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- 2007
- Chapter
Creativity in Product Development
Managing new product development is a key area of management, straddling strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship and macro-organizational behaviour. All of the contributors in the Handbook of New Product Developmet Management are well-known and leading exponents to... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Product Development; Problems and Challenges; Research; Creativity
Fleming, Lee, and Santiago Mingo. "Creativity in Product Development." In Handbook of New Product Development Management, edited by Christoph Loch and Stylianos Kavadias. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.
- March 1985
- Article
Seihin Kaihatsu Process no Management (Management of the Product Development Process)
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, and Ikujiro Nonaka. "Seihin Kaihatsu Process no Management (Management of the Product Development Process)." Hitotsubashi bijinesu rebyū [Hitotsubashi Business Review] (March 1985).
- 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
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Edward T Smith. "New Product Development Imperative, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 699-152, March 1999. (Revised February 2001.)
- May 1998
- Teaching Note
Improving the Product Development Process at Kirkham Instruments Corporation TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Teaching Note for (9-697-058). View Details
- TeachingInterests
Product Management
A Product Manager is obsessed with the problem their product tries to solve and works to both define the product’s functional requirements and lead cross-functional teams to develop, launch and improve their product over time. Taught by an experienced former Google... View Details
- August 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Product Development at Dell Computer Corporation
By: Stefan H. Thomke, Vish V. Krishnan and Ashok Nimgade
Describes how Dell redesigned its new product development process after experiencing a major product setback and a significant decline in firm profits in 1993. Dell's new process is challenged during the development of a new line of portable computers when the incoming... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Profit; Managerial Roles; Risk Management; Product Development; Business Processes; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Hardware; Computer Industry
Thomke, Stefan H., Vish V. Krishnan, and Ashok Nimgade. "Product Development at Dell Computer Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 699-010, August 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
- May 1997
- Teaching Note
Product Development Performance, Instructor's Note
By: Marco Iansiti
Focuses on what constitutes product development performance and how it is assessed. Performance, as explained in both the note and in the materials for this three-session module, refers to the performance of both the product and the organizational process producing it.... View Details
- 1993
- Chapter
Seihin Kaihatsu Process no Management (Management of the Product Development Process)
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka
Keywords: Product Development
- 01 May 1997
- Conference Presentation
Product Development Flexibility
By: Alan David MacCormack and M. Iansiti
Keywords: Product Development
- 1999
- Chapter
Flexible Product Development
By: S. Thomke and Don Reinertsen
Keywords: Product Development
Six Myths of Product Development
Many companies approach product development as if it were manufacturing, trying to control costs and improve quality by applying zero-defect, efficiency-focused techniques. While this tactic can boost the performance of factories, it generally backfires with... View Details
- February 2011 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Product Development at OPOWER
By: Thomas Eisenmann and Rob Go
OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their customers in ways that reduce energy consumption, is scaling rapidly. The company's new head of product management has designed a system to address a point of constant tension: whether to build custom... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Customer Relationship Management; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Product Development; Sales; Customization and Personalization; Energy Conservation; Environmental Sustainability; Information Technology Industry; Utilities Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas, and Rob Go. "Product Development at OPOWER." Harvard Business School Case 811-075, February 2011. (Revised November 2012.)
- January 1996
- Case
Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development
Biogen, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company, is wrapping up a project to develop a new manufacturing process for a new drug product that will reposition the company from a purely research-oriented company to a fully integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Technological Innovation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Projects; Research and Development; Corporate Strategy; Biotechnology Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development." Harvard Business School Case 696-083, January 1996.
- 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
Donnellon, Anne, and Joshua D. Margolis. "Mod IV Product Development Team." Harvard Business School Case 491-030, September 1990. (Revised March 1991.)
- July 1983
- Background Note
Self-Assessment and Career Development Process
Clawson, James G. "Self-Assessment and Career Development Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 484-001, July 1983.
- 05 May 2000
- Conference Presentation
Managing the Sources of Uncertainty: Matching Process and Context in New Product Development
By: Alan MacCormack and Roberto Verganti
- 2001
- Working Paper
Managing the Sources of Uncertainty: Matching Process and Context in New Product Development
By: Alan MacCormack and Roberto Verganti
- 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.