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- December 2002
- Article
Something Old, Something New: A Longitudinal Study of Search Behavior and New Product Introduction
By: Riitta Katila and Gautam Ahuja
We examine how firms search, or solve problems, to create new products. According to organizational learning research, firms position themselves in a unidimensional search space that spans a spectrum from local to distant search. Our findings in the global robotics... View Details
Keywords: Problem Solving; New Products; Organizational Learning; Uncertainty; Organizational Research; Knowledge Management; Robotics; Organizational Behavior; Organizational Effectiveness; Innovation Adoption; Strategy; Product Design; Business Processes; Product Development
Katila, Riitta, and Gautam Ahuja. "Something Old, Something New: A Longitudinal Study of Search Behavior and New Product Introduction." Academy of Management Journal 45, no. 6 (December 2002): 1183–1194.
- Article
The Effects of Product Line Breadth: Evidence from the Automotive Industry
By: Antonio Moreno and Christian Terwiesch
Using a detailed data set from the U.S. automotive industry, we enrich the existing literature on product line breadth with new results that highlight previously unexplored operational aspects of its benefits and costs. We find that expanding product line breadth has a... View Details
Keywords: Variety; Pricing; Automotive Industry; Marketing/operations Interface; Platforms; Empirical Operations Management; Product Marketing; Production; Management; Auto Industry
Moreno, Antonio, and Christian Terwiesch. "The Effects of Product Line Breadth: Evidence from the Automotive Industry." Marketing Science 36, no. 2 (March–April 2017): 254–271.
- 05 Mar 2015
- Video
EiR Sam Clemens, Founder and Chief Product Officer, InsightSquared
What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager
Because I teach a course on product management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “What is the role of a product manager?” The role of product manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the... View Details
- August 1988 (Revised January 1992)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard (B): Organizing New Product Sales Channels--1987
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Hewlett-Packard (B): Organizing New Product Sales Channels--1987." Harvard Business School Case 589-020, August 1988. (Revised January 1992.)
- March 2020
- Article
Organizing Knowledge Production Teams Within Firms for Innovation
By: Vikas A. Aggarwal, David H. Hsu and Andy Wu
How should firms organize their pool of inventive human capital for firm-level innovation? While access to diverse knowledge may aid knowledge recombination, which can facilitate innovation, prior literature has focused primarily on one way of achieving that: diversity... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Recombination; Organization Design; Team Boundary; Innovation; Knowledge Sharing; Diversity; Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams; Human Capital; Organizational Design
Aggarwal, Vikas A., David H. Hsu, and Andy Wu. "Organizing Knowledge Production Teams Within Firms for Innovation." Art. 1. Strategy Science 5, no. 1 (March 2020): 1–16. (Lead article.)
- January 2025
- Case
Hebbia: Redefining Productivity for Knowledge Workers Using AI
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Minoshka Narayan
In early 2025, George Sivulka, founder and CEO of Hebbia, reflected on the company’s rapid ascent as a pioneer in GenAI-powered productivity tools for knowledge workers. With its proprietary technology, Hebbia had redefined information retrieval and analysis and earned... View Details
- summer 2001
- Article
Optimizing Inventory Replenishment of Retail Fashion Products
By: Ananth Raman, Marshall Fisher and Kumar Rajaram
Raman, Ananth, Marshall Fisher, and Kumar Rajaram. "Optimizing Inventory Replenishment of Retail Fashion Products." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 3, no. 3 (summer 2001): 230–241.
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
Harvard prof’s advice for product firms: keep it simple
- 22 Oct 2019
- News
Sunday Riley Settles Complaint That It Faked Product Reviews
- July 1974
- Article
International Trade: The Product Life Cycle Approach
By: Louis T Wells Jr
Wells, Louis T., Jr. "International Trade: The Product Life Cycle Approach." Ritsumeikan keieigaku [Ritsumeikan Business Review] 13, no. 2 (July 1974). (in Japanese.)
- 24 Nov 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry
- February 2023
- Teaching Note
Shinola Detroit: Optimizing Product Line Breadth
By: Robert J. Dolan
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 520-011. View Details
- 5 Sep 2014 - 6 Sep 2014
- Conference Presentation
Crowdsourced Digital Goods and Firm Productivity
By: Frank Nagle
- October 1982
- Case
Boise Cascade Office Products Division (B)
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Keywords: Business Divisions
Shapiro, Roy D. "Boise Cascade Office Products Division (B)." Harvard Business School Case 683-050, October 1982.