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- October 1976
- Background Note
Industry Structural Change
Presents a framework for understanding and predicting industry structural change. Examines 1) the important underlying forces causing structural change, 2) the key relationships among industry elements in the process of change, and 3) some implications of change for... View Details
Keywords: Framework; Industry Structures; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Corporate Strategy
Porter, Michael E. "Industry Structural Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 377-051, October 1976.
- November 2002 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
The Newsprint Industry
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Nabil I. Al-Najjar and James Pyke
Describes the 1990s consolidation on the newsprint industry. Questions whether consolidation will ever deliver on its promise. Whereas some industry observers maintain that the effects of consolidation are already visible, others argue that further consolidation is... View Details
Keywords: Five Forces Framework; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Monopoly; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Consolidation; Pulp and Paper Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Nabil I. Al-Najjar, and James Pyke. "The Newsprint Industry." Harvard Business School Case 703-404, November 2002. (Revised March 2010.)
- December 2022
- Article
Does Industry Employment of Active Regulators Weaken Oversight?
By: Jonas Heese
I study whether industry employment of active regulators weakens oversight. To examine this question, I exploit that the Financial Reporting Enforcement Panel (FREP), the German capital-market regulator responsible for enforcing public firms’ compliance with accounting... View Details
Keywords: Conflict-of-interest Policies; Directorships; Enforcement Actions; Industry Employment; Self-regulatory Organizations; Governance Compliance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Conflict of Interests
Heese, Jonas. "Does Industry Employment of Active Regulators Weaken Oversight?" Management Science 68, no. 12 (December 2022): 9198–9218.
- July 2014 (Revised November 2014)
- Background Note
The Structure and Functioning of the Fashion Industry
By: Mukti Khaire and Hannah Catzen
Fashion is the quintessential social-consumption good; all consumers comply with or react to fashion. Although very few consumers actually control trends, virtually every consumer is affected by fashion and contributes to it by adopting or rejecting popular styles. A... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
- September 2001 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Stevenson Industries (A)
By: John A. Davis and Kacie LaChapelle
Simon Carlson, chairman of the board of his family's fourth-generation industrial company, must decide how to deal with his conflict with the company's nonfamily CEO. Hired by the board just 15 months earlier to pursue growth more aggressively, CEO Paul Steel has upset... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Management Succession; Management Style; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Rank and Position; Organizational Culture; Decision Making; Manufacturing Industry
Davis, John A., and Kacie LaChapelle. "Stevenson Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 802-086, September 2001. (Revised June 2005.)
- January 2014
- Article
Fashioning an Industry: Socio-cognitive Processes in the Construction of Worth of a New Industry
By: Mukti Khaire
This study of the high-end fashion industry in India examines the process of construction of the worth of a new industry. Analyses of data from multiple sources revealed that framing by early entrepreneurs and the socio-cognitive processes that resulted from the... View Details
Khaire, Mukti. "Fashioning an Industry: Socio-cognitive Processes in the Construction of Worth of a New Industry." Organization Studies 35, no. 1 (January 2014): 41–74.
- Fast Answer
Industry overviews
Where can I find an overview or analysis of an industry? 1. Industry Reports: IBISWorld: covers a wide range of industries in the US, China, the UK and Australia. Technavio: Reports on... View Details
- March 1989
- Background Note
Industrial Distribution Systems
A comprehensive description of industrial distribution systems. Written from the perspective of industrial products manufacturers, concerned about building and managing channels systems for taking products from point of manufacture to point of use. Covers: 1) channels... View Details
Corey, E. Raymond. "Industrial Distribution Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 589-101, March 1989.
- May 1999 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
Marshall Industries
Confounding predictions that the Internet would "disintermediate" commerce, making "middle man" companies all but obsolete, Marshall Industries, a leading electronics distributor, used the Internet and digital technologies to reinvent itself. Marshall continued to sell... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Supply Chain; Emerging Markets; Customer Focus and Relationships; Distribution Industry; Distribution Industry
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Cathy Olofson. "Marshall Industries." Harvard Business School Case 899-239, May 1999. (Revised March 2001.)
- July 1988 (Revised July 1989)
- Case
Hygiene Industries
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Health Industry
Bell, David E. "Hygiene Industries." Harvard Business School Case 189-035, July 1988. (Revised July 1989.)
- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
When Does Industrial Policy Work? Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Fuel Industry
By: Santiago Mingo and Tarun Khanna
What is the impact of a state-led industrial policy program on entrepreneurial activity, industry evolution, and firm competitiveness? How and when is industrial policy an effective tool to spur the development of an emerging industry? To address these questions, we... View Details
- January 1990 (Revised February 1994)
- Case
Photolithography Industry
Brandenburger, Adam M., and Vijay Krishna. "Photolithography Industry." Harvard Business School Case 190-107, January 1990. (Revised February 1994.)
- August 2015 (Revised July 2017)
- Technical Note
Hotel Industry
By: Arthur I. Segel, Daniel Woodbury and Michael Horowitz
This note teaches the critical elements to understand the fundamentals of hotel investing, ownership, and management. It outlines the basics of hotel segmentation, operations, ownership, management, and valuation. The changing impact of technology is also addressed. View Details
Segel, Arthur I., Daniel Woodbury, and Michael Horowitz. "Hotel Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 216-012, August 2015. (Revised July 2017.)
- November 1987 (Revised January 1988)
- Case
Farmland Industries
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Farmland Industries." Harvard Business School Case 588-045, November 1987. (Revised January 1988.)
- December 1979 (Revised April 1982)
- Case
UV Industries
Glauber, Robert R., and David W. Mullins Jr. "UV Industries." Harvard Business School Case 280-072, December 1979. (Revised April 1982.)
- July 1996 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Hobson Industries
Barnes, Louis B., and Kacie LaChapelle. "Hobson Industries." Harvard Business School Case 497-008, July 1996. (Revised March 2000.)
- 2008
- Dictionary Entry
Computer Industry
By: Shane Greenstein
Greenstein, Shane. "Computer Industry." In The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. 2nd ed. Edited by Steven Derlauf and Lawrence Blume. Hampshire, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- November 1993 (Revised July 1994)
- Background Note
Industrial Marketing
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Bruce Isaacson
Keywords: Marketing
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Bruce Isaacson. "Industrial Marketing." Harvard Business School Background Note 594-069, November 1993. (Revised July 1994.)