Product Engineering - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

engineering development and construction projects. In what ways are the challenges of managing large, complex projects different from the challenges of managing other large industrial activities? How is it possible to evaluate the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2003
News

Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

engineer to design a new version of the product with higher steel content and wider ribs so that the panels were easier to nail together and channeled rain water more effectively. Union says she’s found this... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

November 1991 (Revised December 1996)
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Pressco, Inc.--1985

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

A capital budgeting problem is viewed from the context of a marketing representative attempting to make a sale of energy saving heavy industrial equipment. Tax law changes promise to have a significant impact on the customer's decision process. Teaching purpose: To... View Details

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Machinery and Machining; Valuation; Taxation; Customer Value and Value Chain; Cost vs Benefits; Inflation and Deflation; Cost Management; Product Marketing; North and Central America

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20 Dec 2006
Op-Ed

Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting

of being able to characterize their income separately depending on the audience. Something as simple as interest expense can be engineered to be an expense for tax authorities and a dividend for capital markets. Investors On The Short End... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai

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Kaki Ettinger

how I could make the greatest contribution. I came to HBS to discover and understand the different paths in this sector for someone with an analytical mind, a deep interest in technology, and a passion for storytelling and the creative aspects of View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Technology; Entrepreneurship

February 2009
Teaching Note

AMD Dresden: Copy Inexactly! (TN)

By: Willy C. Shih

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Keywords: Growth and Development; Production; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Investment; Industry Clusters; Groups and Teams; Motivation and Incentives; Competency and Skills; Engineering; Science; Geographic Location; Semiconductor Industry; Germany; Europe; United States

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22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

engineered composition leather extracted from waste leather using an environmentally friendly process. The end product looked, smelled, and felt like natural leather. Scalable marketplace adoption of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2022
News

Case Study: Glass Half Full

Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres In classic engineer fashion, Ernesto Humpierres (MBA 2011) has always enjoyed building systems, whether it’s a Lego set with his twins or an e-commerce side hustle with... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24

Publications March 2015 Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic Foreign Direct Investment: Effects, Complementarities, and Promotion By: Alfaro, Laura... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jan 2017
News

Personalizing Women’s Path to Success

degree in chemical engineering, in 1989, she worked at Procter & Gamble in engineering and product development, and then in product supply, as the company started buying... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2016
News

Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead

being the case with the craft beer revolution? —Roger Ellis (MBA 1967) BUECHLER: The next 10 years are going to be interesting. In the short term, expect both the production side and the support side to continue to do well. Tank... View Details

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

cycles The crisis demonstrates, painfully, the importance of cash. In his famous essay "The Yield from Money Held,” the economist William Hutt described cash in your pocket or on the balance sheet as “a fire engine when there are no... View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

01 Jun 2000
News

The Business of Biotech

it to market is so low that it remains a risky proposition." Profitable firms such as Genentech, Genzyme, and Biogen already have products on the market, as does Amgen, where Gordon M. Binder (MBA '62) served as CEO until his retirement... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

productivity improvements. Over the past 15 years, production efficiencies have enabled an average S&P 500 company to reduce its cost of goods sold by about 250 basis points, Cespedes says, but selling... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Ann Chao

Ann sees the growth as a natural progression. "One of our engineers decided to join us because, in his own words: 'You're one of the rare companies that designs products the way musicians would want... View Details

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Transforming Health Care Delivery

style="line-height: 20px;"> Tracks global venture capital, angel investment, private equity, M&A, and IPO activity related to private companies. Industry and Market Research Market reports on healthcare products and services... View Details

23 Oct 2019
News

Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence

and engineers who are developing AI don’t necessarily speak the language of business,” he explains. “HBS is training the next generation of managers to be fluent in both business and data science, and to act as the translational catalyst... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Ambition; Pathbreaking Research; Artificial Intelligence

01 Oct 1998
News

Value Added

specializing in economic issues, has examined the comparative productivity of nations and completed numerous country studies. Gupta acknowledges that he himself was anything but worldly when he received his undergraduate degree in View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

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