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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;
Citation:
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 (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response
Hirotaka Takeuchi, Kenichi Nonomura, Dena Neuenschwander, Meghan Ricci, David Roth, Kate Schoch and Sergey Vartanov
The Great East Japan Earthquake catastrophe had damaged several of Fast Retailing's UNIQLO stores, and the domestic infrastructure that allowed the retailer to function was in a state of crisis.
Keywords: Japan;
Earthquake;
Fast Retailing Group;
Citation:
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Kenichi Nonomura, Dena Neuenschwander, Meghan Ricci, David Roth, Kate Schoch, and Sergey Vartanov. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response." Harvard Business School Supplement 713-439, November 2012.
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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;
Citation:
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.