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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
he always remained open to a better idea if someone truly believed in it. I only had a few days before I would have to cancel my HBS trip. Knowing that Grove by reputation was, above all, a manufacturing maven, I called Professor Bob... View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
Publications 2006 University of Chicago Press Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education By: Anteby, Michel Abstract—Corporate accountability is never far from the front page, and Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2024
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship
transcript to learn more from her views on the building blocks of innovation, which can apply to any substantive progress on sustainability initiatives. Vimal Shah is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Bidco Africa, a leading FMCG View Details
- 16 Dec 2021
- News
A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic
Clubs News Clubs News HBS Alumni Confront a World of Pandemic Problems Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, HBS alumni across the globe have been stepping up to respond to the crisis in numerous ways. Some led the way in the development of vaccines, others... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Working World
have MBA students who envision a company that has its R&D in India and manufacturing in China with a couple of key executives in London. So a key point that I’ve been narrowing in on is how well companies build globalization directly into... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
Issues surrounding corporate governance are a source of ongoing debate in the boardrooms of companies around the world — not just the United States. A new case, “Governing Sumida Corporation,” takes readers inside a Japanese manufacturer... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
CEO, he convinces Kotagal to lead the hospital’s improvement efforts as senior vice president of quality and transformation. Anderson, a practicing attorney with expertise in the quality improvement methods used by manufacturing firms, is... View Details
- 07 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
Meet the Aerospace & Defense Club
Co-Presidents Sara Ballantyne: sballantyne@mba2025.hbs.edu Sara is an MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences dual degree candidate interested in the future of the aviation and space industries, from manufacturing to sustainability to novel... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Faculty - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Thermo Fisher Scientific, and a supervisor of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Read More about Michael Porter William W. George, Professor of Management Practice William W. George, Professor of Management Practice, teaches... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
2006 MBAs Go to Work
Equity/LBO: 15.4%) (Commercial Banking/Other: 4.1%) Consulting 21.4% Technology/Telecom 5.8% Other Services 5.7% Pharma/Biomedical 4.6% Consumer Products 4.4% Retail 4.3% Other Manufacturing 3.7% Entertainment/Media 3.4%... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Better Care at Lower Cost
The U.S. health-care industry isn’t immune to the forces of disruptive innovation that already have transformed other businesses, from computer manufacturing to retailing, HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen told 250 participants at the... View Details
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
and 2000, the global generating capacity of wind power grew from 13 megawatts to 17,400 megawatts, but two-thirds of that capacity was in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and the United States. Wind turbine manufacture was clustered in Denmark... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
the Internet "is the result of a product based society." All of this is notwithstanding the fact that manufacturing in our "product based society" represents less than 20% of U.S. gross domestic product these days.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Introducing the HBS Heartland Club
Management at Cornell, she returned to her hometown to work for McKinsey & Company. After several years in McKinsey’s Cleveland and New York offices, Alex moved back to Cleveland to take over the operations of her family’s industrial View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
with the acquisition of three companies associated with HGP, a Texas-based energy developer, and LG Chem, one of the largest battery manufacturers in the world. Rahul Advani, Sara Graziano, and Chris Smith at SER Office Opening in Bay... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
manufactures Good Grips brand kitchenware, focused on building a better squeeze bottle for use in bathing babies. To demonstrate the new easy-grip bottle, Wes Owen (HBS '00) stood at a table giving a bath to a baby-sized doll in a little... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Complements to the Case Method
collaborate on beer design, pricing, and packaging, as well as on decisions concerning manufacturing and marketing. After each round, reports are generated that include balance sheets, customer beer preferences, and ways in which the... View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
for the course, including one on the Montague Corporation, a company based in Massachusetts that manufactures high-quality folding bicycles. The case illustrates the difficulties faced by a new company introducing innovation within an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
manufactured consumer goods first used the union label as a way to show solidarity through their purchases. One hundred years later, men and women, and even teenagers, organized to protest sweatshop production in various countries around... View Details
- October 1981 (Revised April 1984)
- Case
H.J. Heinz Co.: The Administration of Policy (A)
Relates the April 1979 discovery of improper income transferal practices used at the H.J. Heinz Co. Background data on the company is presented, along with a detailed description of the organizational practices, the management incentive system, and the corporate... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Business Processes; Compensation and Benefits; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "H.J. Heinz Co.: The Administration of Policy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 382-034, October 1981. (Revised April 1984.)