Product Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2002
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Knowledge Seeking and Location Choice of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States

By: Juan Alcacer and Wilbur Chung

To what extent do firms go abroad to access technology available in other locations? This paper examines whether and when state technical capabilities attract foreign investment in manufacturing from 1987-1993. We find that on average state R&D intensity does not... View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Acquisition; Foreign Direct Investment; Research and Development; Information Technology; Production; Geographic Location; United States

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Research Resources | Baker Library

1905–2000 (Series III) Records of Polaroid scientists documenting the manufacture of innovative products during World War II and the creation and development of instant black-and-white and color photography.... View Details

Portrait Project

Smriti Jayaraman

arms of Silicon Valley, the Oz I was fated to call home. Here, I grew up watching the rise of tech giants and developed my own tenacious confidence in the power of technology. Today, video-messaging is not science fiction but a speck... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Water for Life

Development program. This program is more effective than a typical microfinancing program because it lets the beneficiary cooperatives become part of our supply chain. They provide Manila Water with products... View Details

Keywords: Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

Profile

Ann Chao

industry are often at odds with one another; with my creative passion and business background, I hope to better understand and work with people on both sides, ultimately to deliver a higher quality product that is rewarding both... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

strategy and organizational management. Products are being developed through open innovation, with input from people connected to each other and the company only through a common interest—and electronic... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

about the legalities and stigma around cannabis consumption in the United States. Chloe Sharp (MBA 2024) Where is your hometown? Detroit, Michigan. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? I was a Gillette Product Supply Engineer at... View Details

19 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 19

almost all other products and services. This was a match of ambition with capability that can be replicated in other fast growing, semi-informal cities in the developing world. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2016
First Look

April 12, 2016

customers rather than take possession of and responsibility for the products or services in question, they have inherently low cost structures and fat gross margins. They are highly defensible once established, owing to network effects.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

strategic importance to the organization and reports its recommendations at the end of the term. Organizations benefit directly from the student interaction and output. Examples Some past successful Social Enterprise independent projects include: Worked with an... View Details

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries

elements of the marketing mix when it comes to brand building. Developing new products provides an edge in product differentiation, he said, and pricing should be as important... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

19 Aug 2013
News

Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers

value to their products. At the time, Keshavjee was the head of the Aga Khan Foundation in East Africa, a major development agency, and believed that the best way to sustain health and education initiatives was through income generation... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

30 Jun 2016
Blog Post

4 Ways I've Changed at HBS

fosters an environment conducive to helping you take risks and failing in a productive fashion. I discovered it really is ok to fail. A fear of failure often means we avoid taking risks, learning new things, or trying something that feels... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Haven for the Homeless

his cell phone industry product development position in 2002 to become the shelter’s executive director. During the winter months, the shelter houses an average of one hundred people a night, and demand has... View Details

Keywords: homeless shelters; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

10 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Innovations to Address the Global Water Crisis

access to basic sanitation.” This stark reality demonstrates an urgent need for action in order to make meaningful progress towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6 of reaching universal access to drinking water, sanitation and... View Details

30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

operational, financing, and investment decisions of firms. We develop a model in which product developers can play a useful role in monitoring the deployment of their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2014
News

Cutting Edge

and bolts: exiting underperforming adjunct businesses (e.g., pickles and fresh poultry); shaking up the management team; improving the supply chain (thereby increasing plant productivity by 50 percent); and View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

October 1996 (Revised December 1996)
Case

United Electric Controls

By: H. Kent Bowen, Jody H. Gittell and Sylvie Ryckebusch

United Electric Controls (UE) was a small, traditional family-owned manufacturing company when Dave Reis, the youngest member of the Reis family, took over the business. This case describes Reis's efforts to change UE's traditional work practices in order to make the... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Family Business; Production; Business Strategy; Human Resources; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Decisions; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States