Publications

November 1973
Article

Men and Machines in Indonesia's Light Manufacturing Industry

By: Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: Production; Machinery and Machining; Manufacturing Industry; Indonesia

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Profile

Joe Khoury

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? As an engineering school graduate, I felt that I needed to acquire new skills related to business, economics and management. Having worked in the Middle East and Asia, I also wanted to... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consulting; Investment Banking

February 2013 (Revised March 2015)
Case

The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect?

By: Willy C. Shih and Sen Chai

Senior managers at the LEGO Group are faced with a quandary: Should they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and... View Details

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Jeremy Andrus

of time. What are some of the challenges that come with conducting business on so many international fronts? Skullcandy products are currently distributed in over 70 countries, a number that expands every month. So a major challenge for... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

May 1988 (Revised October 1989)
Teaching Note

Alloy Rods Corp., Teaching Note

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Teaching Note for (9-586-046). View Details

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Industrial Products Industry

February 1963
Case

Markham Instrument Co. (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Industrial Products Industry

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June 2009
Supplement

Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times (C) - Video

By: Linda A. Hill

Video of Tricia Fulton, Sun Hydraulic's CFO, visiting Linda hill's executive education class in March of 2009 View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Machinery and Machining; Consumer Products Industry; Florida

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Turning High Potential into Real Reward

breakthroughs, and overcoming setbacks. New Business publisher Mike Roberts recently met with Professor Lassiter to discuss his work. New Business: As one thinks about a new venture moving from product development to actually marketing... View Details

Keywords: Re: Joseph B. Lassiter; Consumer Products

October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
Background Note

Evolution of the Drone Industry

By: Rory McDonald, Andy Wu, Emilie Billaud and Ryan Bayer

This note focuses on the development of the drone industry in recent years and provides insights on the drone technology, regulations, applications, market size, top players, and ecosystem. This note was written in conjunction with the case study “Parrot: Navigating... View Details

Keywords: Drones; Information Technology; Disruption; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Engineering; Product Development; Technology Industry; Asia; Europe; North America; United States

01 Sep 2010
News

Start-Ups Make Their Pitch

today goes to telecom, high tech, or software,” said Mahesh, founder and CEO of Sundaram Medical Devices in Chennai. Mahesh trained at Stanford as an engineer and worked for McKinsey and Toyota before attending HBS. He plans to apply... View Details

Keywords: awards; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing

Profile

Bryan Guerra

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school at HBS, the majority of my educational experience had taken place largely within a lecture-based setting. While this approach had provided a solid foundation of knowledge, in deciding to enroll... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

April 1999 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Aluminum Smelting in South Africa: Alusaf's Hillside Project

With prices at all-time lows at the beginning of 1994, South Africa's sole primary aluminum producer--Alusaf--is considering building the world's largest greenfield smelter. Using cost estimates in this case, students can evaluate the relative cost position of this... View Details

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Analysis; Markets; Profit; Capital; Industrial Products Industry; South Africa