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Rice in Japan
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Trumbull, Gunnar; Jinjo, Naoko; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-717032-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Hironobu Tsujiguchi and His Sweet Revolution
Groysberg, Boris; Jinjo, NaokoCase HBS-419011-ELeadership and People ManagementHironobu Tsujiguchi, a Japanese chocolatier, had chosen an unusual path to success as a pastry chef. Instead of spending most of his time in his kitchen and focusing on one or two confectionery categories like most pastry chefs, he chose to work on diverse projects and leverage his reputation as a winning competitive chef to experiment with tastes and achieve business success. While Tsujiguchi enjoyed popularity and success in a broad array of pr...Starting at €8.20
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Misaki Capital and Sangetsu Corporation
Gow, Ian D.; Wang, Charles C.Y.; Jinjo, Naoko; Sato, NobuoCase HBS-117007-EAccounting and ControlJapan's corporate culture has traditionally prioritized the interests of stakeholders such as employees and suppliers over those of shareholders. After a decades-long economic slump, Japan's government has begun efforts to improve corporate governance and firms' incentives to engage with shareholders. Misaki Capital was founded in 2013 with a strategy of constructively engaging with portfolio firms, providing operational and financial advice to m...Starting at €8.20
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P-Will at DISCO
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Jinjo, Naoko; Sakuma, YunaCase HBS-419035-ELeadership and People ManagementWhy don't other companies adopt the P-Will system? What were the conditions under which P-Will would work-and not work?Starting at €8.20
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Essential Explorations at MUJI
Amano, Tomomichi; Narayandas, Das; Jinjo, Naoko; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-520024-EMarketingLaunched as a private brand in 1980 to counter the increasingly brand-conscious consumer in Japan, MUJI offered beautifully designed, fairly priced, no-frills quality goods. The once modest private label brand with 40 products had expanded significantly bStarting at €8.20
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Student Success at Georgia State University (A)
Toffel, Michael W.; Mendelson, Robin; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-621006-EService and Operations ManagementGeorgia State University had developed a reputation for driving student success by nearly doubling its graduation rate for students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It did so while growing its student body and the proportion of Black/Starting at €8.20
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Student Success at Georgia State University (B)
Toffel, Michael W.; Mendelson, Robin; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-621039-EService and Operations ManagementThis is a supplement to the Student Success at Georgia State University (A) case. The (B) case includes the results of a randomized control trial that Georgia State conducted to test education technology start-up AdmitHub's chatbot solution as a strategyStarting at €5.74
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The Powers That Be (Internet Edition): Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft
Rayport, Jeffrey; Kelley, Julia; Schwalb, NathanielCase HBS-818111-EEntrepreneurshipAs of early 2018, five U.S. technology companies-Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft-were among the largest companies in the world. Similarly, three Chinese technology firms-Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent, or BAT-had emerged as global players due in part to the protection of China's "Great Firewall," which made it more difficult for foreign companies to compete in Chinese markets. As these companies continued to scale by branching into ne...Starting at €8.20