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      • June 2004 (Revised July 2004)
      • Teaching Note

      Align Technology, Inc. (TN)

      By: Rogelio Oliva and H. Kent Bowen
      Teaching Note to (9-603-058). View Details
      Keywords: Technology Industry
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      Oliva, Rogelio, and H. Kent Bowen. "Align Technology, Inc. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 604-105, June 2004. (Revised July 2004.)
      • March 2004 (Revised February 2006)
      • Case

      Salt Lake Organizing Committee, The: 2002 Olympics

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Bryce LaPierre and Courtney Purrington
      After two and a half years of effort, Fraser Bullock, COO of the 2002 Winter Olympics, faced projected deficits and post-9/11 security requirements only five months before the opening ceremony. Summarizes the organizational structure and processes put in place by... View Details
      Keywords: Framework; Knowledge Dissemination; Business or Company Management; Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Planning; Practice; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Sports; System
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Bryce LaPierre, and Courtney Purrington. "Salt Lake Organizing Committee, The: 2002 Olympics." Harvard Business School Case 604-092, March 2004. (Revised February 2006.)
      • March 2004 (Revised November 2004)
      • Background Note

      Building Capabilities: Mechanisms for and Impediments to Learning

      By: Steven J. Spear and H. Kent Bowen
      Stand-alone teaching note. View Details
      Keywords: Education
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      Spear, Steven J., and H. Kent Bowen. "Building Capabilities: Mechanisms for and Impediments to Learning." Harvard Business School Background Note 604-082, March 2004. (Revised November 2004.)
      • February 2004 (Revised March 2006)
      • Case

      Pratt & Whitney: Engineering Standard Work

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
      As the engineering of state-of-the-art jet engines becomes more and more complex, Pratt & Whitney leaders face major competitive problems. Product development projects are not meeting the cost, quality, and lead-time targets. The leadership develops a design,... View Details
      Keywords: Design; Engineering; Cost; Knowledge Management; Time Management; Product Launch; Standards; Product Development; Problems and Challenges; Quality; Creativity; Competitive Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Pratt & Whitney: Engineering Standard Work." Harvard Business School Case 604-084, February 2004. (Revised March 2006.)
      • December 2003 (Revised April 2005)
      • Case

      Camilla Denison (B)

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Bryce LaPierre
      Supplements the (A) case. View Details
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Bryce LaPierre. "Camilla Denison (B)." Harvard Business School Case 604-062, December 2003. (Revised April 2005.)
      • December 2003 (Revised April 2005)
      • Case

      Camilla Denison (A)

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Bryce LaPierre and Virginia Fuller
      Follows a successful manager as she takes on challenging assignments to lead manufacturing and development organizations. Details many experiences that influenced her character and attitudes from her youth to her graduate education and first jobs. Students discover the... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Success; Management Skills; Experience and Expertise
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Bryce LaPierre, and Virginia Fuller. "Camilla Denison (A)." Harvard Business School Case 604-061, December 2003. (Revised April 2005.)
      • November 2003 (Revised May 2005)
      • Case

      Beverly Stern: Retail Executive

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
      Beverly Stern has been a successful operating manager in three prominent retail chains: GAP, Pottery Barn, and Williams-Sonoma. Stern's last job at a start-up did not meet her expectations, and she must now decide what to do next. She has an offer to start a new retail... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Experience and Expertise; Personal Characteristics; Jobs and Positions; Decisions; Retail Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Beverly Stern: Retail Executive." Harvard Business School Case 604-018, November 2003. (Revised May 2005.)
      • June 2003 (Revised December 2004)
      • Case

      Molded Dimensions, Inc.

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Virginia Fuller and Doren Spinner
      Mike Katz, an MBA with several years of manufacturing management experience, talks about purchasing Molded Dimensions, Inc. (MDI), a Wisconsin-based plastics manufacturer, with his wife Linda, who also has a manufacturing background. The case describes at length... View Details
      Keywords: Transition; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Jobs and Positions; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Negotiation Process; Manufacturing Industry; Wisconsin
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Virginia Fuller, and Doren Spinner. "Molded Dimensions, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 603-133, June 2003. (Revised December 2004.)
      • March 2003
      • Case

      MySoftware (B): Finding a New Direction

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Steven J. Spear and Nicole Tempest
      Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Steven J. Spear, and Nicole Tempest. "MySoftware (B): Finding a New Direction." Harvard Business School Case 603-108, March 2003.
      • December 2002 (Revised February 2015)
      • Case

      Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (Abridged)

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg
      Jim Sharpe, 10 years after receiving his MBA from Harvard and working for others, has finally become his own boss and 100% owner of manufacturer of aluminum extrusions. After 10 months of an unfunded search, he acquires the business in an LBO and prepares to face his... View Details
      Keywords: Search Funds; Search; Entrepreneurial Management; Operations Strategy; Acquisitions; Work/family Balance; Unions; Union; Turnarounds; Funding Model; LBO; Bank Debt; Bank Loans; Equity Investment; Career Management; Small Business; Work-Life Balance; Negotiation; Operations; Labor Unions; Investment; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Barbara Feinberg. "Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (Abridged) ." Harvard Business School Case 603-084, December 2002. (Revised February 2015.)
      • October 2002 (Revised May 2003)
      • Case

      Dynatrol Corporation: Andover Assembly Division

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Janice H. Hammond and Ramchandran Jaikumar
      While grappling with glitches in the design and operation of its production system, Andover Assembly must also launch a new sensor product line to meet ultimatums issued by frustrated Signatron vice presidents. The financial returns of the division are not meeting... View Details
      Keywords: Production; Product Development; Product; Performance Productivity; Problems and Challenges; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Janice H. Hammond, and Ramchandran Jaikumar. "Dynatrol Corporation: Andover Assembly Division." Harvard Business School Case 603-050, October 2002. (Revised May 2003.)
      • September 2002
      • Case

      Align Technology, Inc.: Matching Manufacturing Capacity to Sales Demand

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Jonathan P Groberg
      Align Technology is a four-year-old medical products company that has invented a new product requiring new manufacturing processes. Demand for the new product has grown more slowly than initial forecasts predicted, and the cost structure is preventing the company from... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Problems and Challenges; Product; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing Strategy; Sales; Demand and Consumers; Production; Health Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Jonathan P Groberg. "Align Technology, Inc.: Matching Manufacturing Capacity to Sales Demand." Harvard Business School Case 603-058, September 2002.
      • August 2002
      • Supplement

      Raiser Senior Service-The Stratford (B)

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
      Supplements the (A) case. View Details
      Keywords: California
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Raiser Senior Service-The Stratford (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 603-014, August 2002.
      • August 2002 (Revised August 2002)
      • Case

      Raiser Senior Services--The Stratford (A)

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
      Focuses on modifying operations to increase profitability at an upscale senior care facility in California. Jennifer Raiser, president of Raiser Senior Services, opened the Stratford in 1992 as a high-end, continuing-care retirement community. Ten years later, the... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Profit; Saving; Health Care and Treatment; Age; Management Teams; Problems and Challenges; Ethics; Legal Liability; Business Growth and Maturation; Health Industry; Service Industry; California
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Raiser Senior Services--The Stratford (A)." Harvard Business School Case 603-013, August 2002. (Revised August 2002.)
      • January 2002
      • Case

      Intrinsix: Managing Growth at an Electronic Design Service Company

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
      Intrinsix is a 15-year-old semiconductor design services company that wants to continue its growth and market reach and appears to be ready for an initial public offering (IPO). This case leads up to this strategic decision point by tracing the growth of Intrinsix from... View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Initial Public Offering; Growth Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Style; Marketing Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Electronics Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Intrinsix: Managing Growth at an Electronic Design Service Company." Harvard Business School Case 602-067, January 2002.
      • August 2001
      • Background Note

      Work Methods Design: Note on Time Standards

      By: H. Kent Bowen
      Looks at production design. Helps students observe and work with procedures and consider cost reduction ideas using a view of methods improvement. View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Management Practices and Processes; Standards; Production; Performance Improvement; Perspective
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      Bowen, H. Kent. "Work Methods Design: Note on Time Standards." Harvard Business School Background Note 602-066, August 2001.
      • August 2001 (Revised June 2024)
      • Case

      Operations at the Donner Company

      By: H. Kent Bowen
      A small manufacturer of circuit boards faces product and operations-management problems. This case analyzes the production capacity at various stages and examines bottlenecks and product flow decisions. A detailed look at the problems and a discussion of the tools and... View Details
      Keywords: Operations; Production; Performance Capacity; Business Processes; Logistics; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent. "Operations at the Donner Company." Harvard Business School Case 602-040, August 2001. (Revised June 2024.)
      • March 2001
      • Teaching Note

      OXO International TN

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Marilyn Matis and Anne D. Karshis
      Teaching Note for (9-697-007). View Details
      Keywords: Asia; New York (city, NY); Connecticut
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      Bowen, H. Kent, Marilyn Matis, and Anne D. Karshis. "OXO International TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 601-161, March 2001.
      • 2000
      • Chapter

      Globalization in the Advanced Ceramics Industry

      By: Courtney Purrington and H. Kent Bowen
      Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries
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      Purrington, Courtney, and H. Kent Bowen. "Globalization in the Advanced Ceramics Industry." In Ceramics as a Global Enterprise, edited by W. D. Kingery. Websterville, OH: American Ceramic Society, 2000.
      • August 2000
      • Case

      Project ACHIEVE - January 2000

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Elizabeth Kind
      Education services target public schools to assist the school with technology and services that will improve their communication with students, parents, and the community. There is also the goal of increasing scores of measured learning. How does a small company do... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Service Delivery; Learning; Interactive Communication; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Consistency; Business and Community Relations; Expansion; Technology Adoption; Education Industry
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Elizabeth Kind. "Project ACHIEVE - January 2000." Harvard Business School Case 601-044, August 2000.
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