Publications

May 2011 (Revised March 2012)
Case

Nanda Home: Preparing for Life after Clocky

By: Elie Ofek and Jill Avery

Gauri Nanda, the inventor of Clocky, the alarm clock that rolls off the bed stand and forces its owner to find it, has to make critical decisions regarding the future of her nascent company. As sales of Clocky show signs of declining, she must decide whether to... View Details

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Management; Electronics Industry

September 2010 (Revised October 2010)
Teaching Note

Assembling Smartphones: Takt Time =/= Cycle Time? (TN)

By: Willy C. Shih

Teaching Note for 611012. View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry

November 2008 (Revised February 2009)
Case

Omron: Sensing Society

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ethan S Bernstein

"Leading profitable growth is only part of the goal. We cannot live without breathing, but we do not live in order to take a breath,” said Omron's President and CEO, Hisao Sakuta, in 2008. Omron, a $7B global supplier of sensors, control system components, advanced... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Competitive Advantage; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Globalized Firms and Management; Innovation and Invention; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose; Electronics Industry

November 2006
Teaching Note

Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global (TN)

By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu

Teaching Note to 706401. View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry; Europe; United States; China

July 1989 (Revised April 2001)
Case

Kanthal (A)

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Multinational company needs an improved cost system to determine the profitability of individual customer orders. Its strategy is to have significant sales and profitability growth without adding additional administrative and support people. The new cost system... View Details

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Earnings Management; Cost Management; Financial Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Business or Company Management; Customer Relationship Management; Sales; Business Strategy; Profit; Electronics Industry

April 2001 (Revised August 2001)
Case

Color Kinetics Incorporated (A)

By: Das Narayandas and Mary N. Caravella

Two-year-old start-up Color Kinetics has developed unique colored lighting technology using digitally controlled LEDs, and has developed that technology into a successful line of products for its first targeted market of "retailtainment." Now in November 1999, the... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Growth and Development; Management Teams; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Market Entry and Exit; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Electronics Industry

March 1994 (Revised March 1995)
Case

Emerson Electric in China

By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Thomas A Gerace

Keywords: Electronics Industry; China

July 1993 (Revised January 1994)
Case

Atlantic Circuits Corp.

By: Robert H. Hayes

Keywords: Electronics Industry

March 1994
Case

Bose Corp.: The JIT II Program (A)

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Bruce Isaacson

Bose Corp. is evaluating an unusual plan to manage relationships with vendors that supply components for Bose speakers. The company must decide: 1) which planning and ordering activities should be performed by Bose and which can be performed by vendors, 2) how much... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Planning; Production; Alliances; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Electronics Industry

July 1993 (Revised June 1994)
Supplement

Peak Electronics: Vendor Relationship with the Ford Motor Co. (C)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Keywords: Electronics Industry

May 1994 (Revised March 1995)
Teaching Note

Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corporation (A) and (B) TN

By: Linda A. Hill and Katherine Seger Weber

Teaching Note for (9-492-037) and (9-492-038). View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry

April 1982 (Revised June 1985)
Case

Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Quality of Earnings Analysis

Westinghouse had just issued its annual report to shareholders for the year ending December 31, 1973. The report indicates that sales have increased to a record $5.7 billion but that net income is down almost 20% from its record level of $199 million in the previous... View Details

Keywords: Business Earnings; Financial Reporting; Corporate Finance; Electronics Industry

April 1980
Background Note

Sturdivant Electric Corp.: An Action Plan

By: John J. Gabarro

Keywords: Electronics Industry

January 1976
Case

GenRad, Inc.

By: Francis Aguilar

Keywords: Electronics Industry