Research

Books

  • Mitsuru Misawa, (2016), Cases on International Business and Finance in Japanese Corporations, 2nd edition, (10 cases are added) (978- 9814663090 ed., pp. 546). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (Imperial College Press London)
  • MMitsuru Misawa, (2011), Current Business and Legal Issues in Japan's Banking and Finance Industry, 2nd edition, (5 chapters are added) (978- 981-4291-01-9 ed., pp. 596). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (Imperial College Press London).
  • Mitsuru Misawa, (2008). Cases on International Business and Finance in Japanese Corporations (ISBN 978-962-209-891-6 ed., pp. 1- 174). Hong Kong University Press.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, (2006), Current Business and Legal Issues in Japan's Banking and Finance Industry (ISBN:981-256-859-X ed., pp. pp.1-454). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (Imperial College Press London).
  • Mitsuru Misawa, (2005). Revitalization of Japanese Banks: Japan's Big Bang Reform (ISBN 3-540-22682-6 ed., vol. 2nd Edition, pp. 801-820). Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, WHU, Springer.

Cases Listed on Harvard

In 2020 Misawa's 21 Cases below are listed on Harvard Business Publishing Online. Visit Harvard Business Online Under Misawa.

  • Mitsuru Misawa, "The Toshiba Accounting Scandal: How Corporate Governance Failed", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, 2016, Main 21p, Teaching Notes 11p, HKU1097, vol. 16/579C, (POPULAR)
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Abenomics of Japan: What Was it? Could This Conquer Japan's Decade-Long Deflation?", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Oct 2013, revised Dec 2013, Main 22p, Teaching Notes 11p, HKU1017, vol. 13/534C.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Hostile Takeover Battle in Japan: Fuji TV vs. Livedoor for NBS", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, May 2006, Main 30p, Teaching Notes 9p, HKU577, Ref. 06/287C ed.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Ina Food Industry (2): Marketing Strategies in a Deflationary Environment", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Aug 2013, Main 13p, Teaching Notes 9p, HKU1011, vol. 13/531C.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Ina Food Industry: A New Management Philosophy for Japanese Business", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Nov 2006, Main 13p, Teaching Notes 16p. HKU607, 06/307c ed.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Interest-Rate Swap Offered by Sumitomo-Mitsui Bank: Was This for Hedging or Speculation?", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Mar 2017, Main 15p, Teaching Notes 13p, HKU1105, vol. 16/586C.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Licensing Arrangement or Joint Venture (4): An Ex Post Case Study of Tokyo Disneyland", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Nov 2012, Main 20p, Teaching Notes 11p, HKU988, Ref.12/512C ed.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Livedoor: The Rise and Fall of a Market Maverick", >Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Jun 2006, Main 13p, Teaching Notes 12p, HKU579, Ref. 06/288C ed.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Negative Interest Rates: The Bank of Japan Experience", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Jun 2020, Main 17p, Teaching Notes 17 p, HKU1235, vol. 20/651C (NEW).
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Nireco Co., Japan: Introduction of the Poison Pill", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Oct 2006, Main 26p, Teaching Notes 11, HKU593, Ref. 06/294C ed.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "OSG Corporation: Risk Hedging Against Transaction Exposures", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Dec 2006, Main 22p, Teaching Notes 8p, HKU618, Ref.06/302C ed.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "A Rogue Trader At Daiwa Bank: Management Responsibility Under Different Jurisprudential Systems, Practices And Cultures", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Nov 2005, Main 15p, Teaching Notes 22p. HKU442 , Ref. 05/268C ed.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Rogue Trader at Daiwa Bank (8): The Board Meeting on September 25th 1995 in Japan", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Nov 2005, Main 4p, Teaching Notes 6p, HKU444, Ref. 05/269C ed.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Saizeriya and the Use of Foreign Currency Coupon Swaps: Was This for Hedging or Speculation?", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Mar 2014, Main 38p, Teaching Notes 15 pages, HK1037, vol. 14/538C.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Sales Tax Increase in 2014 Under Abenomics: The Japanese Government's Dilemma", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Oct 2015, Main 14p, Teaching Notes 9, HK1073, vol. 15/563C.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Softbank's New Strategy: The Largest LBO in Japan", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Jan 2009, Main 22p, Teaching Notes 8p, HKU793, Ref.06/302C ed.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Tokyo Disneyland (3): New Pricing Policy Needed For Sluggish Demand", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Nov 2012, Main 17p, Teaching Notes 8p, HKU986, Ref. 12/454C ed.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Tokyo Disneyland and the DisneySea Park: Corporate Governance and Differences in Capital Budgeting Concepts and Methods Between American and Japanese Companies", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Mar 2006, Main 26p, Teaching Notes 12 p, HKU568, Ref. 06/281C ed.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Tokyo Disneyland: Licensing vs. Joint Venture", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Aug 2005, Main 26p, Teaching Notes 12p, HKU420, Ref. No 05/254C ed.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Toyota's New Business Model: Creating a Sustainable Future", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Nov 2019, Main 12p, Teaching Notes 17p, HK1205, vol. 17/595C (NEW).
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "World Co. Ltd, Japan: Why Go Private?", Harvard Business School Cases by Harvard Business Publishing, Jan 2008, Main 19p, Teaching Notes 7, HKU699, Ref.07/362C ed.

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Mitsuru Misawa, "A Review of Abenomics: The Bold Plan to End Deflationary Recession in Japan", The World Financial Review, Jan Feb, 2014(http://www.worldfinancialreview.com/?p=4063), 68-78.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "New Pricing Strategy under Deflation, Case Study of a Japanese Company", Global Business and Finance Review, 2013, 01-11.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "An Overview of Problems Concerning Political Donations in Japan". Columbia Journal of Asian Law, Volume 21,Fall, 2008(No.2), 162-181.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Case Note, The Long Term Credit Bank of Japan",. Australian Journal of Asian Law, Asian Law Centre, University of Melbourne, Volume 8(No.1), 2006,104-119.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "A Recent Reform of Japanese Banking Law - Comparison of the US and Japanese Legal Systems for Banking Agencies", The Banking Law Journal, A&S P,ratt & Sons, established in 1889, 123(6), 2006, 536-552.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "The Tokyo International Capital Market for Foreign Issuers and Required Disclosure", The Journal of Payment Systems Law, A.S. Pratt & Sons, Volume 1, November/December 2005, 699- 753.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "A Comparative Study of US and Japanese Bank Directors' Duty of Disclosure", The Banking Law Journal, Volume 123, January 2006 (Number 1), 39-79.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Shareholders' Derivative Action and Directors' Responsibility in Japan", Penn State International Law Review (The Dickinson School of Law), Volume 24, Summer 2005 (No. 1), 1-57.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Laws and Regulations on Problem Loans in Japan? Is Application of International Accounting Standards Possible?", Columbia Journal of Asian Law, Volume 18, Fall 2004 (No. 1), 1-45.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Bank Directors' Decisions on Bad Loans: A Comparative Study of U.S. and Japanese Standards of Required Care", The Banking Law Journal, A. S. Pratt & Sons, established in 1889, Volume 122 (Number 5), May 2005, 429-466.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Japanese Issues and Perspective on the Convergence of International Accounting Standards". Journal of International Law and Business of Northwestern University School of Law, Volume 25, No.3, Spring 2005 Symposium Issue, 711-745.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Bad Loans of Japanese Banks -Directors' Civil and Criminal Liabilities", Temple International and Comparative Law Journal, Volume 18, No.2, Fall 2004, 101-127.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Bad Loans: A Comparative Study of U.S. and Japanese Regulations Concerning Loan Loss Reserves", The Banking Law Journal, Volume 121, Number 10, Nov/Dec 2004, 918-946.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Daiwa Bank Scandal in New York: Its Causes, Significance, and Lessens in the International Society", Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol.29, No.5,1996,1023-1069.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Loss Compensation in the Japanese Securities Market: Causes, Significance, and Search for a Remedy", Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 25, No.1, 1992, 37-58.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "New Japanese-Style Management in a Changing Era", The Columbia Journal of World Business, Vol. XXII, No. 4, 1987, 9-17.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Merger and Acquisition Activities in Japan: the Present and the Future", Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol.19, No.4, 1986,1-10.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "Financing Japanese Investments in the United States: Case Studies of a Large and a Medium-Size Firm", Financial Management, The Financial Management Association, Vol.14 (No.4), 1985, 5-12.
  • Mitsuru Misawa, "World-wide Unitary Taxation and its Impact on Japanese Investment in the U.S." Sloan Management Review, MIT, Vol.26, No.2, 1985, 51-55.