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- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
Summing Up This month's column sought to pose a trade-off between improved work-life balance and productivity. In general, many among the large number of respondents rejected the notion. As Brian O'Leary put it, " ... finding a work-life balance will not undermine... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Jul 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?
Summing Up There was a wide divergence of opinion on this month's column. A surprising number of respondents concluded that an economy could suffer, at least in the short-run, from too much productivity improvement. But many suggested... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
Harder to Capture True U.S. Productivity
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Interactive Media and Services Industry
By: DG Park, 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 interactive media and services industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact... View Details
Keywords: Product Innovation; Impact; Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; Social Corporate Responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility; Social Impact; Product Design; Product Positioning; Society; Product; Environmental Sustainability; Measurement and Metrics; Framework; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Media; Technology Industry
Park, DG, George Serafeim, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Interactive Media and Services Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-134, June 2021.
- October 1998 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
US Office Products (A)
Growth by acquisition (rolling up or consolidating an industry) results in questions about integrating operations, corporate form, financial structure, and management for this company. View Details
Hallowell, Roger H. "US Office Products (A)." Harvard Business School Case 799-029, October 1998. (Revised March 1999.)
- August 1995
- Teaching Note
Medical Products Company TN
By: Robert H. Hayes
Teaching Note for (9-694-065). View Details
- March 2021
- Article
Targeted Price Controls on Supermarket Products
By: Alberto Cavallo and Diego Aparicio
We study the impact of targeted price controls for supermarket products in Argentina from 2007 to 2015. Using web scraping, we collected daily prices for controlled and non-controlled goods and measured the differential effects on inflation, product availability, and... View Details
Keywords: Prices; Controls; Price Dispersion; Economics; Price; Cost Management; Goods and Commodities; Retail Industry; Argentina
Cavallo, Alberto, and Diego Aparicio. "Targeted Price Controls on Supermarket Products." Review of Economics and Statistics 103, no. 1 (March 2021): 60–71.
- 2023
- Working Paper
ESG: From Process to Product
By: George Serafeim
ESG measurement, analysis, management, and communication is a process that the financial industry has turned into a product, resulting in many investment funds using the ESG label. This has caused confusion, generating demand for a framework that defines... View Details
Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; ESG Reporting; Investment Fund; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry
Serafeim, George. "ESG: From Process to Product." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-069, May 2023.
- 2016
- Book
Innovation Equity: Assessing and Managing the Monetary Value of New Products and Services
By: Elie Ofek, Eitan Muller and Barak Libai
This book bridges the gap between what academics know, and what innovation stakeholders—from managers, to investors, to analysts, to consumers—need to know about how new products and services are expected to perform in the marketplace. The book develops a compelling... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Technology Diffusion; New Products; Customer Lifetime Value; Monetization Strategy; Social Influence; Innovation Adoption; Forecasting Demand; Commercialization; Marketing Strategy; Practice; Customer Value and Value Chain; Research; Innovation and Management; Technology Adoption; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Development
Ofek, Elie, Eitan Muller, and Barak Libai. Innovation Equity: Assessing and Managing the Monetary Value of New Products and Services. University of Chicago Press, 2016.
- June 2005
- Teaching Note
Midwest Office Products (TN)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note to (9-104-073). View Details
- December 1999 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Avon Products China (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jennifer Gui
In April 1998, when the Chinese central government bans all forms of direct selling in China in April 1998, executives at Avon China must decide how to respond. The first direct sales company to enter China after its opening to outsiders, Avon sparked widespread... View Details
Keywords: Crisis Management; Sales; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Market Participation; China
Paine, Lynn S., and Jennifer Gui. "Avon Products China (A)." Harvard Business School Case 300-053, December 1999. (Revised April 2001.)
- March 1990
- Background Note
Technological Imperatives of Production
By: Oscar Hauptman and Marco Iansiti
Hauptman, Oscar, and Marco Iansiti. "Technological Imperatives of Production." Harvard Business School Background Note 690-052, March 1990.
- March 1982
- Background Note
Note on Productivity Accounting
By: Robert H. Hayes
Keywords: Accounting
Hayes, Robert H. "Note on Productivity Accounting." Harvard Business School Background Note 682-084, March 1982.
- May 1961 (Revised April 1973)
- Case
Reliable Products Co. (B)
Thurston, Philip H. "Reliable Products Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 607-024, May 1961. (Revised April 1973.)
- Article
Marketing the Premium Product
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "Marketing the Premium Product." Business Horizons 30, no. 3 (May–June 1987): 38–45.
- September 1995
- Supplement
At Play Productions (B)
By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
Sahlman, William A., and Andrew S. Janower. "At Play Productions (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 396-038, September 1995.
- February 1993 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
AT&T Copper Cable Products
Dees, J. Gregory. "AT&T Copper Cable Products." Harvard Business School Case 393-112, February 1993. (Revised September 1993.)
- November 1990
- Case
Techsonic Industries, Inc.: Humminbird - New Products
By: Melvyn A. Menezes
After several new product failures, the company began using customer input to help develop new products. In 1989, the fishing electronics industry is experiencing a downturn, and the company's sales and profits are slipping. The company, which has one product line... View Details
Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Marketing Reference Programs; Product Development; Electronics Industry
Menezes, Melvyn A. "Techsonic Industries, Inc.: Humminbird - New Products." Harvard Business School Case 591-007, November 1990.