Publications

January 1986 (Revised July 1986)
Case

Inland Steel: Quality Scheduling--1985

Keywords: Quality; Management; Steel Industry

January 1985
Background Note

Winter Age of the Japanese Steel Industry

Describes the situation facing the Japanese steel industry in 1984. Two strategies for coping with the world steel situation are presented: diversification and globalization. The actions of Nippon Steel and Nippon Kokan are used to illustrate these strategies. View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Situation or Environment; Business Strategy; Diversification; Steel Industry; Japan

Educators

January 1985 (Revised August 1986)
Case

Chaparral Steel (B)--1979

Keywords: Steel Industry

January 1985 (Revised August 1986)
Case

Chaparral Steel (A)--1977

Keywords: Steel Industry

December 1984 (Revised July 1985)
Teaching Note

Nippon Steel Corp., Teaching Note

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Steel Industry

September 1984
Article

The Evolution of Market Risk in the U.S. Steel Industry and Implications for Required Rates of Return

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, J. J. Tribendis and J. P. Clark

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Markets; Investment Return; Steel Industry

November 1983 (Revised December 1984)
Case

Weirton Division, National Steel

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Steel Industry

March 1983
Case

European-United States Steel Dispute of 1982

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Trade; International Relations; Business and Government Relations; Steel Industry; Europe; United States

March 1983
Case

United States Steel Industry in 1983

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Steel Industry; United States

December 1982 (Revised September 2015)
Case

Halloran Metals

By: Roy Shapiro

Two competitors in the Northeast steel service center industry have made very different choices with regards to logistics and operating strategy. One distributes from a large central location; the other operates seven widely scattered warehouses. Students can diagnose... View Details

Keywords: Logistics; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Business Cycles; Decision Choices and Conditions; Metals and Minerals; Supply Chain; Steel Industry; United States

Educators

Purchase

March 1982
Supplement

British Steel: Interview with Sir Monty Finniston (Abridged), Video

By: John P. Kotter

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Steel Industry; United Kingdom

Purchase

December 1981
Case

Nippon Steel Corp.

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Steel Industry; Japan

December 1980 (Revised September 1985)
Case

British Steel Corporation: The Korf Contract

By: John P. Kotter and John M. Stengrevics

Traces a complex resource allocation decision facing British Steel in 1975. Students study the influences on the various managers involved in making the decision. View Details

Keywords: Resource Allocation; Decision Making; Management Teams; Metals and Minerals; Steel Industry; United Kingdom