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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.
- May 2011
- Case
Baria Planning Solutions, Inc.: Fixing the Sales Process
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and William Schmidt
Baria Planning Solutions (BPS) is a consulting firm that specializes in using spend analysis to help companies identify savings through reduced procurement costs and improved supplier performance. Management is concerned about the disappointing performance of the sales... View Details
Keywords: Quantitative Analysis; Technology; Operations Management; Product Lines; Manufacturing; Capacity Planning; Production Planning; Production; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Supply Chain Management; Salesforce Management; Planning; Consulting Industry; North and Central America
Wheelwright, Steven C., and William Schmidt. "Baria Planning Solutions, Inc.: Fixing the Sales Process." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-568, May 2011.
- September 2000
- Background Note
Professional Services Module Four: Managing the Organization Through Processes
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
Focuses on how the internal processes connect strategy with implementation. View Details
DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scot H. Landry. "Professional Services Module Four: Managing the Organization Through Processes." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-010, September 2000.
- January 1996
- Case
Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development
Biogen, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company, is wrapping up a project to develop a new manufacturing process for a new drug product that will reposition the company from a purely research-oriented company to a fully integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Technological Innovation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Projects; Research and Development; Corporate Strategy; Biotechnology Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development." Harvard Business School Case 696-083, January 1996.
- summer 1998
- Article
The Processes of Organization and Management
By: David A. Garvin
Keywords: Management
Garvin, David A. "The Processes of Organization and Management." MIT Sloan Management Review 39, no. 4 (summer 1998).
- 1 Jan 1992
- Conference Presentation
IT-based Innovation: Managing a Disorderly Process
By: Jim I. Cash Jr.
- October 1987 (Revised January 1989)
- Background Note
Purchasing a Business: The Search Process
Describes the steps necessary to purchase a small to medium size company. Provides an eight-part analytical framework. Issues covered in the framework include the following: the self-assessment, deal criteria, deal sources, resources necessary to purchase a business,... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Framework; Resource Allocation; Negotiation Deal; Business Processes; Valuation
Roberts, Michael J. "Purchasing a Business: The Search Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-044, October 1987. (Revised January 1989.)
- Article
Stochastic Process Switching: Some Simple Solutions
By: K. A. Froot and M. Obstfeld
Keywords: Currencies; Exchange Rates; International Macroeconomics; Monetary Policy; Currency Controls; Fixed Exchange Rates; Floating Exchange Rates; Currency Bands; Currency Zones; Currency Areas; Rational Expectations; Asset Pricing
Froot, K. A., and M. Obstfeld. "Stochastic Process Switching: Some Simple Solutions." Econometrica 59, no. 1 (January 1991): 241–250. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 2998, July 1989. Reprinted in Exchange Rates and Currency Bonds, edited by P. Krugman and M. Miller. London: CEPR, 1991.)
- May 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Teaching Note
'Shad' Process Flow Design Exercise (TN)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
This is a Teaching Note for 608-072. View Details
Keywords: Design
- May 1987
- Case
Sears Merchandise Group: 1987 Plan Process
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Keywords: Retail Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Sears Merchandise Group: 1987 Plan Process." Harvard Business School Case 187-176, May 1987.
- August 1991
- Background Note
Managing the New Product Development Process
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes how the new product development program is most efficiently managed. View Details
Dolan, Robert J. "Managing the New Product Development Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 592-011, August 1991.
- May 1981
- Supplement
Stride Rite: Demand Forecasting Process (B)
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Stride Rite: Demand Forecasting Process (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 181-123, May 1981.
- January 2005 (Revised May 2005)
- Background Note
Introduction to the Management Control Process
By: David F. Hawkins
Covers the management control process. View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes
Hawkins, David F. "Introduction to the Management Control Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 105-044, January 2005. (Revised May 2005.)
- November 1995
- Background Note
Business Process Reengineering: Its Past, Present, and Possible Future
Explores the origins of reengineering; its evolution during the 1980s and 1990s; the current state of reengineering, which is prevalent in business today; and several possible futures of reengineering, specifically in relation to process management, knowledge work, and... View Details
Davenport, Thomas H. "Business Process Reengineering: Its Past, Present, and Possible Future." Harvard Business School Background Note 196-082, November 1995.
- April 2003
- Article
Exploitation, Exploration, and Process Management: The Productivity Dilemma Revisited
By: Mary J. Benner and Michael L. Tushman
We develop a contingency view of process management's influence on both technological
innovation and organizational adaptation. We argue that while process management
activities are beneficial for organizations in stable contexts, they are fundamentally
inconsistent... View Details
Benner, Mary J., and Michael L. Tushman. "Exploitation, Exploration, and Process Management: The Productivity Dilemma Revisited." Academy of Management Review 28, no. 2 (April 2003): 238–256. (Winner of Academy of Management Review. Best Paper Award. Also the 2013 AMR Decade Award winner.)
- Research Summary
corporate strategy, international strategy, strategy process
By: David J. Collis
David Collis' research is primarily concerned with how companies create value across markets, whether those markets are different businesses (corporate strategy), or different countries (international strategy). Additionally, he is interested in how... View Details
- 16 July 1999
- Article
Measuring Aggregate Process Performance Using AHP
By: Frances X. Frei and Patrick T. Harker
Frei, Frances X., and Patrick T. Harker. "Measuring Aggregate Process Performance Using AHP." European Journal of Operational Research 116, no. 2 (16 July 1999): 436–442.