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- May 2003
- Module Note
Product Development Process Design and Improvement
By: Stefan H. Thomke
Describes the conceptual foundations and pedagogy for a module on the design and improvement of processes for the development of products and services. Can also be used as part of a more general course on Managing Technology and Innovation. Central to Managing Product... 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
- November 1988
- Case
Honeywell Residential Division: New Product Development
Describes three different product development efforts at the Residential Controls division of Honeywell, Inc. Each of the three projects was for a different market and competitive environment. Each was tackled in a somewhat different way within the Honeywell... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Construction; Outcome or Result; Situation or Environment; Business Divisions; Product Design; Change Management; Construction Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Honeywell Residential Division: New Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 689-035, November 1988.
- August 1991
- Background Note
Managing the New Product Development Process
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes how the new product development program is most efficiently managed. View Details
Dolan, Robert J. "Managing the New Product Development Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 592-011, August 1991.
- November 1995 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
General Re Financial Products
Mason, Scott P., and W. James Whalen. "General Re Financial Products." Harvard Business School Case 296-001, November 1995. (Revised May 1997.)
- June 1992
- Article
Product Development and Competitiveness
By: K. B. Clark and T. Fujimoto
Clark, K. B., and T. Fujimoto. "Product Development and Competitiveness." Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 6 (June 1992): 101–143.
- October 2009
- Case
Medisys Corp.: The IntensCare Product Development Team
By: Anne Donnellon and Joshua D. Margolis
Key topics include designing teams, managing teams, managing conflict, group dynamics, project management, product development, interdepartmental relations, and organizational change. MediSys, a U.S.-based medical equipment maker, has been developing IntensCare, a new... View Details
Keywords: Project Management; Interdepartmental Relations; Organizational Change; Leadership; Conflict Management; Interpersonal Communication; Groups and Teams; Product Design; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Health Care and Treatment; Power and Influence; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
Donnellon, Anne, and Joshua D. Margolis. "Medisys Corp.: The IntensCare Product Development Team." Harvard Business School Brief Case 094-059, October 2009.
- March 2013
- Case
An Entrepreneur's New Product Development Journey
By: Elie Ofek
This case tracks the new product development process undertaken by Gauri Nanda, the founder and CEO of Nanda Home, as she ventures to innovate beyond her initial product launches. Having achieved commercial success with her first product Clocky, a roll away alarm clock... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Product Development; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Ofek, Elie. "An Entrepreneur's New Product Development Journey." Harvard Business School Case 513-098, March 2013.
- November 2012 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
Gerry Pasciucco at AIG Financial Products
By: Gautam Mukunda and Thomas J. DeLong
Gerry Pasciucco was appointed to lead American International Group's Financial Products (AIGFP) group after the government bailout of AIG in 2008 and charged with the task of shutting down the division while minimizing the government's losses. AIGFP's failed trades had... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Crisis Management; Financial Crisis; Management Teams; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; United States
Mukunda, Gautam, and Thomas J. DeLong. "Gerry Pasciucco at AIG Financial Products." Harvard Business School Case 413-059, November 2012. (Revised July 2013.)
- Summer 2017
- Article
Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development
By: Daniel P. Gross
Performance feedback is ubiquitous in competitive settings where new products are developed. This article introduces a fundamental tension between incentives and improvement in the provision of feedback. Using a sample of 4,294 commercial logo design tournaments, I... View Details
Keywords: Feedback; Evaluation; Tournaments; Innovation; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Rank and Position; Product Development; Learning
Gross, Daniel P. "Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development." RAND Journal of Economics 48, no. 2 (Summer 2017): 438–466.
- 10 Oct 1997
- Conference Presentation
Developing Products on Internet Time
Keywords: Product Development
- February 2001
- Article
Sequential Testing in Product Development
By: S. Thomke and David E. Bell
Thomke, S., and David E. Bell. "Sequential Testing in Product Development." Management Science 47, no. 2 (February 2001).
- September 1985
- Background Note
Evolution of Consumer Financial Products
By: Dwight B. Crane
Crane, Dwight B. "Evolution of Consumer Financial Products." Harvard Business School Background Note 286-016, September 1985.
- Research Summary
Managing Product Development in Rapidly Changing Environments
A consistent finding in many studies of innovation is the repeated failure of established firms when faced with radical changes in their core markets or technologies. Professor MacCormack's research takes the view that many of these failures can be attributed to the... View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
Mobile Money Services—Design and Development for Financial Inclusion
By: Rajiv Lal and Ishan Sachdev
Mobile money services are being deployed rapidly across emerging markets as a key tool to further the goal of financial inclusion. Financial inclusion, the development of novel methods to enable individuals at the base of the pyramid to access formal financial services... View Details
Keywords: Social Marketing; Poverty; Emerging Markets; Product Launch; Economic Growth; Financial Services Industry
Lal, Rajiv, and Ishan Sachdev. "Mobile Money Services—Design and Development for Financial Inclusion." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-083, April 2015. (Revised July 2015.)
- May 2012
- Article
Six Myths of Product Development
By: Stefan Thomke and Donald Reinersten
Thomke, Stefan, and Donald Reinersten. "Six Myths of Product Development." R1205E. Harvard Business Review 90, no. 5 (May 2012): 84–94.