Publications

February 1986 (Revised March 1990)
Supplement

Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (C)

By: David A. Garvin

In the preceding case, Copeland had to choose between two alternative plant layouts for organizing its Sidney plant. Now it must get work force approval for a change in "bumping" rules before proceeding with the change. Management must decide how to proceed--to... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Production; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Labor and Management Relations; Restructuring; Decisions; Change Management; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio

January 1986 (Revised June 1986)
Case

Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp.

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Steel Industry

October 1985 (Revised December 1989)
Case

Teradyne: The Foundry

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Production; Strategy; Operations

May 1985 (Revised February 1990)
Case

American Food and Grains: Commodity and Ingredient Procurement

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Operations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

September 1982
Teaching Note

Mason Household Products, Teaching Note

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Consumer Products Industry

February 1982 (Revised April 1990)
Teaching Note

Steinway & Sons, Teaching Note

By: David A. Garvin

Teaching Note for (9-682-025). View Details

Keywords: Fine Arts Industry

August 1981
Background Note

Types of Processes

By: David A. Garvin

Provides a general introduction to the major types of production processes, their differences, and the implications that those differences have for management. View Details

Keywords: Management; Production; Business Processes

Educators

2004
Case

A Case Study Teacher in Action

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Learning

November 1997
Teaching Note

Watermill Ventures TN

By: David A. Garvin

Teaching note for (9-397-010). View Details

May 1996
Teaching Note

R.R. Donnelley & Sons: The Digital Division TN

By: David A. Garvin

Teaching Note for (9-396-154). View Details

April 1996 (Revised October 2000)
Teaching Note

Harvey Golub: Recharging American Express TN

By: David A. Garvin

Teaching Note for (9-396-212). View Details

January 1996 (Revised February 1996)
Case

Peterson Industries: Louis Friedman

By: David A. Garvin

Louis Friedman, the president and CEO of Peterson Industries, must make decisions about two engineering projects and the level at which they should be funded. In the process, he must manage the overall resource allocation process and the company. A rewritten version of... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Motivation and Incentives; Resource Allocation; Budgets and Budgeting; Projects; Engineering

January 1996 (Revised October 1997)
Supplement

Americhem: The Gaylord Division (B)

By: David A. Garvin

Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. View Details

June 1995
Supplement

Time Life, Inc.: An Interview with John Fahey, Videotape

By: David A. Garvin

Article

Quality Problems, Policies, and Attitudes in the U.S. and Japan: An Exploratory Study

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Quality; Policy; Problems and Challenges; Information; Attitudes; United States; Japan

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