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- 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 2016 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Deutsche Bank: Structured Retail Products
By: Boris Vallée and Jérôme Lenhardt
Describes how Deutsche Bank, a leading European bank, is deciding whether or not to launch a new structured retail product in Germany: an autocallable note. Will this product find a market and how does it fit into the bank’s product portfolio? The case investigates how... View Details
Keywords: Structured Products; Structured Retail Products; Germany; Auto Callable Note; Financial Product; Financial Product Development; Financial Product Marketing; Financial Product Launch; Financial Product Positioning; Finance; Assets; Asset Pricing; Asset Management; Capital Markets; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Commercial Banking; Financial Instruments; Annuities; Bonds; Stocks; Financial Management; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Interest Rates; Investment
Vallée, Boris, and Jérôme Lenhardt. "Deutsche Bank: Structured Retail Products." Harvard Business School Case 217-037, November 2016. (Revised March 2018.)
- February 1991
- Background Note
Managing Marginal New Products
By: Rajiv Lal
Keywords: Product Launch
Lal, Rajiv. "Managing Marginal New Products." Harvard Business School Background Note 591-088, February 1991.
- December 1970 (Revised April 1983)
- Case
Product Management at United Brands
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Lorsch, Jay W. "Product Management at United Brands." Harvard Business School Case 471-049, December 1970. (Revised April 1983.)
- January 2011
- Supplement
AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly, Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Sunru Yong
- 2014
- Working Paper
The New Empirical Economics of Management
By: Nicholas Bloom, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur and John Van Reenen
Over the last decade the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across multiple sectors and countries. We developed the survey to try to explain the large and persistent TFP differences across firms and countries. This review... View Details
Keywords: Management; Organization; Productivity; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Microeconomics
Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur, and John Van Reenen. "The New Empirical Economics of Management." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-111, April 2014. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 20102, April 2014.)
- January 2011
- Teaching Note
AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly (Brief Case)
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Sunru Yong
Teaching Note for 4245. View Details
- Article
Productivity Measurement and Management Accounting
By: R. Banker, S. Datar and Robert S. Kaplan
Banker, R., S. Datar, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Productivity Measurement and Management Accounting." Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 4, no. 4 (Fall 1989): 528–554.
- January 2011
- Supplement
AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly, Faculty Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Sunru Yong
- 2003
- Case
Capston-White's Document Management and Production Services
By: Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble and Julie Lang
The development of multi-function devices that could copy, print, fax, and scan created a convergence in the markets for these devices. Copiers and printers had previously been purchased and managed in very different manners by large organizations. Facing an uncertain... View Details
Govindarajan, Vijay, Chris Trimble, and Julie Lang. "Capston-White's Document Management and Production Services." 2003. (Case No. 2-0017.)
- Research Summary
Measuring and Managing Uncertainty in Product Development
Dissertation research regarding the startegic implications of uncertainty in product development. View Details
- April 1999
- Teaching Note
Managing Experimentation: Module Overview Note for Managing Product Development(Note for Instructor)
By: Stefan H. Thomke
Describes the conceptual foundations and pedagogy for a module on managing experimentation in the development of products and services. The module has been taught in the second-year elective MBA course Managing Product Development. The purpose of the module is to help... View Details
- January 2004
- Article
Managing Price Expectations through Product Overlap
By: John T. Gourville and Youngme Moon
Gourville, John T., and Youngme Moon. "Managing Price Expectations through Product Overlap." Journal of Retailing 80, no. 1 (January 2004): 23–34.
- June 1991 (Revised April 1995)
- Background Note
Mass Production and the Beginnings of Scientific Management
Examines the coming of mass production (continuous and large-batch processes and those involving fabricating and assembling of interchangeable parts), and relates the beginnings of modern factory management to the needs and opportunities created by the new technology.... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Change Management; Production; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry
McCraw, Thomas K. "Mass Production and the Beginnings of Scientific Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-255, June 1991. (Revised April 1995.)
- 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
- Article
The Growing Strategic Importance of End-of-Life Product Management
Requiring manufacturers to manage the their products when they become waste is an innovative form of regulation, one that has been adopted by countries in Asia, Europe, and North America on a variety of products that range from vehicles to appliances to batteries.... View Details
Keywords: Product; Environmental Sustainability; Cost Management; Wastes and Waste Processing; Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Europe; North and Central America
Toffel, Michael W. "The Growing Strategic Importance of End-of-Life Product Management." California Management Review 45, no. 3 (Spring 2003): 102–129.
- February 2012
- Article
Americans Do IT Better: US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
US productivity growth accelerated after 1995 (unlike Europe's), particularly in sectors that intensively use information technologies (IT). Using two new micro panel datasets we show that US multinationals operating in Europe also experienced a "productivity miracle."... View Details
Keywords: IT Productivity; American IT Productivity; Information Technology; Performance Productivity; Multinational Firms and Management; Management Practices and Processes; United States; Europe
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Americans Do IT Better: US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle." American Economic Review 102, no. 1 (February 2012): 167–201. (Slides; Summary; The Economist; Financial Times; New York Times.)
- July 2023
- Article
Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics
By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
Do productivity and managerial quality vary within the firm? If so which managerial traits and practices matter most for team productivity? Combining granular garment production data with survey data on managers across 120 production lines in India, we document... View Details
Keywords: Productivity; Non-cognitive Skills; Learning By Doing; Ready-made Garments; Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Performance Productivity; Fashion Industry; Manufacturing Industry; India
Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. "Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics." Review of Economic Studies 90, no. 4 (July 2023): 1569–1607.