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      • May 1993 (Revised October 1995)
      • Case

      Connor Formed Metal Products

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Donna B. Stoddard and Melinda Conrad
      Connor Formed Metal Products was a small, privately owned manufacturer of custom metal springs and stampings. Since becoming president in 1984, Bob Sloss had implemented many changes to the company's organizational structure, management control systems, and information... View Details
      Keywords: Private Ownership; Organizational Structure; Production; Change; Governance Controls; Information Technology; Manufacturing Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Donna B. Stoddard, and Melinda Conrad. "Connor Formed Metal Products." Harvard Business School Case 193-003, May 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
      • April 1993 (Revised July 1994)
      • Case

      MathSoft, Inc. (A)

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      MathSoft's VP of sales has doubled the size of the company's direct field sales force to support the launch of a new, high-end workstation software product priced at almost $9,000. However, sales of the new product are far below plan. At the same time, the VP of... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Communication Strategy; Salesforce Management; Marketing Channels; Advertising; Product Launch; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; United States
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "MathSoft, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 593-094, April 1993. (Revised July 1994.)
      • March 1993 (Revised July 2008)
      • Case

      Liability Management at General Motors

      By: Peter Tufano
      An analyst at General Motors charged with managing the structure of the automaker's debt must decide whether and how to modify the interest rate exposure of the firm's most recent debt offering. The analyst must take into consideration GM's liability management policy... View Details
      Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Capital Structure; Financial Management; Interest Rates; Risk Management; Auto Industry; North America
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      Tufano, Peter. "Liability Management at General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 293-123, March 1993. (Revised July 2008.)
      • 1989
      • Chapter

      Collaborative Product Development and the Market for Know-How: Strategies and Structures in the Biotechnology Industry

      By: Gary P. Pisano and Paul Mang
      Keywords: Product Development; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Management; Industry Structures; Biotechnology Industry
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      Pisano, Gary P., and Paul Mang. "Collaborative Product Development and the Market for Know-How: Strategies and Structures in the Biotechnology Industry." In Research on Technological Innovation, Management, and Policy. Vol. 4, edited by Richard S. Rosenbloom and Robert A. Burgelman. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1989.
      • May 1992 (Revised August 1993)
      • Case

      Forest Policy in Malaysia

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt
      The governments of Malaysia and the Malaysian State of Sarawak need to assess possible changes in forest policy. Environmentalist pressure threatens traditional market relationships and patterns of business-government interaction. Harvest regulations, subsidies, trade... View Details
      Keywords: Natural Environment; Policy; Government and Politics; Environmental Sustainability; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Forest Products Industry; Forest Products Industry; Malaysia
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      Reinhardt, Forest L. "Forest Policy in Malaysia." Harvard Business School Case 792-099, May 1992. (Revised August 1993.)
      • March 1992
      • Case

      Applied Materials

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright
      Describes three subsequent generations of product development effort at an equipment firm supplying the semiconductor industry. The firm is partway into the third generation development and must decide whether and how to accelerate product development to respond to... View Details
      Keywords: Product Development; Competitive Strategy; Decision Making; Industry Structures; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry
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      Wheelwright, Steven C. "Applied Materials." Harvard Business School Case 692-078, March 1992.
      • December 1991 (Revised October 1998)
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      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.)
      • February 1991 (Revised February 1992)
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      Appex Corp.

      By: Nitin Nohria
      1990 Business Week named Appex Corp. the fastest growing high-technology company in the United States. Appex provided management information systems and intercarrier network services to cellular telephone companies. During its rapid growth, the company went through... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Culture; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Performance Productivity; Problems and Challenges; Management Practices and Processes; Business Divisions; Information Management; Information Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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      Nohria, Nitin. "Appex Corp." Harvard Business School Case 491-082, February 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
      • September 1990 (Revised March 1991)
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      Mod IV Product Development Team

      By: Anne Donnellon and Joshua D. Margolis
      Focuses sharply on a crossfunctional product development team at Honeywell's Building Controls Division. Traces the history of teams at the division, which introduced them as a response to intensifying competition and the need for faster development. Reveals the... View Details
      Keywords: Business Divisions; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management Teams; Product Development; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Competitive Strategy
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      Donnellon, Anne, and Joshua D. Margolis. "Mod IV Product Development Team." Harvard Business School Case 491-030, September 1990. (Revised March 1991.)
      • July 1990 (Revised August 1995)
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      Symantec--1982-90

      By: Nitin Nohria
      As Symantec grew from a small, upstart software development company to a major player in the software development industry, the channels of information flow and the internal communication needs of the company became more complex. The geographically-dispersed structure... View Details
      Keywords: Applications and Software; Communication Technology; Communication; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Employee Relationship Management; Growth and Development; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Management; Information Technology Industry; United States
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      Nohria, Nitin. "Symantec--1982-90." Harvard Business School Case 491-010, July 1990. (Revised August 1995.)
      • February 1989 (Revised October 1994)
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      Asahi Breweries Ltd.

      By: Malcolm S. Salter
      Focuses on competitive repositioning, organizational renewal, and personal leadership. Describes how Asahi Breweries was faced with a major capacity expansion decision after succeeding in increasing market share dramatically in the traditionally stable Japanese beer... View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Leadership; Organizational Structure; Product Launch; Management Teams; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Mission and Purpose; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan
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      Salter, Malcolm S. "Asahi Breweries Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 389-114, February 1989. (Revised October 1994.)
      • November 1988 (Revised September 1991)
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      Simmons Japan Ltd.

      By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
      Concerns the first leveraged buyout to occur in Japan. Analytic tasks include a valuation of the company and an assessment of its debt capacity. Also provides opportunities to discuss agency costs associated with alternative capital and equity ownership structures,... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt; Capital Structure; Cost; Equity; Production; Valuation; Japan; United States
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      Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Simmons Japan Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 289-001, November 1988. (Revised September 1991.)
      • August 1988 (Revised April 1998)
      • Case

      IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      Presents the ingredients that went into a major entrepreneurial shift by IBM--investing $5 billion into a new product line that would obsolete any existing computer product line offered by the competition, or by IBM itself. The economic and technical challenges of this... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Management; Investment; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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      Bower, Joseph L. "IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 389-003, August 1988. (Revised April 1998.)
      • January 1986 (Revised March 1997)
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      Horizon Group

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Contains a description of a situation confronting the co-founder of a company planning to produce software for microcomputers. The company has just completed raising money from some wealthy investors by forming an R&D Limited Partnership. Development of the program (an... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Business Plan; Outcome or Result; Research and Development; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Information Technology Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "Horizon Group." Harvard Business School Case 286-058, January 1986. (Revised March 1997.)
      • February 1985 (Revised September 1988)
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      Komatsu Ltd.

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      Reviews and updates the structure and characteristics of the earth-moving equipment industry presented in the companion case, Caterpillar Tractor Co. After revealing that CAT has suffered major financial losses during the period from 1981 through 1984, the case... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Crisis; Machinery and Machining; Price; Growth and Development; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "Komatsu Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 385-277, February 1985. (Revised September 1988.)
      • 1985
      • Working Paper

      Sequential Innovation and Market Structure

      By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
      This paper concerns the introduction of a sequence of new, higher-quality durable products in a market in which there already exists a lower-quality substitute. The product has the further attribute that a real resource cost is incurred at the time a higher-quality... View Details
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      Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Sequential Innovation and Market Structure." Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper, No. 1185, October 1985.
      • June 1983 (Revised November 2001)
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      EMI and the CT Scanner (A)

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      Describes the development of the first CT Scanner by EMI, a company new to the medical industry, and EMI's entry into the U.S. market. The company's early success is threatened by the entry of a dozen competitors (some very large and experienced), by government... View Details
      Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technological Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Industry Structures; Product Development; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "EMI and the CT Scanner (A)." Harvard Business School Case 383-194, June 1983. (Revised November 2001.)
      • June 1983 (Revised March 1985)
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      EMI and the CT Scanner (B)

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      Describes the development of the first CT Scanner by EMI, a company new to the medical industry, and EMI's entry into the U.S. market. The company's early success is threatened by the entry of a dozen competitors (some very large and experienced), by government... View Details
      Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technological Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Industry Structures; Product Development; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Bartlett, Christopher A. "EMI and the CT Scanner (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 383-195, June 1983. (Revised March 1985.)
      • 1980
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      Components of Manufacturing Inventories: A Structural Model of the Production Process

      By: Alan J. Auerbach and Jerry R. Green
      This paper presents a structural model of production and inventory accumulation based on the hypothesis of cost minimization. It differs from previous attempts in several respects. First, it integrates the analysis of input inventories with output inventories, treating... View Details
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      Auerbach, Alan J., and Jerry R. Green. "Components of Manufacturing Inventories: A Structural Model of the Production Process." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 491, June 1980.
      • 1965
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      Product Innovation and Organization

      By: J. W. Lorsch
      Keywords: Product; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Structure
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      Lorsch, J. W. Product Innovation and Organization. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1965.
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