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- 14 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant
The Tata Group is celebrating its acquisition of the Anglo-Dutch steel firm Corus, and the catapulting of Tata Steel into world steel's big-five status (by revenue). It should. The $11 billion deal is a... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- October 1994
- Case
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation (Abridged)
Describes a decision facing Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. in June 1985: whether to continue to compete in the silicon steel business in the face of stiff competition from imports. Includes a complete description of the company's productivity improvement systems and... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Strategy; Performance Improvement; Management Systems; Technology; Steel Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 695-023, October 1994.
- September 1991 (Revised November 1993)
- Case
Snake River Steel
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Snake River Steel." Harvard Business School Case 692-022, September 1991. (Revised November 1993.)
- January 1968 (Revised August 1980)
- Case
Inland Steel Corp.
By: Jay W. Lorsch and John J. Gabarro
Keywords: Steel Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and John J. Gabarro. "Inland Steel Corp." Harvard Business School Case 413-058, January 1968. (Revised August 1980.)
- August 1997 (Revised March 2008)
- Background Note
Trends in the United States Steel Market,1980-1996
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Bret J. Baird
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 steel companies to implement. Shows that they stumbled when confronted with... View Details
Christensen, Clayton M., and Bret J. Baird. "Trends in the United States Steel Market,1980-1996." Harvard Business School Background Note 698-018, August 1997. (Revised March 2008.)
- August 2009 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Steel Street
The case involves repositioning an old 6-story warehouse in Pittsburgh and many of the issues of rehabilitation and selecting and managing the development team especially in a world of capital market uncertainty. The case also demonstrates the alignment of interests of... View Details
Keywords: Construction; Capital Markets; Financial Management; Investment; Property; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Pittsburgh
Segel, Arthur I., William J. Poorvu, Ben Creo, and Justin Seth Ginsburgh. "Steel Street." Harvard Business School Case 210-010, August 2009. (Revised January 2012.)
- October 2009 (Revised December 2009)
- Teaching Note
Steel Street (TN)
By: Arthur I Segel, Ben Creo and Justin Seth Ginsburgh
Teaching Note for [210010]. View Details
- September 1992
- Case
Weymouth Steel Corporation
Hattersley, Michael E. "Weymouth Steel Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 393-014, September 1992.
- December 1982 (Revised November 1983)
- Case
Gartland Steel
Stone, Richard E. "Gartland Steel." Harvard Business School Case 183-133, December 1982. (Revised November 1983.)
- April 1998 (Revised November 1999)
- Teaching Note
Lehigh Steel TN
By: V.G. Narayanan and Laura Donohue
Teaching Note for (9-198-085). View Details
Keywords: Steel Industry
- October 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Restructuring the U.S. Steel Industry
Focuses on the competitive decline of the integrated steel producers in the United States from 1970 to 2002. Issues include: Should the U.S. government impose tariffs to try to protect the industry? What should labor unions do, if anything, to protect jobs and wage... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Jobs and Positions; Labor Unions; Wages; Business and Government Relations; Integration; Steel Industry; United States
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Restructuring the U.S. Steel Industry." Harvard Business School Case 203-042, October 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- December 1980 (Revised September 1985)
- Case
British Steel Corporation: The Korf Contract
By: John P. Kotter and John M. Stengrevics
Traces a complex resource allocation decision facing British Steel in 1975. Students study the influences on the various managers involved in making the decision. View Details
Keywords: Resource Allocation; Decision Making; Management Teams; Metals and Minerals; Steel Industry; United Kingdom
Kotter, John P., and John M. Stengrevics. "British Steel Corporation: The Korf Contract." Harvard Business School Case 481-110, December 1980. (Revised September 1985.)
- July 1998 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Anderson Steel Service, Inc.
By: John A. Davis
Explores the management of family and business issues and helps to identify a range of topics with which families in business wrestle. Describes a dilemma faced by sixty-eight-year-old Charles Anderson, the semi-retired founder of the company and the father of three... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Problems and Challenges; Business or Company Management; Family and Family Relationships; Strategy; Steel Industry
Davis, John A. "Anderson Steel Service, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 899-011, July 1998. (Revised May 2005.)
- January 2025 (Revised June 2025)
- Case
U.S. Steel: Proposed Acquisition by Nippon Steel
By: Willy Shih
The case setting is the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel, which elicited a great deal of controversy. The purpose of the case is to look at the history of the American steel industry since World War II and understand how the steel minimill operators... View Details
Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business History; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Steel Industry; Steel Industry; United States
Shih, Willy. "U.S. Steel: Proposed Acquisition by Nippon Steel." Harvard Business School Case 625-090, January 2025. (Revised June 2025.)
- February 1994
- Case
Kentucky Steel Corp.
By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Steel Industry
Kester, W. Carl. "Kentucky Steel Corp." Harvard Business School Case 294-094, February 1994.
- December 1981
- Case
Nippon Steel Corp.
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Nippon Steel Corp." Harvard Business School Case 482-057, December 1981.
- January 1985 (Revised August 1986)
- Case
Chaparral Steel (B)--1979
By: Kim B. Clark
Keywords: Steel Industry
Clark, Kim B. "Chaparral Steel (B)--1979." Harvard Business School Case 685-056, January 1985. (Revised August 1986.)
- January 1985 (Revised August 1986)
- Case
Chaparral Steel (A)--1977
By: Kim B. Clark
Keywords: Steel Industry
Clark, Kim B. "Chaparral Steel (A)--1977." Harvard Business School Case 685-055, January 1985. (Revised August 1986.)
- May 1969
- Case
Seneca Steel Corp.
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Keywords: Steel Industry
Lorsch, Jay W. "Seneca Steel Corp." Harvard Business School Case 413-071, May 1969.
- September 1974 (Revised May 1981)
- Case
Georgetown Steel Corp. (B)
Williams, Charles M. "Georgetown Steel Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 275-019, September 1974. (Revised May 1981.)