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The Great East Japan Earthquake (D): Lawson's Response
Takeuchi, Hirotaka; Stone, Victor; Abughannam, Samer; D Incau, Sebastien; Driscoll, Jonathan; Hill, Katharine; Reynolds, JeffreyCase HBS-713441-EStrategySupplement for case 712480. CEO Niinami Takeshi (HBS '91) stared out his corner office window as the Tokyo skyscrapers swayed and the concrete trembled. He was in the midst of the largest seismic event to hit Japan in recorded history. Lawson's managers understood earthquake response. They had prior experience from the earthquakes in Kobe (1995), and Chuetsu (2007).Starting at €5.74
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The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response
Takeuchi, Hirotaka; Nonomura, Kenichi; Neuenschwander, Dena; Ricci, Meghan; Roth, David; Schoch, Kate; Vartanov, SergeyCase HBS-713439-EStrategyFew hours after the earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, CEO Tadashi Yanai of Fast Retailing was eating sushi at a restaurant near his office. He was confident that his store managers would be able to decide for themselves the best action to take in midst of this crisis. Some of the pending decisions were whether or not to reopen the UNIQLO stores that were wiped out by the tsunami, to follow government orders to turn off the store lights, and to di...Starting at €5.74