Publications

January 2025
Technical Note

Get Cool: Air Conditioning Industry Background

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small

The “air conditioning paradox” is tied to climate change: the more the planet warms, the greater the need for cooling (due to the dangers of extreme heat as well as comfort within buildings), but the use of electricity-powered AC contributes to further warming. There... View Details

Keywords: Appliances; Global Warming; Energy Efficiency; Climate Change; Venture Capital; Demand and Consumers; Distribution Channels; Green Technology; United States; Asia

27 Mar 2000
Conference Presentation

Biotechnology Industry Organization Paper

By: Michael Porter

Keywords: Biotechnology Industry

June 1998
Teaching Note

Industrial Products, Inc. TN

By: Joseph L. Bower

Teaching Note for (9-369-019). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

November 1983 (Revised March 1986)
Case

Leather Industry in India

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Consumer Products Industry; India

March 1990 (Revised October 1990)
Case

Liz Claiborne, Inc. and Ruentex Industries Ltd.

Describes Liz Claiborne, Inc.'s manufacturing and marketing strategy and details the significance of its supplier selection strategy. It begins to describe the company's relationship with Ruentex Industries Ltd., its largest supplier of piece goods. When used with... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Relationships; Cooperation; Apparel and Accessories Industry

December 2006 (Revised January 2008)
Case

ViaGen: Revolutionizing the Livestock Industry

By: David E. Bell, Reed Martin and Mary L. Shelman

ViaGen has invested heavily to develop cloning technology for the livestock industry. Cloning has the potential to significantly improve the genetics of livestock, leading to higher quality meat, healthier animals, and more efficient production. Since 2003, the firm... View Details

Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Business Plan; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Marketing Communications; Industry Structures; Business and Government Relations; Genetics; Commercialization; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

April 1973
Case

Coca-Cola Industry (Japan) (A)

January 2017 (Revised January 2019)
Case

Ethiopia's Industrial Parks Strategy

By: John Macomber and Radhika Kak

Dec 1989
Other Presentation

Strategy in Deal-Based Industries

By: Michael E. Porter

Remarks to the 1989 HBS Real Estate Symposium View Details

Keywords: Strategy

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February 1992
Article

Outsourcing and Industrial Decline

By: R.A. Bettis, Stephen P. Bradley and G. Hamel

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing

June 1992 (Revised April 1995)
Background Note

Swiss Sugar Confectionery Industry

June 2008 (Revised October 2008)
Background Note

Primer on the U.S. Television Industry

This case provides background on the U.S. TV industry at the end of the 20th century. View Details

Keywords: History; Television Entertainment; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States

April 2003 (Revised May 2003)
Case

Valuation Ratios in the Airline Industry

By: Paul M. Healy, Krishna G. Palepu and Jonathan Barnett

Four firms in the airline industry illustrate the underlying differences in valuation multiples (price-earnings and price-to-book). View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Activity Based Costing and Management; Accounting Audits; Air Transportation Industry

October 2024
Case

Parexel: Scaling Up and Industry Dynamics

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ben Creo

Through the lens of biopharmaceutical contract research organization (CRO) PAREXEL, this case traces the evolution of the firm as it reinvents itself in response to the transformation of the CRO sector from a small, secondary cluster of firms into a major player with... View Details

Keywords: Research; Innovation and Invention; Business Model; Transformation; Globalization; Information Technology; Competitive Advantage; Pharmaceutical Industry

December 1997
Case

Birman Industrial Products Corporation

By: Janice H. Hammond

Keywords: Product Design; Strategic Planning; Industrial Products Industry

January 1989 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Health Industry Manufacturers Association

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

September 1999
Background Note

Revolution in the Communications Switching Industry

By: Jay O. Light, Lynda M. Applegate and Daniel J. Green

As data packet switches threatened the voice circuit switch industry in 1999, major switch and router vendors began paying high premiums to acquire venture-backed switch companies. This note explains what a switch is and suggests why large vendors might be so anxious... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Restructuring; Capital; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Communications Industry; Communications Industry