Productivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1999
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Apparel and Textile Industries is based on eight years of study. The keys to success in an age of product proliferation, the authors found, are no longer economies of scale and cheap labor but an up-to-the-minute knowledge of what is... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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A Juicy Story

to expand its product line into handheld devices like the iPod and, now, the iPhone? The Apple case originally appeared in 1992 and has been rewritten five times since then. “The company always looks a little different, yet many of the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2011
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Tax and Grow

prod corporations to put some of their remarkable cash hoards to productive use. Estimates of the cash held by U.S. public corporations easily exceed $1 trillion; several technology companies alone are sitting on cash balances in excess... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

Consumers are looking for the ability to bundle the products they want in a fashion unique to each individual, and the Web will provide this capability .... We believe that vertical portals will do the best job of providing the consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

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Saco-Lowell no. 2 condenser - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next Saco-Lowell no. 2 condenser ca. 1926 Saco-Lowell Shops Photographer unknown This shows a No. 2... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Design Fair

Second-year students in Associate Professor Stefan Thomke's elective MBA course Managing Product Development presented their final projects at the tenth annual Design Fair in December. Among those who displayed their wares at the Spangler... View Details

Keywords: MIT Media Lab; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age

change their ideas constantly while they are trying to build complex new products and technologies." In addition, by making it possible to "organize businesses in new ways, offer new products and services,... View Details

Keywords: by Daniel Penrice

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey

layoffs, though, only one person among the six panelists had retreated to a traditional consultancy in 2001. The rest—who started everything from a women-centric financial services group to a natural products company that grew from a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Buy Big, Sell Small

bus to restock. Their orders are relatively small, so they can’t negotiate on prices or credit terms,” adds Shruti, who watched her uncle’s kirana go out of business years ago due to issues with pricing and product selection. ApnaKlub... View Details

Raymond H. Herzog

During 40 years of service at 3M, Herzog served in a variety of roles, but he is particularly well known for helping to start 3M’s copier business that was a huge success in the 1950s. Herzog also left his mark on the company by refining quality control and the overall... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Melody Koh

Melody is a Partner at NextView Ventures, based in its New York office. Prior to joining NextView, Melody was Head of Product at Blue Apron. Melody joined Blue Apron as the first product hire post Series A... View Details

01 Jan 2007
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Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981

venturehe had created to develop software for the emerging handheld device market. In Hawkins, Dubinsky found a product and technical genius, and in Dubinsky, Hawkins found a savvy businesswoman who had a knack for building companies... View Details

June 1992 (Revised March 1993)
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Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. 1990

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

The CFO of Fleetwood Enterprises is considering whether to recommend a large share repurchase to the board of directors. Fleetwood's core businesses, manufactured housing and recreational vehicles, are very sensitive to business cycles and oil prices. Following Iraq's... View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Capital Structure; Stock Shares; Price; Crisis Management; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Iraq; Kuwait

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February 2003 (Revised March 2006)
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Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM)

By: Michael E. Porter, Willis M. Emmons III and Christian Fenner

Le Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique S.A. (CSEM)--the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology--was a major nonprofit research institution located in Neuchatel, Switzerland, with roots in the Swiss watch industry. CSEM maintained close links to... View Details

Keywords: Cooperation; Information Technology; Alliances; Research and Development; Performance Productivity; Innovation and Invention; Nonprofit Organizations; Electronics Industry; Switzerland

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09 Sep 2021
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Let’s Redefine 'Productivity' for the Hybrid Era

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Design Jean Wilcox, Wilcox Design Exhibition Design Chris Danemayer, proun Design Exhibition Fabrication WB Incorporated Website Design/Production Wilcox Design--Jean Wilcox, Douglas Green Information Products and Technical Services,... View Details

29 Mar 2023
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Giving Hope and Comfort

funders, most of whom had difficulty understanding that hygiene products are as fundamental to health and well-being as food. But the pandemic changed that: Suddenly, everyone understood the importance of a bar of soap; the organization... View Details

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

ship-from-store (SFS), to increase their store productivity and expand their integrated presence across multiple retail channels (i.e. brick-and-mortar store, web, and mobile; also known as omnichannel retailing). The Scale Of The Threat... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail

20 Dec 2018
Blog Post

A Time For Opportunity In Food and Agriculture

helping to run so-called “disruptors.” Yi Chen (MBA 2014) is VP of Product for Toast, Inc., a customizable point-of-sale and management system for restaurants. Nicole Ledoux (MBA 2008) is Co-Founder of 88 Acres, which bakes and... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Action Plan: Writing the Next Chapter

that Hubscher knew she wouldn’t touch. “The product itself hasn’t changed,” she says. “A pen or a pencil remains a pen or a pencil.” She was also committed to Caran d’Ache’s artisanal approach to production. Crafting a single pencil... View Details

Keywords: April White

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