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- May 1989 (Revised June 1990)
- Supplement
Ford Motor Co.: The Product Warranty Program (B)
Raises some exciting issues concerning the role of product warranty as a strategic marketing tool. General Motors, in response to a sharp drop in its market share, makes a dramatic change in its warranty policy. Ford has to decide how best to respond to this change.
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Menezes, Melvyn A. "Ford Motor Co.: The Product Warranty Program (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 589-057, May 1989. (Revised June 1990.)
- 2003
- Article
Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications
In Asia, Europe, and North America, regulators are seeking to reduce waste disposal and develop recycling markets by requiring manufacturers to manage the end-of-life disposition of products they produce. Such policies attempt to "close the loop" for products ranging...
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Keywords:
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Energy Conservation;
Product Development;
Strategy;
Policy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Manufacturing Industry;
Asia;
Europe;
North and Central America
Toffel, Michael W. "Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 9 (2003).
- 2019
- Chapter
A Claim to Own Productive Property
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
BOOK ABSTRACT: The status of economic liberties remains a serious lacuna in the theory and practice of human rights. Should a minimally just society protect the freedoms to sell, save, profit, and invest? Is being prohibited to run a business a human rights violation?...
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Hsieh, Nien-hê. "A Claim to Own Productive Property." Chap. 10 in Economic Liberties and Human Rights. 1st ed., edited by Jahel Queralt and Bas van der Vossen, 200–218. Political Philosophy for the Real World. New York: Routledge, 2019.
- 15 May 2014
- Conference Presentation
Crowdsourced Digital Goods and Firm Productivity
By: Frank Nagle
- April 2013
- Teaching Note
Sterling Household Products Company (Brief Case)
By: William E. Fruhan and Craig Stephenson
- August 1990 (Revised April 1993)
- Teaching Note
Destin Brass Products Co., Teaching Note
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Teaching Note for (9-190-089).
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- March 1979 (Revised March 1984)
- Case
Texas Instruments ""Speak and Spell"" Product
Bupp, Irvin C., and Alan Jakimo. Texas Instruments ""Speak and Spell"" Product. Harvard Business School Case 679-089, March 1979. (Revised March 1984.)
- August 1979 (Revised February 1981)
- Case
Warner-Lambert Japan Ltd.: Schick Products Division
Wiechmann, Ulrich E. "Warner-Lambert Japan Ltd.: Schick Products Division." Harvard Business School Case 580-008, August 1979. (Revised February 1981.)
- March 1987 (Revised November 1990)
- Supplement
Toshiba Consumer Products (UK) Ltd. (B)
McCormick, Janice, and Daniel M G Raff. "Toshiba Consumer Products (UK) Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 487-073, March 1987. (Revised November 1990.)
- January 1989 (Revised October 1993)
- Supplement
Du Pont Freon Products Division (B)
Supplements the (A) case.
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Vietor, Richard H.K., and Forest L. Reinhardt. "Du Pont Freon Products Division (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 389-112, January 1989. (Revised October 1993.)
- 26 Feb 2011
- News
Consumers Hold On to Products Longer
- 05 Nov 2018
- News
Using Experiments to Launch New Products
- September 1994
- Teaching Note
Packaged Products Company: Handy-Pak Introduction (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-593-057).
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- March 2020
- Article
Organizing Knowledge Production Teams Within Firms for Innovation
By: Vikas A. Aggarwal, David H. Hsu and Andy Wu
How should firms organize their pool of inventive human capital for firm-level innovation? While access to diverse knowledge may aid knowledge recombination, which can facilitate innovation, prior literature has focused primarily on one way of achieving that: diversity...
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Keywords:
Knowledge Recombination;
Organization Design;
Team Boundary;
Innovation;
Knowledge Sharing;
Diversity;
Innovation and Invention;
Groups and Teams;
Human Capital;
Organizational Design
Aggarwal, Vikas A., David H. Hsu, and Andy Wu. "Organizing Knowledge Production Teams Within Firms for Innovation." Art. 1. Strategy Science 5, no. 1 (March 2020): 1–16. (Lead article.)
Work‐from‐anywhere: The productivity effects of geographic flexibility
An emerging form of remote work allows employees to work‐from‐anywhere, so that the worker can choose to live in a preferred geographic location. While traditional work‐from‐home (WFH) programs offer the worker temporal flexibility,...
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- 27 Jul 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Gender Inequality in Research Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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by Ruomeng Cui, Hao Ding, and Feng Zhu
- March 1996
- Case
New Product Development at Canon: The Contact Sensor Project
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Partington
Canon is one of the leading innovators in the world. This case describes the processes by which Canon manages the flow of ideas from basic science to new products, and how it harnesses product innovation to a strategy of diversification.
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Keywords:
Innovation and Management;
Strategic Planning;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation Strategy;
Management Practices and Processes;
Diversification;
Success;
Consumer Products Industry
Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Partington. "New Product Development at Canon: The Contact Sensor Project." Harvard Business School Case 396-247, March 1996.
What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager
Because I teach a course on product management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “What is the role of a product manager?” The role of product manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the...
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- May 2011
- Article
The Best Way to Name Your Product 2.0
By: Marco Bertini, John Gourville and Elie Ofek
Although there's ample research to guide marketers in naming new products, little of it has addressed follow-on offerings, even though these make up the bulk of new products in many industries. Companies have two basic strategies to choose from. They can stick with a...
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Bertini, Marco, John Gourville, and Elie Ofek. "The Best Way to Name Your Product 2.0." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011).