And Within-firm Productivity - Publications - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School

Filter Results: (12,363)

Filter Results: (12,363)

Show Results For

← Page 15 of 12,363 Results →

March 2022
Teaching Note

Sustainable Product Management at Solvay

By: George Serafeim

This teaching note is designed to be used in conjunction with the case “Sustainable Product Management at Solvay,” HBS No.120-081 and its related products to help faculty deepen students’ comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion. View Details

October 2023
Article

Product Variety, the Cost of Living, and Welfare Across Countries

By: Alberto Cavallo, Robert C. Feenstra and Robert Inklaar

We use the structure of the Melitz (2003) model to compute the cost of living and welfare across 47 countries, and compare these to conventional measures of prices and real consumption from the International Comparisons Project (ICP). The cost of living is inferred... View Details

Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade

Find at Harvard

Aug 2014
Conference Presentation

Online Word of Mouth and Product Quality Disagreement

By: Frank Nagle

March 1992
Supplement

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: Project ICON (C)

Find at Harvard

July 1989 (Revised November 1992)
Supplement

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: MIS Reorganization (B)

Describes the vice president of Management Information Services (MIS) Division's response to the dilemma facing him. View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Decision Making

Find at Harvard

November 2006
Article

Strategies of Innovation and Imitation of Product Languages

By: Roberto Verganti

01 May 1997
Conference Presentation

Product Development Flexibility

By: Alan David MacCormack and M. Iansiti

Keywords: Product Development

Teaching Interest

Product Management 101 & 102

By: Julia B. Austin

Julia previously taught Product Management 101 & 102 (PM 101/102). This is a two-semester project-based course that uses a learning-by-doing approach to build basic product management skills. Students evaluate user needs and specify functional requirements... View Details

December 1980 (Revised July 1991)
Case

Loctite Corp.: Industrial Products Group

By: John A. Quelch

A new product introduction strategy covering all elements of the marketing mix must be planned for equipment designed to dispense industrial adhesives. The equipment and adhesives are manufactured by the same company. View Details

Keywords: Product Marketing; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry

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. View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams

November 1998 (Revised July 2012)
Case

Explo Leisure Products

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

Tim Trowac and Dave Rahall, two former investment bankers, skillfully execute the leveraged buyout of a golf ball recycling company after working intensely on their due diligence, writing a business and financial plan, and developing the investment memorandum. Six... View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Plan; Performance; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Financial Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Green Technology Industry; Sports Industry

Service Productivity Management

Here is an in-depth guide to the most powerful available benchmarking technique for improving service organization performance — Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The book outlines DEA as a benchmarking technique, identifies high cost service units, isolates... View Details

August 1995
Teaching Note

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: IT Organization and Architecture Challenges TN

By: Richard L. Nolan

Teaching Note for (9-196-017). View Details

15 Jul 2012
News

Productivity Trick: Hide!

December 2000
Article

Information and Incentive Effects of Inventory in JIT Production

By: M. Alles, A. Amershi, S. Datar and R. Sarkar

Keywords: Information; Innovation and Invention; Production

Find at Harvard

September 1990 (Revised March 1991)
Case

Mod IV Product Development Team

By: Anne Donnellon and Joshua D. Margolis

Focuses sharply on a crossfunctional product development team at Honeywell's Building Controls Division. Traces the history of teams at the division, which introduced them as a response to intensifying competition and the need for faster development. Reveals the... View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management Teams; Product Development; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Competitive Strategy

19 Sep 2012
News

Boring is Productive

September 1993 (Revised April 1995)
Teaching Note

Du Pont Freon Products Division (A) and (B) TN

By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for (9-389-111) and (9-389-112). View Details

Teaching Interest

Leading Product Innovation

By: Stefan H. Thomke

For several years, Apple has ranked as the most innovative business in the world. How does this winning company continue to achieve success in its quest to develop—in the words of Steve Jobs—insanely great products? This program takes a deep dive into the latest... View Details

May 1997
Teaching Note

Product Development Foundations, Instructor's Note

By: Marco Iansiti

As emphasized in the course overview, excellence in product development is built on three foundations: the activities aimed at generating, retaining, and integrating knowledge. They form the critical building blocks for the conceptualization and implementation of any... View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Management; Product Launch; Infrastructure; Product Development

←
15
16
…
618
619
→