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- September 1984 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Federated Industries (A)
By: Robert J. Dolan
The market leader in an overcapacity industry with a commodity product is trying to restore industry price levels. Price cutting has hurt overall industry price levels and the leader must determine whether (and how) to bring up price levels or exit the market.
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Keywords:
Supply and Industry;
Market Entry and Exit;
Price;
Goods and Commodities;
Competition;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Dolan, Robert J. "Federated Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 585-104, September 1984. (Revised December 1992.)
- Awards
Maurice Holland Award
Winner of the 2013 Maurice Holland Award from the Industrial Research Institute for his paper with Alan W. Crandall, P. Toft, and P. Henderson, "Do You Need a New Product-Development Strategy?" (Research Technology Management, 2012).
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- March 1989
- Background Note
Industrial Distribution Systems
A comprehensive description of industrial distribution systems. Written from the perspective of industrial products manufacturers, concerned about building and managing channels systems for taking products from point of manufacture to point of use. Covers: 1) channels...
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Corey, E. Raymond. "Industrial Distribution Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 589-101, March 1989.
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
- 1999
- Other Unpublished Work
Estimating Industry Multiples
By: Malcolm Baker and R. S. Ruback
We analyze industry multiples for the S&P 500 in 1995. We use Gibbs sampling to estimate simultaneously the error specification and small sample minimum variance multiples for 22 industries. In addition, we consider the performance of four common multiples: the simple...
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Baker, Malcolm, and R. S. Ruback. "Estimating Industry Multiples." 1999.
- July 2014 (Revised November 2014)
- Background Note
The Structure and Functioning of the Fashion Industry
By: Mukti Khaire and Hannah Catzen
Fashion is the quintessential social-consumption good; all consumers comply with or react to fashion. Although very few consumers actually control trends, virtually every consumer is affected by fashion and contributes to it by adopting or rejecting popular styles. A...
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- September 2001 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Stevenson Industries (A)
By: John A. Davis and Kacie LaChapelle
Simon Carlson, chairman of the board of his family's fourth-generation industrial company, must decide how to deal with his conflict with the company's nonfamily CEO. Hired by the board just 15 months earlier to pursue growth more aggressively, CEO Paul Steel has upset...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Management Succession;
Management Style;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Teams;
Rank and Position;
Organizational Culture;
Decision Making;
Manufacturing Industry
Davis, John A., and Kacie LaChapelle. "Stevenson Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 802-086, September 2001. (Revised June 2005.)
- October 1976
- Background Note
Industry Structural Change
Presents a framework for understanding and predicting industry structural change. Examines 1) the important underlying forces causing structural change, 2) the key relationships among industry elements in the process of change, and 3) some implications of change for...
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Keywords:
Framework;
Industry Structures;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Strategy;
Corporate Strategy
Porter, Michael E. "Industry Structural Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 377-051, October 1976.
- November 1978 (Revised June 1985)
- Case
Hanson Industries (A)
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
Hanson Industries produces and sells an award-winning design ski boot. Describes the company history from founding through July 1978, the product, production processes, marketing strategy, and background information for related cases on budgeting and finance.
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Keywords:
Product;
Marketing Strategy;
Production;
Finance;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Consumer Products Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Hanson Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 179-076, November 1978. (Revised June 1985.)
- Fast Answer
Industry Analysis
What are the top resources for industry analysis? Topic Fast Answers Industry Overviews & Reports Use industry profiles to discover how an View Details
- Fast Answer
Industry overviews
Where can I find an overview or analysis of an industry? 1. Industry Reports: IBISWorld: covers a wide range of industries in the US, China, the UK and Australia. Technavio: Reports on...
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- August 2015 (Revised July 2017)
- Technical Note
Hotel Industry
By: Arthur I. Segel, Daniel Woodbury and Michael Horowitz
This note teaches the critical elements to understand the fundamentals of hotel investing, ownership, and management. It outlines the basics of hotel segmentation, operations, ownership, management, and valuation. The changing impact of technology is also addressed.
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Segel, Arthur I., Daniel Woodbury, and Michael Horowitz. "Hotel Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 216-012, August 2015. (Revised July 2017.)
- November 1987 (Revised January 1988)
- Case
Farmland Industries
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Farmland Industries." Harvard Business School Case 588-045, November 1987. (Revised January 1988.)
- 2008
- Dictionary Entry
Computer Industry
By: Shane Greenstein
Greenstein, Shane. "Computer Industry." In The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. 2nd ed. Edited by Steven Derlauf and Lawrence Blume. Hampshire, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- November 1993 (Revised July 1994)
- Background Note
Industrial Marketing
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Bruce Isaacson
Keywords:
Marketing
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Bruce Isaacson. "Industrial Marketing." Harvard Business School Background Note 594-069, November 1993. (Revised July 1994.)
- December 1985 (Revised November 1987)
- Case
Videogame Industry
Kao, John J. "Videogame Industry." Harvard Business School Case 486-011, December 1985. (Revised November 1987.)
- December 1983 (Revised January 1986)
- Case
Galen Industries
Raymond, Thomas J., and Susan Kelly. "Galen Industries." Harvard Business School Case 484-052, December 1983. (Revised January 1986.)
- Article
Pricing and Production Flexibility: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Automotive Industry
By: Antonio Moreno and Christian Terwiesch
We use a detailed data set from the U.S. auto industry spanning from 2002 to 2009 and a variety of econometric methods to characterize the relationship between the availability of production mix flexibility and firms’ use of responsive pricing. We find that production...
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Keywords:
Empirical Operations Management;
Flexibility;
Pricing;
Automotive Industry;
Production;
Price;
Management;
Analysis;
Auto Industry;
United States
Moreno, Antonio, and Christian Terwiesch. "Pricing and Production Flexibility: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Automotive Industry." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 17, no. 4 (Fall 2015): 428–444.
- May 1999 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
Marshall Industries
Confounding predictions that the Internet would "disintermediate" commerce, making "middle man" companies all but obsolete, Marshall Industries, a leading electronics distributor, used the Internet and digital technologies to reinvent itself. Marshall continued to sell...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Digital Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Supply Chain;
Emerging Markets;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Distribution Industry;
Distribution Industry
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Cathy Olofson. "Marshall Industries." Harvard Business School Case 899-239, May 1999. (Revised March 2001.)