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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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FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies
Esty, Benjamin C.; Sato, Nobuo; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-216042-EFinanceIn February 2015, Daniel Loeb (a US-based activist investor) announced his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial robots and software for machine tools. Loeb was demanding that the Japanese firm change its finanStarting at €8.20
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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
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Advantage Partners: Dia Kanri (A)
Gompers, Paul A.; Sato, Nobuo; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-214016-EFinanceThis case explores the opportunity to purchase the condominium management business of a distressed real estate developer by Advantage Partners, a leading Japanese private equity firm. The case explores investment structuring, bidding strategy, and the ability of private equity firms to add value. The role of private equity in Japan is also explored and allows students to compare the Japanese merger and acquisition market to the U.S. and Europe.Starting at €8.20
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Advantage Partners: Dia Kanri (B)
Gompers, Paul A.; Sato, Nobuo; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-214017-EFinanceThis case presents the final decision and outcomes for the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Restructuring JAL
Baker, Malcolm P.; Sunderam, Adi; Sato, Nobuo; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-214055-EFinanceHideo Seto, the recently appointed chairman of the investment committee of the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation, must decide whether to push JAL group, Japan's largest airline, into bankruptcy or to act as a sponsor in an out-of-court restructStarting at €8.20