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- September 2019 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Engineering an Inclusive Bioeconomy
By: Tarun Khanna, Raffaella Sadun and Susie L. Ma
In 2019, entrepreneur Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio was developing a project he hoped could generate and share wealth from the natural resources of the Amazon without destroying those resources. His idea, called Earth Bank of Codes (EBC), would create a library of the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Development Economics; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Marketplace Matching; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Social Enterprise; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Information Technology; Ownership; Social Psychology; Trust; Society; Biotechnology Industry; South America; Amazon Basin
Khanna, Tarun, Raffaella Sadun, and Susie L. Ma. "Engineering an Inclusive Bioeconomy." Harvard Business School Case 720-356, September 2019. (Revised August 2020.)
- July 1969
- Case
Digital Engineering Co. (C)
Williams, Charles M. "Digital Engineering Co. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 270-009, July 1969.
- July 1969 (Revised August 1980)
- Case
Digital Engineering Co. (A)
Williams, Charles M. "Digital Engineering Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 270-007, July 1969. (Revised August 1980.)
- August 2012
- Teaching Note
Mekanism: Engineering Viral Marketing
By: Thales S. Teixeira
The Mekanism case introduces students to a digital media production company specialized in creating viral marketing campaigns for advertising agencies and their clients (e.g., Microsoft, AXE, eBay, Toyota, etc.). Mekanism has grown tremendously from 2007 to 2010 in... View Details
- August 1994 (Revised May 1995)
- Case
Engineering Inspection & Insurance Company
By: Robert H. Hayes
Engineering Inspection & Insurance Co. (EIIC) is a small but highly successful company that offers machinery and boiler inspection and insurance services. After years of above-average growth and profits, both are retreating toward the industry average, policy delivery... View Details
Keywords: Service Operations; Business Strategy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Insurance; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Insurance Industry; United States
Hayes, Robert H. "Engineering Inspection & Insurance Company." Harvard Business School Case 695-009, August 1994. (Revised May 1995.)
- September 2019
- Teaching Note
The German Export Engine
Teaching Note for HBS No. 715-045. View Details
- Article
Managing and Motivating Engineers
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Managing and Motivating Engineers." Joint Engineering Management Conference Proceedings 15th (1967): 82–95. (Managing Engineering Manpower.)
- March 1981 (Revised April 1983)
- Case
Sedalia Engine Plant (B)
By: Michael Beer
After one year as new plant manager at a highly participatory management style plant, Denny Goble assesses his handling of various problems. View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Employee Relationship Management; Management Style; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Technology Industry
Beer, Michael. "Sedalia Engine Plant (B)." Harvard Business School Case 481-149, March 1981. (Revised April 1983.)
- June 1993 (Revised April 2004)
- Teaching Note
Laurinburg Precision Engineering TN
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Teaching Note for (9-193-098). View Details
Keywords: Engineering
- October 1982
- Case
Waterman Engineering Corp. (A)
By: Howard Raiffa
Keywords: Engineering
Raiffa, Howard. "Waterman Engineering Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 183-103, October 1982.
- January–February 1994
- Article
Financial Engineering at Merck
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Luehrman, Timothy A. "Financial Engineering at Merck." Harvard Business Review 72, no. 1 (January–February 1994): 89–99.
- April 2015 (Revised October 2024)
- Case
The German Export Engine
By: Gunnar Trumbull, Jonathan Schlefer and Sophus A. Reinert
In fall of 2018, Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel had logged significant successes. Germany was the largest exporter in the world, had maintained low unemployment through the 2008 financial crisis, and was gradually reforming its welfare state to meet future pension... View Details
Trumbull, Gunnar, Jonathan Schlefer, and Sophus A. Reinert. "The German Export Engine." Harvard Business School Case 715-045, April 2015. (Revised October 2024.)
- April 2012 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Mekanism: Engineering Viral Marketing
By: Thales S. Teixeira and Alison Caverly
Mekanism introduces students to a digital media production company specializing in creating viral marketing campaigns for advertising agencies and clients (e.g., Microsoft, AXE, eBay, Toyota, etc.) Mekanism has grown tremendously from 2007 to 2010 in part due to the... View Details
Keywords: Viral Marketing; Viral Advertising; Core Competencies; Growth Strategy; Online Media; Videos; Advertising Media; Internet and the Web; Expansion; Media; Marketing; Advertising; Advertising Industry; North and Central America
Teixeira, Thales S., and Alison Caverly. "Mekanism: Engineering Viral Marketing." Harvard Business School Case 512-010, April 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
- March 1981 (Revised April 1993)
- Case
Sedalia Engine Plant (A)
By: Michael Beer
The new plant manager must deal with the problems and potentials contained in this highly participatory management style plant. View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Employee Relationship Management; Management Style; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Technology Industry
Beer, Michael. "Sedalia Engine Plant (A)." Harvard Business School Case 481-148, March 1981. (Revised April 1993.)
- October 1982
- Case
Waterman Engineering Corp. (B)
By: Howard Raiffa
Keywords: Engineering
Raiffa, Howard. "Waterman Engineering Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 183-104, October 1982.
- December 1988
- Case
Scientific Engineering Co. (A)
Williams, Charles M., and Norman Bartczak. "Scientific Engineering Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 289-021, December 1988.
- February 1979
- Case
Systems Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Choosing an equity offering or an offering of straight subordinated debt with a CCC credit rating and a 12.5% coupon. View Details
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Systems Engineering Laboratories, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 279-074, February 1979.
- August 2022 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
NewLab: Scaling an Innovation Engine
By: Tarun Khanna and George Gonzalez
Silicon Valley-veteran Shaun Stewart is the CEO of NewLab, a dynamic technology hub headquartered in the storied Brooklyn Navy Yard. Founded in 2016, NewLab fostered a community of entrepreneurs, corporate and government partners, and investors, all seeking to apply... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social and Collaborative Networks; Global Range; Partners and Partnerships; Networks; Growth and Development Strategy; Opportunities; Brooklyn
Khanna, Tarun, and George Gonzalez. "NewLab: Scaling an Innovation Engine." Harvard Business School Case 723-364, August 2022. (Revised February 2023.)
- 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; Technology Industry
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.)