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  • August 2008 (Revised November 2015)
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Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (B)

By: Geoffrey G. Jones, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:5
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Abstract

This brief (B) case documents the fate of Mitsubishi and the shipping company NYK after the death of Yataro Iwasaki in 1885. The case supplements case 808-158, “Yataro Iwaski: Founding Mitsubishi (A).”

Keywords

Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Business History; Leadership; Japan

Citation

Jones, Geoffrey G., Masako Egawa, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-038, August 2008. (Revised November 2015.)

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Geoffrey G. Jones

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