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      • March 1982 (Revised September 1985)
      • Case

      Sealed Air Corporation

      By: Robert J. Dolan
      Market leadership and technological innovation have marked Sealed Air's participation in the U.S. protective packaging market. Several small regional producers have introduced products which are less effective than Sealed Air's but similar in appearance and cheaper.... View Details
      Keywords: Product Marketing; Product; Technological Innovation; Supply and Industry; Competitive Advantage; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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      Dolan, Robert J. "Sealed Air Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 582-103, March 1982. (Revised September 1985.)
      • May 1981 (Revised May 1985)
      • Case

      MEM Co., Inc.

      By: John A. Quelch
      The President of MEM Co., Inc. is assessing the proposed introduction of a new line of men's toiletries. He also must determine the best distribution channels and the size of the product's advertising budget. View Details
      Keywords: Advertising; Distribution Channels; Budgets and Budgeting; Product Development; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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      Quelch, John A. "MEM Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 581-154, May 1981. (Revised May 1985.)
      • April 1981 (Revised January 1997)
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      Corning Glass Works: The Z-Glass Project

      By: Kim B. Clark
      Considers decisions facing the leader of a manufacturing staff project team assigned to a plant where yields have deteriorated sharply. The process is complex: the plant organization is not cooperative and there are deep disagreements about what is wrong and how to fix... View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Production; Problems and Challenges; Conflict Management; Performance Productivity; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Groups and Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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      Clark, Kim B. "Corning Glass Works: The Z-Glass Project." Harvard Business School Case 681-091, April 1981. (Revised January 1997.)
      • 1980
      • Book

      Product Innovation and Directions of International Trade

      By: L. T. Wells Jr.
      Keywords: Product Development; Globalization
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      Wells, L. T., Jr. Product Innovation and Directions of International Trade. NY: Arno Press, Inc., 1980.
      • August 1980 (Revised August 1985)
      • Case

      Teradyne, Inc.--1979: Semiconductor Test Division (A)

      By: Benson P. Shapiro
      In 1979, the management of Teradyne's Semiconductor Test Division had to make important decisions regarding the allocation of engineering resources in the face of increased competition. They had to choose between upgrading an existing product and developing a new one. View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Resource Allocation; Product; Product Development; Competition; Semiconductor Industry
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      Shapiro, Benson P. "Teradyne, Inc.--1979: Semiconductor Test Division (A)." Harvard Business School Case 581-023, August 1980. (Revised August 1985.)
      • 1980
      • Working Paper

      Components of Manufacturing Inventories: A Structural Model of the Production Process

      By: Alan J. Auerbach and Jerry R. Green
      This paper presents a structural model of production and inventory accumulation based on the hypothesis of cost minimization. It differs from previous attempts in several respects. First, it integrates the analysis of input inventories with output inventories, treating... View Details
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      Auerbach, Alan J., and Jerry R. Green. "Components of Manufacturing Inventories: A Structural Model of the Production Process." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 491, June 1980.
      • April 1980 (Revised September 1985)
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      The Disposable Diaper Industry in 1974

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Describes the rapidly growing disposable diaper industry in 1974, a period in which Procter and Gamble's industry leadership faced strong challenges from Kimberly Clark, Johnson and Johnson, and Union Carbide. The latter two firms were in the process of entry into the... View Details
      Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Competition; Consumer Products Industry
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      Porter, Michael E. "The Disposable Diaper Industry in 1974." Harvard Business School Background Note 380-175, April 1980. (Revised September 1985.)
      • 1980
      • Article

      Communication and Technical Roles in R&D Laboratories: An Information Processing Approach

      By: M. Tushman and D. Nadler
      Keywords: Communication; Information Technology; Research and Development; Information
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      Tushman, M., and D. Nadler. "Communication and Technical Roles in R&D Laboratories: An Information Processing Approach." Special Issue on R&D Management. Management Science 15 (1980): 91–112.
      • January 1980 (Revised August 1985)
      • Case

      Cumberland Metal Industries: Engineered Products Division--1980

      By: Benson P. Shapiro
      Cumberland Metal Industries has developed a new product to help contractors drive piles faster. They are trying to decide how to price it. Provides substantial information on the industry, competition, etc. Students must decide what factors are relevant in making an... View Details
      Keywords: Price; Information; Marketing Channels; Distribution Channels; Product Development; Consumer Products Industry
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      Shapiro, Benson P. "Cumberland Metal Industries: Engineered Products Division--1980." Harvard Business School Case 580-104, January 1980. (Revised August 1985.)
      • October 1979 (Revised March 1986)
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      PC&D, Inc.

      By: Evelyn T. Christiansen and Richard G. Hamermesh
      Covers history of PC&D from 1960 to 1975 as it grows from a single business firm to a diversified firm. Emphasizes the use of subsidiaries for product development and fast growth. Other issues include problems of a new CEO in keeping control of fast growing divisions. View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Business Subsidiaries; Diversification; Growth Management; Product Development
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      Christiansen, Evelyn T., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "PC&D, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 380-072, October 1979. (Revised March 1986.)
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      Do Supervisors Thrive in Participative Work Systems?

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Richard E. Walton
      This article presents the findings regarding the nature of the difficulties surrounding the supervisory role in participative work systems, a conceptualization of the supervisor/work group interface, and some action implications for the management of organizations.... View Details
      Keywords: Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Management Practices and Processes; Innovation and Invention
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      Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Richard E. Walton. "Do Supervisors Thrive in Participative Work Systems?" Organizational Dynamics 7, no. 3 (Winter 1979): 24–38.
      • January 1977 (Revised April 1983)
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      Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (B)

      By: Michael Beer
      Focuses on the recommendations and implementation strategy made by the organizational development group for the electronic product division's problems. View Details
      Keywords: Business Divisions; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Adaptation
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      Beer, Michael. "Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (B)." Harvard Business School Case 477-073, January 1977. (Revised April 1983.)
      • January 1977
      • Case

      MRC, Inc. (Consolidated)

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      A large diversified company must develop a strategy for a division whose performance has deteriorated due to its aging product. Alternatives range from liquidation to a major investment in a new product. The formal capital budgeting system is compared with the informal... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Business Divisions; Capital Budgeting
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      Piper, Thomas R. "MRC, Inc. (Consolidated)." Harvard Business School Case 277-123, January 1977.
      • September 1974 (Revised July 1979)
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      A Note on Process Analysis

      By: Paul W. Marshall
      Provides an introductory note to production processes and the use of flow diagram. View Details
      Keywords: Production; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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      Marshall, Paul W. "A Note on Process Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 675-038, September 1974. (Revised July 1979.)
      • March 1974 (Revised June 1995)
      • Case

      First National City Bank Operating Group (B)

      By: Jay W. Lorsch
      Growth in demands on the bank's "back office" required a totally new approach to management. New stress on systems orientation, objectives, measurement, process design and control has resulted in lower costs, fewer people, and higher quality. Also resulted in fear,... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Transition; Banks and Banking; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Production; Outcome or Result; Banking Industry
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      Lorsch, Jay W. "First National City Bank Operating Group (B)." Harvard Business School Case 474-166, March 1974. (Revised June 1995.)
      • March 1974 (Revised June 1996)
      • Case

      First National City Bank Operating Group (A)

      By: Jay W. Lorsch
      Growth in the banking field has produced new demands on the "back office." Traditional management practices in check processing and paper handling operations have resulted in ten years of cost increases and quality loss. New manager of the operating group faces an... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Transition; Banks and Banking; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Production; Banking Industry
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      Lorsch, Jay W. "First National City Bank Operating Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 474-165, March 1974. (Revised June 1996.)
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      3D Negotiaton

      By: James K. Sebenius

      In articles and books, often with David Lax, I have been developing a broad approach to effective negotiation that encompasses three "dimensions." In this "3D" approach, our first dimension — "tactics"-- is the most familiar territory. Tactics are the persuasive... View Details

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      American Secretaries of State Project: Negotiation, Diplomacy, and Statecraft

      By: James K. Sebenius
      With Nicholas Burns and Robert Mnookin, I co-lead a project to do background research on all living former American Secretaries of State, interview them extensively on video at Harvard (if possible) about their most challenging negotiations, and analyze this... View Details
      • 2018
      • Chapter

      Are Licensing Markets Local? An Analysis of the Geography of Vertical Licensing Agreements in Bio-Pharmaceuticals

      By: Juan Alcacer, John Cantwell and Michelle Gittelman
      As the value chain of the pharmaceutical industry disaggregates, upstream discovery is increasingly carried out by small research-specialized firms while downstream development, testing and marketing is conducted by global pharmaceutical firms. Licensing plays an... View Details
      Keywords: Geographic Location; Local Range; Rights; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Alcacer, Juan, John Cantwell, and Michelle Gittelman. "Are Licensing Markets Local? An Analysis of the Geography of Vertical Licensing Agreements in Bio-Pharmaceuticals." In Location of Biopharmaceutical Activity, edited by Iain M. Cockburn and Matthew J. Slaughter. National Bureau of Economic Research, forthcoming.
      • Forthcoming
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      Beefing IT Up for Your Investor? Engagement with Open Source Communities, Innovation, and Startup Funding: Evidence from GitHub

      By: Annamaria Conti, Christian Peukert and Maria P. Roche
      We study the engagement of nascent firms with open source communities and its implications for innovation and attracting funding. To do so, we link data on 160,065 U.S. startups from Crunchbase to their activities on the open source software development platform... View Details
      Keywords: Startups; Knowledge; Open Source Communities; GitHub; Machine Learning; Innovation; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Information Technology; Strategy
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      Conti, Annamaria, Christian Peukert, and Maria P. Roche. "Beefing IT Up for Your Investor? Engagement with Open Source Communities, Innovation, and Startup Funding: Evidence from GitHub." Organization Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online March 7, 2025.)
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