Manufacturing Costs - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note

likely to quit in the first year of the program. Black students were also more likely to drop out than white students. Some of the disparity may have to do with Black students being less likely to apply for apprenticeships in fields like Advanced View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

changing competitive environment. By the mid-1960s, however, U.S. tire companies began to feel the first tremors of the competitive earthquake that would ultimately reshape the industry. In 1966, Michelin struck a deal with Sears to View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

Richard E. Walton and Robert B. McKersie's book A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations: An Analysis of a Social Interaction System (ILR Press, 1991). The head of a manufacturing firm was preparing to initiate talks with the leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

29 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

European market overseas, and (3) concentrate on designing and producing new products for new and existing markets. There were several minority opinions, however. ASGMark commented, “The very idea of moving manufacturing of an American... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

points. Pseudo-set framing changes gambling choices (Study 1), effort (Studies 2 and 3), giving behavior (Field Data and Study 4), and purchase decisions (Study 5). These effects persist in the absence of any reward, when a cost must be... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

and suggests that corporate diversification can serve an important insurance function for investors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-101.pdf The Psychological Costs of Pay-for-Performance: Implications for Strategic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

and prevent further industrial pollution in communities near ports. The law also allocates $15 billion for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund,[31] which works both to stimulate the economy and make jobs and to deliver “lower energy costs... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

power. Their findings suggest that there is significant heterogeneity in banks’ ability to capture value by manufacturing safe assets. See Mark’s other research here , Stefan’s other research here , and Adi’s other research here . More... View Details

December 2001 (Revised February 2008)
Case

Borealis

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Bjorn N. Jorgensen

When Borealis, a European producer of plastics, used a traditional, time-consuming budgeting process, the budget was quickly out of date in a competitive environment characterized by continually changing input and output prices and dynamic market conditions. This case... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment; Governance Controls; Balanced Scorecard; Management Systems; Manufacturing Industry; Europe

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01 Feb 1999
News

Too Much of a Good Thing?

fail. Furthermore, he says, industries with large sunk costs - typically, basic manufacturing operations such as steel plants - are often the ones in which the consequences of excess capacity are the most... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

28 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation

“The findings of our study suggest that regulatory innovation can support more efficient drug development—in particular, in settings where we have unmet medical needs. This, in turn, could save and extend lives and motivate drug View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Pharmaceutical

09 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 9

advocates-including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-argue that traditional U.S. GAAP has too many disclosure and fair-value requirements that impose very high compliance costs on private companies. But there are influential players-including... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

Summer Fellowship) NetaCarbon is the TurboTax for carbon credit – a carbon credit issuance platform that digitizes and streamlines the process of how carbon projects are created and managed. By reducing the time and cost for project... View Details

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer

How can a company from an emerging economy manage to make waves in global business? Ask Embraer. The Brazilian firm also known as Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. is the fourth largest commercial aircraft manufacturer in the world,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

Relations ; Creativity ; Reputation ; Social and Collaborative Networks ; Civil Society or Community ; Social Issues ; Poverty ; Strategy ; Construction Industry ; Education Industry ; Energy Industry ; Industrial Products Industry ; View Details

11 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?

room for improvement” in the process, Buell says. “I’m happy with the car, but it was a roller coaster of emotions going through the experience.” What’s the problem here? The professors agree that the industry has a structural problem: the deep divide between car View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto

Research Summary

Clinical Trials as a setting for Health Policy and Management Research

The clinical trial marketplace is in flux. A decade ago, pharmaceutical firms almost exclusively conducted the study of their novel drug compounds within major academic medical centers. But today, industry-sponsored clinical trials are increasingly using community... View Details

16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

manufactured by another firm elsewhere, and distributed by dealers everywhere—all underwritten by global cash flows. Often these networks are established without much redundancy planning or other risk-mitigation factors to counter... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

intercede to protect investments in locations such as Central America and the Caribbean. Costs were small-at least at the outset-but with each incremental step, American policy became increasingly entangled with the goals of those they... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

February 2023 (Revised March 2025)
Case

Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield

In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled... View Details