Manufacturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Dec 2016
News

U.S. manufacturing job openings at 2007 levels

15 Apr 2020
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Bringing Manufacturing Back to the U.S. Is Easier Said Than Done

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You Can't Always Get What You Want: The Real Exchange Rate and Manufacturing Performance in a World of Global Value Chains

By: Laura Alfaro, Alejandro Cuñat, Harald Fadinger and Yanping Liu

Real exchange rate devaluations are typically seen as a viable development strategy, but the effectiveness of the approach may vary over time and across countries. This column explores this issue by focusing on the microeconomics of firm-level responses to exchange... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Performance; Real Exchange Rate; Global Value Chains; Economics; Production; Performance

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June 1990
Teaching Note

Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

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September 2019
Case

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem

By: Willy C. Shih

Vaccines for children has been a long-standing focus for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and its critical role in public health made its production an important economic and political issue. This case describes the Foundation's investment in a breakthrough vaccine... View Details

Keywords: Vaccine; Production; Supply Chain; Product; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Belgium

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June 2023
Teaching Note

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: Global Leadership in Chipmaking

By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 321-126. The general purpose of this case is to explore the evolving nature of business relations across the Taiwan strait, focusing on the prominence of Taiwan's high-tech industry. After the legendary founder of Taiwan Semiconductor... View Details

Keywords: Geopolitical Units; Government and Politics; Competition; Production; Disruption; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Taiwan; Taiwan Strait; China

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November 1981
Case

Butler Manufacturing Co.: Small Components Plant (Abridged)

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Buildings and Facilities; Manufacturing Industry

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September 1993
Supplement

Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (B)

By: Dorothy A. Leonard

ALZA, a drug delivery company, must decide what and for whom to manufacture. In the past, it has licensed to pharmaceutical companies its patented system for the slow release of drugs into the human system. Therefore the company has little experience in choice of drug... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Choices and Conditions; Patents; Production; Pharmaceutical Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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July 1992
Teaching Note

Design for Manufacturability at Midwest Industries TN

By: Kim B. Clark

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1985
Article

Small Scale Manufacturing as a Competitive Advantage

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Production

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21 Sep 2023
News

How Smaller Manufacturers Can Upgrade Their Tech

19 Sep 2023
News

UAW Strike Collides With Biden’s Manufacturing Agenda

Sep 2014
Article

What It Takes to Reshore Manufacturing Successfully

The data on comparative labor and energy costs may seem compelling, but the process of bringing assembly work back to domestic factories from abroad is substantially more challenging than the economics alone would predict. This paper looks at some of the issues firms... View Details