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- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
polesnoy As technology commoditization begins speeding up again, it’s a great time to be a consumer in search of a state-of-the-art flat panel TVs, but less comfortable for manufacturers hoping to make a profit. That’s according to recent... View Details
- 2009
- Article
Synthesis by Microbes or Chemists? Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing in the Antibiotic Era
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
This article presents a case study of the rise of Pfizer as a leading pharmaceutical company, with a focus on changing relationships between manufacturing technology and R&D between the mid-1940s and the mid-1960s. Pfizer first moved into pharmaceuticals through... View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Production; Technology; Transformation; Relationships; Success; Organizations; Programs; Chemicals; Alignment; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
Daemmrich, Arthur A. "Synthesis by Microbes or Chemists? Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing in the Antibiotic Era." History and Technology 23, no. 3 (2009): 237–256.
- February 1990 (Revised February 1992)
- Supplement
Manufacturing Learning Laboratory at Digital Equipment Corp. (B)
By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Paul Sagawa
Leonard-Barton, Dorothy, and Paul Sagawa. "Manufacturing Learning Laboratory at Digital Equipment Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 690-054, February 1990. (Revised February 1992.)
- January 1981 (Revised January 1982)
- Case
Boise Cascade: Manufactured Housing Division, Lafayette Region (B)
By: Kim B. Clark
Clark, Kim B. "Boise Cascade: Manufactured Housing Division, Lafayette Region (B)." Harvard Business School Case 681-065, January 1981. (Revised January 1982.)
- August 1980 (Revised June 1985)
- Background Note
Management Accounting, Part II: Manufacturing Cost Accounting Systems
Dearden, John. "Management Accounting, Part II: Manufacturing Cost Accounting Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 181-028, August 1980. (Revised June 1985.)
- August 1999 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Cisco Systems, Inc.: Acquisition Integration for Manufacturing (B)
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Christian G. Kasper
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Christian G. Kasper. "Cisco Systems, Inc.: Acquisition Integration for Manufacturing (B)." Harvard Business School Case 600-016, August 1999. (Revised February 2000.)
- August 1999 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Cisco Systems, Inc.: Acquisition Integration for Manufacturing (A)
By: Steven C. Wheelwright, Charles A. Holloway, Nicole Tempest and Christian G. Kasper
Describes the procedures and processes used by Cisco Systems in its acquisition of high-technology firms. Its goal is to retain key engineering talent and to leverage existing product development efforts, but to quickly merge acquired companies its own systems and... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Leveraged Buyouts; Acquisition; Integration; Mergers and Acquisitions; Production; Activity Based Costing and Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; England
Wheelwright, Steven C., Charles A. Holloway, Nicole Tempest, and Christian G. Kasper. "Cisco Systems, Inc.: Acquisition Integration for Manufacturing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 600-015, August 1999. (Revised February 2000.)
- January 2015
- Case
Aura Light: From a Light Bulb Manufacturer to an Energy Savings Solutions Provider
By: Krishna Palepu and Elena Corsi
A Swedish light bulb manufacturer reviews its strategy to better compete against large global multinationals. View Details
Palepu, Krishna, and Elena Corsi. "Aura Light: From a Light Bulb Manufacturer to an Energy Savings Solutions Provider." Harvard Business School Case 115-027, January 2015.
- 2013
- Book
Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education
By: Michel Anteby
Corporate accountability is never far from the front page and Harvard Business School trains many future business leaders. But how does HBS formally and informally ensure its members embrace proper business standards? Relying on his faculty experience, Michel Anteby... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Business Education; Higher Education; Education; Education Industry; United States
Anteby, Michel. Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- October 1975 (Revised December 1991)
- Background Note
Some Comments on Computing Manufacturing Overhead Cost Variances
Shank, John K. "Some Comments on Computing Manufacturing Overhead Cost Variances." Harvard Business School Background Note 176-062, October 1975. (Revised December 1991.)
- December 1986
- Case
General Mills, Inc.: Manufacturing Year 2000 Task Force
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Juan Enriquez-Cabot
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Juan Enriquez-Cabot. "General Mills, Inc.: Manufacturing Year 2000 Task Force." Harvard Business School Case 587-111, December 1986.
- 10 Apr 2025
- News
Could Trump’s Tariffs Revive Manufacturing in the U.S.?
- 1990
- Chapter
Limitations of Cost Accounting in Advanced Manufacturing Environments
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Limitations of Cost Accounting in Advanced Manufacturing Environments." In Measures for Manufacturing Excellence, edited by Robert S. Kaplan, 15–38. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1990.
- December 1984
- Teaching Note
Bethoney Manufacturing (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
- June 1994
- Teaching Note
Michigan Manufacturing Corporation: The Pontiac Plant, 1988 (TN)
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Teaching Note for (9-694-051). View Details
- January 2014 (Revised July 2016)
- Case
Samuel Slater & Francis Cabot Lowell: The Factory System in U.S. Cotton Manufacturing
By: Tom Nicholas and Matthew Guilford
At the time of the American War of Independence (1776-1783) and for several decades after it, Great Britain dominated the global production of cotton textiles. In fact, Britain became so dominant in textile manufacturing and trading that Manchester, its industrial... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Production; Business History; Manufacturing Industry; Great Britain; Massachusetts
Nicholas, Tom, and Matthew Guilford. "Samuel Slater & Francis Cabot Lowell: The Factory System in U.S. Cotton Manufacturing." Harvard Business School Case 814-065, January 2014. (Revised July 2016.)
- August 2009
- Case
The TSMC Way: Meeting Customer Needs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
By: Willy C. Shih, Chen-Fu Chien, Chintay Shih and Jack Chang
When L.C. Tu receives an emergency order, he is confronted with a range of production scheduling choices, each of which has unique costs and trade-offs. The case was designed to help students understand job-shop style production and the impact of disruptions and... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Customer Relationship Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cost; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Production; Semiconductor Industry; Taiwan
Shih, Willy C., Chen-Fu Chien, Chintay Shih, and Jack Chang. "The TSMC Way: Meeting Customer Needs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co." Harvard Business School Case 610-003, August 2009.
- June 2012
- Teaching Note
Boeing 737 Manufacturing Footprint: The Wichita Decision (TN)
By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
- February 1990 (Revised February 1992)
- Supplement
Manufacturing Learning Laboratory at Digital Equipment Corp. (C)
By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and paul Sagawa
Leonard-Barton, Dorothy, and paul Sagawa. "Manufacturing Learning Laboratory at Digital Equipment Corp. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 690-055, February 1990. (Revised February 1992.)
- 20 May 2022
- News