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Yamato Transport Co. Ltd.: TA-Q-BIN
H. Brian Hwarng; Motoka MouriCase IVEY-9B13D021-EService and Operations Management, StrategySince 1976, Yamato had enjoyed steady growth in the Japanese domestic parcel delivery market. Yamato had maintained its leading position in Japan through its highly acclaimed TA-Q-BIN service. However, with changing demographics and market conditions, the business landscape had been changing. Overdependence on the domestic delivery business limited the overall growth of Yamato. Furthermore, the growth of the TA-Q-BIN business in Japan was limited...Starting at €8.20
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Nissan: Recovering Supply Chain Operations
Shikha Aggarwal; Manoj Kumar SrivastavaCase IVEY-9B16D013-EService and Operations Management, StrategyNissan's resilience strategy had been considered an exemplary response to the triple disaster in Japan in March 2011. The Japanese automobile industry made their respective recovery efforts to resume production and delivery of vehicles after suffering damage from an earthquake, tsunami, and a nuclear crisis, but it took months before they could reach pre-disaster levels of operations. Nissan's resilience practices and supply chain disruption mana...Starting at €8.20
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Atrae: Human Resources with Humanity
Joel Goh; Shoichi Sakatani; Nami NishimuraCase IVEY-9B21D005-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementAtrae Inc. was a Japanese software firm providing platform matching services for job recruitment in the software engineering industry. As compared to traditional Japanese firms, Atrae adopted a unique approach to managing its employees. Instead of the rigid hierarchy and top-down management approach that typified a Japanese firm, Atrae had a flat organizational structure and heavily relied on decentralized decision-making and individual motivatio...Starting at €8.20
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MAN B&W Diesel A/S - Managing Licensees in a Globalized World
Torben Pedersen; Jacob Pyndt; Bo Bernhard NielsenCase IVEY-9B09M030-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyMAN B&W Diesel (MBD), a subsidiary of MAN AG, had become very successful by having its large two-stroke diesel engines produced under licence in Asia. The success had led it to the position of world leader in ship engines, with world market shares between 70 and 80 per cent. The relationship between MBD and the licensees was characterized by both parties leveraging each other’s competencies. It was critical for MBD to access new knowledge in orde...Starting at €8.20