Operations Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Oct 2013
News

The Federator

Keywords: Reva; Mahindra; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

24 Sep 2013
First Look

Earnings Call By: Eccles, Robert G., and George Serafeim Abstract—One of the challenges companies claim to face in making sustainability a core part of their strategy and operations is that the market does... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

December 2019
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Korea Telecom: Building a GiGAtopia (B)

By: Shane Greenstein, Feng Zhu and Susie L. Ma

Keywords: Mobile and Wireless Technology; Infrastructure; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Korean Peninsula

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01 Mar 2014
News

Insight: Yenball

by Dan Morrell Perhaps the biggest free agent target in major league baseball this off-season was 25-year-old Masahiro Tanaka, a pitcher in the Japanese professional league with a devastating split-finger fastball who made international headlines by winning a record 30... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; Masahiro Tanaka; Hideki Matsui; Isao Okada; business of sports; Arts, Entertainment

16 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

the first world war, German assets in India were expropriated under the Trading with the Enemy Act 1914. The British Empire operated internment camps in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, and India. The largest Indian camp was located at... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

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Strategic Management of Product Recovery

By: Michael W. Toffel

Manufacturers of an expanding range of durable products are facing regulatory and market pressures to manage the products they manufactured upon their end of life (EOL). In part, this attention is motivated by a growing number of countries—especially across Europe and... View Details

Keywords: Product; Environmental Sustainability; Cost Management; Government Legislation; Logistics; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Europe; Asia; United States

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June 2023
Teaching Note

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: Global Leadership in Chipmaking

By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 321-126. The general purpose of this case is to explore the evolving nature of business relations across the Taiwan strait, focusing on the prominence of Taiwan's high-tech industry. After the legendary founder of Taiwan Semiconductor... View Details

Keywords: Geopolitical Units; Government and Politics; Competition; Production; Disruption; Semiconductor Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Taiwan; Taiwan Strait; China

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April 2015 (Revised March 2017)
Case

Instacart and the New Wave of Grocery Startups

By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

Instacart is testing an Uber-style solution to the challenge of building a home-delivered grocery business. It is backed by $220 million of venture funding. Will this model succeed where businessses like Webvan failed? What are the questions that this exploratory... View Details

Keywords: Food Retailing; Outsourced Grocery Delivery; Online Ordering; Dynamic Pricing; Data Analytics; Marketing Strategy; Food; Distribution Channels; Business Startups; Food and Beverage Industry; California

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March 1994 (Revised November 1994)
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Komatsu Ltd. (A): Target Costing System

Komatsu, a leading manufacturer of construction equipment, seeks to expand aggressively through the 1990s. Key to its competitiveness is a strict adherence to target costs throughout the product development process. Komatsu conducts several design-for-manufacturability... View Details

Keywords: Cost; Machinery and Machining; Expansion; Product Development; Manufacturing Industry

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April 2012
Article

Celebrate Innovation, No Matter Where It Occurs

By: Nitin Nohria

The author offers opinions on technological innovations and innovations in business. It is argued that the country of origin of a technological innovation is less economically important than the ability of a society to capitalize on that innovation and convert it into... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Profit; Commercialization; Marketing; Distribution

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Technology Development and Integration: An Empirical Study of the Interaction between Applied Science and Product Development

By: Marco Iansiti

Keywords: Information Technology; Research and Development; Integration; Information; Science; Product

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February 1986 (Revised March 1990)
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Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (D)

By: David A. Garvin

Summarizes Copeland's focused factory approach, and updates the company's efforts at the Sidney, Hartselle, Shelby, and Richville plants. Concludes with a brief discussion of future prospects for Copeland's manufacturing strategy. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Production; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio

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17 Jun 2014
News

Amazon Is Not Invincible

Keywords: Amazon; negotiation; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

14 May 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams

Organizations increasingly rely on teams to carry out critical strategies and operational tasks. How do teams learn, and what factors are most important to team learning? This paper reports on current... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

02 Dec 2015
Blog Post

Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Laura Mackay...

Current Position: VP of Operations, Fibroblast; formerly, VP of Strategy & Operations, NeoCare Solutions, a Healthagen Business (part of Aetna) Current Location: Chicago; formerly, NYC Tell us what you're up to these days. Right after... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Health Care; Entrepreneurship