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- August 1993 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Prochnik: Privatization of a Polish Clothing Manufacturer
Prochnik was a large state-owned clothing manufacturer located in the textile-production-intensive region of Lodz, Poland. In the early months of economic reform, Prochnik was one of the first five state enterprises to be privatized through initial public offerings and... View Details
Loveman, Gary W., and David T. Kotchen. "Prochnik: Privatization of a Polish Clothing Manufacturer." Harvard Business School Case 394-038, August 1993. (Revised January 1994.)
- May 1995
- Teaching Note
Towle Manufacturing Company, 1986 (TN)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for (1-293-022). View Details
- December 1986 (Revised January 1988)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (C)
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
Focuses on the development of a "market driven" culture at Hewlett-Packard (HP); the conflict between autonomous, well integrated divisions making products responsive to their own markets and a greater degree of systems integration at the corporate level; and the... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Production; Organizational Culture; Research and Development; Sales; Integration; Manufacturing Industry
Shapiro, Benson P., and Lawrence B. Levine. "Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (C)." Harvard Business School Case 587-103, December 1986. (Revised January 1988.)
- 19 Apr 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Is India’s Manufacturing Sector Moving Away from Cities?
- February 1986 (Revised November 1989)
- Case
Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (A)
By: David A. Garvin
Describes the evolution of a company's manufacturing strategy over an eight-year period. Copeland had pursued a strategy of building freestanding focused plants devoted to single processes or product lines, and then moving products from the home plant at Sidney, Ohio... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Product; Production; Strategy; Restructuring; Geographic Location; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio
Garvin, David A. "Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 686-088, February 1986. (Revised November 1989.)
- November 1981 (Revised April 1990)
- Case
Sanyo Manufacturing Corp.--Forrest City, Arkansas
By: Robert H. Hayes and Kim B. Clark
Keywords: Electronics Industry
Hayes, Robert H., and Kim B. Clark. "Sanyo Manufacturing Corp.--Forrest City, Arkansas." Harvard Business School Case 682-045, November 1981. (Revised April 1990.)
- March 1979 (Revised January 1983)
- Case
Microwave Ovens: The Japanese Manufacturers
Buzzell, Robert D. "Microwave Ovens: The Japanese Manufacturers." Harvard Business School Case 579-187, March 1979. (Revised January 1983.)
- September 2002
- Case
Align Technology, Inc.: Matching Manufacturing Capacity to Sales Demand
By: H. Kent Bowen and Jonathan P Groberg
Align Technology is a four-year-old medical products company that has invented a new product requiring new manufacturing processes. Demand for the new product has grown more slowly than initial forecasts predicted, and the cost structure is preventing the company from... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Problems and Challenges; Product; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing Strategy; Sales; Demand and Consumers; Production; Health Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Jonathan P Groberg. "Align Technology, Inc.: Matching Manufacturing Capacity to Sales Demand." Harvard Business School Case 603-058, September 2002.
- December 1987
- Supplement
Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (D), Glossary
Supplements the (A), (B), and (C) cases. A glossary of terms. View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (D), Glossary." Harvard Business School Supplement 588-043, December 1987.
- August 1986 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Bethoney Manufacturing (A) and (B) (Condensed)
By: Michael Beer and Richard E. Walton
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
Beer, Michael, and Richard E. Walton. "Bethoney Manufacturing (A) and (B) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 487-017, August 1986. (Revised November 1992.)
- January–February 1994
- Article
Beyond World-Class: The New Manufacturing Strategy
By: Robert H. Hayes and G. P. Pisano
Hayes, Robert H., and G. P. Pisano. "Beyond World-Class: The New Manufacturing Strategy." Harvard Business Review 72, no. 1 (January–February 1994): 77–84.
- 2012
- Working Paper
Is India's Manufacturing Sector Moving Away from Cities?
By: Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover Goswami and William R. Kerr
This paper investigates the urbanization of the Indian manufacturing sector by combining enterprise data from formal and informal sectors. We find that plants in the formal sector are moving away from urban and into rural locations, while the informal sector is moving... View Details
Keywords: Urban Development; Policy; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Geographic Location; Education; Infrastructure; Manufacturing Industry; India
Ghani, Ejaz, Arti Grover Goswami, and William R. Kerr. "Is India's Manufacturing Sector Moving Away from Cities?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-090, April 2012.
- August 1994 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
ITT Automotive: Global Manufacturing Strategy (1994)
By: Gary P. Pisano and Sharon L. Rossi
ITT Automotive is in the process of developing a new-generation antilock brake system (ABS), designated the MK-20. The case focuses on the level of automation to be used in the production of this new system, and whether all plants should use the same process... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Innovation Strategy; Production; Product Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Performance Productivity; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Belgium; Germany; United States
Pisano, Gary P., and Sharon L. Rossi. "ITT Automotive: Global Manufacturing Strategy (1994)." Harvard Business School Case 695-002, August 1994. (Revised May 2001.)
- May 1990 (Revised May 1995)
- Teaching Note
Murray Ohio Manufacturing Co., Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-187-178). View Details
- January 1988
- Background Note
Glossary for Manufacturing Cost Accounting Systems
Dearden, John. "Glossary for Manufacturing Cost Accounting Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 188-088, January 1988.
- January 1987
- Supplement
Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (C), Video
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
Shapiro, Benson P., and Lawrence B. Levine. "Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (C), Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 887-517, January 1987.
- February 1984
- Supplement
Dennison Manufacturing Co.: Fastener Division (B)
Corey, E. Raymond, and Bobbi Carrey. "Dennison Manufacturing Co.: Fastener Division (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 584-082, February 1984.
- September 2018
- Article
Knowledge Integrators and the Survival of Manufacturing Clusters
By: Giulio Buciuni and Gary P. Pisano
Over the past two decades, the greater prevalence of global supply chains has had contrasting effects on Western manufacturing clusters. While some of them dwindled, others proved resilient. Contributing to the recent literature on co-located clusters and clusters'... View Details
Buciuni, Giulio, and Gary P. Pisano. "Knowledge Integrators and the Survival of Manufacturing Clusters." Special Issue on Challenges in International Business Development. Journal of Economic Geography 118, no. 5 (September 2018): 1069–1089.
- October 1990
- Case
Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: Customer Profitability Report
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Banking company noting declining profitability from its traditional lending activities has started to measure the total profitability of its lending relationships. A loan pricing model estimates the profit and return-on-equity from commercial loans. Additional work was... View Details
Keywords: Investment Return; Revenue; Commercial Banking; Banks and Banking; Customer Value and Value Chain; Banking Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: Customer Profitability Report." Harvard Business School Case 191-068, October 1990.