Benihana ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- 1. ------------------------------------------------- What is the Benihana concept? Benihana restaurants are traditional Japanese hibachi steakhouses‚ which feature the Japanese cooking method known as teppanyaki. There are key attributes that separate Benihana from other restaurants. One is true Japanese authenticity. Every
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Behihana of Tokyo‚ Inc. v. Benihana‚ Inc.‚ 906 A.2d 114 (Del. 2006) Facts: Rocky Aoki founded Benihana of Tokyo‚ Inc. (BOT)‚ and its subsidiary‚ Benihana‚ which own and operate Benihana restaurants in the United States and other countries. Aoki transferred his 100% ownership of BOT to Benihana Protective Trust in 1998 in order to avoid licensing problems stemming from his conviction on insider trading charges. Benihana‚ a Delaware corporation‚ had two classes of common stock. There were 6 million
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Abstract. This short case heavily references the “old classic” HBS case on Benihana‚ and is intended to be used in conjunction with a simulation that helps students gain insight into how Benihana achieved its profitability. The simulation helps bring out many key operational issues‚ such as how variability in demand and in processing can negatively impact profitability. The case analysis goes on to show how Benihana reduces variability‚ and illustrates concepts such as the product-process spectrum
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Aoki‚ a wrestler who had qualified for but did not attend the 1960 Summer Olympics started the restaurant with $10‚000 earned from driving an ice cream truck in Harlem. The first restaurant‚ Benihana of Tokyo‚ was named for the red Safflower that was the name for the coffee shop owned by his parents in Tokyo. Aoki’s concept was for the meals to be theatrically prepared by a knife-wielding‚ joke-telling chef at a teppanyaki table surrounded by a wooden eating surface in front of the guests (Teppan
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EXECUTIVE MBA 2014/2015 PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE REPORT Porto‚ 24st October 2014 PROFESSOR Luis Solis‚ PhD. GROUP 6 Carlos Manuel Soares Pimenta Gonçalves Francisco Adriano dos Santos Marques Ribeiro Paula Cristina Fonseca Gonçalves Arantes Pedro
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injuries. As the specter of a major terrorist attack hangs over the United States‚ it is critical that policy makers‚ government agencies and civil leaders understand how to deal with the fear and panic that come with an attack. It is especially the case when the attackers use a weapon of mass destruction that could be biological‚ chemical or nuclear in nature. The utter destructive power of these weapons and the fact that their effects are more long term mean that the psychological damage of an attack
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Dubai. 3.3 Hypothetical project (Tokyo sky city) Introduction Tokyo sky city is a hypothetical architectural project of a super tall skyscraper with the height that of two third of a mile. It was proposed in year of 1989 by Takenaka Construction firm of Tokyo‚ during the height of Japanese asset price bubble. The main aim of the ambitious architects of the firm then was to change the world’s approach towards urban crowding and overpopulation in the megacities like Tokyo‚ Mexico city and others. Need
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1. What is Benihana’s value proposition to its customers? Benihana strives to be unique and promises to be a fun place to eat for all. Benihana’s primary value proposition to its customers is providing high quality of quick service and authentic exotic food at reasonable price. Unlike a traditional restaurant where you place the order and food is served to you‚ at Benihana you get to watch the food being cooked and also get entertained in the process. Each chef has a different style and personality
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Q1: How do Grut & Pfiffer define Tokyo Jane positioning‚ what does TJ brand stand for? The founders of Tokyo Jane want to offer affordable luxury product to their consumer. Grut and Pfiffer has a very vivid idea of how the brand and the product would look like in the mind of consumers‚ however they could not able to depicts the idea to their employee. Tokyo Jane would want to offer good quality and fashionable jewelry as in the high-end fashion display‚ yet accessible for their consumers. “Luxury
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The planning for the future structure of postwar Tokyo was the core of Japanese economic and political power which began in 1956 after the establishment of the National Capital Region Development Law. A committee was set up to study a strategy to control development of the whole Kanto Region up to a radius of 100 km. The committee prepared the National Capital Region Development Plan‚ which was approved in 1958. The goal of the plan was to prevent the urban territory of the capital and any further
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