Manufacturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Oct 2008
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relationship between sales and wage volatility at the firm level is stronger since 1980, is present only in large companies, and is stronger in services than in manufacturing companies. World Technology Lags Authors:Diego A. Comin, Bart... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53587 The Real Exchange Rate, Innovation and Productivity By: Alfaro, Laura, Alejandro Cuñat, Harald Fadinger, and Yanping Liu Abstract—We evaluate manufacturing firms' responses to changes... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2022 (Revised February 2024)
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The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

By: Ayelet Israeli

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-055. When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique... View Details

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The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

By: Ayelet Israeli

When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique product. Fifteen years later, the... View Details

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15 Jul 2008
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simultaneously reduce their domestic activity? This paper analyzes the relationship between the domestic and foreign operations of American manufacturing firms between 1982 and 2004 by instrumenting for changes in foreign operations with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey

products, from venture capital to financial services firms, from manufacturing to services, HBS graduates were helping to create, revolutionize, and reinvent industries. Indeed, life without the host of products and services created by... View Details

29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

failures thus create managerial challenges and opportunities for focal firms and their competitors. Focal firm failures often result in sales decreases and cost increases associated with remedial public relations and manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Feb 2014
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We suggest that this dynamic may have important implications for our understanding of the role of management in the modern, knowledge-based firm, and for the potential revival of manufacturing in the United States. Download working paper: View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 May 2011
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the U.S. as well. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711498-PDF-ENG A123 Systems: Power. Safety. Life Richard H.K. VietorHarvard Business School Case 711-066 A123 Systems, the largest manufacturer of lithium ion... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jul 2010
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this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710408-PDF-ENG C.K. Claridge, Inc James K. SebeniusHarvard Business School Case 910-045 Sued for patent infringement, chemical manufacturer C.K. Claridge (CKC) tries to design a settlement... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life

home life. "Most of the time I end up sacrificing a fair bit on the family side," admits Weber, who in August resigned as president of Vickers Inc., a manufacturer of hydraulic pumps and motors in Toledo, Ohio, and moved his family to... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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RX for Change

comes to mind as I sit in on a value stream analysis meeting of Emory’s clinical trial process with Chief Nursing Officer Susan Grant. A lean manufacturing technique that originated with Toyota, this particular exercise has produced a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

09 Dec 2008
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being born globally—chasing opportunities created by distance, learning to manage faraway operations, and hunting for the planet's best manufacturing locations, brightest talent, most willing investors, and most profitable customers... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1996
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Class Acts

Burlington, Massachusetts-based, Rochester Shoe Tree Company, the country's leading manufacturer of private-label shoe care products, where he directed all new business ventures and substantially increased the firm's base business. Last... View Details

21 Feb 2017
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this product find a market and how does it fit into the bank’s product portfolio? The case investigates how Deutsche Bank manufactures and distributes its structured retail products and more broadly explores the opportunities and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/515072-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 213-046 W.R. Grace & Co.: Dealing with Asbestos Torts A manufacturer of building products and specialty chemicals, W.R. Grace & Co. filed... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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the management consulting firm of Bain & Co. Over the course of her career, she has advised senior management in diverse industries—from healthcare to high fashion, from heavy manufacturing to higher education. Before getting her MBA at... View Details

17 Dec 2013
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of Apple's iPad made clear the need to transition his company to a new cloud-computing era. But the company's roots in the manufacture of Windows-powered desktop and notebook PCs bounded the creativity of his design and engineering teams.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

editors at Harvard Business Press, suggested the Times project to me; and as a historian I thought it would be a terrific opportunity to gain deep exposure to the primary source reporting that newspapers afford. When I was doing research on Josiah Wedgwood, who... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

05 May 2003
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Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

have a material adverse effect on shareholders, then that decision and the reasons for it should be disclosed to the shareholders. Decision Tree For example, a company establishing a manufacturing facility overseas in a country that has... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

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An Entrepreneurial Journey

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

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Managing the Business of Life

RX for Change

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The Times Captures History of American Business

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance