Publications

December 2006 (Revised January 2007)
Case

Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola and Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector

By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo, Foluke Otudeko and Mark Benson

Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola was an important contributor to Nigeria's manufacturing sector, creating a multimillion-dollar conglomerate including three factories, a retail franchise, a cattle ranch, a 5,000-acre plantation, a sawmill, and an exporting business before... View Details

Keywords: History; Business Conglomerates; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Success; Leadership Style; Business History; Market Entry and Exit; Personal Development and Career; Business Startups; Manufacturing Industry; Nigeria

13 Mar 2018
News

Manufacturing a Renaissance in the Deep South

January 1996
Case

Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Biogen, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company, is wrapping up a project to develop a new manufacturing process for a new drug product that will reposition the company from a purely research-oriented company to a fully integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: Learning; Technological Innovation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Projects; Research and Development; Corporate Strategy; Biotechnology Industry

Educators

March 2016
Article

Highway to Success: The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing

By: Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover Goswami and William R. Kerr

We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation... View Details

Keywords: Highways; Roads; India; Development; Manufacturing; Density; Rent; Infrastructure; Manufacturing Industry; India

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February 2015 (Revised May 2015)
Case

Boeing 787: Manufacturing a Dream

By: Rory McDonald and Suresh Kotha

This case traces the design and development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Emphasis is on executive leadership and firm strategy in coordinating across a global network of partners in the production of a new aircraft. View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Operations Strategy; Project Management; Coordination; Product Development; Operations; Production; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Aerospace Industry; United States

Educators

Awards

Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research

By: H. Kent Bowen

Winner of the 1999–2000 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research for "Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System" (with Steven Spear, Harvard Business Review, September–October 1999). View Details

28 Mar 2013
News

Is the U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance Real?

Oct 2012
Book

Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

In many cases, once manufacturing capabilities go away, so does much of the ability to innovate and compete. Manufacturing, it turns out, really matters in an innovation-driven economy. View Details

10 Dec 2012
News

Will Apple Spark a U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance?

October 1984 (Revised April 1988)
Teaching Note

DeMar Manufacturing Co., Teaching Note

By: Henry B. Reiling

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

May 1990 (Revised December 1996)
Teaching Note

Manufactured Homes, Inc., Teaching Note

By: Krishna G. Palepu

Teaching Note for (9-190-090). View Details

Keywords: Housing; Manufacturing Industry

July 2006
Teaching Note

Esterline Technologies: Lean Manufacturing (TN)

By: Richard L. Nolan, Karen A. Brown and Subodha Kumar

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

Article

U.S. Multinationals in British Manufacturing before 1962

By: G. Jones and Frances Bostock

This article presents a new database on U.S. multinationals active in British manufacturing between 1907 and 1962. Britain was the largest European host economy for U.S. direct investment in manufacturing and the second largest host worldwide. This article identifies... View Details

Keywords: Production; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Research and Development; Business Subsidiaries; Policy; Investment; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Great Britain

February 1986 (Revised March 1990)
Supplement

Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (D)

By: David A. Garvin

Summarizes Copeland's focused factory approach, and updates the company's efforts at the Sidney, Hartselle, Shelby, and Richville plants. Concludes with a brief discussion of future prospects for Copeland's manufacturing strategy. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Production; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio

January 1989 (Revised February 1989)
Case

Manufacturers Hanover: The Gencorp Restructuring

By: Dwight B. Crane

December 1994
Case

Hewlett-Packard: Boeblingen Manufacturing Operation (BMO)

By: Patricia Bost, Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Cost Accounting