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- October 2003
- Case
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company: Building a Platform for Distributed Innovation
By: Marco Iansiti and Marcin Strojwas
Surging costs of building a state-of-the-art fabrication facility were pushing firms to outsource manufacturing while advanced technologies were requiring a tighter coupling between design and manufacturing. Explores the development of strategy in this environment.... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Business Model; Networks; Product Design; Production; Decisions; Customer Relationship Management; Supply Chain Management
Iansiti, Marco, and Marcin Strojwas. "Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company: Building a Platform for Distributed Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 604-044, October 2003.
- June 1990
- Teaching Note
Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Abridged), Teaching Note
By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
- 1993
- Book
Integrating Service Strategy in the Manufacturing Company
By: H. Mathe and R. D. Shapiro
Mathe, H., and R. D. Shapiro. Integrating Service Strategy in the Manufacturing Company. London, New York: Chapman & Hall, 1993.
- Article
You Can't Always Get What You Want: The Real Exchange Rate and Manufacturing Performance in a World of Global Value Chains
By: Laura Alfaro, Alejandro Cuñat, Harald Fadinger and Yanping Liu
Real exchange rate devaluations are typically seen as a viable development strategy, but the effectiveness of the approach may vary over time and across countries. This column explores this issue by focusing on the microeconomics of firm-level responses to exchange... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Performance; Real Exchange Rate; Global Value Chains; Economics; Production; Performance
Alfaro, Laura, Alejandro Cuñat, Harald Fadinger, and Yanping Liu. "You Can't Always Get What You Want: The Real Exchange Rate and Manufacturing Performance in a World of Global Value Chains." Vox, CEPR Policy Portal (October 2, 2018).
- November 1981
- Case
Butler Manufacturing Co.: Small Components Plant (Abridged)
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Shapiro, Roy D. "Butler Manufacturing Co.: Small Components Plant (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 682-036, November 1981.
- Sep 2014
- Article
What It Takes to Reshore Manufacturing Successfully
The data on comparative labor and energy costs may seem compelling, but the process of bringing assembly work back to domestic factories from abroad is substantially more challenging than the economics alone would predict. This paper looks at some of the issues firms... View Details
- July 1986
- Supplement
Manufacturers Hanover Corp.--Worldwide Network, Part 1, Video
Stoddard, Donna B. "Manufacturers Hanover Corp.--Worldwide Network, Part 1, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 887-503, July 1986.
- January 1991 (Revised March 1991)
- Supplement
Hewlett-Packard: Corporate, Group, and Divisional Manufacturing (B)
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. "Hewlett-Packard: Corporate, Group, and Divisional Manufacturing (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 691-002, January 1991. (Revised March 1991.)
- August 1982 (Revised January 1984)
- Case
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.: Office Automation Group
McKenney, James L. "Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.: Office Automation Group." Harvard Business School Case 183-049, August 1982. (Revised January 1984.)
- November 1990
- Article
Manufacturer Trade Deals and Retail Price Promotions
By: R. Lal
Lal, R. "Manufacturer Trade Deals and Retail Price Promotions." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) (November 1990).
- 13 Jul 2011
- News
Cleveland Manufacturer Welds Together Job Security, Profits
- September 2019
- Case
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem
By: Willy C. Shih
Vaccines for children has been a long-standing focus for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and its critical role in public health made its production an important economic and political issue. This case describes the Foundation's investment in a breakthrough vaccine... View Details
Keywords: Vaccine; Production; Supply Chain; Product; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Belgium
Shih, Willy C. "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 620-021, September 2019.
- June 2023
- Teaching Note
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: Global Leadership in Chipmaking
By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 321-126. The general purpose of this case is to explore the evolving nature of business relations across the Taiwan strait, focusing on the prominence of Taiwan's high-tech industry. After the legendary founder of Taiwan Semiconductor... View Details
- September 1993
- Supplement
Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (B)
ALZA, a drug delivery company, must decide what and for whom to manufacture. In the past, it has licensed to pharmaceutical companies its patented system for the slow release of drugs into the human system. Therefore the company has little experience in choice of drug... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Choices and Conditions; Patents; Production; Pharmaceutical Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Leonard, Dorothy A. "Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 694-020, September 1993.
- 1985
- Article
Small Scale Manufacturing as a Competitive Advantage
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Keywords: Production
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Small Scale Manufacturing as a Competitive Advantage." A Decade of Debate on Multinational Corporations. Portfolio: International Economic Perspectives 10, no. 3 (1985). (Also in T.H. Moran (ed.) Multinational Corporations: The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment. Lexington: Lexington Books, 1985. pp. 119-136.)
- 21 Sep 2023
- News
How Smaller Manufacturers Can Upgrade Their Tech
- 19 Sep 2023
- News
UAW Strike Collides With Biden’s Manufacturing Agenda
- May – June 1991
- Article
Manufacturing Costs for Advanced Composites Aerospace Parts
By: Rebecca M. Henderson, C. Shipp and T. Gutowski