Publications

1997
Working Paper

R&D Performance, Collaborative Arrangements, and the Market-for-Know-How: A Test of the "Lemons" Hypothesis in Biotechnology

Article

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

Keywords: Learning; Research and Development; Technology

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May 1996
Teaching Note

Operations Strategy Course Overview Note TN

May 1996
Teaching Note

Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (A) TN

Teaching Note for (9-696-062). View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; Massachusetts

May 1996
Teaching Note

Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (B): Cardiac Care Improvement TN

Teaching Note for (9-696-063). View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; Massachusetts

April 1996 (Revised June 2001)
Case

Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (B): Cardiac Care Improvement

By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi

Explores the challenges confronting the CEO at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in the wake of radical changes in the health care environment. As pressures have risen for cost containment in health care, the hospital has embarked on a series of reengineering efforts to... View Details

Keywords: Consolidation; Health Care and Treatment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Operations; Innovation and Invention; Cost Management; Health Industry; Massachusetts

March 1996 (Revised January 2002)
Case

CIBA Vision: The Daily Disposable Lens Project (A)

Examines CIBA Vision's decision on whether to launch a major new R&D initiative to develop a low-cost, daily disposable contact lens, and how to organize such a project should it proceed. One group of executives favors setting up a small, autonomous project team... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Operations; Research and Development; Decision Making; Production; Strategy; Management; Organizational Design; Globalization; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

March 1996 (Revised April 1996)
Case

State Street Bank and Trust Company: New Product Development

By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi

Portrays the dilemma faced by Marsh Carter, CEO and chairman of the board of State Street Bank, in May 1995. For the past decade, the bank earned continually expanding earnings through its rapidly growing custody business. Now, as that business matures and custodial... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Finance; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Strategy; Banking Industry

February 1996 (Revised April 1997)
Case

Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (A)

By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi

Focuses on the decision confronting senior administrators at the Brigham and Women's Hospital: whether to enter into an affiliation with the Massachusetts General Hospital. Requires students to analyze the complex institutional changes in the health environment and to... View Details

Keywords: Consolidation; Health Care and Treatment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Health Industry; Massachusetts

1995
Working Paper

Learning Before Doing in the Development of New Process Technology

August 1995
Teaching Note

Eli Lilly and Company: The Flexible Facility Decision (1993) TN

Teaching Note for (9-694-074). View Details

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry

August 1995 (Revised March 1996)
Teaching Note

ITT Automotive: Global Manufacturing Strategy (1994) TN

Teaching Note for (9-695-002). View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry; Belgium; Germany; United States

August 1995
Teaching Note

Crown Equipment Corporation: Design Services Strategy TN

Teaching Note for (9-991-031) and (9-991-032). View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Design; Product Design; Service Industry; Industrial Products Industry

July 1995 (Revised March 1996)
Teaching Note

Applichem (A) (Abridged) TN

Teaching Note for (9-694-030). View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry

1994
Article

Dynamic Capabilities of Firms: An Introduction

By: Gary P. Pisano and David Teece

Keywords: Business Ventures

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1994
Working Paper

Integrating Technical and Operating Knowledge: The Impact of Early Manufacturing Involvement on Process Development Performance

September 1994 (Revised January 2002)
Case

BMW: The 7-Series Project (B)

By: Gary P. Pisano and Sharon L. Rossi

Describes the decision made on the 7-Series project with respect to prototyping and its impact on quality. View Details

Keywords: Research and Development; Quality; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Germany

August 1994 (Revised November 1994)
Teaching Note

American Connector Company (A) TN

Teaching Note for (9-693-035). View Details

Keywords: Japan; Sunnyvale

August 1994 (Revised May 2001)
Case

ITT Automotive: Global Manufacturing Strategy (1994)

By: Gary P. Pisano and Sharon L. Rossi

ITT Automotive is in the process of developing a new-generation antilock brake system (ABS), designated the MK-20. The case focuses on the level of automation to be used in the production of this new system, and whether all plants should use the same process... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Innovation Strategy; Production; Product Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Performance Productivity; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Belgium; Germany; United States