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Product Management - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Product Management Course Number 1765 Senior Lecturer Sara McKinley Torti Spring; Q3; 1.5 credits Career Focus: This half course provides an introduction to View Details
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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.
- 2007
- Conference Presentation
The Management of Alliance Portfolios and Their Performance Implications
By: Ranjay Gulati
- Article
A Stochastic Programming Model for Commercial Bank Bond Portfolio Management
By: D. B. Crane
Crane, D. B. "A Stochastic Programming Model for Commercial Bank Bond Portfolio Management." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 6, no. 3 (June 1971).
- 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
- 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.)
- 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
- 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.)
- January 2004
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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.
- Research Summary
Measuring and Managing Uncertainty in Product Development
Dissertation research regarding the startegic implications of uncertainty in product development. View Details
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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.
- June 2006
- Teaching Note
Vertex Pharmaceuticals: R&D Portfolio Management (A), (B), and (C) (TN)
By: Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano
- 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.
- 19 Nov 2004 - 22 Nov 2004
- Conference Presentation
Managing Innovation and Product Development...Under Uncertainty
By: Alan MacCormack
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
Coveted Job Title for M.B.A.s: Product Manager
- 2002
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Production Systems: Handbook of Operations Management
By: L. Gaio, Francesca Gino and E. Zaninotto
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In-Person Programs: Q&A with Portfolio Directors
After a long hiatus, HBS programs have started to return to campus. Vicki Good and Lisa Hughes, portfolio directors for the Advanced Management Program (AMP) and the Program for Leadership Development (PLD)... View Details