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- 11 Jan 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting for Product Impact in the Airlines Industry
- November 15, 2022
- Article
What Really Makes Toyota’s Production System Resilient
By: Willy C. Shih
Toyota has fared better than many of its competitors in riding out the supply chain disruptions of recent years. But focusing on how Toyota had stockpiled semiconductors and the problems of other manufacturers, some observers jumped to the conclusion that the era of... View Details
Keywords: Supplier Relationships; Manufacturing; Supply Chain; Production; Auto Industry; United States; Japan
Shih, Willy C. "What Really Makes Toyota’s Production System Resilient." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (November 15, 2022).
- 2002
- Book
Production Systems: Handbook of Operations Management
By: L. Gaio, Francesca Gino and E. Zaninotto
- December 2023
- Case
Santa Elena: Table Grape Production in Chile’s Water-Challenged Regions
By: Forest Reinhardt, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In the fiscal year ending in September 2022, Santa Elena, Chile’s fifth-ranking table grape exporter, a grape producer and exporter since 1980, had exported around 3.5 million boxes (18-pound each). But, due to a 13-year-long drought that plagued table grape-growing... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Food; Environmental Law; Problems and Challenges; Weather; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chile; South America; Latin America
- 12 May 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting for Product Impact in the Water Utilities Industry
Keywords: by George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
- 15 Mar 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Targeted Price Controls on Supermarket Products
- July 2021 (Revised October 2022)
- Background Note
Product Line Extensions: Optimal or Overdone?
By: Robert J. Dolan
Dolan, Robert J. "Product Line Extensions: Optimal or Overdone?" Harvard Business School Background Note 522-014, July 2021. (Revised October 2022.)
- August 2018
- Supplement
Sarah Powers at Automated Precision Products
- 2003
- Case
Capston-White's Document Management and Production Services
By: Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble and Julie Lang
The development of multi-function devices that could copy, print, fax, and scan created a convergence in the markets for these devices. Copiers and printers had previously been purchased and managed in very different manners by large organizations. Facing an uncertain... View Details
Govindarajan, Vijay, Chris Trimble, and Julie Lang. "Capston-White's Document Management and Production Services." 2003. (Case No. 2-0017.)
- January 1987
- Supplement
Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (C), Video
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
Shapiro, Benson P., and Lawrence B. Levine. "Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (C), Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 887-517, January 1987.
- September 1998 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
ECM Group: Improving Global Marketing Productivity
Associated Foods is considering a proposed program barter deal submitted by media consultancy ECM, along with other proposals to improve marketing expenditure productivity. This case allows calculation of the quantitative as well as the qualitative issues. View Details
Arnold, David J. "ECM Group: Improving Global Marketing Productivity." Harvard Business School Case 599-055, September 1998. (Revised April 2002.)
- December 1987
- Supplement
Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (D), Glossary
Supplements the (A), (B), and (C) cases. A glossary of terms. View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (D), Glossary." Harvard Business School Supplement 588-043, December 1987.
- August 1986 (Revised February 1987)
- Case
Coffee Brands: Direct Product Profit/Cost Exercise
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "Coffee Brands: Direct Product Profit/Cost Exercise." Harvard Business School Case 587-015, August 1986. (Revised February 1987.)
- March 1982 (Revised April 1989)
- Background Note
Industrial Market Selection and Product Planning
Corey, E. Raymond. "Industrial Market Selection and Product Planning." Harvard Business School Background Note 582-119, March 1982. (Revised April 1989.)
- March 1987 (Revised June 1993)
- Supplement
Toshiba Consumer Products (UK) Ltd. (D)
McCormick, Janice, and Daniel M G Raff. "Toshiba Consumer Products (UK) Ltd. (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 487-075, March 1987. (Revised June 1993.)
- 2014
- Working Paper
Product to Platform Transitions: Organizational Identity Implications
By: Elizabeth J. Altman and Mary Tripsas
Organizations are increasingly recognizing that value they once derived from offering standalone products can be significantly enhanced if they transition to platform-based businesses that harness the innovative capabilities of complementors. While the competitive... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change; Organizational Identity; Ecosystems; Complementors; Managing Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Multi-Sided Platforms; Innovation and Management; Organizational Culture
Altman, Elizabeth J., and Mary Tripsas. "Product to Platform Transitions: Organizational Identity Implications." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-045, December 2013. (Revised September 2014.)
- October 1988 (Revised May 1990)
- Case
Ford Motor Co.: The Product Warranty Program (A)
Raises powerful issues concerning product warranty policy as a strategic marketing variable. Also raises several exciting issues concerning the role of product policy in competitive battles, product line issues, interfunctional coordination issues, and some ethical... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Marketing Strategy; Insurance; Product; Policy; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; United States
Menezes, Melvyn A. "Ford Motor Co.: The Product Warranty Program (A)." Harvard Business School Case 589-001, October 1988. (Revised May 1990.)