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- April 30, 2012
- Article
Innovators, Are You Applying the Wrong Lessons from Manufacturing?
By: Don Reinertsen and Stefan Thomke
Product developers can learn much from manufacturing, but many have gone too far in applying ideas that work in manufacturing to their realm. That’s because they have ignored some fundamental differences between the two disciplines. View Details
Reinertsen, Don, and Stefan Thomke. "Innovators, Are You Applying the Wrong Lessons from Manufacturing?" Harvard Business Review (website) (April 30, 2012).
- September 1986 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Solagen: Process Improvement in the Manufacture of Gelatin at Kodak
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey
Kodak must decide whether to make a major investment in a production facility designed around a new technique for producing the gelatin critical to so many film and paper products. Currently, gelatin making is an arcane art, unchanged in 150 years and heavily dependent... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Buildings and Facilities; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Experience and Expertise; Engineering; Investment; Time Management; Production; Research and Development; Semiconductor Industry
Leonard, Dorothy A., and Brian DeLacey. "Solagen: Process Improvement in the Manufacture of Gelatin at Kodak." Harvard Business School Case 687-020, September 1986. (Revised February 2007.)
- April 2020
- Article
Long-term Firm Growth: An Empirical Analysis of U.S. Manufacturers 1959–2015
By: Giovanni Dosi, Marco Grazzi, Daniele Moschella, Gary P. Pisano and Federico Tamagni
Firm growth is an essential feature of market economies, shaping together macroeconomic performance and the evolution of industry structures. As a potential indicator of organizational “fitness” within a competitive environment, firm growth is also a central concern to... View Details
Keywords: Firm Growth; Organizations; Growth and Development; Theory; Analysis; Production; Data and Data Sets
Dosi, Giovanni, Marco Grazzi, Daniele Moschella, Gary P. Pisano, and Federico Tamagni. "Long-term Firm Growth: An Empirical Analysis of U.S. Manufacturers 1959–2015." Industrial and Corporate Change 29, no. 2 (April 2020): 309–332.
- August 1974 (Revised February 1984)
- Case
Meeting of the Board of Directors: Henry Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Barnes, Louis B. "Meeting of the Board of Directors: Henry Manufacturing Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 475-031, August 1974. (Revised February 1984.)
- 30 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
How My Engineering and Manufacturing Background Prepared Me for an MBA
I graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 2005 and started working in a chemical manufacturing plant that same year. On my first day on the job, with limited technical competence and organizational awareness, I was assigned... View Details
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: A Global Company's China Strategy
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
- spring 1996
- Article
The Effect of Manufacturer Advertising on Retail and Wholesale Margins
By: R. Lal and C. Narasimhan
Keywords: Advertising
Lal, R., and C. Narasimhan. "The Effect of Manufacturer Advertising on Retail and Wholesale Margins." Marketing Science (spring 1996).
- October 1983
- Article
Measuring Manufacturing Performance: A New Challenge for Management Accounting Research
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Measuring Manufacturing Performance: A New Challenge for Management Accounting Research." Accounting Review 58 (October 1983): 686–705.
- April 1987 (Revised July 1987)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy, Video 2: Sales and Manufacturing
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
Shapiro, Benson P., and Lawrence B. Levine. "Inland Steel Co. Product Policy, Video 2: Sales and Manufacturing." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 887-539, April 1987. (Revised July 1987.)
- March 1992 (Revised June 1999)
- Teaching Note
Solagen: Process Improvement in the Manufacture of Gelatin, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-687-020). View Details
Keywords: Semiconductor Industry
- 03 Sep 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
How the US Government Is Innovating in Its Efforts to Fund Semiconductor Manufacturing
- 12 Apr 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
From Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark
- March 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In 2010, Tom Linebarger, president and COO of Cummins, Inc., the Columbus, Indiana-based manufacturer of diesel engines, has to decide where to locate the company's new manufacturing line for high horsepower engines. He has three choices to decide from: Seymour,... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Competitiveness; Competition; Education; Business and Community Relations; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Norris. "Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company." Harvard Business School Case 313-024, March 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- September 1982
- Teaching Note
Boise Cascade: Manufactured Housing Division, Lafayette Region (B), Teaching Note
By: Kim B. Clark
Keywords: Construction Industry
- 12 Nov 2024
- News
4 Manufacturing Issues to Watch Under a New Trump Administration
- December 1987
- Teaching Note
Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (A), (B), (C), and (D), Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-587-101), (9-587-102), (9-587-103), and (9-588-043). View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry