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The Great East Japan Earthquake (A)

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Victor Stone
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:7
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Abstract

At 2:46pm on March 11th, 2011, a 9.0M earthquake shook the Tohoku (Northeastern) region of Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the coastal waters of Tohoku and reverberations from the quake triggered a tsunami that ravaged the coastal shores of Eastern Japan. The tsunami was the greatest recorded wave in history, with its highest peak at 38.9m and waves higher than 10m hitting 530km of coastal Japan.

Keywords

Japan; Earthquake; Tohoku; Tsunami; Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Facility; Natural Disasters; Japan

Citation

Takeuchi, Hirotaka, and Victor Stone. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (A)." Harvard Business School Case 712-480, April 2012. (Revised January 2013.)
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    • January 2013
    • Faculty Research

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

    By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Yukiko Sakai, Rebecca Agonafir, Peter Cholewinski, Allison Kean and Emily Kloeblen
    • November 2012 (Revised July 2013)
    • Faculty Research

    The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response

    By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Kenichi Nonomura, Dena Neuenschwander, Meghan Ricci, David Roth, Kate Schoch and Sergey Vartanov
    • January 2013
    • Faculty Research

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

    By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Victor Stone, Samer Abughannam, Sebastien D'Incau, Jonathan Driscoll, Katharine Hill and Jeffrey Reynolds
    • January 2013
    • Faculty Research

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

    By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Leonard Kosinski, Christina Royce, Anna Stetsovskaya and Evgeny Vasilyev
    • June 2016
    • Faculty Research

    The Great East Japan Earthquake (F): Google Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts

    By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Tomoharu Tanaka, Kavi Krut, March Bishop, E. Kyle Bisutti and Adam Zalisk
    • June 2016
    • Faculty Research

    The Great East Japan Earthquake (H): Oisix's Recovery Efforts

    By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Azusa Hanai, Mimi Hanley, Brittani Jackson, Joanna Kao and Blake Landro
    • June 2016
    • Faculty Research

    The Great East Japan Earthquake (G): Yahoo! Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts

    By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Tomohiro Nakazawa, Sam Burke, Jonathan Kratz and David Marchand
    • June 2016
    • Faculty Research

    The Great East Japan Earthquake (I): UNIQLO's Recovery Efforts

    By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Mariko Yoshida, Sean Brazier, Jay Khil, Krista Nylen and Chris Shilling
    • June 2016
    • Faculty Research

    The Great East Japan Earthquake (J): You Home Clinic's Recovery Efforts

    By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Akio Yonekura, Jonathan Bassani, Chris Harreld, Alan Zong and Victor Stone
    • June 2016
    • Faculty Research

    The Great East Japan Earthquake (K): Oh!Guts!'s Recovery Efforts

    By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Bunsho Kure, Andrew Levine, Andrew Park, Bria Selhorst and Adelyn Zhou
    • April 2012 (Revised January 2013)
    • Faculty Research

    The Great East Japan Earthquake (A)

    By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Victor Stone
Related Work
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake (C): Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital's Response By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Yukiko Sakai, Rebecca Agonafir, Peter Cholewinski, Allison Kean and Emily Kloeblen
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Kenichi Nonomura, Dena Neuenschwander, Meghan Ricci, David Roth, Kate Schoch and Sergey Vartanov
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake (D): Lawson's Response By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Victor Stone, Samer Abughannam, Sebastien D'Incau, Jonathan Driscoll, Katharine Hill and Jeffrey Reynolds
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake (E): Yamato Transport's Response By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Leonard Kosinski, Christina Royce, Anna Stetsovskaya and Evgeny Vasilyev
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake (F): Google Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Tomoharu Tanaka, Kavi Krut, March Bishop, E. Kyle Bisutti and Adam Zalisk
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake (H): Oisix's Recovery Efforts By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Azusa Hanai, Mimi Hanley, Brittani Jackson, Joanna Kao and Blake Landro
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake (G): Yahoo! Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Tomohiro Nakazawa, Sam Burke, Jonathan Kratz and David Marchand
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake (I): UNIQLO's Recovery Efforts By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Mariko Yoshida, Sean Brazier, Jay Khil, Krista Nylen and Chris Shilling
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake (J): You Home Clinic's Recovery Efforts By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Akio Yonekura, Jonathan Bassani, Chris Harreld, Alan Zong and Victor Stone
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake (K): Oh!Guts!'s Recovery Efforts By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Bunsho Kure, Andrew Levine, Andrew Park, Bria Selhorst and Adelyn Zhou
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake (A) By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Victor Stone
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