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- September 1994
- Case
Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (D)
Describes a set of challenges facing Otis Elevator's joint venture in China as it seeks to expand to other regions of the country. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Globalization; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (D)." Harvard Business School Case 395-061, September 1994.
- September 1994
- Case
Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (B-2)
Asks the students to evaluate the challenges a company faced in the summer of 1989 in the light of great political uncertainties. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Government and Politics; Globalization; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (B-2)." Harvard Business School Case 395-059, September 1994.
- August 1992
- Case
Otis Pacific Asia Operations (A): National Challenges
Describes the elevator market and Otis's competitive position in four markets: Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, and Japan. The student is asked to evaluate the strategic and competitive challenges in each market, especially in light of strong Japanese competition across the... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Network Effects; Problems and Challenges; Global Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Service Delivery; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; India; Japan; Malaysia; Hong Kong
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Otis Pacific Asia Operations (A): National Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 393-009, August 1992.
- 24 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
A Journey From HBS to Human Resources
Susan Levine MBA ‘98 shares her career journey from HBS to her multi-faceted role at Bain Capital. Susan had the opportunity to work in different industries during her time at Bain Capital, including financial services, health care, industrial products, and finally... View Details
- April 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
The U.S. Shale Revolution: Global Rebalancing?
By: Laura Alfaro and Richard H.K. Vietor
The American shale revolution has upended oil and gas markets for nearly a decade. Prices have risen then plunged, production has surged and then waned, LNG has boomed, and technology and productivity have improved. The U.S. energy policy, under the Obama... View Details
Keywords: Shale Oil; Shale Gas; LNG; Energy Policy; Drilling Technology; Energy; Trade; Economics; Macroeconomics; Policy; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Middle East
Alfaro, Laura, and Richard H.K. Vietor. "The U.S. Shale Revolution: Global Rebalancing?" Harvard Business School Case 717-056, April 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
- 22 Jun 2012
- News
At the i-lab, a New Use for Silk
- Profile
Georges F. Doriot
of HBS graduates—more than 7000 second-year students took his transformative Manufacturing course—and in 1946, Doriot created the first venture capital firm in the United States. American Research & Development (ARD), based in... View Details
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 05 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Working as a Software Engineer in Industrial Technology
manufacturing and industrial space. A recurring theme among them was the way in which each had led their companies through massive technological changes, with everything from automation to analytics and software systems implementation.... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
direct-investment manufacturing projects in US history, for a total of more than $62 billion in private-sector capital investment. Several years later, the chance to do similar work in Virginia—a place with very different... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
the US presidential campaign season New Off Script: An Advance Man’s Guide to White House Stagecraft, Campaign Spectacle, and Political Suicide by Josh King “Campaign and political imagery is manufactured through an assembly line with... View Details
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
with internal design work, and then manufacture using the company's leading edge manufacturing facilities. Initial implementation challenges led to delays and additional engineering work, but as the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
was recently published in the working paper How User Innovations Become Commercial Products: A Theoretical Investigation and Case Study. The authors believe that their research "provides a first opportunity for both user-manufacturers and established View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
talks to Dionisio Garza Sada (MBA ’08), program manager for autoparts manufacturer Nemak. Photographs by Selma Fernandez & Marcela Taboada There are no cold calls here. No laptops, or blackboards, or Sky Deck. Thousands of miles from... View Details
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
and digital group, Sogefi, an auto component manufacturer and KOS, a home-care and hospital manager. Rodolfo had spent his entire career in CIR Group, which he had managed as CEO for 20 years. Edoardo, a cardiologist, had never worked in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
manufacturer of metal parts for the telecommunications industry, is being pushed by its large equipment vendor customers to establish a manufacturing operation in China. CEO Reinhold Hesse is debating... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Essentials for Enlightened Experimentation
incentives to encourage rapid experimentation. Consider using small development groups that contain key people (designers, test engineers, manufacturing engineers) with all the knowledge required to iterate rapidly. Determine what... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke
- 15 Oct 2014
- Blog Post
HBS Class of 2016
essential to your organization. Your parameters can be tightly focused (targeting students with previous manufacturing experience hoping to pursue a career in Singapore) or broad (all students with consulting and finance experience); it... View Details
- 18 Jun 2014
- News
Robert (MBA 1964) and Lynn Burt
manufacturer FMC Corporation. Burt appreciates the gift planning options available to support the School. “The folks at HBS helped us think through a life-income gift that made a lot of sense for us while giving back to Harvard,” says... View Details
- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
Summing Up Is There a "Right Size" for a Company? This month's question of whether "too big to succeed" should be a larger worry of CEOs than "too big to fail" as usual produced more questions than answers (or agreement). Tom Dolembo... View Details