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Japan’s Monetary Policy: Accommodating Inflation Unconventionally
Tulsi JayakumarCase IVEY-9B18M148-EStrategyIn January 2018, the governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ), was preparing for a meeting of the policy board of the BoJ. While the broad macroeconomic indicators hinted at a Japanese recovery, Japan still continued to have an inflation rate well below its target of 2 per cent. The accommodative, unconventional monetary policy of quantitative and qualitative easing engineered by the governor in 2013 had resulted in a bloated balance sheet for the BoJ...Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Governance at Toshiba Corporation
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-W27247-EStrategyIn early June 2021, an independent investigation team released its report into the way Japan-based Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba) had conducted its 2020 annual shareholder meeting, finding that the company had mishandled the annual general meeting with respect to shareholder rights. As a result, Toshiba had to deal with the immediate problem of putting up a new slate of nominee board directors to be put to a vote at the next annual shareholder mee...Starting at €8.20
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Hitachi Limited: Construction Machinery
Derek LehmbergCase IVEY-W35323-EStrategyIn 2021, Hitachi Limited was reconsidering its ownership of Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM). The decision about HCM’s future was one of the last steps in a more than decade-long effort to reorient Hitachi from a manufacturing conglomerate to a service-oriented company. HCM was a global player in the construction and mining equipment business, and although it no longer relied on Hitachi for product technology, Hitachi’s technological capabili...Starting at €8.20
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Myojo Foods, Co. LTD1
Pinto do Santos, José MiguelCase AESE-F-A-683(I)-EFinanceThis case presents the tender offer made by Steel Partners to buy the stock of Myojo Foods, a Japanese noodle maker. It may be used to present the dynamics of prices after tender offers and the impact that the emergence of a white knight has on the market. It may also be used to discuss different cultural views on corporate ownership and culturally based reactions to hostile bids.Starting at €8.20
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Tokyo Electron: The Competitive Consolidation and Antitrust Challenge
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Claire AndréCase IVEY-9B17M059-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn September 2013, Tokyo Electron Limited announced a merger with Applied Materials Inc. The deal would place the new entity in the leader position in the highly consolidated global semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry, which counted Intel Corporation and Samsung Group as major customers. Due to antitrust issues, the deal was eventually cancelled. Shortly after, in October 2015, Lam Research Corporation announced a merger with KLA-Tenco...Starting at €8.20
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Innovating Tradition at Hosoo
Philip SugaiCase IVEY-9B18A058-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyHosoo was a kimono and textile company, established in 1688 as a traditional Nishijin weaving company. The 11th generation president of the company, Masao Hosoo, had transformed the business from a producer of premium kimono fabrics and kimonos for the luxury market in Japan to a globally respected textile producer for some of the world’s top brands. A great deal of the company’s success in the global market could be attributed to the master craf...Starting at €8.20
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Target Costing System (Spanish version)
Cooper, RobinCase HBS-111S22Accounting and ControlDescribes Nissan's sophisticated target costing system in the context of new product introduction. On the basis of consumer analysis and a life cycle contribution study, Nissan conducts an exhaustive analysis of component costs to determine whether a new model can be profitably manufactured. Cost reduction measures are then pursued both internally and with suppliers to ensure that the model can be produced to the target cost. The target costing s...Starting at €8.20
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Honda (A) (Spanish version)
Christiansen, Evelyn T.; Pascale, Richard TannerCase HBS-306S19Strategyan earlier case and Boston Consulting Group report on the motorcycle industry. Should be used with Honda (B).Starting at €8.20
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Knowledge Creation at Eisai Co., Ltd.
Takeuchi, Hirotaka; Nonaka, Ikujiro; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-711492-EStrategyEisai has used knowledge creation as the engine of growth for its operation in Japan and was wondering if it can be utilized on a global scale.Starting at €8.20
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Hisense-Hitachi Joint Venture: Expanding in Southeast Asia
Paul W. Beamish; Su LiuCase IVEY-9B16M220-EStrategyBefore re-entering the Southeast Asian market in 2015, the Hisense-Hitachi joint venture mainly used the well known Hitachi brand to explore overseas markets. After the JV had accumulated enough capacity to adopt a product differentiation strategy, they decided to treat the Hisense brand as the focal brand in Southeast Asia and adopted a series of distribution strategies that differed from what they had used to sell Hitachi branded products elsew...Starting at €8.20