manufacturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Oct 2020
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Growing a Manufacturing Company with a Social Mission

19 Jan 2017
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Here’s What Trump Doesn’t Get About American Manufacturing

March 1990 (Revised December 1992)
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Manufacturing Learning Laboratory at Digital Equipment Corp. (A)

By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Paul Sagawa

Keywords: Learning; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry

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August 2017
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Data-driven Manufacturing: The Kutesmart System

By: Willy Shih and Nancy Hua Dai

The data-driven manufacturing system at this Chinese bespoke mens' suit manufacturer illustrates the use of information technology to support mass customization in a largely manual production environment. It contrasts sharply with some of the Industrie 4.0... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Garment Manufacturing; Mass Customization; Data-driven Management; Data-driven Manufacturing; Operations; Production; Product; Customization and Personalization; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China

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Manufacturing Strategy: At the Intersection of Two Paradigm Shifts

By: R. H. Hayes and G. P. Pisano

Keywords: Strategy; Change

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February 1989
Teaching Note

Operations Strategy, Module Overview: Manufacturing as a Competitive Weapon

By: David A. Garvin

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11 Jun 2021
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Q&A: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle in Manufacturing

04 Nov 2021
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Using Design Thinking to Improve Worker Safety in Manufacturing

Keywords: Design thinking

May 1991 (Revised May 1999)
Teaching Note

Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: Customer Profitability Report, Teaching Note

By: Robert S. Kaplan

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Keywords: Profit; Customers; Banking Industry

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summer 1994
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The New Dynamics of Global Manufacturing Site Location

By: A. D. MacCormack, L. J. Newman III and D. B. Rosenfield

Keywords: Global Range; Geographic Location

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November 1979 (Revised July 1986)
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Boise Cascade: Manufactured Housing Division, Lafayette Region (A)

By: W. Earl Sasser

Keywords: Operations; Performance Capacity; Planning

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05 Jan 2015
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Make in India should focus on advanced manufacturing

25 Apr 2025
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Sweeping Tariffs Could Threaten the US Manufacturing Rebound

Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education (book)

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 first-hand faculty... View Details

November 2019 (Revised January 2020)
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: A Global Company's China Strategy (B)

By: William C. Kirby, Billy Chan and Dawn H. Lau

After the legendary founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) retired, the new chairman had to grapple with fresh challenges related to its China market: a recently opened factory in China had to find ways to reverse its financial loss and meet its... View Details