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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
"Taxation, meet Representation." Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate for manufacturers to 25 percent. A number of economists... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- News
Where Are They Now?
his company, Sundaram Medical Devices, was awarded in 2010 in the first annual HBS Alumni New Venture Contest. But Mahesh, the founder and CEO of Sundaram, a manufacturing start-up in Chennai, India, that is building high-quality,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
During the 1960s and 1970s, U.S. textile, apparel, and shoe manufacturing migrated to Latin America and Asia. By 1990 many products formerly manufactured in the United States were being produced abroad. In... View Details
Keywords: Byron Wien; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
entrepôt to China. After the Communists came to power in 1949, Hong Kong had to transform itself as a manufacturing center, and our company changed to one of exporting what Hong Kong produced. It built its reputation exporting... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
“We basically went from a revenue-generating ‘idea’ to fully proven and high-growth business model.” Vention currently employs a team of 25 working in growth and customer success, product engineering, and finance and operations, serving thousands of engineering and... View Details
- Profile
Suchita Prasad
that I came to HBS was to discover how to make an impact on people and organizations. To be able to achieve my goals, I needed to complement my human capital background with thorough business knowledge. Prior to HBS, I had worked with Unilever India as the HR manager... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Do Good: Eat Chocolate
nibs and raisins. Manufactured at a plant outside Medellín, Colombia, and sold at Whole Foods and gourmet specialty stores, sweetriot products are also available for purchase on Virgin America, at the outdoor equipment retailer REI, and... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
of our manufacturing happens in China, so the basic manufacturing piece—assembling millions of parts at just the right time, building high-quality widgets, selecting the right colors, and so on—that’s one... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
combination offered by Ford Motor Company’s management training program. While he excelled at leading teams to solve engineering-based manufacturing problems, it was a stint in sales and marketing that changed his life. “I was on the job... View Details
- 16 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Digging Into Data: Making A Career Change
financial services roles interestingly remained within the sector but switched their focus. The vast majority moved from private equity into the investment management / hedge fund space. And, 43% of students with manufacturing positions... View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
company Value Retail—and HBS alumni are the founders, chairmen, and CEOs of some of the sector’s hottest properties, from textile manufacturing leader Esquel Group to DIY makeup startup Mink. The business minds are suddenly as influential... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
it hit me right there.” That moment, the moment Wilcox fell in love, was the starting point for a wild ride called E Ink, which manufactures the electronic “paper” used in e-readers like Amazon’s Kindle, cell phones, and graphic displays... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
definitely hasn’t held her back. Her chief operations officer, a Six Sigma Black Belt, works continually to make every aspect of IceStone’s manufacturing process more efficient. “Now my classmates cheer me on for pursuing my vision,” she... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
sharing information electronically with the suppliers . . . auto makers know when to expect the parts needed to assemble a particular car, and they can schedule assembly accordingly. And suppliers can tap into the auto makers' order system to find out what's needed by... View Details
- 02 Feb 2017
- News
Growing and Competing at the Local Level
Buckley Brinkman (MBA 1986) is executive director/CEO of the Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity, which provides consulting services and programs to help manufacturers grow their businesses... View Details
- 22 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing
Manufacturers generally classify products in terms of broad product lines, developing a single marketing strategy and production plan for each line. That makes sense for marketing, but it's a mistake for production. Different SKUs... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
overseas suppliers. One example is Hasbro, which began sourcing from firms in India, Vietnam, and Mexico in the last five years. Moving existing suppliers out of China. Goertek, a supplier of Google’s Pixel watch, and Foxconn, a View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Manufacturing Excellence: A Leader’s Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence by Larry E. Fast (PMD 52, 1986) (Productivity Press) Fast explains how to implement and sustain a top-down, comprehensive strategy for View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
They Call Him Mr. China
built a $500 million auto parts manufacturing business, ASIMCO Technologies, and managed it with such dexterity that it was twice named one of the Best Employers in China. But it wasn’t easy, especially for someone who didn’t speak the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Digging Deep
irritation, Pieper could empathize: Having logged thousands of miles sailing in the Pacific Ocean, she knew that gear is important—that it should be portable, perform well under stress, and preferably look good. It was an aha moment that led her to launch DMOS (Do My... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna