Product And Process Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 22

and exploration in terms of innovation streams—incremental innovation in existing products as well as architectural and/or discontinuous innovation. Based on in-depth, longitudinal data from 13 business... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 1987
Case

Resotech, Inc.

By: Kim B. Clark

Keywords: Product Development; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

Citation

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16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

In the high-tech industry, it's common practice for a governing body to develop technical standards for any given technology. The goal is to promote widespread adoption and compatibility among various... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

strategy and organizational management. Products are being developed through open innovation, with input from people connected to each other and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 26, 2007

Materials Harvard Business School Case 107-018 Explores the process and inputs behind financial and operational forecasting in the Electronic Specialty Materials unit at Air... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Mar 2016
Blog Post

HBS FIELD - A Sneak Peek Into Retail

how unique the FIELD experience is. It was the first time that I, or the rest of my group, had total control over the development and presentation of a company defining strategy. Most people do not get that... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

25 Aug 2015
First Look

First Look Tuesday

decades about how and why people make the moral decisions they do. In this review, we explain how intuition, affect, physiology, and identity support and inform more... View Details

24 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

the Cemex Way, a set of "best practice" principles and processes developed over the years to help people succeed in the Cemex family, the company disseminated its... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?

her team consulted with expert partners regularly in meetings and through phone calls and e-mail. In the process of developing a unique growth... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Nitin Nohria & Thomas Tierney; Consulting

25 Feb 2020
News

Teachable Moments

dean. Then, in 1991, a chance encounter with Morgan Stanley’s John Mack led to a position on Wall Street as the firm’s chief development officer, responsible for human capital and issues of organizational... View Details

28 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

collaboration, believing that innovation could be managed much like production and partners treated like "suppliers." And third, they didn't invest in building... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

CEOs need to roll up their sleeves and learn more about the customer-facing sides of their businesses, like sales. Source: AlexBrylov Let’s face it: To most C-suite executives, sales processes are often an... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 Oct 2019
News

A Bid for the Future

VEDP is to be a “super-collaborator.” Economic development is really a team sport, he says. The process was both familiar and unprecedented. “It was similar to any RFP in its... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

Profile

Andres Sarmiento

problems. But it was during this time of crisis that I learned that the best leaders are those that can lead in tough times. Inspired by this experience I decided to challenge myself with an experience that would develop my skills View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Services

16 Jul 2018
Blog Post

3 Key Take-a-Ways From My Summer at Zalando

Photo Studios, Picture Post Production and the Content team. I was surprised by how many stakeholders are involved in the process of launching only a 3 day long campaign! As... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care

they would not try to be all things to everyone. In most businesses, it is common sense to develop products and services that create unique value. For many hospitals, View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

15 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Exploring the World of Electric Adventure Vehicles

not only graduate school at HBS—but also a summer 2019 retail strategy internship with Ford- and Amazon-backed electric car startup, Rivian Automotive. Founded in 2009, Rivian is an independent American automaker that View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail; Consumer Products / Retail

28 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

House of Representatives on September 10, 2009. The subject of the hearing: "The World Bank's Disclosure Policy Review, and the Role of Democratic Participatory Processes in Achieving Successful View Details

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The New CEO’s Wrong Message

wanted to be consulted and those on which he would fully trust his managers. He created a task force to review some of the company's key management processes—planning, budgeting, performance evaluation, new View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria