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• Case | HBS Case Collection | June 2008 (Revised December 2017)

  Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (A)

  Geoffrey Jones, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki

  Considers the entrepreneurial career of the founder of Mitsubishi, Yataro Iwasaki, who built a large shipping company against the opposition of powerful Western incumbents. Although sometimes supported by the Japanese government, and often times opposed, the case identifies Iwasaki's entrepreneurial talent and organization-building skills as key drivers of success. This case provides a vehicle for examining the entrepreneurial factors behind Japan's remarkable transition from a feudal to a modern society in the second half of the nineteenth century.

  Keywords: History; Leadership; Business History; Organizational Structure; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Japan;

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  Jones, Geoffrey, Masako Egawa, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (A)." Harvard Business School Case 808-158, June 2008. (Revised December 2017.)  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | November 2017

  Generating Higher Value at IBM (A) and (B)

  Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield

  Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 215-058 and 215-059.

  Keywords: dividends; Share Repurchases; Earnings Guidance; financial statement analysis; Financial ratios; Payout policy; Earnings per Share (EPS); Earnings Management; Change Management; Leadership; Transformation; Financial Strategy;

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  Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Generating Higher Value at IBM (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-037, November 2017.  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2017

  The Transformation of Microsoft

  C. Fritz Foley, E. Scott Mayfield and F. Katelynn Boland

  In early 2015, Amy Hood, CFO of Microsoft, and the rest of the senior leadership team faced a set of fundamental choices. The firm had opportunities to serve customers in ways that would be associated with higher growth but lower margin. Some of these opportunities involved a shift from perpetual licensing to subscription sales. Whatever choices are made must be articulated to investors and employees.

  Keywords: transformation; corporate finance; Growth; Corporate Finance; Valuation; Growth Management; Communication Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry; United States;

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  Foley, C. Fritz, E. Scott Mayfield, and F. Katelynn Boland. "The Transformation of Microsoft." Harvard Business School Case 218-048, October 2017.  View Details

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