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Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | August 1995

Eli Lilly and Company: The Flexible Facility Decision (1993) TN

by Gary P. Pisano

Abstract

Teaching Note for (9-694-074).

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry;

Format: Print

12 pages

Citation:

Pisano, Gary P. "Eli Lilly and Company: The Flexible Facility Decision (1993) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 696-041, August 1995.

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Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development

Technology and Operations Management

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