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  • June 1988 (Revised February 1989)
  • Case

Amalgamated Aluminum Pigments Division: The Technical Service Conundrum

By: Benson P. Shapiro
Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 10 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

alongside the official engine productions. Many craft industries, specifically metal industries, have traditions of homer making. In a recent survey conducted in France, 28 percent of male factory workers reported that on the job they... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing
  • October 2013 (Revised December 2015)
  • Case

Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (A)

By: Paul Healy and Penelope Rossano
In spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased competition from developing markets. China's recent entry into the aluminum market was affecting both supply and demand. Furthermore, downstream and upstream... View Details
Keywords: Acquisitions; Strategy; Aluminum; Accounting; Financials; Alcoa; Rio Tinto; Alcan; Metals and Minerals; Competition; Consolidation; Emerging Markets; Acquisition; Financial Statements; Manufacturing Industry; Canada; China; Russia
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  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

Change: The Expansion of Primary Education in India By: Mangla, Akshay Abstract—This article analyzes India’s recent enactment of universal primary education. This programmatic policy change is puzzling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2024
  • In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

overseas suppliers. One example is Hasbro, which began sourcing from firms in India, Vietnam, and Mexico in the last five years. Moving existing suppliers out of China. Goertek, a supplier of Google’s Pixel watch, and Foxconn, a View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change

audience at Harvard Business School on Monday. "If you are a Republican, it's like a formal requirement to be a nonbeliever in climate change. And that's bad." In conversation with Harvard University Professor Rebecca Henderson, Calderón discussed The New... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 14 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

States on view, where are the most flagrant polluters? Well, the United States has a lot of red dots. Toffel mentions that power plants and metal mines are the 2 industries with the greatest amount of toxic pollution, and that counties... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations

At the HBS Executive Education program Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations (BCAO), executives charged with leading and building operations and manufacturing strategies enhance their understanding of operations performance... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 31 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing

the people who use them. In this area researchers are studying such topics as how manufacturers can best work with users, the organizational strains such relationships create, and the role of "lead users" in identifying... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

psychological consequences of serving in an advisor role to develop a more comprehensive perspective on the psychology of advising. By connecting this work, which spans various methodologies and theoretical foundations, it advances current thinking on advice giving in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

business in India during the decades of the 1970s and 1980s. Bajaj Auto, the leading two-wheeler manufacturer in India, for a long period could do little to fight a slow-moving bureaucracy in a highly regulated country deeply suspicious... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 29 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 29

strategist to develop the optimal strategy without a comprehensive optimization. And it derives some broader organizational implications. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-102.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsHeavy View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

jobs must include entrepreneurs." Mills is approaching her work at the Competitiveness Project through a framework she calls a job-creation playbook, which is broken down into three categories: institutions (accelerators, economic clusters, and View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services
  • 03 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services industries and ownership structures such as state-owned firms, business groups, and private and foreign firms. Detailed balance sheet and ownership... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jun 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

distribution channels tend to exhibit a strong inertia. Of all the elements of a company's marketing strategy, distribution channels are perhaps the hardest to change. Three primary factors explain why: 1. Any change in distribution... View Details
Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products
  • 07 Mar 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.

annoyed, and it distracts them from dealing with the patient.” The study, published in the February 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at five types of visits: primary care visits, ER visits resulting in a... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health
  • 18 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

efficiency benefits of market transactions Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-091.pdf Leveraging Waste: Implications for Competition and Welfare (revised) Author:Deishin Lee Abstract We study the competitive and welfare implications when a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 14

participation in OS arises as the optimal decision of profit-maximizing firms, and (2) OS and P firms may (or may not) coexist in equilibrium. Firms decide their type and investment in R&D and sell packages composed of a primary good... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

circumscribe citizen-employees, and they engage in production and trade. But individual corporations are no longer adequate to serve as the primary unit of analysis. Over the years, systems of distributed innovation-so-called business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jun 2013
  • Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

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