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  • April 2002
  • Article

Local Versus Global Mimetism: The Dynamics of Alliance Formation in the Automobile Industry

By: Carlos Garcia-Pont and Nitin Nohria
Keywords: Local Range; Global Range; Production; Auto Industry
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  • 28 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 28, 2008

manufacturing compliance services company to the U.K. and Europe. He has to decide whether to hire Wayne Snelgrove and how to define the scope of his responsibilities. Purchase the case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808099 The Elcer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Book Review

Review of Implementing New Technologies: Choice, Decision and Change in Manufacturing, edited by E. Rhodes and D. Wield

By: Dorothy A. Leonard
Keywords: Information Technology; Decision Choices and Conditions; Change; Production
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  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

Happy Monday

Illustration by Fabio Consoli Illustration by Fabio Consoli The co-CEOs noticed it right away: Early in the pandemic, staffers at the online children’s clothing company Primary.com were struggling when they logged back into Zoom on Mondays. People were not recharging... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

    Frederick C. Crawford

    Inheriting a struggling firm in 1933, Crawford set upon a path to rebuild and diversify Thompson Products. He expanded the traditional auto parts product line to include key applications for the aircraft and aerospace industry. A strong... View Details
    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
    • 16 Jun 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

    Twenty years has provided time to judge the success or failure of Theodore Levitt's predictions of a global economy populated by standardized products and marketing approaches. For the colloquium, a number of Harvard Business School and... View Details
    Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
    • October 2013
    • Supplement

    Dongfeng Nissan's Venucia (B)

    By: Forest Reinhardt, Mayuka Yamazaki and G.A. Donovan
    The (A) case describes the launch of a new passenger vehicle in China, produced jointly by Nissan of Japan and by Chinese automaker Dongfeng. Early sales results following the April 2012 launch were disappointing and the joint venture's managers had to decide how to... View Details
    Keywords: China; Japan; Multinational Firms; Cross-cultural/cross-border; Environment; Sustainability; Competitive Strategy; Product Launch; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Crisis Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Auto Industry; China; Japan
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    • May 2011 (Revised January 2013)
    • Case

    Nike Football: World Cup 2010 South Africa

    By: Elie Ofek and Ryan Johnson
    Nike's Football division needs to devise a strategy to excel at the 2010 World Cup games in South Africa. Nike has gone from a niche player in the market for football apparel and footwear in 1994 to a formidable competitor to Adidas in 2008 (with revenues of over $1... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Marketing; Business Divisions; Communication; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Planning; Competition; Apparel and Accessories Industry; South Africa
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    • September 2004 (Revised June 2005)
    • Case

    QUALCOMM, Inc. 2004

    By: David B. Yoffie, Pai-Ling Yin and Elizabeth Kind
    QUALCOMM, Inc. had transitioned from a fledgling startup into a Fortune 500 wireless technology leader. Its CDMA technology was considered the preeminent technology and was the world's fastest growing wireless communications technology. CEO Irwin Jacobs had a number of... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Government and Politics; Leadership Style; Resource Allocation; Product Positioning; Problems and Challenges; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; China; India
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    • August 2001
    • Case

    Charmed Technology

    By: Youngme E. Moon
    Charmed Technology, a California start-up known primarily for its high-profile fashion shows featuring "wearable" computers, has just released its first product. The "CharmIT" is being billed as the world's first affordable, wearable computer for consumers. The key... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Resignation and Termination; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Product Development; Luxury; Information Infrastructure; Value Creation; Computer Industry; Fashion Industry
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    • 31 Aug 2017
    • Blog Post

    Why I Spent This Summer Coding

    minimal viable product (MVP) for our mental health startup idea, and to achieve that, I decided to level up my technical skills through an intensive coding program for three main reasons: 1. Entrepreneurial empowerment 2. Future of... View Details
    Keywords: Technology
    • May 2008 (Revised May 2008)
    • Case

    Symyx Technologies, Inc.

    By: H. Kent Bowen, Courtney Purrington and Thomas D. Perry
    Symyx is a science-based company spun out of Berkeley. Its unique materials technology has been exploited for 10 years, but the company needs a new business model. The company concept required the invention of hardware and software to do high throughput materials... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Transition; Engineering; Technological Innovation; Resource Allocation; Product Development; Partners and Partnerships; Science-Based Business; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software
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    • Fast Answer

    Sustainability in Manufacturing Industry

    This is a part of Baker Library's Sustainability Research Guide. Background Readings The Next Economic Growth Engine Scaling Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies in Production This paper summarizes new findings and... View Details
    • Web

    Hand needle-work - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

    HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Harvard Business School Baker Library Historical Collections The Human Factor Introducing the Industrial Life Photograph Collection at the Baker Library Introduction The Exhibition The Request The Response The Collection The Medium The... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2005
    • News

    Lighting It Up

    interest in lights, especially since 2002, when he acquired American Lighting, a specialty lighting company in Denver, Colorado. The firm sells its products to lighting showrooms, restaurants, amusement parks, and casinos as well as to... View Details
    Keywords: lighting; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

      William K. Coors

      Under Coors' leadership, the brewery underwent a period of massive growth. Though it was a regional brewery, it held the top market share in 10 of the 11 western states in which its product was distributed, becoming the 4th largest brewer... View Details
      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

        Richard J. Reynolds

        Though his tobacco company had much success with its chewing tobacco products in the early 1910s, it was Reynolds' introduction of the Camel cigarette line in 1913 that was his biggest accomplishment. Though Camel View Details
        Keywords: Food & Tobacco
        • February 2007 (Revised September 2008)
        • Case

        CMM versus Agile: Methodology Wars in Software Development

        A CIO decides whether to adopt the "Capability Maturity Model" (CMM) within her IT department. The decision is proving surprisingly controversial; some of her best developers prefer adopting an "agile" methodological approach instead. Compares and contrasts the CMM and... View Details
        Keywords: Innovation and Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Development; Business Processes; Information Technology; Applications and Software
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        The Worker - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

        HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Harvard Business School Baker Library Historical Collections The Human Factor Introducing the Industrial Life Photograph Collection at the Baker Library Introduction The Exhibition The Request The Response The Collection The Medium The... View Details
        • Web

        The Message - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

        Chapter Images The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Message: Confidence in Corporate America Baker Library | Historical Collections | Site Credits | Digital Accessibility... View Details