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- January 1998
- Case
Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corporation (B)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Massimo Russo and Steven J. Spear
Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (CSSC), a 50-year-old spring manufacturing and metal stamping firm, is experiencing slow sales growth and feeling the impact of global competition. The company has over 800 customers but little understanding of those customers'...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Competency and Skills;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Production;
Customer Relationship Management;
Quality;
Training;
Performance Efficiency;
Cost Management;
Sales;
System
Bowen, H. Kent, Massimo Russo, and Steven J. Spear. "Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 698-038, January 1998.
- January 1997 (Revised June 1997)
- Case
Southwire: Beyond 2000
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
Southwire, based in Carrollton, GA, was the leading producer of aluminum and copper rod, wire, and cable for the transmission and distribution of electricity. In one decade, CEO Roy Richards, Jr. grew annual sales from $500 million in 1985 to $1.9 billion in 1995, an...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Growth Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Global Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Southwire: Beyond 2000." Harvard Business School Case 397-074, January 1997. (Revised June 1997.)
- August 2013 (Revised November 2013)
- Supplement
Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (B)
By: Willy Shih
This case explores the very different paths taken by the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors Corporation in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Henry Ford's Model T was a car for the masses. After considerable experimentation, Ford Motor... View Details
Keywords:
Innovation;
Exploration;
Dominant Design;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business History;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Leading Change;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Vertical Integration;
Auto Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Michigan
Shih, Willy. "Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 614-011, August 2013. (Revised November 2013.)
- 29 Nov 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India
- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
company set up financial literacy workshops and tied dividends to ongoing financial performance. What makes an ownership mindset? But the payout seemed far off for many, and previous private equity promises had been cheap. Stavros and Bangert wrung their hands over...
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by Avery Forman
- 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...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Joint Venture
A titanium or cobalt-chromium metal alloy hugs the bottom of the thigh bone, gliding against a dome-shaped, polyethylene-plastic kneecap as the leg bends and straightens. To hold these parts in place, the implant’s top and bottom pieces...
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Shoshi Parks
- Web
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Instrumentation Metals & Minerals Go To Database Access Access method Authorized Baker Visitors HBS Intranet Access notes Baker Library can contact Frost analysts on your behalf for report clarification. Contact a Baker Librarian for...
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
that engineers stable metal alloys at the Nano-scale. Tom was also CEO of Z Corporation, a leading pioneer in 3D printing, where he grew the company from early commercialization to market leadership. He is a former US Army Ranger. In...
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
"extra-corerestrial" (beyond the core business) ideas within BIG. Keywords: Change Management; Agribusiness; Accounting; Communication; Engineering; Energy; Renewable Energy; Chemicals; Machinery and Machining; Metals and Minerals;...
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- Web
Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Metals Gujarat (India) Diamonds (2008) Marine Equipment Korea Shipbuilding Cluster (2010) New Zealand's Marine Cluster (2009) Ship & Boatbuilding in Croatia (2009) Medical Devices Netherlands Medical Devices Cluster (2013) Minnesota...
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
Communication; Engineering; Energy; Renewable Energy; Chemicals; Machinery and Machining; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Environmental Sustainability; Natural...
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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
time the Army had 6,000 tanks that were ready to retire. Retirement is an expensive proposition as weapons must go through an extensive demilitarizing process, and even the scrap metal wouldn’t yield enough value to offset the high cost...
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Leadership - Faculty & Research
Agribusiness; Accounting; Communication; Engineering; Energy; Renewable Energy; Chemicals; Machinery and Machining; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Environmental...
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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest...
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- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
use and acceptability of lipstick expanded. There was technological innovation—the first metal lipstick container was invented in Connecticut in 1915, and the first screw-up lipstick appeared six years later. By the time the United States...
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- 30 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration
effectiveness, reduced emissions from the incineration process, and greater recovery of specific commodities such as metals from waste. Globally, waste incineration remains the most common method of municipal waste treatment, after...
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- June 2012 (Revised December 2017)
- Case
Marc Rich and Global Commodity Trading
By: Geoffrey Jones and Espen Storli
Examines the career of Marc Rich, the world's leading commodity trader before his criminal indictment in the United States in 1983. The case surveys the historical growth of commodity trading, especially in metals, from the late nineteenth century, and its evolving...
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Keywords:
Commodity Market;
Natural Resources;
Metals and Minerals;
Business History;
Entrepreneurship;
Service Industry;
Mining Industry;
Africa;
Europe;
Middle East;
North and Central America;
Israel;
South Africa;
Iran
Jones, Geoffrey, and Espen Storli. "Marc Rich and Global Commodity Trading." Harvard Business School Case 813-020, June 2012. (Revised December 2017.)
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
glass, paper, and metal for recycling, as she points out; one day textiles will be just another stream. In the meantime, Looper is investing in tech to innovate its collection and near-infrared sorting processes to improve outcomes,...
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- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in...
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