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- March 1983 (Revised April 1988)
- Teaching Note
Norman Machinery Products, Inc. (C), Teaching Note
By: Henry B. Reiling
Teaching Note for (9-277-029).
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- March 1983 (Revised December 1988)
- Teaching Note
Norman Machinery Products, Inc. (B), Teaching Note
By: Henry B. Reiling
- June 1988 (Revised February 1989)
- Case
Amalgamated Aluminum Pigments Division: The Technical Service Conundrum
Shapiro, Benson P. "Amalgamated Aluminum Pigments Division: The Technical Service Conundrum." Harvard Business School Case 588-078, June 1988. (Revised February 1989.)
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
alongside the official engine productions. Many craft industries, specifically metal industries, have traditions of homer making. In a recent survey conducted in France, 28 percent of male factory workers reported that on the job they...
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- January 1995 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Schweizerische Maschinenfabrik Zug, A.G.
Schweizerische Maschinenfabrik Zug (SMZ), a 110-year old Swiss machinery firm, faces several issues at the end of 1992. It's not clear whether the company will be able to maintain its traditional price premium in the face of foreign competition. The firm must chart a...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Machinery and Machining;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Manufacturing Industry;
Switzerland
Enright, Michael J. "Schweizerische Maschinenfabrik Zug, A.G." Harvard Business School Case 795-026, January 1995. (Revised October 1995.)
- March 1983 (Revised February 1986)
- Teaching Note
Norman Machinery Products, Inc. (A), Teaching Note
By: Henry B. Reiling
- October 1996
- Teaching Note
Global Iron Proposal (A) and (B), Teaching Note
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
- April 1984 (Revised October 1988)
- Case
Andreas Stihl Machinenfabrik
By: W. Earl Sasser
Sasser, W. Earl. "Andreas Stihl Machinenfabrik." Harvard Business School Case 684-061, April 1984. (Revised October 1988.)
- April 1991 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Harnischfeger Industries: Portal Cranes
Harnischfeger, the market-share leader, is facing increasing competition in the portal crane industry. The key question facing the company is how to respond to the competitive threat without undermining the attractiveness of the industry. The case discusses a number of...
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Brandenburger, Adam M. "Harnischfeger Industries: Portal Cranes." Harvard Business School Case 391-130, April 1991. (Revised November 1996.)
- October 1994
- Case
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery rescued its plant from the labor riots of 1987 to make it the fastest improving shipyard in the world by 1994. With its competition in Korea making huge investments in additional capacity in anticipation of the end of the...
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Keywords:
Management;
Machinery and Machining;
Performance Improvement;
Manufacturing Industry;
South Korea
Upton, David M., and Kim Bowon. "Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery." Harvard Business School Case 695-001, October 1994.
- October 1993 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (A)
By: H. Kent Bowen
Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (CSSC) is a small, privately owned metal working company with a reputation for providing quality products to its customers. CSSC's business is primarily the production of springs and stamped parts used in a variety of mechanical...
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Bowen, H. Kent. "Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 694-009, October 1993. (Revised March 2001.)
- May 1997 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Reto S.A.
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
A company must decide whether to acquire new equipment to offer a new product line. The question is whether equipment will meet return on investment targets considering depreciation and taxation of profits. The equipment is acquired, but one year later better equipment...
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Bruns, William J., Jr. "Reto S.A." Harvard Business School Case 197-102, May 1997. (Revised May 2004.)
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
with the VW Touareg and was partially manufactured in VW's Bratislava, Slovakia plant. Then, as if that were not enough, Wiedeking shocked the investment world once again by purchasing roughly a 20 percent stake in VW, which led to major...
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- April 1980 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
Hampton Machine Tool Co.
A bank lending officer must decide whether to extend and increase a loan to a small machine tool company. Case provides sufficient data for preparation of cash budgets and pro forma financial statements in order to analyze the lending officer's problem. Other issues...
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Keywords:
Machinery and Machining;
Financing and Loans;
Financial Statements;
Manufacturing Industry
Mullins, David W., Jr. "Hampton Machine Tool Co." Harvard Business School Case 280-103, April 1980. (Revised December 1991.)
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
machines that took up more than twenty square feet of scarce factory floor space at the semiconductor facility. Teradyne engineers knew that CMOS technology could enable tighter integration of the test system architecture. With this...
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- August 1976
- Case
Norman Machinery Products, Inc. (C)
Presents the estate plan worked out by the son to deal with an estate planning issue. The plan involves the use of deferred compensation employment contract with the family business, a key-man life insurance policy, and a split-dollar life insurance policy.
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Keywords:
Machinery and Machining;
Family Business;
Personal Finance;
Corporate Finance;
Manufacturing Industry
Butters, J. Keith. "Norman Machinery Products, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 277-029, August 1976.
- April 1970 (Revised December 1983)
- Case
Norton Co. (A)
Introduces the "Norton Plan" designed to halt Norton's declining share of the grinding wheel market.
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Keywords:
Machinery and Machining;
Competitive Strategy;
Sales;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Corey, E. Raymond, and William E. Matthews. "Norton Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 570-001, April 1970. (Revised December 1983.)
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
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...
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- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
inevitable; it will never be eliminated. This is an oversimplication of a complex phenomenon, with nuances in every large organization that has grown beyond the “one for all and all for one” startup spirit. But when it rises to a level that affects marketing plans,...
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