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- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
Japanese competition. In the second research stream, conducted with Wheelwright, Bruce Chew, Takahiro Fujimoto, Kent Bowen and Marco Iansiti, Clark made the case that product development could be managed in...
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Martha Lagace
- November 2012
- Case
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Abridged)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Robert S. Huckman, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Matthew Preble
Considers whether New Balance, one of the world's five largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok—a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique...
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Production;
Competitive Strategy;
Supply Chain;
Brands and Branding;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Sports Industry;
Retail Industry;
Asia;
United States
Bowen, H. Kent, Robert S. Huckman, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Matthew Preble. "New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 613-006, November 2012.
- July 1999 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
Chrysler and BMW: Tritec Engine Joint Venture
By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
A gifted project leader lacks significant new product development experience. The case highlights the issues and procedures related to defining the project strategy: organizing senior management approvals and support for creating a "heavyweight" team; aligning the...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Joint Ventures;
Projects;
Business Strategy;
Management Teams;
Groups and Teams;
Machinery and Machining;
Design;
Business Processes;
Product Design;
Product;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Auto Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Chrysler and BMW: Tritec Engine Joint Venture." Harvard Business School Case 600-004, July 1999. (Revised January 2004.)
- April 2008
- Case
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston and Dr. Bradford J. Shingleton (2004)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Marcelo Pancotto
Dr. Bradford Shingleton has developed some of the highest quality eye surgery techniques in the industry. He involves his nurses and technicians in creating a surgical service that is constantly improving. The case has many details about how Dr. Shingleton works with...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Service Operations;
Performance Productivity;
Practice;
Problems and Challenges;
Health Industry;
Boston
Bowen, H. Kent, and Marcelo Pancotto. "Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston and Dr. Bradford J. Shingleton (2004)." Harvard Business School Case 608-151, April 2008.
- March 2008
- Case
Novartis AG: Science-Based Business
By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
Novartis is a science-based drug company, which has important implications for its business strategy. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world with over $38B in sales in 2007. Pharmaceuticals account for slightly over $24B of that total. In 2007,...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Invention;
Resource Allocation;
Product Development;
Partners and Partnerships;
Research and Development;
Science-Based Business;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Novartis AG: Science-Based Business." Harvard Business School Case 608-136, March 2008.
- November 2007
- Case
Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
Translating innovative ideas form the clinician to the patient remains a major problem in the field of medicine. Dr. John Parrish and colleagues created an organization (CIMIT) that brings the technical, financial, and administrative resources to these innovative...
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Financing and Loans;
Innovation and Invention;
Technological Innovation;
Resource Allocation;
Alliances;
Research and Development;
Health Industry;
Service Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT)." Harvard Business School Case 608-036, November 2007.
- July 1998 (Revised January 2009)
- Case
Display Technologies, Inc. (Abridged)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Jonathan West
Display Technologies, Inc. (DTI) is a new joint venture between Toshiba and IBM Japan that is manufacturing the most advanced form of flat panel displays. With success in achieving significant production volumes, DTI has been asked to double its output as quickly as...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Leadership Style;
Production;
Outcome or Result;
Performance Capacity;
Strategy;
Hardware;
Electronics Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Japan
Bowen, H. Kent, and Jonathan West. "Display Technologies, Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 699-006, July 1998. (Revised January 2009.)
- December 1997 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Hewlett Packard: Creating, Running, and Growing an Enduring Company
By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
Traces the development of Hewlett-Packard Co. from a small start-up company in 1938 to a world-class manufacturer of electronic instruments and computer products. Examines the challenges of starting and running a small company, including financing, human resources...
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Business or Company Management;
Product Positioning;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Startups;
Brands and Branding;
Computer Industry;
Electronics Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Hewlett Packard: Creating, Running, and Growing an Enduring Company." Harvard Business School Case 698-052, December 1997. (Revised February 2000.)
- 2000
- Chapter
Globalization in the Advanced Ceramics Industry
By: Courtney Purrington and H. Kent Bowen
Keywords:
Globalized Markets and Industries
- June 2004 (Revised July 2004)
- Teaching Note
Align Technology, Inc. (TN)
By: Rogelio Oliva and H. Kent Bowen
Teaching Note to (9-603-058).
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Technology Industry
- February 1997 (Revised December 2012)
- Case
Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (A)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg
Jim Sharpe, 11 years after receiving his MBA from Harvard and working for others, has finally become his own boss and 100% owner of manufacturer of aluminum extrusions. After 10 months of an unfunded search, he acquires the business in an LBO and prepares to face his...
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Keywords:
Acquisitions;
Search Funds;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurs;
Turnarounds;
Bank Loan;
Manufacturing;
Metals Processing;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Labor Unions;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Crisis Management;
Management Skills;
Experience and Expertise;
Borrowing and Debt;
Manufacturing Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Barbara Feinberg. "Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 697-078, February 1997. (Revised December 2012.)
- September 1996
- Exercise
Project Management Exercise #1: Planning Your First TOM Project
By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis
Bowen, H. Kent, and Marilyn Matis. "Project Management Exercise #1: Planning Your First TOM Project." Harvard Business School Exercise 697-023, September 1996.
- June 2006
- Teaching Note
Process Control at Polaroid (A) (TN)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Steven C. Wheelwright
Teaching Note to 693047.
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Entertainment and Recreation Industry
- January 2000
- Case
Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (D)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Martin W. Stein
Keywords:
Technology
Bowen, H. Kent, and Martin W. Stein. "Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (D)." Harvard Business School Case 600-080, January 2000.
- November 1992 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
TJ International (A)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Steven C. Wheelwright
Bowen, H. Kent, and Steven C. Wheelwright. "TJ International (A)." Harvard Business School Case 693-038, November 1992. (Revised March 2000.)
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Business Ethics Fellow Honored
maintained an interest in ethics and its teaching. The Henry B. Arthur Fund for Business Ethics was established in 1987 by Arthur's daughter, Janice A. McCoy Miller (HRPBA '61), and his then son-in-law Bowen...
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- February 2005
- Case
Bayside Motion Group (B)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Bradley R. Staats
Supplements the (A) case.
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Bowen, H. Kent, and Bradley R. Staats. "Bayside Motion Group (B)." Harvard Business School Case 605-041, February 2005.
- March 2004 (Revised November 2004)
- Background Note
Building Capabilities: Mechanisms for and Impediments to Learning
By: Steven J. Spear and H. Kent Bowen
Stand-alone teaching note.
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Keywords:
Education
Spear, Steven J., and H. Kent Bowen. "Building Capabilities: Mechanisms for and Impediments to Learning." Harvard Business School Background Note 604-082, March 2004. (Revised November 2004.)
- November 2003 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Beverly Stern: Retail Executive
By: H. Kent Bowen and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Beverly Stern has been a successful operating manager in three prominent retail chains: GAP, Pottery Barn, and Williams-Sonoma. Stern's last job at a start-up did not meet her expectations, and she must now decide what to do next. She has an offer to start a new retail...
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Keywords:
Personal Development and Career;
Experience and Expertise;
Personal Characteristics;
Jobs and Positions;
Decisions;
Retail Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Beverly Stern: Retail Executive." Harvard Business School Case 604-018, November 2003. (Revised May 2005.)
- September 2002
- Case
Align Technology, Inc.: Matching Manufacturing Capacity to Sales Demand
By: H. Kent Bowen and Jonathan P Groberg
Align Technology is a four-year-old medical products company that has invented a new product requiring new manufacturing processes. Demand for the new product has grown more slowly than initial forecasts predicted, and the cost structure is preventing the company from...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Problems and Challenges;
Product;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Marketing Strategy;
Sales;
Demand and Consumers;
Production;
Health Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Jonathan P Groberg. "Align Technology, Inc.: Matching Manufacturing Capacity to Sales Demand." Harvard Business School Case 603-058, September 2002.