjani Krishnan
Mandatory measurement and disclosure of outcome measures are commonly used policy tools in
healthcare. The effectiveness of such disclosures relies on the extent to which the new information produced by the mandatory system is internalized by the healthcare... View Details
Keywords: Value Of Information; Feedback; Patient Satisfaction; Healthcare; Health Care and Treatment; Satisfaction; Information; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Improvement
Gallani, Susanna, Takehisa Kajiwara, and Ranjani Krishnan. "Value of New Performance Information in Healthcare: Evidence from Japan." International Journal of Health Economics and Management 20, no. 4 (December 2020): 319–357.
- June 2013
- Teaching Note
A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism
By: Karthik Ramanna
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
- November 1991
- Article
The Price of Risk in the United States and Japan
By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman
Kester, W. C., and T. A. Luehrman. "The Price of Risk in the United States and Japan." Japan and the World Economy 3, no. 3 (November 1991): 223–242.
- 4 Dec 2002
- Other Presentation
Can Japan Compete? New Findings from the Global Competitiveness Report 2002
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Can Japan Compete? New Findings from the Global Competitiveness Report 2002." HBS Japan Research Center, Tokyo, Japan, December 4, 2002.
- October 1977 (Revised October 1980)
- Case
Japan (D2): A Strategy for Meeting the Problems of Growth
By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat
Scott, Bruce R., and Audrey T. Sproat. "Japan (D2): A Strategy for Meeting the Problems of Growth." Harvard Business School Case 378-107, October 1977. (Revised October 1980.)
- 5 Dec 2007
- Other Presentation
Creating a Value-Based Health Care Delivery System: Implications for Japan
This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006, "How Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care" Journal of the American... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Creating a Value-Based Health Care Delivery System: Implications for Japan." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 2007.
- 2005
- Other Unpublished Work
Industrial Policy outside the European Union: United States and Japan
By: Christian H.M. Ketels