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The Great East Japan Earthquake (E): Yamato Transport's Response
Takeuchi, Hirotaka; Kosinski, Leonard; Royce, Christina; Stetsovskaya, Anna; Vasilyev, EvgenyCase HBS-713442-EStrategyCEO Kikawa of Yamato Transport gave orders to his managers right after the triple disaster hit the Tohoku region of Japan to do whatever it takes to save lives and not to worry about costs. He also felt that he had to confront the government to make donations to the affected district tax-free. He also wanted to donate 10 yen per Takkyubin package the company was delivering as relief money for Tohoku but was wondering how the shareholders would re...Starting at €5.74
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HBR's List of Audacious Ideas for Solving the World's Problems
Shiller, Robert J.; Frey, Bruno S.; Osterloh, Margit; Sala, Enric; Gibney, Bruce; Howery, Ken; Gustafson, Ellen; Majumdar, Arun; Easterbrook, Gregg; Searls, Doc; Goodman, Ellen; Porter, Wayne; Hill, Linda A.; Lineback, Kent; Khanna, Parag; Khemka, Karan; Schmidt, EricArticle HBS-R1201B-EAs the global economy vacillates between signs of recovery and omens of collapse, businesses and governments are clamping down. But the world doesn't need austerity; it needs audacity--bold, inventive ideas that take on big problems. So HBR asked experts from a range of disciplines to propose them. Robert J. Shiller believes an innovative form of national financing can solve the global debt crisis. Enric Sala has a radical but simple idea for sav...Starting at €8.20