manufacturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2005
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Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992

impact on how they dealt with me during and after my illness." Today, Haberkorn is on the boards of three companies-Armstrong World Industries, a leader in the design and manufacture of floors, ceilings, and cabinets; the Enesco Group, a... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

Issue Focus: Leadership Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Reimagining the MBA Leaders come in all colors, ages, shapes, and sizes, with all manner of skills and temperaments, a variety and diversity seemingly matched only by the real-world challenges they must... View Details

01 Mar 2014
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Cutting Edge

Steve Silk (MBA 1978), shown here with his Smith Brothers actors, is a master at fashioning turnarounds. SILK & HIS BROS: "Iconic brands like Smith Brothers get instantaneous consumer and media respect." Photos courtesy of Smith Brothers Adorning boxes of "Smith Bros"... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2003
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Naina Lal Kidwai

10 percent of GDP, per capita GDP is just shy of $500, and it has slightly more than one billion people. It is a relatively closed economy without a great deal of foreign investment. Today, the globalization imperative is driving Western View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Jan 2005
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Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964

Minister, Rajiv Gandhi-of Japanese manufacturers such as Honda, Yamaha, and Suzuki changed the dynamics of the marketplace completely. Waiting lists eventually gave way to overcapacity, and a new generation of motorcycles drove the sale... View Details

04 Nov 2016
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The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

finding solutions for high unemployment in outmoded manufacturing industries, which was a situation that contributed to political and social unrest in the region. “It was one of the first applications of the ideas in The Competitive... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

highlight how large companies in traditional industries—from finance to manufacturing to pharmaceuticals—are using digital to gain strategic advantage. They illuminate the principles and practices that lead to successful digital... View Details

Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research

05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio

Professor Janice Hammond, the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing at HBS, was named to the fund's advisory board. "The Women's Venture Capital Fund was referred to me by two highly regarded HBS professors, and it was that... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Oct 2001
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Making a World of Difference

morning paper, a history lesson, or a conflict in the classroom," recalls Slifka. At HBS, he notes, General Georges F. Doriot's manufacturing course also had a powerful impact. "He taught us to be innovative, to be courageous, and to... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Mar 2005
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Answering the Call

Get What You Pay Them Case: Lincoln Electric Company Written: 1975 Copies Sold: 284,826 With a tradition of innovation and technological leadership, the Lincoln Electric Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was the world’s largest manufacturer of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2008
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Alumni Books

Breakthrough Marketing Plans: How to Stop Wasting Time and Start Driving Growth by Tim Calkins (MBA ’91) (Palgrave Macmillan) Most marketing plans are a waste of time — too long, complicated, and dense — and end up unread and unrealized. This book provides simple,... View Details

Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

01 Mar 2009
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

was through exporting manufactured goods to the insatiably spendthrift U.S. consumer. To ensure that those exports were irresistibly cheap, China had to fight the tendency for the Chinese currency to strengthen against the dollar by... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2013
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Alumni News | Bookshelf

Assembly-Line Innovation The title of the 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory (Harvard Business Review Press) conjures an image of raw materials being dumped into a black box and emerging on conveyor belts as fully formed iPhones, Febreze dispensers, and Nest... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

22 Feb 2022
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Case Study: Welcome Aboard

invented an entirely new one. While that meant restarting their R&D efforts, it also means that they now own the IP. Finally, after navigating pandemic-related setbacks to their product-testing and manufacturing plans, the company was... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

manufacturer for eyewear companies. It grew over the years. Ultimately, the company would realize that it had a “diamond” in its own backyard, a core business that had been in the picture all along. Focusing on that core, the Hilsinger... View Details

01 Dec 2000
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Vivek Ranadivé

In a few years there will be no such thing as an e-business," says Vivek Y.Ranadivé (MBA 1983). As founder, chairman, and CEO of Palo Alto-based TIBCO Software, Inc., (www.tibco.com) it would seem that Ranadivé is predicting the demise of his own company. Among other... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

28 Oct 2013
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The Federator

Keywords: Reva; Mahindra; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

25 Mar 2015
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The Greening of Houston

Ask most people to name a city with a lot of parks and chances are Houston won’t be the first one they name. “For better or worse, our built environment is known for the lack of zoning,” says Daniel M. Gilbane (MBA 2005), senior vice president of Gilbane Building Co.... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

is America’s absorption of Japanese manufacturing techniques in the 1980s.” Over time, with this kind of ongoing cross-pollination, today’s system of global management, to the extent it can still be called American, will look less like it... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

15 Jun 2021
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The Path Ahead

even more learners, and we’re running a number of experiments to try and get to non-linear growth. Editor's note: Dean Datar's response applies to both of the following questions: Along with another HBS sectionmate, Steve Sarver, I operate a food View Details

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