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      • January 1992 (Revised February 1992)
      • Case

      Quantum Corp.: Business and Product Teams

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Clayton M. Christensen
      Describes the adoption and evolution of product development teams and business teams at Quantum. Emphasizes integration of team capabilities with product development and competitive advantage in a rapidly changing environment. View Details
      Keywords: Product Development; Groups and Teams; Situation or Environment; Competitive Strategy; Integration; Consumer Products Industry
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      Wheelwright, Steven C., and Clayton M. Christensen. "Quantum Corp.: Business and Product Teams." Harvard Business School Case 692-023, January 1992. (Revised February 1992.)
      • January 1992
      • Teaching Note

      MCI Communications Corporation (1983) TN

      By: Richard S. Ruback
      Teaching Note for (9-284-057). View Details
      Keywords: Financing and Loans; Growth and Development Strategy; Debt Securities; Risk and Uncertainty; Monopoly; Communications Industry
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      Ruback, Richard S. "MCI Communications Corporation (1983) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 292-077, January 1992.
      • December 1991 (Revised October 1998)
      • Case

      Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991

      By: Gary P. Pisano, Steven C. Wheelwright and Jonathan West
      Outlines the evolution of Lilly's corporate manufacturing strategy over the past decade. The corporate vice president of manufacturing must decide on the next phase of Lilly's strategy for the early 1990s, as well as to what extent and what role process development... View Details
      Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Structures; Product Development; Production; Research and Development; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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      Pisano, Gary P., Steven C. Wheelwright, and Jonathan West. "Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991." Harvard Business School Case 692-056, December 1991. (Revised October 1998.)
      • December 1991 (Revised February 1992)
      • Case

      Dayton Electric Corp.

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright
      Concerns a product redesign decision for one of the company's most successful motor products, its rectified power, medium D-C motor, the RPM. A one-year redesign program has proposed a design that comes close to meeting its stated cost and performance goals, but at the... View Details
      Keywords: Product Design; Strategic Planning; Research and Development; Business Divisions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Machinery and Machining; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio
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      Wheelwright, Steven C. "Dayton Electric Corp." Harvard Business School Case 692-071, December 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
      • November 1991
      • Case

      Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (B)

      By: Dorothy A. Leonard
      Monsanto has yet to receive FDA approval for BST, a growth hormone for cows. Anti-BST groups have successfully lobbied Wisconsin and Minnesota, major milk producing states, to ban milk from BST-injected cows; the FDA has charged Monsanto with improperly promoting BST... View Details
      Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Safety; Food; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Law Enforcement; Conflict and Resolution; Research and Development; Technology; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Minnesota; Wisconsin
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      Leonard, Dorothy A. "Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (B)." Harvard Business School Case 692-066, November 1991.
      • November 1991 (Revised January 1997)
      • Case

      Motorola, Inc.: Bandit Pager Project (Abridged)

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright
      Describes the development of a fully automated production line for manufacturing radio pagers. The company regarded the project as highly successful; it becomes clear in the case, however, that there were some shortcomings as well. Some marketing issues were not... View Details
      Keywords: Time Management; Marketing; Product Development; Production; Success; Projects; Technology; Telecommunications Industry
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      Wheelwright, Steven C. "Motorola, Inc.: Bandit Pager Project (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 692-069, November 1991. (Revised January 1997.)
      • November 1991 (Revised April 1994)
      • Case

      Nucleon, Inc.

      By: Gary P. Pisano
      Nucleon is a small biotechnology company whose first potential product is about to enter clinical testing. Before Nucleon can begin clinical trials, however, its management must decide how and where to manufacture the product. Three options are being contemplated: 1)... View Details
      Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Entrepreneurship; Health Testing and Trials; Rights; Product Development; Production; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry
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      Pisano, Gary P. "Nucleon, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 692-041, November 1991. (Revised April 1994.)
      • November 1991 (Revised June 1997)
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      Micom Caribe (A)

      By: David M. Upton and Joshua D. Margolis
      Describes the Puerto Rican manufacturing plant of a transnational company. The award-winning plant has dramatically improved the quality of flexibility of its operations, by taking a radical approach to manufacturing. The methods center on the use of specific... View Details
      Keywords: Business Plan; Multinational Firms and Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Launch; Production; Performance Improvement; Quality; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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      Upton, David M., and Joshua D. Margolis. "Micom Caribe (A)." Harvard Business School Case 692-002, November 1991. (Revised June 1997.)
      • October 1991 (Revised January 2000)
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      Workplace Safety at Alcoa (A)

      By: Kim B. Clark and Joshua D. Margolis
      Examines the challenge facing the managers of a large aluminum manufacturing plant in its drive to improve workplace safety. The CEO of the company has made safety a top priority. The plant has made good progress in reducing the injury rate, but now confronts the need... View Details
      Keywords: Working Conditions; Safety; Problems and Challenges; Change Management; Operations; Resignation and Termination; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Clark, Kim B., and Joshua D. Margolis. "Workplace Safety at Alcoa (A)." Harvard Business School Case 692-042, October 1991. (Revised January 2000.)
      • October 1991 (Revised April 1992)
      • Case

      Honda Today

      By: Marco Iansiti
      Describes a situation in which the manager in charge of a major development project at Honda needs to make a decision about the technical specification of the product. The decision has profound implications for the product concept and strategy, as well as for the... View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Product Design; Organizational Design; Performance Consistency; Projects; Auto Industry
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      Iansiti, Marco. "Honda Today." Harvard Business School Case 692-044, October 1991. (Revised April 1992.)
      • October 1991 (Revised September 1998)
      • Case

      Maxwell Appliance Controls

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      A profitable manufacturing division of a large company is looking for new ways to identify sources of productivity improvements. Led by its senior finance officer, an activity-based cost system is developed to identify activities performed for its highly varied product... View Details
      Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Management Teams; Quality; Performance Improvement; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Production; Manufacturing Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Maxwell Appliance Controls." Harvard Business School Case 192-058, October 1991. (Revised September 1998.)
      • October 1991 (Revised June 1996)
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      Lotus MarketPlace: Households

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      Managers at Lotus and Equifax must decide what to do about their new jointly developed database and software product Lotus MarketPlace which has been criticized as a threat to individual privacy. The Product, which would allow small businesses to buy targeting mail... View Details
      Keywords: Information; Business or Company Management; Rights; Ethics; Marketing Communications; Applications and Software; Product Marketing; Information Technology Industry
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Lotus MarketPlace: Households." Harvard Business School Case 392-026, October 1991. (Revised June 1996.)
      • October 1991 (Revised August 1993)
      • Case

      Acid Rain: Burlington Northern, Inc. (A)

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt
      Burlington Northern (BN) hauls low-sulfur coal from the northern Great Plains to electric utilities in the Midwest. Acid rain legislation may affect the geographic scope of BN's markets. Railroad managers need to assess the economic effects of acid rain controls and... View Details
      Keywords: Rail Transportation; Environmental Sustainability; Development Economics; Government Legislation; Natural Environment; Policy; Metals and Minerals; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Rail Industry; United States
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      Reinhardt, Forest L. "Acid Rain: Burlington Northern, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-018, October 1991. (Revised August 1993.)
      • September 1991 (Revised December 1991)
      • Case

      Apple Computer (D): Epilogue

      By: Michael Beer and Michael J. Gibbs
      Brings students up to date on events at Apple Computer as of August 1991. Outlines resolutions of, or attempts to deal with, problems outlined. Illustrates what Apple had done to address problems, shows progress to date, and alludes to further issues to be addressed.... View Details
      Keywords: Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Corporate Strategy; Computer Industry
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      Beer, Michael, and Michael J. Gibbs. "Apple Computer (D): Epilogue." Harvard Business School Case 492-013, September 1991. (Revised December 1991.)
      • September 1991 (Revised August 1994)
      • Background Note

      Note on Pharmaceutical Industry Regulation

      By: Willis M. Emmons III
      Traces the evolution of U.S. regulatory policy towards the pharmaceutical industry over the course of the twentieth century. A major theme is the steady shift away from a policy of 'let the buyer beware' to the creation of a complex and time-consuming review process,... View Details
      Keywords: Safety; Industry Growth; Marketing; Research and Development; Health Testing and Trials; Economics; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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      Emmons, Willis M., III. "Note on Pharmaceutical Industry Regulation." Harvard Business School Background Note 792-002, September 1991. (Revised August 1994.)
      • September 1991 (Revised February 1993)
      • Case

      Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (A)

      By: Willis M. Emmons III
      Burroughs Wellcome Co., developer of AZT, the first drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), finds itself under siege in September 1989 by AIDS activists and various segments of the U.S.... View Details
      Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Ethics; Business and Government Relations; Communication Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Monopoly; Intellectual Property; Research and Development; Price; Pharmaceutical Industry; London
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      Emmons, Willis M., III. "Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-004, September 1991. (Revised February 1993.)
      • September 1991 (Revised January 1992)
      • Case

      Allegheny Ludlum: Research and Engineering Resource Allocation

      By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Geoffrey K. Gill
      Allegheny Ludlum's (AL) technical vice president, Jack Shilling faces the task of determining how to allocate engineering resources among five areas of technology. AL's technology organization has great strategic importance and has therefore been untouched by the... View Details
      Keywords: Engineering; Resource Allocation; Information Technology; Policy; Leadership; Decisions; Competency and Skills; Projects; Joint Ventures; Strategy; Electronics Industry; Electronics Industry
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      Leonard-Barton, Dorothy, and Geoffrey K. Gill. "Allegheny Ludlum: Research and Engineering Resource Allocation." Harvard Business School Case 692-027, September 1991. (Revised January 1992.)
      • August 1991
      • Background Note

      Industrial Market Research: Beta Test Site Management

      By: Robert J. Dolan
      Describes the role of BETA tests in the new product development process and presents guidelines for effective test program development. View Details
      Keywords: Product Development; Mathematical Methods; Marketing
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      Dolan, Robert J. "Industrial Market Research: Beta Test Site Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 592-010, August 1991.
      • August 1991 (Revised September 1994)
      • Background Note

      What Is Industrial Marketing?

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      Discusses the key distinguishing aspects of industrial as compared to consumer marketing. These differences are highlighted for organizational as well as marketing mix aspects. View Details
      Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Marketplace Matching; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Core Relationships; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "What Is Industrial Marketing?" Harvard Business School Background Note 592-012, August 1991. (Revised September 1994.)
      • 1991
      • Chapter

      Future Graduate Study and Academic Careers

      By: J. R. Green
      Keywords: Higher Education; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry
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      Green, J. R. "Future Graduate Study and Academic Careers." In The Economics of Higher Education, edited by C. Clotfelter and M. Rothschild. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
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