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- April 2020
- Case
Ginkgo Bioworks: The Cell as a Factory
By: Paul A. Gompers, Amitabh Chandra and Matthew Wozny
Gompers, Paul A., Amitabh Chandra, and Matthew Wozny. "Ginkgo Bioworks: The Cell as a Factory." Harvard Business School Case 220-069, April 2020.
- November 1986 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Vought Aero Products: Factory of the Future
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. "Vought Aero Products: Factory of the Future." Harvard Business School Case 687-008, November 1986. (Revised March 1995.)
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
A factory worker uses company time and materials to fashion a lamp he will take home for personal use—an artifact called a "homer." The practice is probably illegal and clearly against written company policy. If discovered, the... View Details
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
manufacturing jobs as a share of total non-farm employment have fallen from 20% to 10% over the same time frame." Worse yet, there is the possibility that the jobs created today and tomorrow may not be as good as the factory jobs of the... View Details
- fall 1992
- Article
The Factory as a Learning Laboratory
Keywords: Learning
Leonard-Barton, D. A. "The Factory as a Learning Laboratory." MIT Sloan Management Review 34, no. 1 (fall 1992): 23–28.
- September 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Alessi: Evolution of an Italian Design Factory (C)
By: Youngme E. Moon, Vincent Dessain and Anders Sjoman
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Moon, Youngme E., Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Alessi: Evolution of an Italian Design Factory (C)." Harvard Business School Case 504-020, September 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- September 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Alessi: Evolution of an Italian Design Factory (B)
By: Youngme E. Moon, Vincent Dessain and Anders Sjoman
Since the 1970s, world-renowned architect and designer, Alessandro Mendini, has acted as adviser and counselor to Alessi, the Italian household goods design factory. By discussing Mendini's role as art director, the case introduces the artistic side of Alessi, where... View Details
Keywords: Design; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Products Industry; Italy
Moon, Youngme E., Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Alessi: Evolution of an Italian Design Factory (B)." Harvard Business School Case 504-019, September 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- January 2014 (Revised July 2016)
- Case
Samuel Slater & Francis Cabot Lowell: The Factory System in U.S. Cotton Manufacturing
By: Tom Nicholas and Matthew Guilford
At the time of the American War of Independence (1776-1783) and for several decades after it, Great Britain dominated the global production of cotton textiles. In fact, Britain became so dominant in textile manufacturing and trading that Manchester, its industrial... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Production; Business History; Manufacturing Industry; Great Britain; Massachusetts
Nicholas, Tom, and Matthew Guilford. "Samuel Slater & Francis Cabot Lowell: The Factory System in U.S. Cotton Manufacturing." Harvard Business School Case 814-065, January 2014. (Revised July 2016.)
- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
“quiet quitting” seen across many office spaces and factory floors. It also lit a pathway for companies looking to meet societal calls for a more just economy. “What if every company in United States gave employees meaningful ownership... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- September 2003 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
Alessi: Evolution of an Italian Design Factory (D)
By: Youngme E. Moon, Vincent Dessain and Anders Sjoman
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Moon, Youngme E., Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Alessi: Evolution of an Italian Design Factory (D)." Harvard Business School Case 504-022, September 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
- 7 Apr 2016
- Conference Presentation
Assessing and Improving Working Conditions at Global Supply Chain Factories
By: Michael W. Toffel and Yanhua Zhou
- 2006
- Article
Factory 'Homers': Understanding a Highly Elusive, Marginal, and Illegal Practice
By: Michel Anteby
Anteby, Michel. "Factory 'Homers': Understanding a Highly Elusive, Marginal, and Illegal Practice." Annual English Language Edition Sociologie du travail 48, no. S1 (2006): e22–e38. (Read an interview about this article in HBS Working Knowledge.)
- 2003
- Article
The "Moralities" of Poaching: Manufacturing Personal Artifacts on the Factory Floor
By: Michel Anteby
Anteby, Michel. The "Moralities" of Poaching: Manufacturing Personal Artifacts on the Factory Floor. Ethnography 4, no. 2 (2003): 217–239.
- March 2006
- Teaching Note
Alessi: Evolution of an Italian Design Factory (A)-(D) (TN)
By: Youngme E. Moon
- September 1996
- Exercise
Project Management Exercise #2: Planning the Shad Factory Project
By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis
Bowen, H. Kent, and Marilyn Matis. "Project Management Exercise #2: Planning the Shad Factory Project." Harvard Business School Exercise 697-024, September 1996.
- January 2004
- Supplement
Jack Welch General Electric-The People Factory at work: Picking My Successor at GE
By: Joseph L. Bower
Jack Welch describes the process by which Jeff Immelt was chosen. In doing so, he describes General Electric's People Factory. View Details
Bower, Joseph L. "Jack Welch General Electric-The People Factory at work: Picking My Successor at GE." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 304-808, January 2004.
- 2002
- Chapter
Factories in the Countryside: The Industrial Workforce and Social Division in Nantong County, 1895-1937
By: Elisabeth Koll
- March 2019 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Global Sourcing at Nike
By: Nien-hê Hsieh, Michael W. Toffel and Olivia Hull
This case explores the evolution of Nike’s global product sourcing strategy, in particular ongoing efforts to improve working conditions at its suppliers’ factories. When the case opens in July 2018, Vice President of Sourcing Amanda Tucker and her colleagues in Nike’s... View Details
Keywords: Sourcing; Factory Conditions; Trade; Geography; Geographic Scope; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Labor; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Labor and Management Relations; Complexity; Sports Industry; Fashion Industry; Oregon; Portland; Asia; North and Central America
Hsieh, Nien-hê, Michael W. Toffel, and Olivia Hull. "Global Sourcing at Nike." Harvard Business School Case 619-008, March 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
- 2022
- Article
‘American Management’ vs ‘Swiss Labour Peace’. The Closure of the Swiss Firestone Factory in 1978
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This article focusses on the closure of the Firestone’s Swiss subsidiary in 1978. It contributes to the existing literature dealing with the ‘nationality’ of multinational companies and the impact of U.S. management style on local capitalist systems. Drawing on a... View Details
Keywords: Americanization; Capitalism; Corporate Nationality; Industrial Relations; Multinational; Narratives; Multinational Firms and Management; Nationality; Economic Systems; Labor and Management Relations; Switzerland
Pitteloud, Sabine. "‘American Management’ vs ‘Swiss Labour Peace’. The Closure of the Swiss Firestone Factory in 1978." Special Issue on International Business, Multi-Nationals, and the Nationality of the Company. Business History 64, no. 9 (2022): 1648–1665.
- 01 Aug 1979
- Conference Presentation
Can Industrial Workers Reform Their Own Work? A Sociologically-Oriented Quality-of-Worklife Project in an Electronics Factory
By: R. M. Kanter, B. A. Stein, D. Brinkerhoff and Daniel J. Isenberg
Kanter, R. M., B. A. Stein, D. Brinkerhoff, and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Can Industrial Workers Reform Their Own Work? A Sociologically-Oriented Quality-of-Worklife Project in an Electronics Factory." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 01, 1979. (Published as "Building Participatory Democracy within a Conventional Corporation." In Workplace Democracy, edited by J. Rothschild-Whitt and F. Lindenfield, Boston: Porter Sargent, 1982.)