Filter Results:
(1,363)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,338)
- Faculty Publications (1,363)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,338)
- Faculty Publications (1,363)
- July 1992
- Teaching Note
Ceramics Process Systems (B) TN
By: Kim B. Clark
Teaching Note for (9-691-006). View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
- Article
Competing through Development Capability in a Manufacturing-based Organization
By: S. C. Wheelwright and K. B. Clark
Wheelwright, S. C., and K. B. Clark. "Competing through Development Capability in a Manufacturing-based Organization." Business Horizons 35, no. 4 (July–August 1992): 29–43.
- May 1992 (Revised November 1994)
- Teaching Note
Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991, Teaching Note
By: Gary P. Pisano
Teaching Note for (9-692-056). View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
- May 1992
- Article
Coordination in Split-Award Auctions
By: James J. Anton and Dennis Yao
We analyze split award procurement auctions in which a buyer divides full production between two suppliers or awards all production to a single supplier, and suppliers have private cost information. An intriguing feature of split awards is that the equilibrium bids are... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Balance and Stability; Cost; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Production; Five Forces Framework; Supply and Industry; Situation or Environment; Information; Manufacturing Industry
Anton, James J., and Dennis Yao. "Coordination in Split-Award Auctions." Quarterly Journal of Economics 107, no. 2 (May 1992): 681–707. (Reprinted in P. Klemperer, ed., The Economic Theory of Auctions, Elgar, 2000.) Harvard users click here for full text.)
- March 1992 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
AT&T Consumer Products
Describes the factors AT&T Consumer Products managers considered in deciding whether to locate a new plant for telephone answering machines in the United States, Asia, or Mexico. Describes in depth the restructuring of AT&T during the 1980s, the competition facing its... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Competitive Strategy; Trade; Management; Operations; Crime and Corruption; Executive Compensation; Selection and Staffing; Demand and Consumers; Asia; Mexico
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "AT&T Consumer Products." Harvard Business School Case 392-108, March 1992. (Revised October 1994.)
- March 1992 (Revised May 1992)
- Teaching Note
Manufacturing Learning Laboratory at Digital Equipment Corp. (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Alistair D. Williamson
- March 1992 (Revised June 1999)
- Teaching Note
Solagen: Process Improvement in the Manufacture of Gelatin, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-687-020). View Details
Keywords: Semiconductor Industry
- February 1992 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
BMW: The 7-Series Project (A)
By: Gary P. Pisano
Explores BMW's decision about how to manufacture prototype vehicles. Historically, BMW's prototypes were handcrafted by highly skilled artisans in the company's shop. A proposal has been made to alter the process so that prototypes are made in a way that can better... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Research and Development; Design; Production; Strategy; Quality; Decision Making; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Germany
Pisano, Gary P. "BMW: The 7-Series Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 692-083, February 1992. (Revised January 2002.)
- February 1992 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Intel Corp.--1992
By: Kenneth A. Froot
Intel Corp., the world's dominant designer and manufacturer of microprocessors (the "brains" of the personal computer), has accumulated a large amount of cash (net of debt). Furthermore, it expects to continue to accumulate cash at an unprecedented rate. Has the... View Details
Keywords: Dividends; Financial Management; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Cash; Technological Innovation; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Equity; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Semiconductor Industry; United States
Froot, Kenneth A. "Intel Corp.--1992." Harvard Business School Case 292-106, February 1992. (Revised March 1993.)
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Congoleum Corporation (Abridged) TN
Teaching Note for (9-287-029). View Details
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Cooper Industries, Inc. TN
By: Thomas R. Piper
Teaching Note for (9-274-116). View Details
Piper, Thomas R. "Cooper Industries, Inc. TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 292-051, January 1992.
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Science Technology Company (1985) TN
By: Thomas R. Piper
Teaching Note for (9-289-040). View Details
- December 1991 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991
By: Gary P. Pisano, Steven C. Wheelwright and Jonathan West
Outlines the evolution of Lilly's corporate manufacturing strategy over the past decade. The corporate vice president of manufacturing must decide on the next phase of Lilly's strategy for the early 1990s, as well as to what extent and what role process development... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Structures; Product Development; Production; Research and Development; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
Pisano, Gary P., Steven C. Wheelwright, and Jonathan West. "Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991." Harvard Business School Case 692-056, December 1991. (Revised October 1998.)
- December 1991 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Dayton Electric Corp.
Concerns a product redesign decision for one of the company's most successful motor products, its rectified power, medium D-C motor, the RPM. A one-year redesign program has proposed a design that comes close to meeting its stated cost and performance goals, but at the... View Details
Keywords: Product Design; Strategic Planning; Research and Development; Business Divisions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Machinery and Machining; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Dayton Electric Corp." Harvard Business School Case 692-071, December 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
- November 1991 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Motorola, Inc.: Bandit Pager Project (Abridged)
Describes the development of a fully automated production line for manufacturing radio pagers. The company regarded the project as highly successful; it becomes clear in the case, however, that there were some shortcomings as well. Some marketing issues were not... View Details
Keywords: Time Management; Marketing; Product Development; Production; Success; Projects; Technology; Telecommunications Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Motorola, Inc.: Bandit Pager Project (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 692-069, November 1991. (Revised January 1997.)
- November 1991 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
Nucleon, Inc.
By: Gary P. Pisano
Nucleon is a small biotechnology company whose first potential product is about to enter clinical testing. Before Nucleon can begin clinical trials, however, its management must decide how and where to manufacture the product. Three options are being contemplated: 1)... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Entrepreneurship; Health Testing and Trials; Rights; Product Development; Production; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry
Pisano, Gary P. "Nucleon, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 692-041, November 1991. (Revised April 1994.)
- November 1991 (Revised June 1997)
- Case
Micom Caribe (A)
By: David M. Upton and Joshua D. Margolis
Describes the Puerto Rican manufacturing plant of a transnational company. The award-winning plant has dramatically improved the quality of flexibility of its operations, by taking a radical approach to manufacturing. The methods center on the use of specific... View Details
Keywords: Business Plan; Multinational Firms and Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Launch; Production; Performance Improvement; Quality; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
Upton, David M., and Joshua D. Margolis. "Micom Caribe (A)." Harvard Business School Case 692-002, November 1991. (Revised June 1997.)
- November 1991
- Supplement
Micom Caribe (B)
By: David M. Upton and Joshua D. Margolis
Describes the outcome of the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
Upton, David M., and Joshua D. Margolis. "Micom Caribe (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 692-003, November 1991.
- November 1991
- Supplement
Micom Caribe (C)
By: David M. Upton and Joshua D. Margolis
Updates the (A) and (B) cases. View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
Upton, David M., and Joshua D. Margolis. "Micom Caribe (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 692-043, November 1991.