Publications

February 1988
Teaching Note

Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (A), (B), (C), and (D), Teaching Note

By: David A. Garvin

Teaching Note for (9-686-088), (9-686-089), (9-686-090), and (9-686-091). View Details

Keywords: Sydney

January 1988 (Revised March 1995)
Supplement

Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (C1)

By: David A. Garvin

To follow Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (B2). The division has just received a request for dramatically increased production. If it complies with the request, it will have to expedite production, override the MRP II system and the planned schedule. Should... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Markets; Production; Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Situation or Environment; System

January 1988 (Revised March 1995)
Supplement

Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (B2)

By: David A. Garvin

Should follow Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (B1). A new plant manager has been hired; the case describes her experience, management philosophy, goals in the plant, and handling of a production problem. View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Goals and Objectives; Production; Problems and Challenges; Technology Industry

January 1988 (Revised January 1990)
Teaching Note

Rogers Corp.: Electroluminescent Lamps (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note

By: David A. Garvin

January 1988 (Revised November 1989)
Teaching Note

Operations Strategy, Module Overview: Competing on Productivity

By: David A. Garvin

April 1988 (Revised March 1991)
Supplement

Boeing 767: From Concept to Production (B)

By: David A. Garvin

Updates the (A) case to the present day. The issue facing students is whether Boeing's approach to managing new airplane programs must be modified to fit with this new environment. View Details

Keywords: Production; Change Management; Product Development; Product Marketing; Situation or Environment; Air Transportation Industry; Manufacturing Industry

May 1987 (Revised June 1987)
Background Note

Note on Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)

By: David A. Garvin

Describes Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II), a production technique designed to couple business and financial plans with manufacturing plans. It is an important tool for aligning manufacturing with a company's overall strategy and goals. Describes MRPII,... View Details

Keywords: Design; Finance; Surveys; Goals and Objectives; Resource Allocation; Production; Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Business Strategy

Educators

April 1987 (Revised June 1987)
Case

Lehrer McGovern Bovis, Inc.

By: David A. Garvin

November 1985 (Revised June 1986)
Supplement

Rogers Corp.: Electroluminescent Lamps (B)

By: David A. Garvin

2003
Working Paper

How Professional Schools Teach Professional Skills: The Case Method in Action

By: David A. Garvin

July 1998
Teaching Note

Pepsi's Regeneration, 1990-1993 TN

By: David A. Garvin

Teaching Note for (9-395-048). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

June 1994
Supplement

Serengeti Eyewear: An Interview with Zaki Mustafa, Video

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry

1987
Tool

Tools for Teaching: The Case Method

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Teaching; Cases

Article

Mergers and Competition in Book Publishing

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Competition; Books; Publishing Industry

October 2021
Article

Can Self-Regulation Save Digital Platforms?

By: Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer and David B. Yoffie

This article explores some of the critical challenges facing self-regulation and the regulatory environment for digital platforms. We examine several historical examples of firms and industries that attempted self-regulation before the Internet. All dealt with similar... View Details

Keywords: Self-regulation; Government Regulation; Digital Platforms; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

19 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55865 in press Behavioural Public Policy Invisible Inequality Leads to Punishing the Poor and Rewarding the Rich By: Hauser, Oliver P., Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, David Rand, Martin View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

West Bengal Housing Board." Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210063-PDF-ENG Danatbank David A. Moss, Cole Bolton, and Andrew NovoHarvard Business School Case 710-059 In the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

Accounting Research. Vol. 3, edited by C. Chapman, A. Hopwood, and M. Shields. Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 2009 Abstract David Norton and I introduced the Balanced... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 2, 2016
Article

Uncalculating Cooperation Is Used to Signal Trustworthiness

By: Jillian J. Jordan, Moshe Hoffman, Martin A. Nowak and David G. Rand

Humans frequently cooperate without carefully weighing the costs and benefits. As a result, people may wind up cooperating when it is not worthwhile to do so. Why risk making costly mistakes? Here, we present experimental evidence that reputation concerns provide an... View Details

Keywords: Social Evaluation; Experimental Economics; Moral Psychology; Cooperation; Reputation; Decision Making