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- December 2010
- Supplement
Fortis Industries, Inc. (D)
Fortis' packaging division president makes a final decision on the price-flex policy. View Details
Moriarty, Rowland T., and Gordon Swartz. "Fortis Industries, Inc. (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 511-082, December 2010.
- September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
- Teaching Note
Empresas CAP, 1994 TN
By: Tarun Khanna
Teaching Note for (9-798-053). View Details
Keywords: Steel Industry
- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
economies of scale are outweighed by frictions and inefficiencies that accompany bigness. This principle has served Nucor Steel well as it has risen to the premier place in US steel making. Similarly, Arkadi... View Details
- 28 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Can We Expect in the Other War?
most sensitive and talented prospects away? Will work groups be broken into increasingly smaller sizes, typical of the philosophy on which Nucor Steel was built—when a plant reaches a size of roughly two hundred employees, it's time to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela
grid), not to mention designing a route to the river, into the river, and out of the river for millions of pilgrims. There are said to be more than 156 kilometers of double track checker plate steel creating drivable roads in the sand and... View Details
- June 2013
- Supplement
Union Corrugating Co. (A) (Spreadsheet Supplement)
This is the spreadsheet supplement for HBS Case 803065, containing Exhibit 3 as an Excel document. View Details
Keywords: Family-owned Business; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Entrepreneurs; Sales Force Management; Salesforce Management; Operations Management; COST Control; Gender; Careers; Turnaround; Turnarounds; Supply Chain Management; Restructuring; Entrepreneurship; Customer Focus and Relationships; Supply Chain; Steel Industry; Steel Industry; North Carolina; United States
- August 1986 (Revised May 1989)
- Case
Timken Co.
Describes the efforts of the Timken Co., a major international producer of bearings and steel, to develop an effective employee communication program. The case examines the intense international competitive atmosphere, the recent record of job losses in related... View Details
Hattersley, Michael E. "Timken Co." Harvard Business School Case 387-035, August 1986. (Revised May 1989.)
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
consequences for Moorjani, for the young businesses he had built, and for the future of mobility. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/818026-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-055 Robert K. Steel at Wachovia... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
5 Lessons I Hope Marketers Don’t Learn from Donald Trump
who’ve succumbed to the lure of guilty pleasures, to the point of being coy about acknowledging them to pollsters, will face bigger coming-out problems down the road. Sell dreams even if you have no plan to deliver. If you’ve been promising jobs in demolished View Details
Keywords: by John A. Deighton
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Technological Disruption Changes Everything
Word, for example? The problem: Overshooting the market can open the way for disruptive technologies that are cheaper and simpler to take root. So Xerox was eventually disrupted by less expensive copiers from Ricoh and Canon, Western Union by the telephone, and big... View Details
- December 2010
- Supplement
Fortis Industries, Inc. (C)
Describes whether the company adopts the price-flex policy described in the (A) and (B) cases. View Details
Moriarty, Rowland T., and Gordon Swartz. "Fortis Industries, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 511-081, December 2010.
- April 1994 (Revised May 1995)
- Case
Hylsa S.A. de C.V.
By: Robert H. Hayes
Keywords: Steel Industry
Hayes, Robert H. "Hylsa S.A. de C.V." Harvard Business School Case 694-098, April 1994. (Revised May 1995.)
- January 1986 (Revised July 1986)
- Case
Inland Steel: Quality Scheduling--1985
By: Kim B. Clark
Clark, Kim B. "Inland Steel: Quality Scheduling--1985." Harvard Business School Case 686-107, January 1986. (Revised July 1986.)
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
Koch-WeserHarvard Business School Case 912-411 What is Baosteel, a top Chinese steelmaker, doing in Brazil? The company is responding to the Chinese government's "go global" policy and to the possible rise in iron ore input costs. But View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808011 Tascot Ties Harvard Business School Case 808-082 No abstract is available at this time. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808082 Trends in the United... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- December 2006 (Revised June 2013)
- Teaching Note
Union Corrugating Company (A) and (B)
By: Paul W. Marshall
Teaching Note to 803065 and 804003. View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
New Face of Chinese Industrial Policy: Making Sense of Anti-Dumping Cases in the Petrochemical and Steel Industries Author:Regina M. Abrami Publication:Journal of East Asian Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Why have China's petrochemical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
learned" manual to apply to the 757 and 767 models. Allegheny Ludlum, meanwhile, continuously experiments with its steel products, interpreting and applying the results, while allowing work teams freedom from departmental budget... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
better understanding of commercial realpolitik: great-power politics based on the profit motives and shared ideas of firms. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-028.pdf The New Face of Chinese Industrial Policy: Making Sense of Anti-Dumping Cases in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
private donors, gain the cooperation of governments, and catalyze private markets to achieve its goals. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509007 Columbus Tubing: Steel Is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace