manufacturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2002
News

Andrew H. Tisch

door, the company was heading for bankruptcy. Instead of a three-month stint, Tisch stayed on for the next decade as Bulova's president. His strategy: buy components (and eventually whole watches) from suppliers, rather than manufacture... View Details

23 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

The Founder of Modern Venture Capital

Georges F. Doriot, an educator and a founder of the modern venture capital industry, is the subject of a new exhibition and website at Harvard Business School, where he spent 40 years. The charismatic professor taught business and leadership in his celebrated View Details

Keywords: Education; Financial Services

24 Apr 2014
News

The way to measure success

people worldwide, with manufacturing and distribution facilities, executive office buildings, and sports stadiums located on four continents. Kraft’s commitment to philanthropy, with an emphasis in the areas of education, health care, and... View Details

13 May 2022
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader

How much CO2 and NO2 can it remove from the atmosphere? The company’s number one goal is carbon free energy. Its technology can remove all CO2 and NO2 emissions coming from any large manufacturing plant. The vision is to eliminate the... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Books

post–Civil War era to commission-based canvassers hired and trained by manufacturers to sell agricultural products and books by Mark Twain and Ulysses S. Grant, for instance. “Drummers,” who acted as the middlemen between View Details

Keywords: book review; faculty books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

29 May 2013
Blog Post

A self-discovery journey

manufacturing plant? Really? Now, get a team of smart MBA student mates and let them talk about what your arbitrary choices seem to indicate while you silently write their conclusions. Discuss with them about it afterwards. It sounds... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Extending Opportunity: Brock Family Fellowship

was to go back into manufacturing after receiving my MBA, but HBS opened up a whole new world of possibilities," she says. "I had a phenomenal experience at HBS," continues Brock-Wilson. "It revealed new fields of interest, enriched my... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2016
First Look

March 1, 2016

this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/916414-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-007 The Hain Celestial Group Hain Celestial manufactured natural and organic food and personal care products to be sold to retailers of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers

reason that if a firm could afford to pay its CEO an eight-figure salary, it could also afford to manufacture higher-quality products than a firm that paid its CEO a six-figure salary? With that in mind, they conducted a study that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

26 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

disposables and extended-wear lenses, and two involved new manufacturing processes. In a controversial but necessary move, he canceled dozens of small R&D initiatives for conventional lenses to free up cash for the breakthrough... View Details

Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

25 Nov 2013
News

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

Keywords: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

17 Jun 2020
News

Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

store personnel.” Vicente Co (OPM 26) President, Philippine Plastic Industry Association “We converted our plastics plant into a manufacturing facility for Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and partnered with a logistics company to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Profile

Andrew Boudreau

Enterprise Manager. By the time he had graduated, staff doubled to ten students, and the agency had researched approximately 26 technologies. Among them were flexible circuit boards and a wafer-thin semiconductor manufacturing process.... View Details

19 Jun 2018
News

Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry

alumni and guests gathered at the HYP Club. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) was founded in 1883 and is now the world’s largest manufacturer of paints, coatings and specialty materials, with $15 billion in sales.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2000
News

Q&A: Andrew Kendall

As much as Kendall loved the nuts and bolts of manufacturing — he even trained on the company's assembly line and became a certified welder — he decided that the demands of a career in manufacturing would... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Special Design Services; Professional Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

30 Oct 2018
Working Paper Summaries

The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 2: Technical and Strategic Bottlenecks as Guides for Action

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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By: Jorge Tamayo

Professor Tamayo’s research focuses on theoretical modeling and structural estimation of firm decision-making and productivity.

Professor Tamayo studies dynamic competition for customer membership. Generally, firms that implement a membership model charge a... View Details

Keywords: Industrial Organization, Industrial Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Energy Generation; Performance Efficiency; Market Design; Crime and Corruption; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry

July 1967 (Revised September 1982)
Case

Head Ski Co., Inc.

By: Howard H. Stevenson

Describes the development of the company to its present preeminence in high-priced skis and the avenues that it can follow to obtain new growth. View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry

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