Publications

Educators

January 1980 (Revised August 1980)
Case

Thomas Manufacturing Co.

May 1978 (Revised June 1978)
Case

Leitel Manufacturing Co.

28 Mar 2011
News

Why Manufacturing Matters

May 2018
Supplement

Video Supplement to Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A. case (693-019): An updated video of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Georgetown, KY site showing seat installation

By: Willy C. Shih

This is an updated video of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) assembly facility in Georgetown, KY. It is meant to be paired with the 693-019 Toyota Motor Manufacturing U.S.A. case, but with higher quality video. The vidoe shows a line tour of Assembly Two... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Manufacturing Strategy; Lean Management; Toyota Production System; Just-in-time; Lean Production; Automotive Industry; Automobile Manufacturing; Automotive; Automotive Supply Chain; Production; Operations; Logistics; Auto Industry; United States

December 1986 (Revised December 1987)
Case

Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (B)

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine

Asks where in the Hewlett-Packard (HP) network of groups and sectors the Manufacturing Productivity Division should be placed. Provides a great deal of background regarding marketing, sales, and engineering at HP. It is thus possible to expand and broaden the... View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Marketing; Production; Networks; Sales; Expansion; Manufacturing Industry

Educators

27 Jul 2014
News

Are We Seeing A Manufacturing Renaissance?

20 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

Globalization hasn't made manufacturing clusters obsolete, but the geographically concentrated pockets of industry have to be smart to ensure their survival, according to new research from Harvard Business School. Gary P. Pisano, the... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

24 Nov 2014
News

How Washington can renew U.S. manufacturing

20 Jul 2015
News

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

June 1998
Case

Hilton Manufacturing Company (B)

By: Thomas R. Piper

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

October 1992
Case

Towle Manufacturing Company 1983

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

Fast Answer

Sustainability in Manufacturing Industry

adoption in production from proof of concept to industrial scale and how governments and civil society can best support the development of a favorable ecosystem for adopting and diffusing technology across industry sectors. Sustainable View Details

07 Jul 2011
News

Innovation Depends on a Robust Manufacturing Sector

02 Nov 2010
News

In Defense of Manufacturing

Keywords: Professor Gary Pisano; Manufacturing

1990
Book

Measures for Manufacturing Excellence

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

August 1997 (Revised December 2003)
Teaching Note

Monterrey Manufacturing Company TN

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-197-023). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

March 2016
Article

Highway to Success: The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing

By: Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover Goswami and William R. Kerr

We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation... View Details

Keywords: Highways; Roads; India; Development; Manufacturing; Density; Rent; Infrastructure; Manufacturing Industry; India