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The Impact Of New Product Introduction On Plant Productivity In The North American Automotive Industry

January 28, 2011 12:00am PST

Using 7 years of plant-level data for the North-American automotive industry, the authors empirically study productivity losses during new product launches. Using propensity scoring, they estimate...

Provided by: INSEAD

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R&D And Productivity: Estimating Production Function When Productivity Is Endogenous

April 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

We develop a simple estimator for production functions in the presence of endogenous productivity change that allows us to retrieve productivity and its relationship with R&D at the firm level. We...

Provided by: Harvard University

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R&D And Productivity: Estimating Production Functions When Productivity Is Endogenous

November 1, 2006 12:00am PST

A simple estimator for production functions in the presence of endogenous productivity change that allows retrieving productivity and its relationship with R&D (Research & Development) at the firm...

Provided by: Harvard University

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Multiple Products, Multiple Product Managers

December 1, 2007 12:00am PST

When a company expands to multiple products and product families, firms must integrate a broad set of skills among multiple product management professionals. Read how to address the challenges of...

Provided by: Pragmatic Marketing

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Transformation of Enterprise Product Management for Rapid Launch of Next Generation Products

March 1, 2009 12:00am PST

The Telecom industry continues to evolve through disruptive products, uncertain markets, shorter product Lifecycles and Convergence of Technologies (ICT). Today's market has moved from network...

Provided by: Infosys Technologies

Software

Computer Production Globally (Supply, Demand, Markets & Trade) 1.0 (Mobile)

August 5, 2011 12:00am PDT

Visualize, trend, track and compare global computer trade, production and usage.Have friends whose statements about these topics doesn't sound right? Use the app to show them the real data. Use...

Provided by: BibleMaximum

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Productivity In The Service Sector: A Service Classification Scheme For Productivity Measurement

July 22, 2009 12:00am PDT

The problem of service productivity discussed in the paper focuses on productivity measurement issues. The aim of the paper is to elaborate criteria for the grouping of services as the reasoning...

Provided by: Vilnius University

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Product-Line Variety And Innovation Along Product Life-Cycle In Car Market: Are Carmakers? Policies Really Effective?

March 7, 2011 12:00am PST

This paper presents some preliminary results of a research concerning the evolution of product variety and product innovation policies of carmakers in the European market. Three market segments...

Provided by: Munich Personal Repec Archive

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Product Differentiation, Multi-product Firms And Estimating The Impact Of Trade Liberalization On Productivity

November 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

In this paper the author analyzes the productivity gains from trade liberalization in the Belgian textile industry. So far, empirical research has established a strong relationship between opening...

Provided by: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Spackling: Smoothing Make-To-Order Production Of Mass-Customized Products With Make-To-Stock Production Of Standard Items

October 30, 2007 12:00am PDT

Consider a mass customizer who produces multiple variants of a product in make-to-order fashion, and who also produces some standard variants as make-to-stock. The authors of this paper evaluate...

Provided by: University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)

Image Galleries

Photos: Green rules at product expo

April 12, 2007 5:26am PDT

Get a look at some of the most innovative new products around.

Articles

Developer Spotlight: Prashant Sridharan

August 30, 2005 10:12am PDT

Prashant Sridharan is the group product manager for Visual Studio Team System at Microsoft. With the release of the tools later this year Builder AU caught up with Shridharan to talk about the...

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Multi-Product Firms And Product Switching

June 1, 2006 12:00am PDT

This paper examines the frequency, pervasiveness and determinants of product switching among U.S. manufacturing firms. It is found that two-thirds of firms alter their mix of five-digit SIC...

Provided by: National Bureau of Economic Research

Software

Green Product Search (EPA Certified) 1.0 (Mobile)

September 29, 2011 12:00am PDT

Find and review every product certified by the EPA in its 'Designed for the Environment' certification process. Includes all products in all categories for both consumer and industrial uses.Inform...

Provided by: BibleMaximum

Case Studies

Juniper Networks Improves Visibility and Productivity With Product Lifecycle Management

July 1, 2010 12:00am PDT

Juniper Networks wanted to reduce costs, improve quality, and increase speed in the manufacturing of high technology products and improve communication with contract manufacturers and minimize...

Provided by: Oracle

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Product Diversification And Labor Productivity Dispersion In German Manufacturing Industries

April 19, 2010 12:00am PDT

Empirical research has shown tremendous productivity differences, even within narrowly defined industries. A great host of studies is explaining this productivity disparity by factors such as...

Provided by: Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

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Product Growth Strategy: A Litmus Test For Product Development Profitability

January 1, 2009 12:00am PST

An effective product growth strategy can act as a litmus test for product development that will yield bottom-line results. This paper explains how to use a 3-pronged product growth strategy to...

Provided by: ExecutiveBrief

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Pull Production Cycle-Time Under Varying Product Mixes

November 8, 2006 12:00am PST

To satisfy customer requirements and simultaneously fully utilize the production machines, there is a need to determine appropriate cycle time. Especially in pull systems with varying product...

Provided by: Cranfield University

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The Perfect Product Launch: Innovation Drives Growth In The Consumer Products Industry

April 1, 2006 12:00am PST

Consumer Products (CP) companies are under increasing pressure to reduce time-to-market and the cost of introducing new products. As product lifecycles continue to decrease, compressing...

Provided by: IBM

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Product Management And Product Marketing Activity

December 1, 2007 12:00am PST

Where do product managers spend their time? Over 80% of product managers are monitoring development projects and writing market requirements. In addition, most product managers are involved with...

Provided by: Pragmatic Marketing