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January 2014
Teaching Note

In a Bind: Peak Sealing Technologies' Product Line Extension Dilemma (Brief Case)

By: Robert J. Dolan and Heather Beckham

January 1988 (Revised July 1991)
Course Overview Note

Integrated Product Line Management: Course Description, Requirements, and Assignments - Spring 1991

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Keywords: Product Marketing

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July 2015 (Revised April 2016)
Case

Lomography: Analog in a Digital World

By: John T. Gourville, Karol Misztal and Emer Moloney

In spite of the world's move to digital photography, in 2013 Lomography continues to design and offer analog (film) cameras to a loyal following of artistic photographers. Now it must decide whether to stick to its traditional offerings, to expand into artistic lenses... View Details

Keywords: Positioning; Product Lines; Product Line Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Brands and Branding; Fine Arts Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry

July 2020
Supplement

Instabeat—Crossing the Finish Line

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar

Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika was just 21 years old when she launched her startup, Instabeat, which had developed the first real-time bio-feedback device for swimmers to monitor and improve their performance. It had been an extremely testing 10-year journey to... View Details

Keywords: Start-up; Wearables; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Strategy; Operations; Management; United States; Lebanon

March 2009 (Revised June 2010)
Case

TOTO: The Bottom Line

TOTO, the leading manufacturer of toilets in Japan, is struggling to penetrate the U.S. market with its premier bidet-toilets, which are present in 63% of homes in Japan. The case examines the behavioral, cultural, and institutional barriers that TOTO faces in gaining... View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Disruptive Innovation; Product Positioning; Market Entry and Exit; Organizational Culture; Consumer Products Industry; Japan; United States

01 Dec 1994
Conference Presentation

Design and Scheduling of Apparel Manufacturing Systems with Both Slow and Quick Production Lines

By: J. H. Hammond, Z. B. Tang and F. H. Abernathy

Keywords: Design; Planning; Production; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry

08 May 2006
Research & Ideas

The Cost of Cutting in Line

No one likes to waste time standing in line. So why don't more people try to bribe their way to the front? Should companies allow some customers to move to the front of the line for a hefty fee? Is there a market for time? Felix... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

September – October 1983
Article

Quality on the Line

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Quality; Production

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May 2010
Case

Flare Fragrances Company, Inc: Analyzing Growth Opportunities

By: John A. Quelch and Lisa D. Donovan

Flare Fragrances, a manufacturer of perfumes for women, faces a growth challenge in a difficult economic environment. CEO Joely Patterson outlines two growth opportunities for her marketing staff to evaluate. One involves launching a new scent -- and possibly... View Details

Keywords: Quantitative Analysis; Market Segmentation; Product Introduction; New Product Marketing; Product Lines; Product Positioning; Distribution; Product Launch; Segmentation; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry

January 2014
Supplement

In a Bind: Peak Sealing Technologies' Product Line Extension Dilemma, Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case)

By: Robert J. Dolan and Heather Beckham

January 2014
Supplement

In a Bind: Peak Sealing Technologies' Product Line Extension Dilemma, Spreadsheet for Students (Brief Case)

By: Robert J. Dolan and Heather Beckham

02 Jul 2012
News

Respecting employees can boost bottom line

25 Mar 2014
News

Privacy and Productivity

01 Jun 2024
News

Turning Point: On the Line

Theatricals. One of the great 14-year-old Tevyes in a summer-camp production of Fiddler on the Roof. Disney was my foot in the door. While churning out budgets and quarterly projections as a finance executive, I took a sitcom-writing... View Details

Keywords: labor strike; television; media; unions

12 Feb 2015
Video

Privacy and Productivity

2020
Working Paper

Updating the Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line Strategies

By: Robert S. Kaplan and David McMillan

Many companies are now attempting to achieve triple bottom line performance on financial, environmental, and societal metrics. Successful strategies for such performance, however, generally require new relationships among multiple players in multiple sectors across a... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Adaptation; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Performance; Strategy

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April 1987 (Revised May 1987)
Supplement

Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (O): Upgrades of the No. 3 and No. 5 Galvanize Lines

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Steel Industry

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June 1994 (Revised August 1994)
Case

Cunard Line Ltd.: Managing Integrated Marketing Communications

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Cunard, the world's oldest luxury line company, is confronted with several key issues involving its marketing and marketing communications strategy. One concerns the balance between image/positioning advertising and short-term-oriented promotional... View Details

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Consumer Behavior; Organizational Structure; Identity; Balance and Stability; Shipping Industry