Publications

April 1990 (Revised August 1993)
Case

Leather Industry in India (Abridged)

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; India

May 2022
Case

Honeywell: Transforming a Century Old Industrial

By: William W. George, Michael Norris and John Masko

In late 2021, Darius Adamczyk, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell is considering the changes he has made to the company since he took over the top leadership position in 2017. The company he had inherited from his predecessor, David Cote, was seen by most as a... View Details

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Transformation; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Business Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Organization; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; North Carolina; New Jersey

April 1979 (Revised October 1983)
Case

U.S. Securities Industry in 1979

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States

June 1987 (Revised October 1987)
Case

TC2 and the Apparel Industry

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry

2007
Working Paper

What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns

By: Glenn Ellison, Edward Glaeser and William R. Kerr

Many industries are geographically concentrated. Many mechanisms that could account for such agglomeration have been proposed. We note that these theories make different predictions about which pairs of industries should be coagglomerated. We discuss the measurement of... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Labor; Industry Clusters; Transportation; Manufacturing Industry; United States

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October 1983 (Revised October 1986)
Background Note

U.S. Securities Industry in 1979-83

March 1992 (Revised June 1992)
Background Note

Strategic Industry Model: Emergent Technologies

By: Robert J. Dolan

Describes computer model and output from conjoint analysis and perceptual mapping for product line planning. View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Product Marketing

May 1986
Case

Milford Industries (A), Software Case

By: Benson P. Shapiro

November 1978
Background Note

What Is Industrial Product Policy?

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Keywords: Product

05 Oct 2014
News

The Steve Jobs Industrial Complex

14 Jul 2021

Women in Industry Series: Entrepreneurship

Wonder what an MBA could do to help with your professional growth? Learn from Professor Allison Mnookin why HBS is #1 in female founders and how HBS supports women hoping to start their own company. Hear from HBS female founders as they reflect on their MBA experience. View Details

June 2006 (Revised July 2009)
Case

MassMEDIC: The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council

By: Willis M. Emmons III, Michael E. Porter and Spencer Wallace

Set in 2004, as Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC) President Tom Sommer contemplates the future direction of a successful medical device cluster association. Focuses on the formation of cluster organizations and their roles and effectiveness,... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Industry Clusters; Nonprofit Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Cooperation; Massachusetts

Article

Family Control of Firms and Industries

We test what explains family control of firms and industries and find that the explanation is largely contingent on the identity of families and individual blockholders. Founders and their families are more likely to retain control when doing so gives the firm a... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Cost vs Benefits; Governance Controls; Family Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Competitive Advantage

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January 2011
Article

Does Intellectual Property Rights Reform Spur Industrial Development?

By: Lee G. Branstetter, Ray Fisman, C. Fritz Foley and Kamal Saggi

An extensive theoretical literature generates ambiguous predictions concerning the effects of intellectual property rights (IPR) reform on industrial development. The impact depends on whether multinational enterprises (MNEs) expand production in reforming countries... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Intellectual Property; Rights; Production; Expansion; United States

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June 1990 (Revised April 1993)
Teaching Note

Novo Industri A/S--1981, Teaching Note

By: W. Carl Kester

Teaching Note for (9-286-084). View Details

Keywords: Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Denmark; United States

May 1982
Case

Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Chemical Industry

1999
Chapter

Frequency Programs in Service Industries

By: J. A. Deighton

Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Consumer Behavior; Service Industry

December 2014 (Revised November 2016)
Case

Dylan Pierce at Peninsula Industries

By: Karthik Ramanna

Peninsula Industries' U.S. country manager, Peter Lee, has a problem—his star hire, Dylan Pierce, is threatening to quit. Peninsula is a large Korean conglomerate multinational that has been keen to attract foreigners. Dylan was hired by Peter to work in Peninsula's... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Corporation; Multicultural Teams; Leadership; Diversity; Electronics Industry; Korean Peninsula; United States