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• Supplement | HBS Case Collection | 2013

  The Great East Japan Earthquake (C): Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital's Response

  Hirotaka Takeuchi, Yukiko Sakai, Rebecca Agonafir, Peter Cholewinski, Allison Kean and Emily Kloeblen

  On the evening of March 11, 2011, Mayama Fumihiro, the Managing Director of Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital knew that it would be a long, cold night. The 103 staff members and 162 patients and families were huddled on the top two floors of the four-story hospital, where they had gone to escape three tsunami waves that had destroyed the first floor and part of the second floor.

  Keywords: East Japan; Earthquake; Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital; Japan;

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  Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Yukiko Sakai, Rebecca Agonafir, Peter Cholewinski, Allison Kean, and Emily Kloeblen. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (C): Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital's Response." Harvard Business School Supplement 713-440, January 2013.

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  The Great East Japan Earthquake (D): Lawson's Response

  Hirotaka Takeuchi, Victor Stone, Samer Abughannam, Sebastien D'Incau, Jonathan Driscoll, Katharine Hill and Jeffrey Reynolds

  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 ressponse. They had prior experience from the earthquakes in Kobe (1995), and Chuetsu (2007).

  Keywords: East Japan; Earthquake; Lawson's; Japan;

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  Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Victor Stone, Samer Abughannam, Sebastien D'Incau, Jonathan Driscoll, Katharine Hill, and Jeffrey Reynolds. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (D): Lawson's Response." Harvard Business School Supplement 713-441, January 2013.

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  The Great East Japan Earthquake (E): Yamato Transport's Response

  Hirotaka Takeuchi, Leonard Kosinski, Christina Royce, Anna Stetsovskaya and Evgeny Vasilyev

  Over the last year, Yamato and its 170,000 employees played an integral role in immediate disaster recovery and relief efforts. Yamato's President and CEO, Kigawa Makoto led Yamato in an unprecedented campaign to donate funds, expertise, personnel, and innovation to the recovery efforts in the affected Tohoku region.

  Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Yamato Transport Company; Transportation Industry; Japan;

  Citation:

  Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Leonard Kosinski, Christina Royce, Anna Stetsovskaya, and Evgeny Vasilyev. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (E): Yamato Transport's Response." Harvard Business School Supplement 713-442, January 2013.

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