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  • April 1997
  • Case

New and Improved: Product Reformulation at General Mills

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr., Craig Boreth and Phyllis Dininio
Keywords: Product; Food and Beverage Industry
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Schleifer, Arthur, Jr., Craig Boreth, and Phyllis Dininio. "New and Improved: Product Reformulation at General Mills." Harvard Business School Case 897-133, April 1997.
  • December 2007 (Revised July 2008)
  • Case

General Mills (A)

By: Raymond V. Gilmartin, Marco Iansiti and Bianca Buccitelli
General Mills is an 80-year-old company that specializes in consumer foods such as cereal, snacks, baking, and dinner products. Although General Mills is, on the whole, a very successful company, they have, in the recent past, had to face challenges as a result the... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Change Management; Cost Management; Problems and Challenges; Inflation and Deflation; Price; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Gilmartin, Raymond V., Marco Iansiti, and Bianca Buccitelli. "General Mills (A)." Harvard Business School Case 608-004, December 2007. (Revised July 2008.)
  • April 1987 (Revised May 1987)
  • Supplement

Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (P): Embossed Temper Mill

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Steel Industry
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Shapiro, Benson P., and Lawrence B. Levine. "Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (P): Embossed Temper Mill." Harvard Business School Supplement 587-149, April 1987. (Revised May 1987.)
  • October 1992 (Revised June 2001)
  • Case

Stermon Mills Incorporated

A paper company is unable to compete on cost as a result of the installation of three very efficient paper machines by competitors. Prices for its products are falling by the day, and the company is making a loss. In the face of such competition, management feels that... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competition; Production; Pulp and Paper Industry
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Upton, David M. "Stermon Mills Incorporated." Harvard Business School Case 693-053, October 1992. (Revised June 2001.)
  • January 1984
  • Background Note

Note on the Textile Industry in the 1980s

By: Kim B. Clark
Presents major developments in textile production technology during the 1970s and early 1980s. Outlines the specific innovations as well as the company and country of origin. View Details
Keywords: Goods and Commodities; Innovation and Invention; Production; Manufacturing Industry
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Clark, Kim B. "Note on the Textile Industry in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Background Note 684-046, January 1984.
  • April 1987 (Revised May 1987)
  • Supplement

Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (N): 80-Inch Hot Rolling Mill Upgrade Package

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Steel Industry
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Shapiro, Benson P., and Lawrence B. Levine. "Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (N): 80-Inch Hot Rolling Mill Upgrade Package." Harvard Business School Supplement 587-147, April 1987. (Revised May 1987.)
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Competition and Social Identity in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm

By: Takao Kato and Pian Shu
We study the impact of social identity on worker competition by exploiting the well-documented social divide between urban resident workers and rural migrant workers in urban Chinese firms. We analyze data on weekly output, individual characteristics, and coworker... View Details
Keywords: Social Identity; Coworker Effect; Productivity; Relative Performance Incentive; Intergroup Competition; Competition; Groups and Teams; Performance Productivity; Identity
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Kato, Takao, and Pian Shu. "Competition and Social Identity in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 131, part A (November 2016): 37–50.
  • February 1987 (Revised April 1989)
  • Case

Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd.: Process Control in the Dryden Paper Mill

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Bohn, Roger E., and Michael D. Watkins. "Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd.: Process Control in the Dryden Paper Mill." Harvard Business School Case 687-060, February 1987. (Revised April 1989.)
  • January 2003 (Revised August 2003)
  • Case

General Mills and the Hawthorne Huddle (A)

Examines the role of General Mills in the formation and leadership of the Hawthorne Huddle. The Huddle was in the Hawthorne neighborhood in Northern Minneapolis, which in 1997 was plagued with high crime and poverty. The Huddle served as a forum, held the first... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Management Succession; Social Issues; Consumer Products Industry; Minneapolis
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Barrett, Diana, and Sheila McCarthy. "General Mills and the Hawthorne Huddle (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-067, January 2003. (Revised August 2003.)
  • November 1982
  • Case

Worcester Textile Co.: Marketing Worsted Fabrics

By: Richard S. Tedlow
Keywords: Product Marketing; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Tedlow, Richard S. "Worcester Textile Co.: Marketing Worsted Fabrics." Harvard Business School Case 383-072, November 1982.
  • April 1987 (Revised May 1987)
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Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (M): Humidity-Controlled Inventory Storage in No. 3 Cold Mill

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Steel Industry
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Shapiro, Benson P., and Lawrence B. Levine. "Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (M): Humidity-Controlled Inventory Storage in No. 3 Cold Mill." Harvard Business School Supplement 587-146, April 1987. (Revised May 1987.)
  • March 2003 (Revised September 2004)
  • Case

Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement

Examines the political and economic dimensions of the campaign to improve workers' rights around the world through the inclusion of labor standards in international trade agreements. The U.S.-Cambodia Textile Trade Agreement was the first agreement of its kind to link... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Agreements and Arrangements; Rights; Working Conditions; Globalization; Consumer Products Industry; Cambodia; United States
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Abrami, Regina M. "Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement." Harvard Business School Case 703-034, March 2003. (Revised September 2004.)
  • March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
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The Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Regina M. Abrami, Noel Maurer and Aldo Musacchio
In Maseru, the capital of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the stirrings of industrialization and modernization were promising, and more than 50,000 workers, mostly women, were employed in the textile sector; the figure reflected more than a threefold increase in just a few... View Details
Keywords: History; Labor Unions; Trade; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Financial Crisis; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business and Government Relations; Decision Choices and Conditions; Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Lesotho
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Abdelal, Rawi E., Regina M. Abrami, Noel Maurer, and Aldo Musacchio. "The Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry." Harvard Business School Case 706-043, March 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
  • 22 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

(Editor's note: This is the last in a series of four articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business.) Banks are the principal... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services
  • 02 Nov 2016
  • Op-Ed

Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses

cycle can mean the difference between a small business growing or just staying flat. And, the good news is that we’re seeing innovative ideas in both policy and products on this front—ideas that actually help small businesses manage their... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
  • 05 Nov 2024
  • Book

Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech

But what if technology had the power to make a small business owner significantly wiser about their cash flow, and a lender wiser as well? What if new loan products and services made it easier to create what one investor calls a “truth... View Details
Keywords: by Karen G. Mills; Financial Services
  • 30 Nov 2016
  • Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

disclosure of product outcomes, such as average APRs and default rates. Requiring disclosure of such data would empower watchdogs and the market itself to evaluate bad actors. 5. Respect fiduciary duties Small business loan brokers have... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services
  • 12 Mar 2024
  • HBS Case

How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones

Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Electronics; Information Technology
  • July 1991 (Revised May 1995)
  • Case

Work: Craft and Factory in Nineteenth-Century America

Illustrates conditions of work for two types of 19th-century workers: an itinerant craftsman and New England textile factory "operatives," most of whom were women. The contrast is between freedom and geographical and occupational mobility for the craftsman, versus... View Details
Keywords: Working Conditions; Gender; New England
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McCraw, Thomas K. "Work: Craft and Factory in Nineteenth-Century America." Harvard Business School Case 391-264, July 1991. (Revised May 1995.)
  • July 1991 (Revised May 1995)
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Samuel Slater, Francis Cabot Lowell, and the Beginnings of the Factory System in the United States

Deals with the coming of the mechanized textile industry to the United States, and with it, the nation's first factories. Considers the introduction of small spinning mills in Rhode Island, and the appearance of large integrated spinning and weaving mills in... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business History; Production; Industry Growth; Manufacturing Industry; Rhode Island; Massachusetts
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McCraw, Thomas K. "Samuel Slater, Francis Cabot Lowell, and the Beginnings of the Factory System in the United States." Harvard Business School Case 792-008, July 1991. (Revised May 1995.)
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