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Product Development Performance: Strategy, Organization, and Management in the World Auto Industry
By: K. B. Clark and T. Fujimoto
Clark, K. B., and T. Fujimoto. Product Development Performance: Strategy, Organization, and Management in the World Auto Industry. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1991.
- November 1993 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Sunrise Medical, Inc.'s Wheelchair Products
Sunrise's CEO must decide whether to intervene in a decision by a division, Guardian Products, to introduce a new lightweight standard wheelchair. Guardian wants to introduce the wheelchair to complement its line of commodity crutches, walkers, and other patient aids....
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy;
Business Divisions;
Organizational Culture;
Decision Making;
Product Marketing;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
McGahan, Anita M. "Sunrise Medical, Inc.'s Wheelchair Products." Harvard Business School Case 794-069, November 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
- January 2016 (Revised February 2016)
- Course Overview Note
The Sustainable Core: Operations Management
By: Michael W. Toffel and L. Beril Toktay
This note is designed to help faculty embed environmental sustainability content into their core Operations Management course at the MBA or undergraduate level. It can also be used to identify cases with environmental content that can be used in operations electives...
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Keywords:
Environmental Management;
Operations Management;
Sustainable Operations;
Environmental Regulation;
Operations;
Supply Chain;
Supply Chain Management;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Construction Industry;
Forest Products Industry;
Retail Industry
Toffel, Michael W., and L. Beril Toktay. "The Sustainable Core: Operations Management." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 616-022, January 2016. (Revised February 2016.)
- May 2010
- Supplement
Flare Fragrances Company, Inc.: Analyzing Growth Opportunities, Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)
By: John A. Quelch and Lisa D. Donovan
- February 2020 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (A)
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal
The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe...
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Keywords:
Aluminum;
General Management;
Cultural Change;
Change Management;
Crisis Management;
Decision Making;
Organizational Culture;
Safety;
Leadership;
Emerging Markets;
Bahrain;
Middle East
Fuller, Joseph B., Gamze Yücaoğlu, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (A)." Harvard Business School Case 320-056, February 2020. (Revised March 2020.)
- 12 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?
line has an end and there is an identifiable person who occupies it,” says Buell. “They know they’re last and everyone around them knows it as well.” The anxiety we feel about being last can affect how consumers experience waiting for a...
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- March 1999 (Revised February 2001)
- Background Note
New Product Development Imperative, The
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Edward T Smith
Introduces students to the best practices for managing new product development projects. Includes concepts and tools related to structuring teams consistent with the project objectives as well as concepts and processes for improving project execution.
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Keywords:
Management Practices and Processes;
Product Development;
Performance Improvement;
Problems and Challenges;
Groups and Teams
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Edward T Smith. "New Product Development Imperative, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 699-152, March 1999. (Revised February 2001.)
- 23 Apr 2012
- News
How to Brand a Next-Generation Product
- August 1986 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Hanson Ski Products
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
At the end of the budget cycle, the manager must test whether plans are feasible given financing arrangements and constraints. Cash needs are great due to seasonality. Needed loans must be calculated at five separate dates, and financial position projected. This is a...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Capital Budgeting;
Cash Flow;
Financial Strategy;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Financing and Loans;
Managerial Roles;
Credit;
Insurance
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Hanson Ski Products." Harvard Business School Case 187-038, August 1986. (Revised September 2004.)
- 16 Jun 2016
- News
How Shareholders Jumped to First in Line for Profits
- March 2020
- Article
Do Managers Matter? A Natural Experiment from 42 R&D Labs in India
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna and Christos A. Makridis
We exploit plausibly exogenous variation in the staggered entry of new managers into India’s 42 public R&D labs between 1994 and 2006 to study how alignment between the CEO and middle-level managers affect research productivity. We show that the introduction of new lab...
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Keywords:
Incentives;
Innovation;
Productivity;
Management;
Alignment;
Research and Development;
Innovation and Invention;
Performance Productivity;
India
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Tarun Khanna, and Christos A. Makridis. "Do Managers Matter? A Natural Experiment from 42 R&D Labs in India." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 36, no. 1 (March 2020): 47–83.
- 1985
- Chapter
Managing the New Product Development Process: How Japanese Companies Learn and Unlearn
By: Ken-ichi Imai, Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi
Imai, Ken-ichi, Ikujiro Nonaka, and Hirotaka Takeuchi. "Managing the New Product Development Process: How Japanese Companies Learn and Unlearn." In The Uneasy Alliance: Managing the Productivity-Technology Dilemma, edited by R. Hayes, K. Clark, and C. Lorenz. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1985.
- October 2009
- Teaching Note
Medisys Corp.: The IntensCare Product Development Team (Brief Case)
By: Anne Donnellon and Joshua D. Margolis
Teaching Note for 094059
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- 05 May 2000
- Conference Presentation
Managing the Sources of Uncertainty: Matching Process and Context in New Product Development
By: Alan MacCormack and Roberto Verganti
- 23 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Trends in Consumer Products
Gold Medal Flour and Betty Crocker desserts, working with facilities as far away as Dubai. Those external supply chain decisions were sometimes very costly, so we had to carefully manage our profit impacts while trying to get as much...
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- May 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
Cotopaxi: Managing Growth for Good
By: Andy Wu and Laura Huang
Cotopaxi, an innovative outdoor gear business targeting millennials, focuses on profit and social impact. This registered benefit corporation was formed by Davis Smith who coalesced his experiences as a Wharton MBA student along with professional knowledge from an...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Social Venture;
Benefit Corporation;
B-Corp;
Retail;
Consumer Products;
Apparel;
Social Impact;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Business Model;
Product Positioning;
Social Enterprise;
Mission and Purpose;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Wu, Andy, and Laura Huang. "Cotopaxi: Managing Growth for Good." Harvard Business School Case 717-488, May 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- February 2020
- Supplement
Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (B)
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal
The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe...
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Keywords:
Aluminum Industry;
General Management;
Cultural Change;
Change Management;
Crisis Management;
Decision Making;
Organizational Culture;
Safety;
Leadership;
Emerging Markets;
Bahrain;
Middle East
Fuller, Joseph B., Gamze Yücaoğlu, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 320-057, February 2020.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Pharmaceuticals Industry
By: Amanda Rischbieth, 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 pharmaceuticals industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact estimates of accessible...
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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;
Pharmaceutical Companies;
Pharmaceuticals;
IWAI;
Product Design;
Product Positioning;
Society;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Product;
Safety;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Rischbieth, Amanda, George Serafeim, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Pharmaceuticals Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-139, June 2021.
- 20 Sep 2020
- Working Paper Summaries