Steel and Aluminum - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 1982
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April 1998
Teaching Note

Insteel Wire Products: ABM at Andrews TN

By: V.G. Narayanan and Ratna G. Sarkar

Teaching Note for (9-198-087). View Details

Keywords: Steel Industry

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26 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More

significantly cut their prices, while Chinese exporters have not reduced the prices of the goods they sell to US importers. "This nearly complete pass-through of tariffs to the total price paid by importers suggests the tariff incidence has fallen largely on the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Steel; Steel; Steel

01 Apr 2001
News

Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments

subject is a $1.4 billion aluminum smelter in Mozambique known as the Mozal project. Ravaged by a seventeen-year civil war that claimed 700,000 lives and destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure,... View Details

22 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

Provides a brief background on the history and structure of the steel industry in the United States. Focuses in some depth on the technological changes that have been difficult for the leading View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2013
Supplement

Union Corrugating Co. (A) (Spreadsheet Supplement)

This is the spreadsheet supplement for HBS Case 803065, containing Exhibit 3 as an Excel document. View Details

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01 Mar 2018
News

The Evolving HBS Campus

civic leaders gathered for a “topping-off” ceremony to mark the occasion of the highest steel beam going into place on Harvard’s future Science and Engineering Complex. The 500,000-square-foot facility will... View Details

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Pan-American Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin View Details

14 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

spread over 45 countries. Comcraft produces steel, plastics, and aluminum products. Chandaria had the option of taking well-paying jobs after his studies in the United States View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto

14 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021

offshore, he was working long days on a high-rise project, and neither of us had any intention of slowing down. I didn’t think it was possible for someone to share my ambitions, passions, and silliness or... View Details

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

the Toyota Production System or cartels in the steel industry. That was one of the real differences in teaching MBAs; part of my job was to try to tap the wealth of their collective experience and knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

10 Aug 2015
News

A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

ProInspire. Roommate Valerie Faillace (MBA 2005), chief strategy officer for the KIPP Foundation, serves on the Bay Area’s advisory board; Justin Steele (MBA/MPA 2009), head of Bay Area Giving at Google, sits on the strategy committee;... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

Charles R. Hook

Hook is known more for his progressive employment practices than for building Armco into the leading producer of sheet metal. He was an advocate of full-disclosure and loyalty policies towards employees and... View Details

Keywords: Metals

24 Apr 2014
News

A founding father of Silicon Valley venture capital guides entrepreneurs

still mostly apricot and prune orchards. When we saw some promising sign, we’d knock on the door,” says Johnson, who worked in a steel mill after HBS and service in the US Air... View Details

14 Jun 2024
News

Highlights from the Spring 2024 Alumni Board Meeting

Harvard Business School hosted its annual spring Alumni Board Meeting in late May, bringing together its members for a two-day event that included interactive sessions with faculty and HBS leadership on the School and its programs, updates on Board working groups, and... View Details

06 Mar 2021
News

Elevated Economics

01 Jun 2007
News

A Big Deal

Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975) made big news in February when his Tata Group purchased Corus, the Anglo-Dutch steel producer, the Financial Times reported (February 3, 2007). The $12 billion deal was one for the record books as the largest... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816042-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-029 Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (A) In spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased competition from developing markets.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

William G. Mather

Mather headed the company for 50 years. He was instrumental in consolidating several mining operations into one powerful force. He also embarked on a major diversification program by investing in iron-ore industries and View Details

Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

20 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

conglomerate Tata & Sons, played a significant role in building India's economic infrastructure. Under his guidance, Tata & Sons built locomotives, steel refineries, airlines, chemical plants, and... View Details