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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
becomes more and more problematic. We see the symptoms of decline, which are driven by things like labor arbitrage and industries moving assembly overseas, followed by more and more sophisticated work. The thesis that we advance is that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Losing Our Competitive Edge
critical components of solar panels, among others. How did this happen? A big part of the reason is the outsourcing of development and manufacturing work to companies abroad. The result: a damaging deterioration in the collective... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
"I never thought I would be a business person until…”
minored in Media Studies at Korea University. I never thought I would be a business person until I interned at The Boston Consulting Group. I worked on a technology incubation project for a Korean heavy industries conglomerate. I was... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 17 Mar 2011
- News
Make or Break for the USA?
earlier this year, Barack Obama appointed General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA ’79) to head the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Historically, HBS and its alumni have played a key role in the country’s manufacturing and... View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
Economics researchers have long studied how local workers respond when an industry such as steel manufacturing is squashed by obsolescence or competition. Is the region able to regenerate with new 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
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Instilling Production with Principles
Video Embed The Esquel Group has reduced water consumption at its factories by more than 50 percent in the last nine years. Asia–based Esquel Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-end cotton shirts, producing about 100... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
William F. Connell (MBA '63)
manufacturing, announced that Ogden would spin off its shipyard and six manufacturing companies. Bill Connell, then 47, was executive vice president of Ogden, and after seventeen years with the company, he was not willing to accept the... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory
technology is expanding rapidly as the industry is being reinvigorated with new competitors and advanced electronics, materials, and manufacturing processes,” says Sondecker. His interest in aerospace began... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
world’s leading rail car manufacturer headquartered in Beijing. These cars are assembled by American workers in Springfield, Massachusetts, a city that until 1920 was the center of US railway manufacturing. CRRC has made the largest View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
If You're #1, Watch Out
required to achieve better and better results. When the product the customers use isn't good enough, its architecture is proprietary and its manufacturers make money. When it's more than good enough, its architecture becomes modular,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Michelle Ross (MBA 2011)
Math and science were always a part of me. And I’m the oldest child in my family, too, so I don’t want to say that I like to boss people around—but it came more naturally to me to delegate. Kettering University had a co-op program, so as I earned my degree in View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
Wisconsin cheddar, but how about Wisconsin Ackawi or Wisconsin Asadero? Twenty years ago, Paul Scharfman (MBA 1979) acquired a small, undercapitalized cheese manufacturing operation in rural Wisconsin, about an hour’s drive from Madison.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) to manufacture battery systems for the Chinese market presents its own questions, Vietor notes. For one, the joint venture is considered a foreign subsidiary,... View Details
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
industry shaped how America lived, worked, and played, helping the country grow into the colossus of the twentieth century. But now the U.S. industry, once the bellwether of the nation's economy, may become just another, ordinary player... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Rust Belt Turns ‘Sun Belt’ with Solar
true for the “green economy” movement: aged or unused factories in the Midwest being refurbished and turned into solar energy manufacturing plants. But Tom Tiller (MBA ’91) is really making it happen, the Indianapolis Star reported... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Kelp Is on the Way
Petrochemicals are all around us—from ubiquitous plastic packaging to the inconspicuous lining of your takeaway coffee cup, and in everyday products like soaps, deodorants, and toothpaste. But that will change, according to Matthew Perkins (MBA 2009). When industries... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
bacteria, previous attempts to manufacture it at industrial scale were stymied by the need for expensive feedstocks such as sugar and seed oils. Full Cycle, however, coaxes microbes to make PHA from organic... View Details
- February 1988
- Case
Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (Condensed)
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Richard S. Rosenbloom
A condensed version of Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. The principal changes are the elimination of details about the early history of the company and condensation of the final section, Outlook for the Future. View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Industry Growth; Environmental Sustainability; Business Strategy; Trends; Manufacturing Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Richard S. Rosenbloom. "Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 388-096, February 1988.
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
business leaders do have a duty to be competitive and to help restore the manufacturing base of our country. Nations that allow their manufacturing infrastructure to deteriorate often create a similar fate... View Details