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Product Quality and Entering Through Tying: Experimental Evidence
By: Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
Dominant platform businesses often develop products in adjacent markets to complement their core business. One common approach used to gain traction in these adjacent markets has been to pursue a tying strategy. For example, Microsoft pre-installed Internet Explorer...
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Keywords:
Tying;
Platform Strategy;
Google;
Product;
Quality;
Digital Platforms;
Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit
Kim, Hyunjin, and Michael Luca. "Product Quality and Entering Through Tying: Experimental Evidence." Management Science 65, no. 2 (February 2019): 596–603.
- July 1995 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
Chandler Home Products (B) (Abridged)
By: Robert H. Hayes
Keywords:
Consumer Products Industry
Hayes, Robert H. "Chandler Home Products (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 696-013, July 1995. (Revised April 1996.)
- 14 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to be Extremely Productive
project flopped, don't attack the person"). Deborah Blagg: Classic productivity books often focus on time management, but Extreme Productivity takes a much broader look. It reads more like a...
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by Deborah Blagg
- 13 Dec 2022
- Video
Santa Claus Debates Whether to Outsource Toy Production
- January 2007 (Revised June 2010)
- Teaching Note
Sonoco Products Company (TN) (A), (B), and (C), and Sonoco Products Company (A) (Abridged)
By: Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas and David Lane
- 1990
- Chapter
Cost of Product and Process Complexity
By: S. Datar, R. Banker, S. Kekre and T. Mukhopadhyay
Datar, S., R. Banker, S. Kekre, and T. Mukhopadhyay. "Cost of Product and Process Complexity." Chap. 9 in Measures for Manufacturing Excellence, edited by Robert S. Kaplan, 269–290. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1990.
- spring 1988
- Article
Product Market Competition and Managerial Slack
Scharfstein, David S. "Product Market Competition and Managerial Slack." RAND Journal of Economics 19, no. 1 (spring 1988): 147–155.
- 10 Oct 1999
- Conference Presentation
Running Product Development at Internet Speed
By: Alan MacCormack
Keywords:
Product Development
- April 1988 (Revised April 1991)
- Case
Boeing 767: From Concept to Production (A)
By: David A. Garvin
Describes the evolution of the Boeing 767 from the conception of the project to the start of manufacturing. Shows how the company manages an enormously complex and risky project and introduces students to a variety of estimating and management tools. The decision issue...
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Keywords:
Production;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Decisions;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Risk Management;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Air Transportation Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Garvin, David A. "Boeing 767: From Concept to Production (A)." Harvard Business School Case 688-040, April 1988. (Revised April 1991.)
- 13 Mar 2017
- News
Hiding Products From Customers May Ultimately Boost Sales
- July 1992
- Teaching Note
Quantum Corporation--Business and Product Teams TN
Teaching Note for (9-692-023).
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Keywords:
Consumer Products Industry
- 12 Nov 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Product Quality and Entering Through Tying: Experimental Evidence
- March 1993 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
Gerber Products Company: Investing in the New Poland
By: Debora L. Spar
Examines Gerber Products Co.'s evaluation of Alima S.A., one of Poland's largest food processing plants, as a potential overseas investment in 1991. Factors that influenced Gerber's decision are discussed in detail: property rights, taxation issues, and Poland's...
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Spar, Debora L. "Gerber Products Company: Investing in the New Poland." Harvard Business School Case 793-069, March 1993. (Revised July 1994.)
- October 1992 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Sterling Chemicals, Inc.: Quality and Productivity Improvement Program
Describes the design and implemenation of a quality improvement program. Sterling Chemical's management hoped the program would improve teamwork and productivity at the plant.
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Keywords:
Quality;
Groups and Teams;
Performance Productivity;
Performance Improvement;
Chemical Industry
Wruck, Karen. "Sterling Chemicals, Inc.: Quality and Productivity Improvement Program." Harvard Business School Case 493-026, October 1992. (Revised December 1997.)
- 04 May 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting for Product Impact in the Telecommunications Industry
- February 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Sarah Powers at Automated Precision Products
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Michael Norris, Julia Kelley and Kristina Tobio
In 2017, Sarah Powers, VP of Sales at an automation hardware firm, is trying to understand why some members of her sales team have been underperforming. She is tasked with analyzing her firm’s email and calendar data to try to find relationships between communications...
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Keywords:
People Analytics;
Sales Attainment;
Communication Networks;
Data;
Human Resources;
Business Processes;
Sales;
Communication;
Analytics and Data Science;
Analysis;
Industrial Products Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
United States
Polzer, Jeffrey T., Michael Norris, Julia Kelley, and Kristina Tobio. "Sarah Powers at Automated Precision Products." Harvard Business School Case 417-072, February 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
- Article
Inflexible Prices and Procyclical Productivity
By: J. J. Rotemberg and Lawrence Summers
Keywords:
Price
Rotemberg, J. J., and Lawrence Summers. "Inflexible Prices and Procyclical Productivity." Quarterly Journal of Economics 105, no. 4 (November 1990): 851–874.