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      • October 2018
      • Case

      Safecast: Bootstrapping Human Capital to Big Data

      By: Ethan Bernstein and Stephanie Marton
      On March 11, 2011 at 2:46pm, a 9.1-on-the-Richter-scale, six-minute long earthquake unleashed a tsunami that ravaged the Tohoku region of Japan, damaging the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power facility and releasing sufficient radioactive material into the air and ocean...  View Details
      Keywords: Citizen Science; Creative Commons; Open Data; Open Architecture; Volunteer-based Organization; Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Facility; 311; Nuclear; Radiation; Crowdsourcing; Bgeigie; Geiger Counters; Kickstarter; Sustainability; Sustainable Business And Innovation; Design; Energy Generation; Social Entrepreneurship; Human Capital; Innovation and Invention; Crisis Management; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Information Technology; Business Model; Energy Industry; Technology Industry; Japan; North and Central America; Europe
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      Bernstein, Ethan, and Stephanie Marton. "Safecast: Bootstrapping Human Capital to Big Data." Harvard Business School Case 419-033, October 2018.
      • September 2016 (Revised April 2022)
      • Case

      Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Amanda Yang
      This case examines the recent emergence of Chinese business philanthropy through the case of the SOHO China Foundation established by the wife and husband real estate moguls Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi. It begins by describing the early careers of Zhang and Pan, and how...  View Details
      Keywords: China; Philanthropy Funding; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Personal Development and Career; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Higher Education; Real Estate Industry; China
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Amanda Yang. "Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy." Harvard Business School Case 317-045, September 2016. (Revised April 2022.)
      • June 2016
      • Supplement

      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
      Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Japan
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      Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Tomoharu Tanaka, Kavi Krut, March Bishop, E. Kyle Bisutti, and Adam Zalisk. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (F): Google Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-474, June 2016.
      • June 2016
      • Supplement

      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
      Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Yahoo!; Japan
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      Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Tomohiro Nakazawa, Sam Burke, Jonathan Kratz, and David Marchand. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (G): Yahoo! Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-475, June 2016.
      • June 2016
      • Supplement

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

      By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Azusa Hanai, Mimi Hanley, Brittani Jackson, Joanna Kao and Blake Landro
      Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Oisix; Japan
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      Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Azusa Hanai, Mimi Hanley, Brittani Jackson, Joanna Kao, and Blake Landro. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (H): Oisix's Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-476, June 2016.
      • June 2016
      • Supplement

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

      By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Mariko Yoshida, Sean Brazier, Jay Khil, Krista Nylen and Chris Shilling
      Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Uniqlo; Japan
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      Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Mariko Yoshida, Sean Brazier, Jay Khil, Krista Nylen, and Chris Shilling. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (I): UNIQLO's Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-477, June 2016.
      • June 2016
      • Supplement

      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
      Supplements the (A) case.  View Details
      Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; You Home Clinic
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      Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Akio Yonekura, Jonathan Bassani, Chris Harreld, Alan Zong, and Victor Stone. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (J): You Home Clinic's Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-478, June 2016.
      • June 2016
      • Supplement

      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
      Supplements the (A) case.  View Details
      Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Oh Gut's; Japan
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      Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Bunsho Kure, Andrew Levine, Andrew Park, Bria Selhorst, and Adelyn Zhou. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (K): Oh!Guts!'s Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-479, June 2016.
      • September 2014 (Revised March 2017)
      • Case

      Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief: What Can We Learn from Commercial Supply Chains?

      By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
      Organizing speedy and efficient supply operations for unpredictable major natural disasters was a continuing challenge for the U.S. military, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti was both unique in its operational scope and political complexity. As he reviewed the...  View Details
      Keywords: Supply Chains; Humanitarian Assistance; Disaster Relief; Distribution; Logistics; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Distribution Industry; United States; Haiti
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      Shih, Willy, and Margaret Pierson. "Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief: What Can We Learn from Commercial Supply Chains?" Harvard Business School Case 615-003, September 2014. (Revised March 2017.)
      • July–August 2014
      • Article

      How the Other Fukushima Plant Survived

      By: Ranjay Gulati, Charles Casto and Charlotte Krontiris
      In March 2011, Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was devastated by three reactor explosions and two core meltdowns in the days following a 9.0 earthquake and a tsunami that produced waves as high as 17 meters. The world is familiar with Daiichi's fate; less...  View Details
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      Gulati, Ranjay, Charles Casto, and Charlotte Krontiris. "How the Other Fukushima Plant Survived." Harvard Business Review 92, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2014): 111–115.
      • January 2013
      • Supplement

      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
      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...  View Details
      Keywords: East Japan; Earthquake; Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; 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.
      • January 2013
      • Supplement

      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
      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 response. They had...  View Details
      Keywords: East Japan; Earthquake; Lawson's; Natural Disasters; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; 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.
      • January 2013
      • Supplement

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

      By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Leonard Kosinski, Christina Royce, Anna Stetsovskaya and Evgeny Vasilyev
      CEO Kikawa of Yamato Transport gave orders to his managers right after the triple disaster hit the Tohoku region of Japan to do whatever it takes to save lives and not to worry about costs. He also felt that he had to confront the government to make donations to the...  View Details
      Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Yamato Transport Company; Natural Disasters; Business and Shareholder Relations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Transportation Industry; Japan
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      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.
      • November 2012 (Revised July 2013)
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      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
      A few hours after the earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, CEO Tadashi Yanai of Fast Retailing was eating sushi at a restaurant near his office. He was confident that his store managers would be able to decide for themselves the best action to take in the midst of this...  View Details
      Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Fast Retailing Group; Decisions; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Retail Industry; Japan
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      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. (Revised July 2013.)
      • April 2012 (Revised January 2013)
      • Case

      The Great East Japan Earthquake (A)

      By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Victor Stone
      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....  View Details
      Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Tohoku; Tsunami; Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Facility; Natural Disasters; Japan
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      Takeuchi, Hirotaka, and Victor Stone. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (A)." Harvard Business School Case 712-480, April 2012. (Revised January 2013.)
      • April 2012
      • Case

      Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)

      By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
      The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011 caused extensive damage to Renesas Electronics wafer fabrication facility, a critical link in the global automotive supply chain. Many OEMs sole-sourced customized microprocessors from the fab, so its...  View Details
      Keywords: Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Supply Chain Management; Production; Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
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      Shih, Willy, and Margaret Pierson. "Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)." Harvard Business School Case 612-071, April 2012.
      • August 2011
      • Supplement

      InnoCentive.com (C)

      By: Karim R. Lakhani and Eric Lonstein
      InnoCentive.com enables clients to tap into internal and external solver networks to address various business issues. This case focuses on the outcome of InnoCentive's decision to post challenges related to environmental issues created by the Gulf Oil Spill. It reviews...  View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Networks; Decisions; Outcome or Result; Pollutants; Natural Disasters; Natural Environment; Japan
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      Lakhani, Karim R., and Eric Lonstein. "InnoCentive.com (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 612-027, August 2011.
      • December 2010
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      Organising Response to Extreme Emergencies: The Victorian Bushfires of 2009

      By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
      How can people and organisations best respond to emergency events that are significantly beyond the boundaries of what they had generally anticipated, expected, prepared for-or even imagined? What forms of organisations are likely to be best able to cope with such...  View Details
      Keywords: Organizations; Management Practices and Processes; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Boundaries; United States
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      Leonard, Dutch, and Arnold M. Howitt. "Organising Response to Extreme Emergencies: The Victorian Bushfires of 2009." Australian Journal of Public Administration 69, no. 4 (December 2010).
      • 2009
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      Supercorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Opportunity, Profits, Growth, and Social Good

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
      Supercorp is based on a 3-year study involving more than 350 interviews in 20 countries to identify the leadership practices and operating methods of major companies seeking profitable growth through innovation that benefits society. For example, when the tsunami and...  View Details
      Keywords: Profit; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Opportunities; Welfare
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M. Supercorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Opportunity, Profits, Growth, and Social Good. New York: Crown Business, 2009.
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