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01 Dec 2004
News

Japanese Connection

It all started with a Japanese language class. Steven Williams (MBA ’84) was a senior marketing director at San Francisco’s Genentech when he took Saturday classes at Soko Gakuen Japanese language school... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

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Self-Regulation by Japanese Trade Associations

Ulrike Schaede has recently finished a book manuscript on Japanese trade associations. As a results of recent deregulation and the recession of the 1990s, Japanese industries are assuming increasingly important regulatory functions. They do this through autonomous... View Details

fall 1984
Article

Japanese Quality Management

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Quality; Management; Japan

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January 2008 (Revised May 2014)
Case

Kazuo Inamori, a Japanese Entrepreneur

By: Anthony J. Mayo, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki

The case provides insight into a business leader whose cognizance of contextual forces (social, economic, and political) allowed him to drive significant change in an industry and Japanese society in the second half of the twentieth century. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business History; Leading Change; Management Style; Personal Development and Career; Telecommunications Industry; Japan

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May 1991 (Revised April 2008)
Case

The Japanese Facsimile Industry in 1990

Japanese firms dominate the facsimile machine industry, accounting for more than 90% of worldwide sales. This case explores the reasons for this dominance. View Details

Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Industry Structures; Business and Government Relations; Competition; Telecommunications Industry; Japan

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14 Jul 2006
Lecture

A Japanese M&A Wave?

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Japan

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1991
Chapter

Japanese Foreign Direct Investment

By: K. A. Froot

Keywords: Market Imperfections; Financial Instruments; Markets; Asset Pricing; Foreign Direct Investment; Corporate Finance

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August 1996 (Revised January 1998)
Teaching Note

Japanese Capitalism TN

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October 1988 (Revised January 1989)
Case

Japanese Financial Liberalization

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June 2005
Background Note

Overview of the Japanese Apparel Market

By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han

Provides an overview of the Japanese apparel market, which was a 13.1 trillion yen industry in 2003, reflecting 5.5% year-over-year shrinkage since 1997, when retailers logged 17.5 trillion yen in sales. Compared to their global counterparts, Japanese apparel shoppers... View Details

Keywords: Trends; Financial Crisis; Trade; Emerging Markets; Sales; Luxury; Competition; Segmentation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Asia; China; Japan; Korean Peninsula

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January 1985
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Winter Age of the Japanese Steel Industry

By: Kim B. Clark

Describes the situation facing the Japanese steel industry in 1984. Two strategies for coping with the world steel situation are presented: diversification and globalization. The actions of Nippon Steel and Nippon Kokan are used to illustrate these strategies. View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Situation or Environment; Business Strategy; Diversification; Steel Industry; Japan

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April 2011
Article

The Origins of Japanese Technological Modernization

By: Tom Nicholas

Explanations of Japanese technological modernization from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century have increasingly focused on domestic capabilities as opposed to the traditional emphasis on knowledge transfers from the West. Yet, the literature is mostly... View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Body of Literature; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Patents; Measurement and Metrics; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Information Technology; Technology Industry; Japan; Germany; Great Britain; United States

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26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

displaced, and millions left without electricity and water. Railways and roads were destroyed, and 383,000 buildings damaged—including a nuclear power plant that suffered a meltdown of three reactors, prompting widespread evacuations. Read the article in View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Awards

O'Melveny & Myers Centennial Grant

By: W. Carl Kester

Winner of the 1987 O'Melveny & Myers Centennial Grant for his book, Japanese Takeovers: The Global Contest for Corporate Control (Harvard Business School Press, 1991). View Details