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  • March 2009 (Revised October 2010)
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Tokyo AFM

By: Francois Brochet
This case was written as the financial accounting portion of the final exam for a first-year MBA course at Harvard Business School. The goal was to test students' ability to apply major concepts taught during the course to an industry which they had not covered, but... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Decision Choices and Conditions; Economics; Insurance; Insurance Industry; Japan
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Brochet, Francois. "Tokyo AFM." Harvard Business School Case 109-056, March 2009. (Revised October 2010.)
  • May 2009
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Tokyo Electron Ltd.

By: Willy C. Shih and Andrew A. King
Tokyo Electron Ltd. operates in a constrained innovation environment, defined by modular boundaries that are long standing in the industry that it serves, the global semiconductor manufacturing industry. While the original motivation for these boundaries was division... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance Controls; Technological Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Boundaries; Manufacturing Industry; Semiconductor Industry
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Shih, Willy C., and Andrew A. King. "Tokyo Electron Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 609-096, May 2009.
  • November 1972 (Revised July 2023)
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Benihana of Tokyo

By: W. Earl Sasser
Discusses the development of a chain of "theme" restaurants. The student is asked to evaluate the current operating strategy and suggest a long-term expansion strategy. View Details
Keywords: Expansion; Business Strategy; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry
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Sasser, W. Earl. "Benihana of Tokyo." Harvard Business School Case 673-057, November 1972. (Revised July 2023.)
  • April 2009
  • Teaching Note

Tokyo AFM (TN)

By: Francois Brochet
Teaching Note for [109056]. View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Economics; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Revenue; Insurance Industry; Japan
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Brochet, Francois. "Tokyo AFM (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 109-091, April 2009.
  • June 1997
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Tokyo Electric Power Company

By: Forest L. Reinhardt
Keywords: Utilities Industry; Tokyo
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Reinhardt, Forest L. "Tokyo Electric Power Company." Harvard Business School Case 797-046, June 1997.
  • December 1998
  • Teaching Note

Tokyo Electric Power Company TN

By: Forest L. Reinhardt
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Reinhardt, Forest L. "Tokyo Electric Power Company TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 799-040, December 1998.
  • November 1987 (Revised March 1988)
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Morgan Stanley: The Tokyo Branch

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Meerschwam, David M. "Morgan Stanley: The Tokyo Branch." Harvard Business School Case 288-024, November 1987. (Revised March 1988.)
  • August 2011
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Perception and Readiness of Japanese Companies for IFRS Implementation: The Tokyo Stock Exchange Survey

By: David F. Hawkins and Jin Yamamoto
Tokyo Stock Exchange survey raises questions about Japan's readiness to adopt IFRS in 2016. View Details
Keywords: International Accounting; Adoption; Surveys; Japan
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Hawkins, David F., and Jin Yamamoto. "Perception and Readiness of Japanese Companies for IFRS Implementation: The Tokyo Stock Exchange Survey." Harvard Business School Case 112-017, August 2011.
  • June 2023
  • Teaching Note

Oriental Land Co., Ltd. — Tokyo Disney Resort

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Akiko Kanno
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-460. View Details
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Akiko Kanno. "Oriental Land Co., Ltd. — Tokyo Disney Resort." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 723-454, June 2023.
  • 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
Keywords: Japan; Tokyo; Economic Systems; Corporate Accountability; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Crime and Corruption; Civil Society or Community; Corporate Governance; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Tokyo
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Ramanna, Karthik. "A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism ." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 113-139, June 2013.
  • April 2020 (Revised June 2020)
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Oriental Land Co., Ltd.—Tokyo Disney Resort

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Akiko Kanno
This case describes the history of Oriental Land Co. Ltd.’s (OLC's) Tokyo Disney Resort (TDR), its operations, the extent of vertical integration, and the challenges it faced in 2018 as OLC's chairman and CEO, Toshio Kagami, contemplated how best to deal with... View Details
Keywords: Strategy For Multi-business Firm; Business Models; Growth; Theme Parks; Disney; Disney Parks; Licensing; Royalties; Two-part Tariffs; Oriental Land Co.; Tokyo Disneyland; Tokyo DisneySea; Tokyo Disney Resort; Tokyo Disney; Growth Strategy; Hotels; Hotel Industry; Partnership; Development; Attractions; Rides; Urayasu; Kagami; Congestion; Pricing; Amusement Parks; Amusement Park Industry; Brand; Branding; History; OLC; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Business History; Price; Retention; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Agreements and Arrangements; Contracts; Operations; Vertical Integration; Problems and Challenges; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Expansion; Rail Transportation; Transportation Networks; Accommodations Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Tourism Industry; Asia; Japan; Tokyo; United States
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Akiko Kanno. "Oriental Land Co., Ltd.—Tokyo Disney Resort." Harvard Business School Case 720-460, April 2020. (Revised June 2020.)
  • February 1985 (Revised June 1986)
  • Supplement

Computervision-Japan (B)

Outlines the elements of a temporary sales agreement between Tokyo Electron Ltd. and Computervision Japan. View Details
Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Sales; Technology Industry; Japan
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Moriarty, Rowland T., Jr. "Computervision-Japan (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 585-156, February 1985. (Revised June 1986.)
  • January 2013
  • Supplement

The Great East Japan Earthquake (D): Lawson's Response

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Victor Stone, Samer Abughannam, Sebastien D'Incau, Jonathan Driscoll, Katharine Hill and Jeffrey Reynolds
CEO Niinami Takeshi (HBS '91) stared out his corner office window as the Tokyo skyscrapers swayed and the concrete trembled. He was in the midst of the largest seismic event to hit Japan in recorded history. Lawson's managers understood earthquake response. They had... View Details
Keywords: East Japan; Earthquake; Lawson's; Natural Disasters; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Japan
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Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Victor Stone, Samer Abughannam, Sebastien D'Incau, Jonathan Driscoll, Katharine Hill, and Jeffrey Reynolds. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (D): Lawson's Response." Harvard Business School Supplement 713-441, January 2013.
  • July 2010 (Revised December 2011)
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Controlling Hot Money

By: Robert C. Pozen
The manager of the Japan Equities Fund is faced with an increase in "hot money" moving quickly in and out of the Fund. This short-term trading is an attempt to take advantage of the difference between the closing times of the Tokyo and New York Stock Exchanges. The CFO... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; International Finance; Investment Funds; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Market Timing; Market Transactions; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY)
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Pozen, Robert C. "Controlling Hot Money." Harvard Business School Case 311-022, July 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
  • March 2007 (Revised March 2008)
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The Nikkei 225 Reconstitution

By: Robin Greenwood
Taka Haneda, a proprietary trader at the Tokyo office of Goldman Sachs, has just learned that the Nikkei 225 will undergo a significant redefinition over the coming week. He faces several billion dollars of customer orders, as well as the opportunity to commit the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Stocks; Investment Return; Price; Market Transactions; Financial Services Industry; Tokyo
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Greenwood, Robin. "The Nikkei 225 Reconstitution." Harvard Business School Case 207-109, March 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
  • October 1994
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Yokohama Corporation, Ltd. (A): The Yokohama Production System

Yokohama is in the middle of a supplier chain: it supplies Tokyo Motors and several other automobile manufacturers, and it is in turn supplied by Kamakura Ironworks. This case describes this supplier chain and the interorganizational cost systems that have evolved in... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Supply Chain; Auto Industry; Japan
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Cooper, Robin, and Takeo Yoshikawa. "Yokohama Corporation, Ltd. (A): The Yokohama Production System." Harvard Business School Case 195-070, October 1994.
  • 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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Lal, Rajiv, and Arar Han. "Overview of the Japanese Apparel Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 505-068, June 2005.
  • February 2002 (Revised February 2002)
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Morgan Stanley Japan, 2002

By: Tarun Khanna and Louis P. DiLorenzo, Jr
Thierry Porte, president of Morgan Stanley Japan, had spent the brisk November day in Tokyo with Eric Best, Morgan Stanley's head of scenario planning, outlining the exercise that all of the managing directors in Japan would participate in shortly. Japan remained mired... View Details
Keywords: Planning; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Investment Banking; Multinational Firms and Management; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Japan; United States
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Khanna, Tarun, and Louis P. DiLorenzo, Jr. "Morgan Stanley Japan, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 702-458, February 2002. (Revised February 2002.)
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Financial Regulation and the Japanese Banking Crisis of the 1990s

As part of a long-term research interest in financial regulation and the role of the Ministry of Finance, Ulrike Schaede has studied various segments of Japan's financial markets to understand better the interaction between regulators and regulatees. This includes... View Details
  • December 2021
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Assessing Risk in Carlos Ghosn's International Escape

By: Eugene F. Soltes, Grace Liu and Muneeb Ahmed
In 2018, automotive tycoon Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Japan on financial misreporting charges, followed later by charges of improper payments and misappropriation of funds. Over a year later, still awaiting trial, Ghosn organized his escape from house arrest in Tokyo... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Law; Courts and Trials; Rights; Risk and Uncertainty; Auto Industry; Japan
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Soltes, Eugene F., Grace Liu, and Muneeb Ahmed. "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Assessing Risk in Carlos Ghosn's International Escape." Harvard Business School Case 122-051, December 2021.
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