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- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Information Technology Ecosystem Health and Performance
- 1996
- Book
Strategic Operations: Competing through Capabilities
By: R. H. Hayes, G. P. Pisano and D. M. Upton
Hayes, R. H., G. P. Pisano, and D. M. Upton. Strategic Operations: Competing through Capabilities. New York: Free Press, 1996.
- May 9, 2023
- Response
Regulatory Submission Characteristics and Recalls of Medical Devices Receiving 510(k) Clearance
By: Alexander O. Everhart, Yi Zhu and Ariel D. Stern
Everhart, Alexander O., Yi Zhu, and Ariel D. Stern. "Regulatory Submission Characteristics and Recalls of Medical Devices Receiving 510(k) Clearance." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association 329, no. 18 (May 9, 2023): 1609–1610. (Reply to original paper.)
- 2006
- Book
Service Productivity Management: Improving Service Performance Using Data Envelopment Analysis
By: H. David Sherman and Joe Zhu
Here is an in-depth guide to the most powerful available benchmarking technique for improving service organization performance—Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The book outlines DEA as a benchmarking technique, identifies high cost service units, isolates specific... View Details
Sherman, H. David, and Joe Zhu. Service Productivity Management: Improving Service Performance Using Data Envelopment Analysis. Boston, MA: Springer, 2006.
- March 2014 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
From Beijing Jeep to ASC Fine Wines: The Story of an American Family Business in China
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
In 1985, Don St. Pierre Sr. became President of Beijing Jeep, the troubled joint venture between American Motor Corporation and the Chinese government to build Jeep Cherokees in China. Just over a decade later in 1996, leveraging contacts from his time in the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; China; Joint Ventures; Wine Industry; International Entrepreneurship; International Business; Exports; Chinese Manufacturing; Business And Government Relations; Ownership Stake; Strategy; Operations; Auto Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; China
Kirby, William C., and Erica M. Zendell. "From Beijing Jeep to ASC Fine Wines: The Story of an American Family Business in China." Harvard Business School Case 314-053, March 2014. (Revised January 2017.)
- January–February 2012
- Article
Do You Need a New Product-Development Strategy?
By: Alan MacCormack, W. Crandall, P. Toft and P. Henderson
Many firms rely on a single new-product development process for all projects. But designing new products for different business contexts requires that a firm deploy different new-product development processes. Products designed for stable and mature end-user markets... View Details
MacCormack, Alan, W. Crandall, P. Toft, and P. Henderson. "Do You Need a New Product-Development Strategy?" Research-Technology Management 55, no. 1 (January–February 2012): 34–43.
- Article
Competing through Manufacturing and the New Manufacturing Paradigm: Is Manufacturing Strategy Passe?
By: K. B. Clark
Clark, K. B. "Competing through Manufacturing and the New Manufacturing Paradigm: Is Manufacturing Strategy Passe?" Production and Operations Management 5, no. 1 (Spring 1996).
- December 2010
- Article
Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia
By: Nava Ashraf, James Berry and Jesse M. Shapiro
The controversy over how much to charge for health products in the developing world rests, in part, on whether higher prices can increase use, either by targeting distribution to high-use households (a screening effect), or by stimulating use psychologically through a... View Details
Ashraf, Nava, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro. "Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia." American Economic Review 100, no. 5 (December 2010): 2383–2413. (Online Appendix.)
- 11 Apr 2005
- Conference Presentation
Resolving Information Asymmetries in Supply Chains: The Role of Certified Voluntary Programs
- August 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Background Note
Comments on the Second Toyota Paradox: With appendix on modularity for managing complex-systems design
Two groups of people start out with the same task, equipped with the same resources and the same initial conditions. One, however, consistently beats the other. What are the differences between what the two groups are doing, and what can we adopt from the better... View Details
Spear, Steven J. "Comments on the Second Toyota Paradox: With appendix on modularity for managing complex-systems design." Harvard Business School Background Note 602-035, August 2001. (Revised March 2003.)
- January 1984
- Background Note
Just-in-Time Production Controlled by Kanban
Describes the method of control of repetitive manufacturing as used at Toyota by Just-in-Time and Kanban. The objective is to facilitate an understanding of how the method works and its rationale. View Details
Rhea, James T. "Just-in-Time Production Controlled by Kanban." Harvard Business School Background Note 684-047, January 1984.
- November 1980 (Revised February 1982)
- Case
Explosion in the Dover Plant
By: Robert H. Hayes
Hayes, Robert H. "Explosion in the Dover Plant." Harvard Business School Case 681-043, November 1980. (Revised February 1982.)
- November 1979 (Revised July 1986)
- Case
Boise Cascade: Manufactured Housing Division, Lafayette Region (A)
By: W. Earl Sasser
Sasser, W. Earl. "Boise Cascade: Manufactured Housing Division, Lafayette Region (A)." Harvard Business School Case 680-079, November 1979. (Revised July 1986.)
- 03 Aug 2022
- News
Can the Chips and Science Act Help the Us Avoid More Shortages?
- March 2012 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Leadership at Echoing Green (A)
By: Julie Battilana, Thomas DeLong and James Weber
Keywords: Leadership
Battilana, Julie, Thomas DeLong, and James Weber. "Leadership at Echoing Green (A)." Harvard Business School Case 412-090, March 2012. (Revised January 2015.)
- 06 May 2017
- News
Rumi Spice Gets "Shark Tank" Investment
- 02 Sep 2014
- News
New Fashion Brand Honors Grandmother's Stylish Legacy
- January 1999 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
ZEFER: November 1998
By: Paul A. Gompers
ZEFER, a young Internet professional service firm, is considering its expansion options. Organic growth versus growth by acquisition is a central theme. The firm's financing strategy will be determined by its business strategy. View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Financial Strategy; Service Operations; Business Strategy; Expansion; Internet; Service Industry
Gompers, Paul A. "ZEFER: November 1998." Harvard Business School Case 299-032, January 1999. (Revised March 2000.)
- December 2011
- Teaching Note
Bergerac Systems: The Challenge of Backward Integration (Brief Case)
By: David A. Garvin and Sunru Yong
Teaching Note for Product # 4381 View Details