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- 12 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Electric Mobility in India
electric scooter We were lucky enough to see both their production lines for how they manufactured their batteries and their vehicles. It was incredible to see the standards they set for the workers and the... View Details
- January 2000 (Revised January 2006)
- Teaching Note
Husky Injection Molding Systems (TN)
By: Jan W. Rivkin
Teaching Note for (9-799-157). View Details
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
customers and to the various channel participants. Consider these questions: How does a manufacturer design channels for a new product, especially when it has an incumbent channel? It is often assumed that the incumbent channel will get... View Details
- March 1993 (Revised December 1993)
- Case
Johnson Controls, Automotive Systems Group: The Georgetown, Kentucky Plant
Prior to the 1980s, automakers purchased individual seat components and built the seats alongside their auto assembly lines. This case describes how Johnson Controls, Automotive Systems Group, blossomed when automakers turned to outsourcing the complete seat set. The... View Details
Mishina, Kazuhiro. "Johnson Controls, Automotive Systems Group: The Georgetown, Kentucky Plant." Harvard Business School Case 693-086, March 1993. (Revised December 1993.)
- April 2008
- Supplement
Ti-Tech (B)
By: Benson P. Shapiro and John T. Gourville
This case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Production; Performance Capacity; Marketing Strategy; Bids and Bidding; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Shapiro, Benson P., and John T. Gourville. "Ti-Tech (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-096, April 2008.
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
“We basically went from a revenue-generating ‘idea’ to fully proven and high-growth business model.” Vention currently employs a team of 25 working in growth and customer success, product engineering, and finance and operations, serving... View Details
- September 2023
- Teaching Note
Shad Process Flow Design Exercise: Kick-Off Class
By: Willy C. Shih
The Shad Process Flow Design Exercise is a simulation designed to help students cement what they learn in the process fundamentals section of the RCTOM course by giving them the opportunity to translate classroom concepts into actual physical processes and experience... View Details
Patrick E. Haggerty
Haggerty led Texas Instruments into the manufacture of transistors - the first to make them cheaply enough to be commercially viable. During Haggerty’s tenure, the company expanded its overseas market (47 View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Charles S. Davis
In 1928, fifteen auto parts manufacturers merged to form Borg-Warner Corporation with Davis as president. Davis expanded Borg-Warner’s reach until the firm included 27 subsidiaries and operated 30 View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- Fast Answer
Careers, associations and events: medical devices
medical devices, diagnostic products and health information systems. Active members include medical technology firms worldwide. Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC): Medical device View Details
- November 1983 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: Grandma's ""Ready-To-Eat"" Cookies
Mr. Kenneth Treece, marketing director of Frito-Lay's Grandma's (R) Cookie division has received the final test market figures for the new supermarket line of Grandma's Ready-To-Eat cookies. One set of data, the Kansas City test results, was extremely encouraging;... View Details
Bonoma, Thomas V. Frito-Lay, Inc.: Grandma's ""Ready-To-Eat"" Cookies. Harvard Business School Case 584-043, November 1983. (Revised December 1984.)
Edward T. Bedford
In 1906, Bedford became president of the newly consolidated Corn Products Refining Company. Under Bedford’s leadership, Corn Products Refining manufactured several forms of... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
public use—major new products of either consumer electronics or computer hardware with their essential software technologies. In the United States, no enterprise had the capability to commercialize new consumer electronics technologies.... View Details
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
native brands. Founded in 2011 by ex-Googler Steven Yang, Anker sells digital accessories—batteries, cables, chargers, and so forth. These products are also offered by hundreds of other manufacturers or... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
have made goods more attainable and enticing to a larger portion of the population. At the same time, trade liberalization and more sophisticated manufacturing techniques create goods that are less expensive and higher quality. A panel... View Details
- January 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Oscar Mayer: Strategic Marketing Planning
By: John A. Quelch
The marketing director of Oscar Mayer faces a series of strategic marketing options regarding established and new products, including budget and capacity allocation decisions. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Development; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Quelch, John A., Robert Drane, and Dan Kotchen. "Oscar Mayer: Strategic Marketing Planning." Harvard Business School Case 597-051, January 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
buy for our kids are safe. But the company does not require manufacturers of toys, carriers, high chairs or other children's products to demonstrate the products are safe... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
entrepôt to China. After the Communists came to power in 1949, Hong Kong had to transform itself as a manufacturing center, and our company changed to one of exporting what Hong Kong produced. It built its reputation exporting... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- News
Where Are They Now?
his company, Sundaram Medical Devices, was awarded in 2010 in the first annual HBS Alumni New Venture Contest. But Mahesh, the founder and CEO of Sundaram, a manufacturing start-up in Chennai, India, that is building high-quality,... View Details
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Philip Hendrickson | Baker Library
International, a small furniture business in his home state of Wisconsin. Under his leadership, the firm grew rapidly and gained widespread recognition for its innovative designs. Phil went on to launch or support numerous successful ventures, including the View Details