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- March 1992 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
AT&T Consumer Products
Describes the factors AT&T Consumer Products managers considered in deciding whether to locate a new plant for telephone answering machines in the United States, Asia, or Mexico. Describes in depth the restructuring of AT&T during the 1980s, the competition facing its...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Competitive Strategy;
Trade;
Management;
Operations;
Crime and Corruption;
Executive Compensation;
Selection and Staffing;
Demand and Consumers;
Asia;
Mexico
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "AT&T Consumer Products." Harvard Business School Case 392-108, March 1992. (Revised October 1994.)
- September 2019 (Revised December 2022)
- Supplement
Cooking Down a Storm: Changing Culture at Pasta Serafina (B)
The case complements Pasta Serafina (A) by describing the aftermath of a town hall meeting in which management had publicly denounced the absenteeism problem and challenged the employees to find a solution. In spite of the initial mistrust against management, the fear...
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Keywords:
Absenteeism;
Employees;
Behavior;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Employee Relationship Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Decision Making;
Performance Evaluation
Gallani, Susanna, Francesca Gino, and Raffaella Sadun. "Cooking Down a Storm: Changing Culture at Pasta Serafina (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 120-014, September 2019. (Revised December 2022.)
- October 2010 (Revised August 2012)
- Supplement
Harvest: Organic Waste Recycling with Energy Recovery (B)
By: Deishin Lee, Baris Ata and Mustafa H. Tongarlak
This case describes the waste management industry and a clean technology solution for landfill diversion and renewable energy production. The (A) case focuses on the operational characteristics of waste management and waste to energy, and the characteristics of the...
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Keywords:
Framework;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Management;
Operations;
Social Issues;
Problems and Challenges;
Energy Generation;
Renewable Energy;
Quality;
Industry Structures;
Energy Industry
Lee, Deishin, Baris Ata, and Mustafa H. Tongarlak. "Harvest: Organic Waste Recycling with Energy Recovery (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 611-034, October 2010. (Revised August 2012.)
- May 2002 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Yangcheng: AES in China
AES, an American electric power company with 141 plants worldwide, is just completing construction of a 2,100-MW plant in China--the largest ever. The project, a joint venture with five local companies, has several environmental, ownership, and operational issues as...
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Keywords:
Energy Generation;
Joint Ventures;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Environmental Sustainability;
Problems and Challenges;
Energy Industry;
China
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Yangcheng: AES in China." Harvard Business School Case 702-006, May 2002. (Revised August 2006.)
- May 1994 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Motorola-Penang
By: Shoshana Zuboff and Janis Lee Gogan
S.K. Ko managed Motorola's Penang, Malaysia factory, producing telecommunications components and equipment. As a female manager of a multi-ethnic and labor-intensive plant in Asia, Ko faced a number of challenges. She had already promoted quality circles and quality...
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Keywords:
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Transformation;
Decision Making;
Ethnicity;
Gender;
Training;
Leading Change;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Problems and Challenges;
Technology Industry;
Malaysia
Zuboff, Shoshana, and Janis Lee Gogan. "Motorola-Penang." Harvard Business School Case 494-135, May 1994. (Revised August 1994.)
- September 2019 (Revised December 2022)
- Case
Cooking Down a Storm: Changing Culture at Pasta Serafina (A)
Plant management at Pasta Serafina, a pasta producer in the south of Italy, is struggling to contain employee absenteeism. While the misbehavior is concentrated in a minority of the workers, its effects impact not only the plant’s performance, but also the climate and...
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Keywords:
Absenteeism;
Moral Hazard;
Employees;
Behavior;
Problems and Challenges;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Employee Relationship Management;
Performance Productivity;
Decision Making
Gallani, Susanna, Francesca Gino, and Raffaella Sadun. "Cooking Down a Storm: Changing Culture at Pasta Serafina (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-013, September 2019. (Revised December 2022.)
- March 1992 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
AT&T Productos de Consumo de Mexico
Describes in detail the decisions AT&T made in designing and staffing their Mexican telephone answering machine plant. Allows students to evaluate a company's detailed implementation decisions on a plant in a developed country--involving wages, benefits, waste...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Executive Compensation;
Selection and Staffing;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Management Systems;
Mexico
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "AT&T Productos de Consumo de Mexico." Harvard Business School Case 392-109, March 1992. (Revised June 1992.)
The Value of Advice: Evidence from Mobile-Phone Based Agricultural Extension
This paper evaluates the role of mobile phone-based advice in improving managerial practices of small-scale cotton farmers in Gujarat, India. Demand for the service, “Avaaj Otalo,” is strong, even among farmers with very low levels of education. The service... View Details
- 17 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times
- 2024
- Working Paper
Measurement and Effects of Bank Exit Policies
By: Daniel Green and Boris Vallée
We study whether exit policies by financial institutions have financial and real consequences on the firms they target, using bank coal exit policies as a laboratory. In contrast to theories assuming high capital substitutability, we find large effects of these...
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Keywords:
Coal Power;
Climate Change;
Investment;
Environmental Sustainability;
Policy;
Financing and Loans;
Energy Industry;
Banking Industry
Green, Daniel, and Boris Vallée. "Measurement and Effects of Bank Exit Policies." Working Paper, January 2024. (Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Financial Economics.)
- March 2021
- Supplement
Toyota and Its Labor Union in Argentina (C)
By: Jorge Tamayo, Erik Snowberg and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
Toyota Argentina (TASA) and the union representing automotive industry workers in the country had been working together since 2011 to address the challenges faced by Toyota’s manufacturing plant in Zárate (Argentina). In 2019, after achieving all the goals set forward...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Alignment;
Cooperation;
Negotiation;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Labor Unions;
Labor and Management Relations;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Goals and Objectives;
Auto Industry;
Latin America;
South America;
Argentina
Tamayo, Jorge, Erik Snowberg, and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago. "Toyota and Its Labor Union in Argentina (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-413, March 2021.
- November 2002 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
Building a Cluster: Electronics and Information Technology in Costa Rica
By: Michael E. Porter and Niels W. Ketelhohn
Describes the actions of Costa Rica President Figueres and his cabinet in attracting an Intel assembly and testing plant to their country. The effort was part of a government strategy that sought to develop further the Costa Rican electronics and information technology...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Industry Clusters;
Business and Government Relations;
Information Technology;
Electronics Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Costa Rica
Porter, Michael E., and Niels W. Ketelhohn. "Building a Cluster: Electronics and Information Technology in Costa Rica." Harvard Business School Case 703-422, November 2002. (Revised September 2013.)
- November 1993
- Case
Mercedes-Benz
After many years as a German luxury car producer, Mercedes-Benz announced two major strategy shifts in 1992, toward a full line of automotive products and toward a globally diverse set of plans and activities. As part of this shift, Mercedes planned to build a major...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Expansion;
Global Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Germany;
Alabama
Rosenzweig, Philip M. "Mercedes-Benz." Harvard Business School Case 394-084, November 1993.
- October 2010 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
AEP: Carbon Capture and Storage
By October 2010, American Electric Power, the largest coal-fired, electric utility in the United States, had been operating a carbon capture and sequestration pilot plant for one year. Using a proprietary, Alstom chilled ammonia technology, AEP was capturing and...
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Keywords:
Energy Generation;
Government Legislation;
Technological Innovation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Projects;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Environmental Sustainability;
Problems and Challenges;
Utilities Industry;
United States
Vietor, Richard H.K. "AEP: Carbon Capture and Storage." Harvard Business School Case 711-036, October 2010. (Revised July 2013.)
- March 1997 (Revised December 1999)
- Case
Alden Products, Inc.--European Manufacturing
By: Robert H. Hayes
The European organization of Alden Products, Inc. is contemplating a doubling of unit sales over the next ten years. Their largest plant, located in Holland, was set up 25 years earlier to supply all demands of the EEC countries on the continent. It has since expanded...
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Keywords:
Production;
Growth Management;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Strategic Planning;
Performance Capacity;
Business Strategy;
Netherlands;
Europe
Hayes, Robert H. "Alden Products, Inc.--European Manufacturing." Harvard Business School Case 697-099, March 1997. (Revised December 1999.)
- August 2008 (Revised October 2011)
- Case
The Redgrove Axial Workshop
By: Michel Anteby and Mikell Hyman
Marc Fontaine, a new manager at a global manufacturing concern, is on a fast-track to a senior managerial position. One morning, in a storage room, he discovers some ornamental artifacts made with the same materials used for official production. He suspects workers...
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Anteby, Michel, and Mikell Hyman. "The Redgrove Axial Workshop." Harvard Business School Case 409-034, August 2008. (Revised October 2011.)
- September 2013 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
The Morning Star Company: Self-Management at Work
By: Francesca Gino, Bradley R. Staats, Brian J. Hall and Tiffany Y. Chang
Morning Star, a collection of affiliated companies, had grown steadily since 1970 when Chris Rufer, president and founder, started the business hauling tomatoes to processing plants in a truck. The company's main products continued to be tomato-based, including a... View Details
Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Motivation and Incentives;
Working Conditions;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Food;
Management Practices and Processes;
Compensation and Benefits;
Manufacturing Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Gino, Francesca, Bradley R. Staats, Brian J. Hall, and Tiffany Y. Chang. "The Morning Star Company: Self-Management at Work." Harvard Business School Case 914-013, September 2013. (Revised June 2016.)
- January 1980 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
New Balance Athletic Shoes
By: Kim B. Clark
Faced with growth exceeding 100% per year, James Davis, president of New Balance, must decide how to meet the need for additional capacity. Several factors contribute to a climate of extreme uncertainty. Several options are considered, ranging from a second shift to...
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Keywords:
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Financial Strategy;
Information;
Growth Management;
Organizational Design;
Performance Capacity;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Republic of Ireland
Clark, Kim B. "New Balance Athletic Shoes." Harvard Business School Case 680-110, January 1980. (Revised April 1994.)
- January 1973 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Tyler Abrasives, Inc.
Involves multinational pricing policy. Should a multinational industrial products supplier, with plants on several continents, grant a single worldwide price on given products to multinational customers who purchase on several continents? If so, what should the...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Marketing Strategy;
Price;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Sales;
Industrial Products Industry
Sorenson, Ralph Z. "Tyler Abrasives, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 573-039, January 1973. (Revised March 2006.)
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
business model, dominate the industry's early history. As the industry evolved, a new breed of managers emerged who built a dominant business model that enables their companies to grow dramatically. Later, after the industry matured,...
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Martha Lagace