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Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Eccles, Robert G.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Iansiti, Marco; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-610053-EService and Operations ManagementRicoh, the Japanese copier manufacturer, is committed to reducing its environmental impact to one-eighth of its 2000 levels by 2050. It has already introduced three stages of environmental awareness to its operations, and its recycled copier business broke even in 2006. The company developed environmental accounting methods and produces annual environmental and sustainability reports, but Ricoh is concerned that investors may not take these effor...Starting at €8.20
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Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (A)
Trumbull, Gunnar; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-709017-EEconomicsDespite a tradition of high household savings, Japan has supported a dynamic and technically sophisticated consumer lending sector. The high profitability of the sector has periodically attracted interest from domestic banks as well as international investors. Most recently, in 1998 and 2000 respectively, GE Capital and Citi Financial both acquired Japanese consumer lending companies. In 2006, when the Japanese Supreme Court rules that one of the...Starting at €8.20
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Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan (B)
Alfaro, Laura; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-709056-EEconomicsToshihiko Fukui, Government of the Bank of Japan, faced a complex situation in the fall of 2007. An economic recovery had allowed the central bank to abandon its zero interest rate policy, which had been in place for years, and raise rates to 0.5%. The Bank of Japan was eager to increase them to more 'normal' levels to exert effective monetary policy. Yet the appropriate timing and approach was a controversial issue, especially as the government ...Starting at €5.74
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Kinyuseisaku: Política Monetaria en Japón (A)
Kanno, Akiko; Alfaro, LauraCase HBS-714S11EconomicsToshihiko Fukui, gobernador del Banco de Japón, se enfrentaba a una situación compleja en el otoño de 2007. Una recuperación económica había permitido al banco central a abandonar su política de interés cero tasa, que había estado en vigor desde hace años, y las tasas de aumento a 0,5% . El Banco de Japón estaba dispuesto a aumentar a niveles más 'normales' para ejercer una política monetaria eficaz. Sin embargo, el momento y el enfoque apropiado...Starting at €8.20
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Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan (A)
Kanno, Akiko; Alfaro, LauraCase HBS-708017-EEconomicsToshihiko Fukui, Governor of the Bank of Japan, faced a complex situation in the fall of 2007. An economic recovery had allowed the central bank to abandon its zero interest rate policy, which had been in place for years, and raise rates to 0.5%. The Bank of Japan was eager to increase them to more 'normal' levels to exert effective monetary policy. Yet the appropriate timing and approach was a controversial issue, especially as the government di...Starting at €8.20
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Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (B)
Trumbull, Gunnar; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-710018-EEconomicsAs the regulatory environment for consumer lending evolves, CFJ has to decide how to respond.Starting at €5.74