Product Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

integrated innovation? Our model has firms with limited visibility that either control all aspects of product innovation (integrated innovation) or open their designs to components developed by other players... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Fast Answer

Water: reserves and usage

production with a thematic focus on different strategic water issues. Selected data tables from World’s Water series by Pacific Institute. AQUASTAT: Water usage database from the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the... View Details

08 Sep 2011
What Do You Think?

What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?

pursue opportunity and successful new product development in spite of investor impatience. The real challenges may lie elsewhere, for example "the market place," as Jasper Ojongtambia suggests, or... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer

01 Dec 2020
News

Quantum Leap

different architectures, they lack a shared technical language, which makes it near impossible for anyone without a PhD in physics to access their potential. Aliro was launched to help dismantle some of these challenges, serving as a bridge between the worlds of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

16 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 16, 2007

distribution of sales and profits across products. By enabling an analysis of the book acquisition, development, and marketing process from the perspective of the publisher, author, and agent, serves as a vehicle for contrasting different approaches to the new View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Thomas Adams, Jr.

Experimenting with chicle (a gum substance from the Mexican Spodilla tree), Adams discovered a commercial use for the substance by utilizing it in the manufacture of a chewing gum. Adams developed public acceptance of this new and unique... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Carl Laemmle

Laemmle, one of the most outstanding figures in Hollywood, created the “star” system that was to dominate American filmmaking. He consolidated independent studios and was responsible for the development of countless movie stars. Laemmle... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

20 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

development strategy in 2006. Highlights the strengths and limitations of developing products for public sector organizations in markets created by legislation, as well as the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

showed that the closer an Intel intrapreneurial effort was to the company's main processor business, the better the chance of success. For projects outside the core business, Intel "either didn't fund it or did a bad job of it." However, if the effort is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Career Coach

Laurie Matthews

Whether working with clients on their own leadership development or focusing on navigating a particular career juncture, Laurie helps her clients crack their own codes to figure out how to make the most of their professional and life... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

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The Field Method | MBA

thinking, doing, and reflecting. FIELD Global Capstone FIELD Global Capstone is a spring semester Required Curriculum course that uses experiential education and project-based learning to enhance the classroom experience. First-year student teams are paired with a... View Details

12 Sep 2018
News

Game-Changing Analytics

the NBA’s Philadelphia ’76ers benefit from the analytic approach and technology platform Gelman helped develop to build the Kraft organization’s enviable connection with New England Patriots’ fans. “We help organizations View Details

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The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation | Information Technology

Featured Case The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation In 2024, VideaHealth was a pioneering startup that sought to make artificial intelligence commonplace within dentistry. Creating an AI factory, they View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

FIELD 3 Tests Students

FIELD course. FIELD 3, the final module, thrust students into experiencing the real-world roles of entrepreneur, analyst, marketer, and investor. It challenged them to refine the leadership and teamwork skills they learned in FIELD 1 last fall, and the View Details

Keywords: FIELD program

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

parents, they wanted to be proud of me and wanted to feel confident they had launched me on the road to a better life. Although most of us grow up as products of our families, we are also heavily influenced by the social norms manifested... View Details

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Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami - Blog - Business & Environment

Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable View Details

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing

channels. Vobejda said that when a retailer launches an Internet channel, "it is seen as a competitor by the store merchants." She said that making store staffers understand that the Internet can send traffic to their stores is a hard sell, but it's a View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

12 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career

too, says Groysberg. "Managers might want to think strategically about what positions they can hire a top-notch outsider for, and which ones they're better off developing talent for inside the organization." Groysberg and team recently... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Sports

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

mistrustful of exotic foods." He also determined that labor cost and availability was the key problem in the U.S. restaurant business and that eliminating the conventional kitchen could address that. From these fundamental observations, he soon View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2005
News

Answering the Call

with both a coated and an uncoated product.” How Much You Asking for that Pile-Driver Pad? Case: Cumberland Metal Industries: Engineered Products Division — 1980 Written: 1980 Copies Sold: 197,677 Cumberland, a disguised company, has... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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