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The Business of Pain: Johnson & Johnson and the Promise of Opioids (B)
Snowberg, Erik; Fetter, Trevor; Schulman, Amy W.Case HBS-720423-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case is designed to provide an engrossing overview of stakeholder capitalism through a vigorous discussion of the conflicts that can arise when trying to serve multiple stakeholders. In 2007, Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) subsidiary Janssen has to decide whether or not to launch a new opioid painkiller-the first such launch in 25 years-amidst growing concerns about opioid abuse in the U.S. The (A) case starts with the history of human interactio...Starting at €5.74
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TOTO: The Bottom Line
Tripsas, Mary; Egawa, Masako; Fukuyoshi, JunCase HBS-809064-EKnowledge and CommunicationTOTO, the leading manufacturer of toilets in Japan, is struggling to penetrate the US market with its premier bidet-toilets, which are present in 63% of homes in Japan. The case examines the behavioral, cultural, and institutional barriers that TOTO faces in gaining adoption of an innovation. It also explores the role of product categorization in driving consumer behavior - in contrast to the US, toilets in Japan are considered a high-tech consum...Starting at €8.20