Publications

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10 Oct 1999
Conference Presentation

Running Product Development at Internet Speed

By: Alan MacCormack

Keywords: Product Development

2025
Working Paper

CEO-Firm Matches and Productivity in 42 Countries

By: Amanda Dahlstrand, Dávid László, Helena Schweiger, Oriana Bandiera, Andrea Prat and Raffaella Sadun

Firms are key to economic development, and CEOs are key to firm productivity. Are firms in countries at varying stages of development led by the right CEOs, and if not, why? We develop a parsimonious measure of CEO time use that allows us to differentiate CEOs into... View Details

Keywords: Training; Management Skills; Economic Growth; Leadership Development

11 Jan 2021
Working Paper Summaries

Accounting for Product Impact in the Airlines Industry

Keywords: by George Serafeim and Katie Trinh; Air Transportation; Transportation

January 2014
Case

In a Bind: Peak Sealing Technologies' Product Line Extension Dilemma

By: Robert J. Dolan and Heather Beckham

Peak Sealing Technologies (PST), a manufacturer of premium carton sealing tapes, stresses technological innovation as the company's core value. But when a new regional competitor introduces a less expensive and inferior product, PST is faced with a decision that could... View Details

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June 2006
Teaching Note

The New Product Development Imperative (TN)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Keywords: Product Development

22 Feb 2012
Working Paper Summaries

The Dynamic Effects of Bundling as a Product Strategy

Keywords: by Timothy Derdenger & Vineet Kumar; Video Game

30 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

Many of us have been there: mired in rush-hour traffic, listening to music or news to take our minds off the grind, wishing we didn’t feel so stressed before we’ve even reached the office. A late-night conversation with a fellow researcher about the hassle of commuting... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

1990
Chapter

Cost of Product and Process Complexity

By: S. Datar, R. Banker, S. Kekre and T. Mukhopadhyay

Keywords: Complexity; Cost; Product Development; Business Processes

13 Mar 2017
News

Hiding Products From Customers May Ultimately Boost Sales

January 2004
Article

Managing Price Expectations through Product Overlap

By: John T. Gourville and Youngme Moon

Keywords: Management; Price; Product

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March 1993 (Revised July 1994)
Case

Gerber Products Company: Investing in the New Poland

By: Debora L. Spar

Examines Gerber Products Co.'s evaluation of Alima S.A., one of Poland's largest food processing plants, as a potential overseas investment in 1991. Factors that influenced Gerber's decision are discussed in detail: property rights, taxation issues, and Poland's... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Food and Beverage Industry; Poland

Educators

January 2007 (Revised June 2010)
Teaching Note

Sonoco Products Company (TN) (A), (B), and (C), and Sonoco Products Company (A) (Abridged)

By: Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas and David Lane

Keywords: Energy; Energy Industry

December 2023
Case

Santa Elena: Table Grape Production in Chile’s Water-Challenged Regions

By: Forest Reinhardt, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal

In the fiscal year ending in September 2022, Santa Elena, Chile’s fifth-ranking table grape exporter, a grape producer and exporter since 1980, had exported around 3.5 million boxes (18-pound each). But, due to a 13-year-long drought that plagued table grape-growing... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Food; Environmental Law; Problems and Challenges; Weather; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chile; South America; Latin America

Educators

spring 1988
Article

Product Market Competition and Managerial Slack

By: David S. Scharfstein

Keywords: Product; Markets; Competition; Management

04 May 2021
Working Paper Summaries

Accounting for Product Impact in the Telecommunications Industry

Keywords: by George Serafeim and Katie Trinh; Telecommunications

10 Jan 2017
Blog Post

From Product Development to Business School

to clean it again through my novel filter. I had filed the patent. Lined up suppliers. Met the ridiculous margin requirements of a Fortune 500 company. The category was declining. Our last two product launches fared poorly. The buyer... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail; Consumer Products / Retail; Consumer Products / Retail

October 1979 (Revised April 1980)
Case

Dunkin' Donuts (D): New Product Introduction

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi

Keywords: Product Marketing; Product Launch; Food and Beverage Industry