Publications

March 1991
Article

Engines of Progress: Designing and Running Entrepreneurial Vehicles in Established Companies: Raytheon's New Product Center, 1969-89

By: R. M. Kanter, J. North, L. Richardson, C. Ingols and J. Zolner

Keywords: Business Ventures; Business or Company Management; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry

May 1999
Case

Allied Connector Company

By: Robert H. Hayes

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

June 1998 (Revised January 2002)
Teaching Note

Baker Precision Instruments, Inc., TN

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Donald Rosenfield

Teaching Note for (9-687-052). View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development; Production; Decisions; Technology; Planning; Performance Capacity; Management; Manufacturing Industry

March 1998
Teaching Note

Managing Innovation at Nypro (A) and (B) TN

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Teaching Note for (9-696-061) and (9-697-057). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

December 1996 (Revised December 1998)
Case

Managing Innovation at Nypro, Inc. (B)

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

Educators

October 1996
Teaching Note

Global Iron Proposal (A) and (B), Teaching Note

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Manufacturing Industry

December 1991 (Revised February 1992)
Case

Dayton Electric Corp.

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Concerns a product redesign decision for one of the company's most successful motor products, its rectified power, medium D-C motor, the RPM. A one-year redesign program has proposed a design that comes close to meeting its stated cost and performance goals, but at the... View Details

Keywords: Product Design; Strategic Planning; Research and Development; Business Divisions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Machinery and Machining; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio

October 1993 (Revised December 1997)
Case

General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (A)

William Anders became CEO of defense giant General Dynamics in 1991 as the Cold War was ending and as the industry became saddled with excess capacity. Observing that the company was underserving shareholders and required a massive change in its culture, Anders brought... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Strategy; Executive Compensation; Manufacturing Industry; United States

Educators

February 1999
Teaching Note

Southwire: Beyond 2000 TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for (9-397-074). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Georgia (state, US)

March 1998
Teaching Note

ABB's Relays Business: Building and Managing a Global Matrix TN

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for (9-394-016). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

March 1998
Teaching Note

Komatsu Ltd: Project G's Globalization and Komatsu and Project G (A-C) TN

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for (9-398-016), (9-395-001), (9-395-002), and (9-395-003). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Japan

May 1995 (Revised April 2005)
Teaching Note

Competitive Information Policy at Pratt & Whitney TN

By: Lynn S. Paine and Charles A Nichols, III

Teaching Note for (9-394-154). View Details

Keywords: Information; Policy; Competitive Strategy; Manufacturing Industry

April 1991 (Revised November 1996)
Case

Harnischfeger Industries: Portal Cranes

Harnischfeger, the market-share leader, is facing increasing competition in the portal crane industry. The key question facing the company is how to respond to the competitive threat without undermining the attractiveness of the industry. The case discusses a number of... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Machinery and Machining; Manufacturing Industry

Educators

May 1978
Case

B.F. Goodrich (A)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Ashis Gupta

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

September 1989 (Revised July 1991)
Case

Komatsu: Ryoichi Kawai's Leadership

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Highlights the role played by Ryoichi Kawai in building a company that was able to challenge industry leader Caterpillar. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Management; Growth Management; Competition; Manufacturing Industry

September 1985 (Revised October 1988)
Case

NIKE in China

By: James E. Austin and Francis Aguilar

Nike is reviewing its strategy for producing shoes in China for the U.S. market. Compares the experience in China with that in other countries. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Production; Manufacturing Industry; China; United States