Publications

January 1989
Supplement

IBM Corp.: The Full Employment Practice (B)

By: D. Quinn Mills and G. Bruce Friesen

Keywords: Employment; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry

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April 1987
Case

Bob Galvin and Motorola, Inc. (C)

Describes the implementation of the "organization effectiveness" process which was designed to make major changes in two major divisions at Motorola. The reactions and actions of each division are described in some detail, as well as the initial results. View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Business Processes; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry

September 1994
Supplement

Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (C)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

Presents the decision made by the company. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Decision Making; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China

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November 1989 (Revised November 1991)
Case

Transformation at Ford

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Richard Pascale

In 1980 Ford was near disaster. The company lost billions of dollars between 1980 and 1982. By 1988 the company had been transformed into one of the most successful corporations in the United States. Describes what happened and then examines how it happened. The major... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Success; Transformation; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States

21 Nov 2019
Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

How do countries and companies work to achieve their carbon reduction goals? Is a Green New Deal necessary to transform the United States economy? These were just a few of the questions driving discussions at the 16th annual Symposium hosted by the Energy &... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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American Business History Records | Baker Library

with global reach. Strengths include the papers of colonial and early republican-era farmers, craftsmen, and merchants; the records of major manufacturing firms, especially textile companies that developed the factory system from the... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Innovation as P&G’s Key

CHARAN: Drawing on his global consulting experience. LAFLEY: Customers are “the boss.” Photo courtesy Proctor & Gamble What does it take to delight low-income Mexican buyers of sanitary pads? The answer is not a punch line to a poor joke; instead it’s a successful... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Building a Powerful Prestige Brand

Lauder, founded Estée Lauder Cosmetics. By the time she retired from public life in the mid-1990s, this company had become one of the largest cosmetics manufacturers in the world and was recognized as one of the leading players in the... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn; Beauty & Cosmetics; Consumer Products; Retail

01 Oct 1996
News

Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life

wheels, not a baby carriage." But by 1972 Ford was putting Michelins on its Lincolns, and every domestic tire company was finally investing in radials. Radials constituted a technological advance that the five major American tire View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

Short Takes

Bulletin. In her working paper, "Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams," Edmondson presents field research she conducted at Office Design Incorporated (ODI), a midwestern manufacturer of office systems and furniture... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

23 Apr 2014
HBS Case

Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?

"If I am a tobacco manufacturer seeing my sales cannibalized by e-cigarettes, I have two choices: develop my own e-cigarette brand or buy an e-cigarette company," says Quelch. Number three tobacco company Lorillard was the first... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Advertising

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

way to markets in identified customers? A: The value of the identity accrues to more than just the shopper. In a supermarket frequent shopper program, there is value in the identity to the grocery store and to manufacturers to whom the... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

01 Mar 2009
News

The Case for Studying Financial History

because these companies clearly are incapable of competing with Japanese-owned companies that are simply producing better cars at lower cost. Won’t we continue to have a U.S. auto industry? It’s just that the manufacturers will produce... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

12 Feb 2016
Op-Ed

The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills

With a final deal reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), prepare for another cacophony of protest in Congress that America is signing away jobs to other parts of the world. The naysayers will be overlooking one small fact. Even without trade pacts, America... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Fuller and Matt Sigelman; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

March 1981 (Revised November 1998)
Supplement

Corning Glass Works International (C2)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Michael Y. Yoshino

Follows the impact of a change in global strategy on a diversified company's global organization structure. Reviews the company's subsequent performance internationally. Also presents reflections by top management on future possible change in the organization... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Change; Performance; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Teams; Manufacturing Industry

March 1981 (Revised October 1998)
Supplement

Corning Glass Works International (B1)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Michael Y. Yoshino

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

September 1972 (Revised April 1984)
Case

Crown Cork & Seal and the Metal Container Industry

By: Joseph L. Bower

Discusses the technical, economic, and packaging trends in the metal container industry, and the impact of these trends on major companies within the industry. Shows the response of Crown Cork & Seal Co. to these trends. Based on Crown Cork & Seal Co. and Note on the... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Operations; Supply and Industry; Economics; Trends; Manufacturing Industry

October 1994
Teaching Note

Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.,1990 (TN)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Teaching Note for (9-293-013). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Iraq; Kuwait

October 2024
Background Note

Outsourcing Primer

By: Willy C. Shih

This note provides some background on one of the key resource allocation decisions managers make as they develop and produce products and services: what should they do with the walls of their own firm, and what they should depend upon suppliers or contractors to... View Details

Keywords: Outsourcing; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Production; Product Development; Resource Allocation; Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Asia