Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Dec 1999
Research & Ideas

Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century

Richard Tedlow has written, "most manufacturers were unknown to the people who bought their products." 50 Heinz would not have used the words "brand creation" to describe his initiatives. This term is a product of the... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

computer manufacturers to steel mills and retailing, he has discovered consistent patterns in the way technological innovation affects both companies and industries. Health care, he declares, is no exception. According to Christensen's... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

equipment for US soldiers. He argued, "[T]here is a complete lack of understanding of the problems of human beings and the problem of making a human being a good fighting person." 26 "Doriot undertook to bring together many of the... View Details

February 2018
Teaching Plan

Tesla in 2015

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Olivia Hull and Sarah Mehta

Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-081. View Details

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Purchase

Profile

John Rogers

product development and manufacturing, I was ill equipped to take on the business challenges of agricultural value chain development. My first significant exposure to the space came during my initial January term, when I led a team of... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Annual Report 2017 - Annual Report 2017

that delivers qualified on-demand workers in 24 hours. Runner-Up: Vention allows businesses to design and order custom manufacturing equipment online via 3D printing. 5,000 Student participants in the... View Details

22 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510055-PDF-ENG Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Lynn S. Paine and Lara AdamsonsHarvard Business School Case 310-043 Richard Wingfield considers whether to continue a cooperative agreement with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 1991 (Revised November 1993)
Supplement

Investment Analysis and Lockheed Tri Star

A set of five exercises in capital budgeting. Student calculates and compares various decision criteria (including IRR and NPV) for capital investment projects. This is an introductory case, where relevant cash flows are provided, and the focus is on the discounting... View Details

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry

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Purchase

01 Mar 2015
News

A Boomtown's Echo

Manufacturing Gains Professor Richard H.K. Vietor A train carrying oil tank cars near Gladstone, North Dakota. “The gas from this shale revolution has made petrochemicals, cement—almost everything, really—cheaper in the United States than... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Dec 2007
News

A View from the Top

Zobel; (front row) Mixon, Wyss. After half-joking that his greatest accomplishment was getting his wife to marry “an Oklahoma cowboy,” Mal Mixon (MBA ’68) cited his successful purchase of Invacare, a manufacturer of in-home medical View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

26 Sep 2014
News

Where Creativity Rules

Keywords: i-Lab; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing

01 Mar 2019
News

The Blue-Green Revolution

removed from fossil crude. As a result, algae could pull fossil-fuel generated CO2 out of the atmosphere and transform it into nearly carbon-neutral diesel or jet fuel with minimal environmental impact—a handy trick when demand for View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustration by Eric Nyquist

01 Aug 2001
News

Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success

had to undertake a complete transformation of how Merck operates," he said, outlining strategies that included stepping up resources devoted to scientific research and marketing, integrating divisions of the company, and heading off problems in the clinical process by... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Frank Batten (MBA '52); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 2

autonomy and 2) nourishers—interpersonal events that uplift workers, including encouragement and demonstrations of respect and collegiality. Brimming with honest examples from the companies studied, The Progress Principle equips aspiring... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 May 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai

400-500 rupees a day to sort and process for recycling. The market is in turn willing to pay roughly 100 rupees for each recycled pellet generated, helping create the entire value chain from individual waste picker, processing plant, pellet manufacturer, and ultimately... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

Drive-In Nation

a dealer’s back lot, it will nonetheless embody a defining moment in a global race for supremacy. Manufactured by Toyota, this is the car that will propel the Japanese company ahead of General Motors as the world’s largest automaker, a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2017
News

City of Dreams

everything from mangoes to light bulbs to plastic flowers. Just across the road is Fort Railway Station, a major transportation hub used by over 200,000 people every day. For now, this spot at the water’s edge is no more than an ad hoc... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

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Digital Innovation and Transformation: Resources useful for Course Assignments

black; border-left:none" valign="top"> Reports on major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology worldwide. Topics covered include advanced materials, advanced View Details

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Medium of Artistic Expression - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

periodicals like Aperture magazine. Harold Livesay observes that in the way Henry Ford envisioned the Model T as an affordable means of transportation for all, so too did Land see his products as opening "vistas of art and communication... View Details

24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

these crafts were especially nimble in rough water. In the early 1970s, other kayakers began asking these "user innovators" to create equipment for them—and the rodeo kayaking industry was born. Since then, rodeo kayaks have... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

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