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November 1981 (Revised June 1989)
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October 1989 (Revised May 1998)
Teaching Note

Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell Douglas--1991 (A) & New Theories of International Trade, Teaching Note

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for (9-391-106) and (9-390-001). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry

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Kamen Bliznashki

Why is getting a HBS MBA important to you? Coming from an investment banking background, I lacked deep understanding of the larger strategic challenges of clients. I see my HBS experience as an opportunity to broaden and deepen my skill set beyond finance. The focus on... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Ben Faw

For Ben Faw, a lifelong interest in both military history and leadership made West Point a logical destination. But upon graduation, when Ben had many options at his disposal, he responded to a calling that went deeper than mere logic. “I decided to go into the... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

02 May 2018
News

Next Generation Textile Innovations

Keywords: Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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
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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

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Craig Baker

Craig Baker grew up in southeastern Idaho, and he finds it perfectly fitting that his first career assignment after completing his undergraduate degree in business and information-systems management took him into the potato field. “Double L View Details

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Building Sustainable Brands

role to ask her about what life has been like since HBS and what she is looking forward to most. Where are you working now? After HBS, I joined General Mills, one of the largest food manufacturers in the world, as an Associate Marketing... View Details

28 Oct 2014
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The First Five Years: Nick Soman (MBA 2010)

Manufacturing had good lessons on systems thinking and building a learning organization.” What advice do you have for current HBS students thinking about launching their own companies? “Find a great work partner, find a great life... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information

22 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change

commercial EVs (up to $40,000 for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles) means they will achieve price parity with diesel trucks in 2023, five years sooner than previously forecasted. This is leading to big investments by EV battery View Details

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

criteria. They don't consider whether keeping manufacturing at home makes more sense strategically or take into account the impact it might have on their ability to innovate. The result has been an exodus of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 May 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global

Professor John Quelch provides some answers. Key concepts include: For decades, Ford has created specialized products for different countries while Toyota, Nissan, and Honda sold standard products under a single brand umbrella. Ford's strategy resulted in added View Details

01 Jun 2025
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Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel

Like countless others in the summer of 2023, HBS professor Elie Ofek went to the theater to see the blockbuster film Barbie and found himself enveloped by the pink-drenched marketing blitz that had all but taken over the world. To Ofek, who teaches in the Marketing... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune; Illustrations by Miguel Porlan; Educational Services

12 Mar 2018
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Applying to HBS in Round 3?

yourself the best, then that is when you should apply. I applied in round 3 because I wanted the extra time to work on the MBA application that was the most important to me: the one for Harvard Business School. I was coming up on my eighth year at Dell, and after... View Details

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From the Director | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

platforms to promote their services and products and influence public opinion on a global scale. The exhibition also reveals how industrial photographs can be appreciated on many levels. They present the historical record of the View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Information Technology

manufacturing typewriters on a major scale. 16 Copying was another bottleneck for early information industries. In its earliest years, the Mercantile Agency’s only alternative to painstaking handwritten duplicates was the letter copying... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Family Matters

excited for the opportunity, spending three years as a manufacturing manager at Frito-Lay, but apprehensive about the cost of the MBA Program. “Everyone in my neighborhood and my community was so excited and I was just freaking out: ‘How... View Details

Keywords: April White

13 Nov 2020
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Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19

2,000 conventional ventilators for a population of 210 million people. “When ventilator shortages became an issue in the United States, we knew we had a proven product that could help,” says Gupta. The company moved quickly to establish a View Details

10 Dec 2007
HBS Case

One Laptop per Child

agreed to manufacture the laptop. On the technological front, OLPC tackled puzzles such as creating a product both useful and fun for children of primary school age. (See CloseUp below). But despite its visionary goals and widespread... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Computer

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