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- 1995
- Article
Competitiveness and the New Industrial Policy
By: Rafael Di Tella, Alberto Ades and Mark Carney
- April 1994 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, Inc.
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 794-099, April 1994. (Revised December 1994.)
- September 2017 (Revised March 2023)
- Background Note
Production Processes
By: Willy Shih and Michael W. Toffel
This note describes four broad categories of process architectures and then examines the nature of task assignment that typically would be found in a factory organized along the lines of each process type. It then delves more deeply into work flow policies, materials...
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Keywords:
Production Management;
Production Planning;
Production Scheduling;
Process Analysis;
Process Maps;
Processing Times;
Process Improvement;
Production;
Management;
Product;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Shih, Willy, and Michael W. Toffel. "Production Processes." Harvard Business School Background Note 618-023, September 2017. (Revised March 2023.)
- February 1987 (Revised April 1989)
- Case
Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd.: Process Control in the Dryden Paper Mill
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.)
- Article
The Effects of Product Line Breadth: Evidence from the Automotive Industry
By: Antonio Moreno and Christian Terwiesch
Using a detailed data set from the U.S. automotive industry, we enrich the existing literature on product line breadth with new results that highlight previously unexplored operational aspects of its benefits and costs. We find that expanding product line breadth has a...
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Keywords:
Variety;
Pricing;
Automotive Industry;
Marketing/operations Interface;
Platforms;
Empirical Operations Management;
Product Marketing;
Production;
Management;
Auto Industry
Moreno, Antonio, and Christian Terwiesch. "The Effects of Product Line Breadth: Evidence from the Automotive Industry." Marketing Science 36, no. 2 (March–April 2017): 254–271.
- March 1982 (Revised April 1989)
- Background Note
Industrial Market Selection and Product Planning
Corey, E. Raymond. "Industrial Market Selection and Product Planning." Harvard Business School Background Note 582-119, March 1982. (Revised April 1989.)
- May 2006
- Teaching Note
Forest Stewardship Council (TN)
By: James E. Austin and Ezequiel Reficco
Keywords:
Forestry Industry
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Oil and Gas Industry
By: Katie Panella, George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the oil and gas industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary product impact estimates of...
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Keywords:
Product Innovation;
Impact;
Impact Investing;
Impact Measurement;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
ESG Ratings;
Social Corporate Responsibility;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Social Impact;
Oil;
Oil & Gas;
Oil And Gas;
IWAI;
Impact-Weighted Accounts;
Product Design;
Product Positioning;
Society;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Product
Panella, Katie, George Serafeim, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Oil and Gas Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-140, June 2021.
- September 1993 (Revised May 2005)
- Teaching Note
Forest Policy in Malaysia TN
Teaching Note for (9-792-099).
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- 11 Jan 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting for Product Impact in the Airlines Industry
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Interactive Media and Services Industry
By: DG Park, George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the interactive media and services industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact...
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Keywords:
Product Innovation;
Impact;
Impact Investing;
Impact Measurement;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
ESG Ratings;
Social Corporate Responsibility;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Social Impact;
Product Design;
Product Positioning;
Society;
Product;
Environmental Sustainability;
Measurement and Metrics;
Framework;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Media;
Technology Industry
Park, DG, George Serafeim, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Interactive Media and Services Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-134, June 2021.
- August 2017 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
Flex Hungary: Launching Production (A)
By: Willy Shih
This case examines design choices in the construction of flow lines. Flow lines are a popular way of arranging production because they are simple and inherently efficient. Equipment or workstations are arranged according to the sequence of steps in which a product is...
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Keywords:
Manufacturing;
Line-balancing;
Flow Line;
Conveyor-paced Line;
Consumer Goods;
Consumer Products;
Production Management;
Production Planning;
Production Scheduling;
Operations;
Production;
Management;
Supply Chain;
Design;
Analysis;
Goods and Commodities;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
European Union
Shih, Willy. "Flex Hungary: Launching Production (A)." Harvard Business School Case 618-002, August 2017. (Revised March 2020.)
- 04 May 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting for Product Impact in the Telecommunications Industry
- March 1982 (Revised January 1990)
- Background Note
Note on Pricing Strategies for Industrial Products
Used as a background reading for a course or course module on pricing, this note describes the several basic parameters relevant for price determination. Provides a conceptual approach to formulating pricing strategy, dealing with such topics as skimming versus...
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Corey, E. Raymond. "Note on Pricing Strategies for Industrial Products." Harvard Business School Background Note 582-124, March 1982. (Revised January 1990.)
- 12 May 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting for Product Impact in the Water Utilities Industry
Keywords:
by George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
- 24 Nov 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry
- January 2011
- Case
AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Sunru Yong
AIC Systems, located in Taichung, Taiwan, is a manufacturer of printed circuit boards, primarily for motherboards and video cards for personal computers. The firm is considered an original design manufacturer (ODM) and takes an active role in innovating and designing...
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Keywords:
Performance Management;
Quantitative Analysis;
Manufacturing;
Production Planning;
Production Management;
Diversification;
Production;
Performance Efficiency;
Product Design;
Performance Improvement;
Mobile Technology;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Taiwan
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Sunru Yong. "AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-245, January 2011.
- Web
Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
Confronting Climate Change Industrial Production & Materials Refrigerant gases, cement, and plastic are materials ripe for innovation Industrial activity that produces many of...
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- 1989
- Book
Going to Market: Distribution Systems for Industrial Products
By: E. Raymond Corey, Frank V. Cespedes and V. Kasturi Rangan
Corey, E. Raymond, Frank V. Cespedes, and V. Kasturi Rangan. Going to Market: Distribution Systems for Industrial Products. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1989.
- December 2007 (Revised April 2008)
- Exercise
The Elcer Products Transaction: Confidential Information for US Industrial ElectroCeramics (US-IND)
In a six-party negotiation exercise, the TNDA Corp. plans to sell the Elcer Products Division to one of four potential buyers (industrial, financial, U.S., German). This case contains confidential information for the US Industrial ElectroCeramics (US-IND) management...
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Keywords:
Negotiation
Sebenius, James K. "The Elcer Products Transaction: Confidential Information for US Industrial ElectroCeramics (US-IND)." Harvard Business School Exercise 908-032, December 2007. (Revised April 2008.)