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      Learning-Before-Doing in the Development of New Process Technology

      By: Gary P. Pisano
      Keywords: Learning; Research and Development; Technology
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      Pisano, Gary P. "Learning-Before-Doing in the Development of New Process Technology." Research Policy 25, no. 7 (October 1996): 1097–1119.
      • January 1996
      • Case

      Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright
      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
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      Wheelwright, Steven C. "Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development." Harvard Business School Case 696-083, January 1996.
      • 1995
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      Technology Development and Integration: An Empirical Study of the Interaction between Applied Science and Product Development

      By: Marco Iansiti
      Keywords: Information Technology; Research and Development; Integration; Information; Science; Product
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      Iansiti, Marco. "Technology Development and Integration: An Empirical Study of the Interaction between Applied Science and Product Development." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 42 (1995): 259–269.
      • November 1994
      • Case

      Pilkington Float Glass--1955

      By: Kim B. Clark
      The case examines the development of the float glass process at Pilkington in the mid-1950s. Pilkington has pursued the development of a radically new process for flat glass production, but has experienced serious problems at each stage of development. The senior... View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Technological Innovation; Product Development; Research and Development; Commercialization; Technology
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      Clark, Kim B. "Pilkington Float Glass--1955." Harvard Business School Case 695-024, November 1994.
      • June 1994 (Revised September 1994)
      • Background Note

      Commercializing Technology: Imaginative Understanding of User Needs

      By: Dorothy A. Leonard
      The transformation of technology into commercially successful products is a process fraught with risk and uncertainty, and increasing pressure on time to market is exacerbating the difficulties. This note first describes a study conducted by Hewlett-Packard to improve... View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Communication Strategy; Customers; Design; Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Product Development; Research; Risk and Uncertainty; Commercialization; Technology Adoption
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      Leonard, Dorothy A. "Commercializing Technology: Imaginative Understanding of User Needs." Harvard Business School Background Note 694-102, June 1994. (Revised September 1994.)
      • October 1993 (Revised September 1994)
      • Background Note

      Accounting for Productivity Growth

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt
      Introduces students to the arithmetic of the accounting for national productivity growth. It defines labor productivity, capital productivity, and total factor productivity, describes the relationships among them, and discusses the phenomena that cause them to change... View Details
      Keywords: Performance Productivity; Macroeconomics; Analytics and Data Science; Government and Politics; Mathematical Methods; United States; Singapore
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      Reinhardt, Forest L. "Accounting for Productivity Growth." Harvard Business School Background Note 794-051, October 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
      • October 1993 (Revised August 1996)
      • Background Note

      Forecasting with Regression Analysis

      By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.
      Provides an example of regression in one of its most important roles. Relating probabilistic forecasts based on past data to decision analysis. View Details
      Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Analytics and Data Science; Forecasting and Prediction; Mathematical Methods
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      Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Forecasting with Regression Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 894-007, October 1993. (Revised August 1996.)
      • September 1993 (Revised June 1994)
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      Hewlett-Packard: Singapore (A)

      By: Dorothy A. Leonard
      In the over 20 years since Hewlett-Packard (HP) set up a manufacturing site in Singapore to produce calculators, HP has invested managerial talent and resources in developing its licensor into a technology development partner. The case details the growth of high-volume... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Market Entry and Exit; Competency and Skills; Research and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Product Development; Computer Industry; Singapore
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      Leonard, Dorothy A. "Hewlett-Packard: Singapore (A)." Harvard Business School Case 694-035, September 1993. (Revised June 1994.)
      • September 1993
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      Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (A)

      By: Dorothy A. Leonard
      ALZA, a company specializing in drug delivery systems such as transdermal patches, considers manufacturing its own products. Until now, the company has conducted research and development on its patented system but has then licensed the technology to client-partner... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Production; Research and Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Leonard, Dorothy A. "Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 694-019, September 1993.
      • April 1993 (Revised October 1995)
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      ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation

      By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
      To develop the next generation of risky products, ALZA, a mature and profitable biotechnology firm specializing in drug delivery systems, must raise $40 million. Organizational constraints and competitive concerns demand that the work be done inside the firm. However,... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Technological Innovation; Business Subsidiaries; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Finance; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 293-124, April 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
      • December 1992 (Revised May 1993)
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      Porsche AG

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Describes the financial management of the research and development departments of an automobile manufacturer and technology supplier. Existing cost systems measure accurately the costs incurred by department and by project. But little formal information is provided... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Management; Cost Accounting; Research and Development; Machinery and Machining; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Porsche AG." Harvard Business School Case 193-071, December 1992. (Revised May 1993.)
      • 1992
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      The Stages Theory: A Framework for IT Adoption and Organizational Learning

      By: R. L. Nolan
      Keywords: Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mathematical Methods; Information Technology Industry
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      Nolan, R. L. "The Stages Theory: A Framework for IT Adoption and Organizational Learning." In America's Information Technology Agenda, edited by J. Mechling and C. Rosenberg. Cambridge: John F. Kennedy School of Government, 1992.
      • July 1992 (Revised June 1993)
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      Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: IT Support of Corn Research and Development

      By: Richard L. Nolan, Donna B. Stoddard and Sorin A. Bodea
      Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Research and Development; Information Technology; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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      Nolan, Richard L., Donna B. Stoddard, and Sorin A. Bodea. "Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: IT Support of Corn Research and Development." Harvard Business School Case 193-010, July 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
      • March 1992 (Revised June 1992)
      • Background Note

      Strategic Industry Model: Emergent Technologies

      By: Robert J. Dolan
      Describes computer model and output from conjoint analysis and perceptual mapping for product line planning. View Details
      Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Product Marketing
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      Dolan, Robert J. "Strategic Industry Model: Emergent Technologies." Harvard Business School Background Note 592-086, March 1992. (Revised June 1992.)
      • March 1992 (Revised May 1992)
      • Teaching Note

      Allegheny Ludlum: Research and Engineering Resource Allocation, Teaching Note

      By: Dorothy A. Leonard
      Teaching Note for (9-692-027). View Details
      Keywords: Technology Industry; Technology Industry
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      Leonard, Dorothy A. "Allegheny Ludlum: Research and Engineering Resource Allocation, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 692-049, March 1992. (Revised May 1992.)
      • December 1991 (Revised October 1998)
      • Case

      Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991

      By: Gary P. Pisano, Steven C. Wheelwright and Jonathan West
      Outlines the evolution of Lilly's corporate manufacturing strategy over the past decade. The corporate vice president of manufacturing must decide on the next phase of Lilly's strategy for the early 1990s, as well as to what extent and what role process development... View Details
      Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Structures; Product Development; Production; Research and Development; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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      Pisano, Gary P., Steven C. Wheelwright, and Jonathan West. "Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991." Harvard Business School Case 692-056, December 1991. (Revised October 1998.)
      • December 1991 (Revised February 1992)
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      Dayton Electric Corp.

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright
      Concerns a product redesign decision for one of the company's most successful motor products, its rectified power, medium D-C motor, the RPM. A one-year redesign program has proposed a design that comes close to meeting its stated cost and performance goals, but at the... View Details
      Keywords: Product Design; Strategic Planning; Research and Development; Business Divisions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Machinery and Machining; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio
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      Wheelwright, Steven C. "Dayton Electric Corp." Harvard Business School Case 692-071, December 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
      • September 1991 (Revised January 1992)
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      Allegheny Ludlum: Research and Engineering Resource Allocation

      By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Geoffrey K. Gill
      Allegheny Ludlum's (AL) technical vice president, Jack Shilling faces the task of determining how to allocate engineering resources among five areas of technology. AL's technology organization has great strategic importance and has therefore been untouched by the... View Details
      Keywords: Engineering; Resource Allocation; Information Technology; Policy; Leadership; Decisions; Competency and Skills; Projects; Joint Ventures; Strategy; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
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      Leonard-Barton, Dorothy, and Geoffrey K. Gill. "Allegheny Ludlum: Research and Engineering Resource Allocation." Harvard Business School Case 692-027, September 1991. (Revised January 1992.)
      • January 1990 (Revised October 1993)
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      Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (A)

      By: Gary P. Pisano
      Very early in the history of biotechnology (about 1979), Monsanto made a major commitment to move into this field. This case recounts the history from the point of view of the eminent scientist hired to head up corporate R&D. He took Monsanto from a very traditional... View Details
      Keywords: History; Transition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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      Pisano, Gary P. "Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (A)." Harvard Business School Case 690-009, January 1990. (Revised October 1993.)
      • January 1990 (Revised February 1990)
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      MSA: The Software Company--Planning the AMAPs Product Line

      By: Robert J. Dolan
      MSA has commissioned a major market research study to assess demand potential for a computer software system designed for aerospace and defense contractors. Students must evaluate the results of the study (including a conjoint analysis) to assess whether MSA should... View Details
      Keywords: Product; Marketing; Mathematical Methods; Software
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      Dolan, Robert J. "MSA: The Software Company--Planning the AMAPs Product Line." Harvard Business School Case 590-069, January 1990. (Revised February 1990.)
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