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Chihiro Kanagawa, President of Shin-Etsu Chemical
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1483-EStrategyThis case examines the professional career of Chihiro Kanagawa, and shows how he turned Shin-Etsu Chemicals into a major international player in a sector in which Japanese companies had traditionally been uncompetitive. The case illustrates Kanagawa's dynamic management style and the value system on which it is based and we call the profit- arithmetic (PA) approach. Shin-Etsu Chemical's success by not spending money on projects not generating imm...Starting at €8.20
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Norio Ohga: The Fifth President of Sony Corporation
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1481-EStrategyThe case analyses the conceptual scheme or model identified in Norio Ohga's management style, which we call the proto-image of the firm (PIF) approach. Sony's success in its diversification strategy is explained on the basis of PIF.Starting at €8.20
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Masao Ogura's Haulage Revolution: Home Delivery Service (Takkyubin)
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1484-EStrategyThe case describes the thought and change process of an entrepreneur who revolutionsed the haulage industry in Japan. Along with other three cases this serves to identify the mental schemata of business leaders. In Mr Ogura's case his metal scheme is classified as Proto-Image of the Firm (PIF) approach.Starting at €8.20
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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS)
Kase, Kimio; Nonaka, Ikujiro; Independent Investigation CommissioCase SM-1579-EDecision Analysis, Knowledge and Communication, StrategyThe questions may largely fall into two categories: (1) Did Japan or PM Kan and his team cope well with the crisis (i.e., questions regarding efficiency and effectiveness)? And, perhaps more importantly, (2) Have lessons been learned that would help Japan prepare for other natural or man-made catastrophes (i.e., questions regarding learning and knowledge-creation)?Starting at €8.20
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Global Strategy Requires a Meeting of Minds
Kase, Kimio; Slocum, Alesia; Zhang, YingyingArticle ART-2050-EStrategyThe growing prominence of Asian economies on the world stage has done more than shake up the old economic order. As the world economy becomes increasingly globalized, new challenges are being thrown up by cross-cultural business interactions between East and West. In our book, Asian Versus Western Management Thinking: Its Culture-Bound Nature, we review various research perspectives, from cross-cultural management to cognitive psychology. ...Starting at €8.20
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Imperial Japanese Army: The Essence of Failure
Kase, KimioCase SM-1558-EInnovation and Change, StrategyCircumstantial evidence points to the possibility that the Japanese Imperial Army showed many common features ¿ both positive and negative ¿ with present-day Japanese companies and organisations. This case on the Japanese Imperial Army perforce sheds light on the nature of the organisations in Japan and may allow us to enjoy certain level of insightful prediction. First and foremost, the Japanese Army offers an example of an induction-based organ...Starting at €8.20