The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. and NGK Insulators, Ltd. : Inside Cooperative Innovation: Development and Commercialization of Sodium-Sulfur Batteries for Power Storage

Fukushima, Eishi
CASE#13-01 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2013/04/23）

This case study is the result of research undertaken for the Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases, which is being conducted with financial support from the Dynamics of…

Development of the Polyamide Composite Reverse Osmosis Membrane and Reverse Osmosis Membrane System: A Case Study of Toray Industries, Inc.

Fujiwara, Masatoshi: Yaichi Aoshima: Tomono Miki
CASE#12-08 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2012/07/06）

Water scarcity has become a serious problem due to global economic development, population growth, and environmental pollution, creating a huge demand for seawater desal…

Seiko Epson Corporation: Development of an Inkjet Printer that Produces High-Resolution Text and Images

Aoshima, Yaichi: Makoto Kitamura
CASE#12-07 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2012/07/06）

The inkjet (IJ) printer business has now become the core business that supports Seiko Epson (Epson). However, the road to that point was not all smooth sailing. In parti…

Shimano, Inc.: Strategic Emergence of Branded Componentry

Reinmoeller, Patrick:Eleanor Westney:Seiichiro Yonekura
CASE#97-02 Hitotsubashi University IIR （1997/08）

Casio QV-10

Aoshima, Yaichi: Eishi Fukushima
CASE#12-09 Hitotsubashi University IIR （1997/04/01）

In March 1995, Casio released their first LCD digital camera, QV-10, sparked off the digital camera boom in Japan. As personal computers and the Internet gained popularity, the digital camera markets also saw a rapid expansion and Casio had established a solid position as a leading company. How could Casio, which has hitherto no experi…