Publications

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March 1983 (Revised December 1983)
Background Note

A Note on Production Inventories

Introduction to basic notions of EDQ, reorder points, periodic review systems, and ABC Analysis. View Details

Keywords: Production; Logistics

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Article

The New New Product Development Game

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka

Keywords: Product; Research and Development

Blog Post

The Value of Productive Stupidity

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger

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May 2000 (Revised December 2018)
Supplement

SMA: Micro-Electronic Products Division (C)

By: Michael Beer and Michael Tushman

Supplements the (B) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry; Switzerland

June 1997
Teaching Note

BancZero New Product Development TN

By: Marco Iansiti

Teaching Note for (9-697-044). View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry; Mexico City; United States

January 1995
Teaching Note

Millipore New Product Commercialization TN

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Teaching Note for (9-594-010). View Details

September–October 1994
Article

Extend Profits, Not Product Lines

By: John A. Quelch and David Kenny

29 Apr 2011
News

Productivity Tips from Bob Pozen

17 Aug 2020
News

The Power of Low-Stakes Productivity

13 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

When firms adopt a reverse or breakaway positioning strategy, there is no pretense about what they're up to. Part of the appeal of their cleverly positioned product offerings comes from explicitly subverting convention through... View Details

Keywords: by Youngme Moon

14 Dec 2017
Working Paper Summaries

The Real Exchange Rate, Innovation and Productivity

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Alejandro Cuñat, Harald Fadinger, and Yanping Liu; Manufacturing

January 2005 (Revised March 2005)
Case

Parisian: productivity and selling cost

By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han

Presents the dilemma facing George Jones with respect to the high selling cost at Parisian Department Stores. The challenges to be considered reflect issues at different levels of the organization, including individual salespeople, the store itself, and the merchandise... View Details

Keywords: Cost; Executive Compensation; Production; Sales; Salesforce Management; Motivation and Incentives; Retail Industry

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November 15, 2022
Article

What Really Makes Toyota’s Production System Resilient

By: Willy C. Shih

Toyota has fared better than many of its competitors in riding out the supply chain disruptions of recent years. But focusing on how Toyota had stockpiled semiconductors and the problems of other manufacturers, some observers jumped to the conclusion that the era of... View Details

Keywords: Supplier Relationships; Manufacturing; Supply Chain; Production; Auto Industry; United States; Japan

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18 Feb 2020
Working Paper Summaries

A Preliminary Framework for Product Impact-Weighted Accounts

Keywords: by George Serafeim, Katie Trinh, and Robert Zochowski

December 2014
Article

Private Equity, Jobs, and Productivity

By: Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner and Javier Miranda

Private equity critics claim that leveraged buyouts bring huge job losses. To investigate this claim, we construct and analyze a new dataset that covers U.S. private equity transactions from 1980 to 2005. We track 3,200 target firms and their 150,000 establishments... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Performance Productivity; Jobs and Positions; United States