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- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
times the $132 billion that the 1995 Kobe earthquake did, making it one of the Japan's most costly natural disasters. Transportation disruptions and the closing of many factories throughout Japan will shrink Japanese aggregate demand and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
above are numerous in a channel that includes, in your comments, food and tobacco producers of unhealthy products (Christy Hitchens, Tom Dolembo); lifestyle equipment and service providers; developers and View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
of a mini refrigerator and stacked on top of other line equipment. Better yet, this tighter integration would greatly reduce the manufacturing costs. The second technology was Windows NT. Teradyne's test systems included various software... View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
William M. Allen, Boeing’s chief executive at the time, was asked to meet with us because Vertol, a helicopter company acquired by Boeing, was far behind schedule with the vitally needed Chinook helicopter. Allen reassigned his best View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
other manufacturers have abandoned it to seek cheaper labor elsewhere. Since corporations are the center of wealth and power in this country, they are the only ones that can make a difference in addressing poverty and unemployment."... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- Profile
Joseph Blair
It’s difficult to imagine Joe Blair standing still. A triathlete, currently training for a “half-Ironman” in the summer of 2013, Joe runs self-timed marathons. In his former life as an engineer, he took a great deal of pleasure tooling around the test grounds in a... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- News
Juan Salgado Honored for Immigrant Education Efforts
education program that adapts the principles of contextualized learning to equip these workers with the skills that lead to higher-paying employment in manufacturing and health care, sectors with a growing... View Details
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
fundamentally changed SecondBite’s operating model. Declared an essential service in early March, it immediately appointed a pandemic coordinator and developed a four-phase pandemic response plan that included health screening and personal protective View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
From Product Development to Business School
the technology that has the potential to change how we do things, and whose only barrier is a poor revenue model or a misaligned product-market fit. I’m now better equipped to solve these problems, identify the right segment, launch plan,... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
localities and electric vehicle manufacturers as well as the ability to train a large enough workforce. There is a hunger for good green jobs. For her first 20 slots, she received 1600 applications. The technicians earn a minimum of... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System
The Toyota Production System is a paradox. On the one hand, every activity, connection, and production flow in a Toyota factory is rigidly scripted. Yet at the same time, Toyota's operations are enormously flexible and responsive to customer demand. How can that be?... View Details
- Web
Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets
not? Innovation Panel Dr. Yusuf Hamied Dr. Yusuf Hamied CEO of Cipla, explains that the government’s inability to combat deadly diseases like Bird Flu led him to pursue a new way to produce and manufacture medications to prepare the... View Details
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
is that the sector should be treated as a priority to abate sector by the government given its contribution to total emission levels. However, they mentioned that, to achieve net zero, it would require them and the sector to revisit their View Details
- December 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Supplement
Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B)
By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
The case builds on the earlier (A) case, which described the origins of the Turkish business group established by Vehbi Koç before 1988. This case takes the story forward to 2012 as the Koç group was led by Vehbi's son Rahmi followed by his grandson Mustafa. It... View Details
Keywords: Business Groups; Turkey; Entrepreneurship; Management; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Central Asia; Middle East
Colpan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones. "Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 815-078, December 2014. (Revised January 2015.)
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
affecting the entire world at once. The women at FGFH recognized an opportunity for impact when they began to hear stories of the massive shortages of personal protective equipment for front-line medical workers and to see images of... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 28 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Novo Nordisk
to produce human insulin in genetically modified yeast cells: fermentation, recovery, and purification. The company also handles manufacturing and supply chain development, upscaling for production, assembly of delivery devices, packing... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
West Coast microwave-tube manufacturing company with $3 million in annual sales. Because they felt only a large company would be equipped to enter an era of new technology, with creative bond-and-stock... View Details
- April 2024
- Case
Michelin in Motion: Putting Purpose to Work
By: Hubert Joly, Nitin Nohria and Emilie Billaud
When he became CEO, facing limited growth prospects, a low valuation, and therefore a stagnating share price, Menegaux and his team launched a set of initiatives to reposition Michelin. These included (1) articulating a clear purpose (“We care about giving people a... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Innovation Strategy; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Identity; Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Value Creation; Mission and Purpose; Valuation; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Europe; France
Joly, Hubert, Nitin Nohria, and Emilie Billaud. "Michelin in Motion: Putting Purpose to Work." Harvard Business School Case 324-127, April 2024.
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
traffic congestion, which is public enemy number one on passenger car fuel efficiency. The second thing we could do is address our agricultural food distribution system. If we went back to localized farming, it’s amazing how we could change the View Details
- Web
Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
stations on public transportation (if all of them are not equipped if you have access to that infrastructure or sidewalks with curb cuts at all)? Are there heat lamps in more wealthy neighborhoods and police... View Details