Faucets and plumbing products - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2009 (Revised October 2010)
Case

Elkay Plumbing Products Division

The vice president of sales learns that the most profitable 1% of the division's customers generate 100% of profits, and that two of the division's largest customers lose 50% of profits. The division has just finished a project to install a time-driven activity-based... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Profit; Management Systems; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry

Citation

Educators

22 May 2007
Working Paper Summaries

The Speed of New Ideas: Trust, Institutions and the Diffusion of New Products

Keywords: by Felix Oberholzer-Gee & Joel Waldfogel

April 1989 (Revised December 1998)
Case

Masco Corp. (A)

By: Michael E. Porter and Cynthia A. Montgomery

Describes the history and corporate position of a large and successful producer of faucets and related household products. Masco is considering entry into the $14 billion furniture industry. Designed to be used with Household Furniture Industry in 1986 in a strategy... View Details

Keywords: Diversification; Market Entry and Exit; Corporate Strategy; Rank and Position; Consumer Products Industry

Citation

Educators

Purchase

15 Dec 2015
News

The Year in Ideas 2015

this important undertaking. “Good accounting rules are to good capitalism what good plumbing is to your home,” Ramanna says. No one thinks much about them until disaster strikes. “Tech startup culture and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

03 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

huge understanding of your market and the way the world works. You’re leaving money on the table! You’re not going to make as much money as you could by not considering the experience of racialized “others.” Think about the tech space. I... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

Web

Historical Data Visualization - Business History

Commodities Coffee Movement, Pre-War (1938-39) Historical Maps Commodities Coffee Production and Consumption (1907) Historical Maps Managing Distance Commercial Highways of the World (1907) Historical Maps... View Details

Rodolfo Viegener

Keywords: Faucets and plumbing products

Web

Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Organization of the United Nations, Yearbook of Food and Agricultural Statistics , various years Institut International d’Agriculture, Annuaire International de Statistique Agricole , various years. Notes: United States coffee View Details

10 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

plumbing a career of extraordinary effectiveness, we have sought to learn as much as possible, extracting useful insights into the art and science of negotiation from Kissinger’s dealmaking at the highest... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Trust

City of Brotherly Love's 596 plumbers and plumbing firms at the time of the study. Plumbers were sent a questionnaire to measure specific trust with their current vendors. Six weeks later, the plumbers... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Service

Alex Manoogian

Arriving in the United States with $50 in his pockets, Manoogian went on to found a Fortune 500 company and revolutionize the home furnishing industry. Though Masco had its roots in automobile parts production, Manoogian’s fortune was... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

10 Jan 2007
HBS Case

The Challenge of Managing National Security

Associate Professor Jan Rivkin joined the HBS faculty in 1997 as a member of the Strategy Unit. His special area of interest is examining the interactions that occur between and across the various functional View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Service

16 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 16

highlighting the tension between congressional oversight of the Fed and the Fed's independence from political influence. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710051-PDF-ENG Elkay Plumbing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

process, of business interactions. Navigating the challenges of these surface behavioral issues is useful to plumb some of the deeper cultural factors and differences in governance View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2006
News

Forestalling Terror

interest is examining the interactions that occur between and across the various functional and product boundaries of the firm, which is the subject of his popular MBA elective... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waleed Iskandar; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Apr 1998
News

Plunging Into the Net

management. "It's one of the most important developments in the history of business," he observes. "But in the end, it's merely plumbing." To use the lingo of the Net, that plumbing is way hotter, hipper, View Details

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One

to plumb the demand side of business rather than just the supply side. All six were able to understand how rapid, widespread socioeconomic change affected consumers' preferences and then not only satisfy,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

26 Feb 2020
News

Phoenix Rising

clothing and accessories inspired by Hellenic heritage, was to source silks and embroidery from traditional craftswomen throughout the region, whose skills were no longer finding demand, View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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