Publications

January 2001 (Revised November 2002)
Case

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

March 1997 (Revised December 1999)
Case

Alden Products, Inc.--European Manufacturing

By: Robert H. Hayes

The European organization of Alden Products, Inc. is contemplating a doubling of unit sales over the next ten years. Their largest plant, located in Holland, was set up 25 years earlier to supply all demands of the EEC countries on the continent. It has since expanded... View Details

Keywords: Production; Growth Management; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Strategic Planning; Performance Capacity; Business Strategy; Netherlands; Europe

Educators

15 Feb 2012
News

Manufacturing leads the way

August 1982 (Revised May 1983)
Case

Struthers and Williamson Manufacturing Co.

By: Howard H. Stevenson

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

October 1982 (Revised May 1983)
Case

Seneca Wire and Manufacturing Co.

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

April 1990 (Revised December 1992)
Case

Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Abridged)

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

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

10 Dec 2012
News

Will Apple Spark a U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance?

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

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

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

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

13 Mar 2018
News

Manufacturing a Renaissance in the Deep South

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