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White Papers
Riding Out the Storm
Jan 2006
Pricing is a powerful and often neglected tool that is again attracting attention. But pricing power sounds at first pass like an oxymoron for many companies today. How can they raise prices when...
Provided by McKinsey & Company
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Whitepapers
Demand and sales funnel analytics - How forward thinking marketing organizations deliver competitive differentiators
Mar 2010
Designed for the marketing operations manager and executive, this series of Sirius Decisions research briefs focuses on the emergence of Marketing Operations and its increasing adoption of demand...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Moving the Mountain: Address R&D Efficiencies
Apr 2010
Many research and development (R&D) organizations largely focus on reducing administrative inefficiencies, yet they tend to overlook the bigger issue of engineering churn, which is caused by...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
The Principles of Integrated Product Development
May 2006
Better customer relationships, frequent communication, and feedback systems lead to better understanding the customer's/user's needs. Customer involvement increases the probability of the product...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
An Exploration of the Links Between Just-in-Time Manufacturing and Simultaneous New Product Development
May 2006
Innovation and speedy new product development is crucial for companies to gain competitive advantage in a global market. The main focus of this paper is to demonstrate that the principles of...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) and Brand Identity as Critical Components of Brand Equity Strategy
May 2006
For practitioners, Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) has become widely accepted, has pervaded various levels within the firm, and has become an integral part of brand strategy that requires...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
Managing New Product Development And Innovation In Challenging Times Driving High Performance Through Profitable Innovation
Mar 2009
During challenging economic times, communications and high-tech companies may be tempted to scale back on product development. Yet such a decision risks cutting off the lifeblood of innovation...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Product Development Mastery Achieving High Performance In Product Development Through Superior Innovation And Execution
Sep 2009
Beyond excelling at the basics, masters in product development leverage the broader ecosystem (suppliers, academia, customers and partners) for product innovation, and optimize their global...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Creating And Measuring The WOM-Worthiness Of New Products: A Case Study
Aug 2007
Most Word-Of-Mouth (WOM) marketers would agree that having a great product is a major key to the success of a word-of-mouth campaign. However, coming up with and developing great product ideas...
Provided by Decision Analyst
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White Papers
The Basics Of Packaging Research
Nov 2007
The market is changing, and the time has come to redesign the package of that old established brand. This will revitalize the brand, the marketing manager supposes. Or, a new product with great...
Provided by Decision Analyst
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White Papers
New Products For Tough Times
Mar 2009
Every change in the marketplace, every upheaval in the economy, every shift in technology, and every change in consumer attitudes and outlook creates opportunities for successful new products....
Provided by Decision Analyst
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White Papers
The High Performance Supply Chain Study: Product Development
Sep 2009
Developing successful new products has always been challenging for companies. Today, a host of new factors are making it even more difficult for organizations to conceive of and bring to market...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Preference For New Product Information Sources
Jun 2008
This paper examines the preferences of advice seekers for human information sources. The authors focus on advice providers who are high in technical expertise (technical knowledge) and/or social...
Provided by Columbia University
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White Papers
High Performance Through Product Development: Accenture Research And Insights Into Product Development Mastery
May 2009
Today's globally integrated business environment forces nearly every company to excel at product development. The ability to identify customer needs that require whole new products and services,...
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Product Development Through Continuous Improvement
Jul 2009
"Corus is part of the Tata Steel Group, the world's sixth largest steel producer. This case study focuses on how Corus used its knowledge and experience of Continuous Improvement (CI) to win new...
Provided by MBA Publishing
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White Papers
Dominant Use: How Customers Influence The Evolution Of New Products
Oct 2009
Paying attention to how customers use a new product can help companies become more successful in the marketplace. How customers use a technology generates important information about its...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
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Webcasts
Stand Out From The Crowd
Apr 2010
The presenter of this webcast talks about brand differentiation and explains how a retail business can expand into product development.
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
A Symmetry Hypothesis And Measurement Biases In The Factor Content Of Trade
Feb 2010
Laura Puzzello revisits Reimer (2006), and Trefler and Zhu (2005, 2006) (RTZ) tests of the Vanek proposition in the presence of international differences in production techniques and global...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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Whitepapers
How Product Returns Can Boost Sales And Profitability
May 2010
Many firms may actively discourage product returns. But this could be a costly mistake because managing product returns effectively can boost sales and profitability. A customer's product return...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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Whitepapers
Are Product Returns A Necessary Evil?
May 2010
Many firms may actively discourage product returns. But this could be a costly mistake because managing product returns effectively can boost sales and profitability. "Many firms treat customers...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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White Papers
Functional Regression: A New Model For Predicting Market Penetration Of New Products
Jan 2008
The Bass model has been a standard for analyzing and predicting the market penetration of new products. Author demonstrate the insights to be gained and predictive performance of functional data...
Provided by Emory University (Goizueta)
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White Papers
The Determinants Of Changes In The Organization Of Production
Mar 2009
In this paper the authors empirically examine the determinants of changes in the organization of production using detailed information on a data set from a new plant-level survey from 1003 plants...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
The Role Of Component Commonality In Product Assortment Decisions
Aug 2009
The paper considers a firm that produces multiple variants of a product. Products are assembled using a combination of common and dedicated components. The paper characterizes the optimal...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
At The Edge Of Product Development: Investment Or Innovation Sharing?
Jun 2007
Owing to complexity in technology and the need for better, faster, smarter product development models, businesses are finding new ways to innovate and collaborate in new product design and...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
Responding To Rivals And Compliments: How Market Concentration Shapes Generational Product Innovation Strategy
Feb 2009
This paper examines how competitive market conditions shape the responsiveness with which businesses release Generational Product Innovations (GPIs) following the introduction of GPIs by either...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
TEC Paper (COO) - Driving Operations Through Better, Faster Decision Making
Jul 2010
In this white paper from TEC, find out how software provides visibility into your operations and helps you make better, faster decisions about employees, products, and services. It also gives you...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
TEC - Driving Operations Through Better, Faster Decision Making Through Finance
Jul 2010
Software can't tell you how to beat the competition, but it can tell you which products and services have the highest profit margin, who are your most productive employees, or about your...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Spackling: Smoothing Make-To-Order Production Of Mass-Customized Products With Make-To-Stock Production Of Standard Items
Oct 2007
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)
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White Papers
A Decision Framework For The Access Strategy Of Medicines For Malaria Venture
Aug 2009
Many new Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) have recently been formed with the sole objective of developing drugs for neglected diseases with a high prevalence in the developing world. A...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
CAM: A Spreading Activation Network Model Of Subcategory Construction When Categorization Uncertainty Is High
Nov 2008
The author develop a spreading activation model, which the author call the category activation model, to predict where within a category structure consumers are likely to position a subcategory...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
CAM: A Spreading Activation Network Model Of Subcategory Positioning When Categorization Uncertainty Is High
Mar 2008
Many new products (e.g., PDA phones) share features with multiple categories, but are also substantially different from each of these categories. When consumers encounter such a product, they may...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Component Connectivity, Team Network Structure And The Attention To Technical Interfaces In Complex Product Development
Jan 2008
The development of complex product poses substantial operational and organizational challenges to established firms. Previous research has shown that coordinating technical interdependencies is...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
A Structured Approach To Predicting And Managing Technical Interactions In Software Development
Jul 2007
One of the most difficult challenges of managing product development is identifying the individuals who need to coordinate closely their interdependencies during the design process. "Who should...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Long Term Persistence
Aug 2008
Is social capital long lasting? Does it affect long term economic performance? To answer these questions author tested Putnam's conjecture that today marked differences in social capital between...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
-
White Papers
Marketing Concepts; Segmentation And The Product Development Process
Nov 2008
This paper looks at two major concepts of marketing and how they apply to Dyson the vacuum cleaner and washing machine manufacturer. It looks at the value and application of segmentation and then...
Provided by EuroJournals
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White Papers
How To Prosper As A Product Manager: Redefining And Strengthening The Product Manager's Role
Jun 2010
The title "Product manager" is the most commonly held marketing position. Product managers are essential to a company's efforts, yet the position is fraught with frustration. Often, product...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
The Art Of Subtraction: Less Order, Better Organization
Jan 2010
Conventional wisdom says that to be successful, our ideas - be they strategies, products, performances, or services - must be concrete, complete, and certain. And when it comes to leading people,...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Linking New Product Development To Strategy
Feb 2008
Many companies implement Stage-Gate or other forms of new product development processes that promise to accelerate growth while managing risk. Few, however, are satisfied with the output of their...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Crowdsourcing Research
Mar 2009
Crowdsourcing is tapping into the collective intelligence of a broad audience to complete tasks traditionally done by a single person or small group. Generally done using the Internet,...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Make A Superior Product
Aug 2009
This website explores the highlights from The New York Times Small Business Summit featuring remarks from Gary Hirshberg CEO of Stonyfield Farms.
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Virtual R & D Teams In Small And Medium Enterprises: A Literature Review
Nov 2010
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a critical role in generating employment and supporting trade, they face numerous challenges, the...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
A Conceptual Model Of Virtual Product Development Process
Dec 2010
In today's dynamic marketplace, companies are under strong pressure to introduce new products for long-term survival with their competitors. Besides, every company cannot cope up progressively or...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
The Market Value Of Patents And R&D: Evidence From European Firms
Sep 2007
This paper provides novel empirical evidence on the private value of patents and R&D in European firms during the period 1991-2004. The authors explore the relationship between firm's stock market...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Dynamic Product Repositioning In Differentiated Product Markets: The Case Of Format Switching In The Commercial Radio Industry
Oct 2007
The ability of firms to reposition their products can determine the effects of demand shocks, mergers and policy interventions in differentiated product markets. This paper estimates a dynamic...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Whitepapers
Open source white paper - Extending open source tools for more effective software delivery
Apr 2011
IBM Rational® software provides an integrated and modular software development ecosystem that supports a broad range of open source tools. The ecosystem helps enable timely and efficient software...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Multi-product Firms And Product Turnover In The Developing World: Evidence From India
Jun 2008
Recent theoretical work predicts that an important margin of adjustment to deregulation or trade reforms is the reallocation of output within firms through changes in their product mix. Empirical...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Product Market Synergies And Competition In Mergers And Acquisitions
Nov 2008
The authors examine how product differentiation influences mergers and acquisitions and the ability of firms to exploit product market synergies. Using novel text-based analysis of firm 10K...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
R&D, Market Structure And Trade: A General Equilibrium Analysis
Apr 2008
That many industries exhibit highly concentrated market structures, even at the global level, calls for trade theoretic analyses which can accommodate this fact. The authors present a two-country,...
Provided by University of Queensland
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White Papers
Product Recalls, Imperfect Information, And Spillover Effects: Lessons From The Consumer Response To The 2007 Toy Recalls
Jul 2009
In 2007, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued 276 recalls of toys and other children's products, a sizeable increase from previous years. The overwhelming majority of the 2007 toy...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Lost In Transit: Product Replacement Bias And Pricing To Market
Oct 2010
Product replacement is frequent in the micro-data that underlie U.S. import and export price indexes, while price changes are infrequent. Consequently, for about 40% of products in the data, no...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Whitepapers
The Integrated Information Management Infrastructure: The Business Value of the Best-of-Suite Approach
Mar 2011
Emphasizing functionality, best-of-breed solution vendors often overlook how their applications fit into their customers' overall IT landscape. This paper explores the relative value of making...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
The Business Information Revolution: Best-Run Businesses Innovate Better with SAP
Mar 2011
The recent wave of new business analytics tools, solutions, and capabilities marks a true revolution in BI. In this SAPinsider Special Report on Business Intelligence, SAP Executive Vice President...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Extending open source tools for more effective software delivery
Mar 2011
IBM Rational® software provides an integrated and modular software development ecosystem that supports a broad range of open source tools. The ecosystem helps enable timely and efficient software...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
AMR Research Ranks WebSphere Commerce as Top B2C E-Commerce Platform
Mar 2011
According to AMR Research, "The Bottom Line: IBM WebSphere is the front runner in our vendor landscape, with ATG following closely behind, proving the larger companies with the big, marquis retail...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
State-Of-The-Art In Product Service-Systems
Jun 2007
A Product Service-System (PSS) is an integrated combination of products and services. This western concept embraces a service-led competitive strategy, environmental sustainability, and the basis...
Provided by Cranfield University
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White Papers
Measuring The Welfare Effect Of Entry In Differentiated Product Markets: The Case Of Medicare HMOs
Dec 2007
Should governments subsidize entry to promote competition? In general, theory models cannot determine whether entry under the free-entry condition is socially excessive, optimal, or insufficient....
Provided by University of New South Wales
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White Papers
Engineering Trust - Reciprocity In The Production Of Reputation Information
Mar 2009
Reciprocal feedback distorts the production and content of reputation information, hampering trust and trade efficiency. Data from eBay and other sources combined with laboratory data provide a...
Provided by University of New South Wales
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White Papers
How To Guide: Product Management Tools, Techniques & Roadmaps
Jul 2009
Being market-driven requires organizations to build a strong product management capability. Most organizations struggle to create a role in their business that is exclusively geared towards...
Provided by Demand Metric
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White Papers
Product Design Response To Industrial Policy: Evaluating Fuel Economy Standards Using An Engineering Model Of Endogenous Product Design
Feb 2011
Policies designed to improve industrial environmental performance are increasing in scope and stringency. These policies can significantly influence engineering design decisions as firms...
Provided by Haas School Of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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White Papers
The Brave New World: Winning Product Strategies For A Changing Global Market
Sep 2007
In this paper, the author focus on what one perceives to be the most important change in the industry in decades - the emergence of the next generation of required investment products. While these...
Provided by Casey Quirk
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White Papers
The Influence Of Product Quality Comparative Testing Results On The Market
Jul 2010
The main purpose of this paper is to prove the influence of product quality comparative testing results on the market, to demonstrate the importance of comparative testing of consumer products as...
Provided by Vilnius University
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White Papers
Concept Testing (And The 'Uniqueness' Paradox)
Sep 2010
A well-designed, new product concept testing system, overseen by experienced and knowledgeable researchers, can vastly improve a company's ability to develop successful new products or services....
Provided by Decision Analyst
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White Papers
The New Product Development Process In Australian Grocery Organizations
Apr 2008
The idea that new product development is vital to many organizations' business survival and growth is widely acknowledged. New products provide many business opportunities for organizations. The...
Provided by Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
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White Papers
The Job Market For New Economists: A Market Design Perspective
Apr 2010
This paper, written by the members of the American Economic Association (AEA) Ad Hoc Committee on the Job Market, provides an overview of the market for new Ph.D. economists. First, job market...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Turning Waste Into By-Product
Jan 2011
This paper studies how a firm can create and capture value by converting a waste stream into a useful and saleable by-product. The authors show that BPS creates an operational synergy between two...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
A Resource Belief-Curse: Oil And Individualism
Nov 2007
The correlation is negative, suggesting that more reliance on luck is correlated with less individualism. The authors provide three short models that help interpret this correlation. One...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
The Impact of Component Modularity On Design Evolution: Evidence From The Software Industry
Dec 2007
Much academic work asserts a relationship between the design of a complex system and the manner in which this system evolves over time. Despite the conceptual appeal of this research, empirical...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Exploring The Duality Between Product And Organizational Architectures: A Test Of The "Mirroring" Hypothesis
Jan 2011
A variety of academic studies argue that a relationship exists between the structure of an organization and the design of the products that this organization produces. The authors explore this...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
The Sciences Of Design: Observations On An Emerging Field
Oct 2008
The boundaries and contours of design sciences continue to undergo definition and refinement. In many ways, the sciences of design defy disciplinary characterization. This paper reports on the...
Provided by Georgia State University
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White Papers
Product-Market Competition And Managerial Autonomy
Jan 2009
It is often argued that competition forces managers to make better choices, thus favoring managerial autonomy in decision making. The author formalizes and challenges this idea. Suppose that...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Physical Level Systems Design: The Ignored Component Of Systems Analysis & Design Training
Jan 2011
This paper presents a recommended information system physical level design theory and charting methodology for use in System Analysis and Design training that is designed for student comprehension...
Provided by Business Forum Institute
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White Papers
Running Out Of Numbers: Scarcity Of IP Addresses And What To Do About It
Mar 2009
The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: Existing protocols allow only a finite set of computer numbers ("IP addresses"), and central authorities will soon deplete their...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Stretching The Inelastic Rubber: Taxation, Welfare And Lobbies In Amazonia, 1870-1910
Oct 2009
This paper examines the effect of government intervention via taxation on domestic welfare. A case-study of Brazilian market power on rubber markets during the boom years of 1870-1910 shows that...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms To Decentralize?
Jan 2010
In this paper the authors investigate whether greater product market competition increases decentralization. To tackle the issues they collected detailed information on the internal organization...
Provided by Harvard University
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White Papers
Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence From A Field Experiment In Zambia
Aug 2008
The controversy over whether and how much to charge for health products in the developing world rests, in part, on whether higher prices can increase use, either by targeting distribution to...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Product Development You Are What You Make
Nov 2010
Bring a big new idea to market. Reinvigorate existing products. And save time and cut costs getting there. No one's going to argue against that plan - but making it happen is another thing...
Provided by Deloitte Development
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White Papers
Customizable Spreadsheet Analyses For Marketing And Product Management
Dec 2010
This paper briefly summarizes seven areas where analytics can help make better decisions in marketing and product management. A brief case study is provided for each application area. The...
Provided by ModelSheet Software
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White Papers
Marketing Fictions: Product Branding In American Literature And Culture, 1890-1915
Dec 2008
This dissertation is a study of the relationship between product branding and American literature and culture. Converse effects - branding's influence on the growth and development of the novel -...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
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White Papers
Team Vision In Product Development: How Knowledge Strategy Matters?
Jul 2009
In today's more complex multinational and technologically sophisticated environment, the group has re-emerged in importance as the project team. Work teams are important to organizations in...
Provided by IE Business School
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White Papers
Value Assessment Of New Product Innovations
Jan 2008
In the commercial industry, an investment in a new innovation can make or break a company. In order for the new innovation to succeed in a competitive marketplace, it must deliver value to its...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Creating And Measuring The WOM-Worthiness Of New Products: A Case Study
Aug 2007
Most Word-Of-Mouth (WOM) marketers would agree that having a great product is a major key to the success of a word-of-mouth campaign. However, coming up with and developing great product ideas...
Provided by Decision Analyst
-
White Papers
The Basics Of Packaging Research
Nov 2007
The market is changing, and the time has come to redesign the package of that old established brand. This will revitalize the brand, the marketing manager supposes. Or, a new product with great...
Provided by Decision Analyst
-
White Papers
New Products For Tough Times
Mar 2009
Every change in the marketplace, every upheaval in the economy, every shift in technology, and every change in consumer attitudes and outlook creates opportunities for successful new products....
Provided by Decision Analyst
-
White Papers
The High Performance Supply Chain Study: Product Development
Sep 2009
Developing successful new products has always been challenging for companies. Today, a host of new factors are making it even more difficult for organizations to conceive of and bring to market...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Preference For New Product Information Sources
Jun 2008
This paper examines the preferences of advice seekers for human information sources. The authors focus on advice providers who are high in technical expertise (technical knowledge) and/or social...
Provided by Columbia University
-
White Papers
High Performance Through Product Development: Accenture Research And Insights Into Product Development Mastery
May 2009
Today's globally integrated business environment forces nearly every company to excel at product development. The ability to identify customer needs that require whole new products and services,...
Provided by Accenture
-
Case Studies
Product Development Through Continuous Improvement
Jul 2009
"Corus is part of the Tata Steel Group, the world's sixth largest steel producer. This case study focuses on how Corus used its knowledge and experience of Continuous Improvement (CI) to win new...
Provided by MBA Publishing
-
White Papers
Dominant Use: How Customers Influence The Evolution Of New Products
Oct 2009
Paying attention to how customers use a new product can help companies become more successful in the marketplace. How customers use a technology generates important information about its...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
-
Webcasts
Stand Out From The Crowd
Apr 2010
The presenter of this webcast talks about brand differentiation and explains how a retail business can expand into product development.
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
A Symmetry Hypothesis And Measurement Biases In The Factor Content Of Trade
Feb 2010
Laura Puzzello revisits Reimer (2006), and Trefler and Zhu (2005, 2006) (RTZ) tests of the Vanek proposition in the presence of international differences in production techniques and global...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
-
Whitepapers
How Product Returns Can Boost Sales And Profitability
May 2010
Many firms may actively discourage product returns. But this could be a costly mistake because managing product returns effectively can boost sales and profitability. A customer's product return...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
-
Whitepapers
Are Product Returns A Necessary Evil?
May 2010
Many firms may actively discourage product returns. But this could be a costly mistake because managing product returns effectively can boost sales and profitability. "Many firms treat customers...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
-
White Papers
Functional Regression: A New Model For Predicting Market Penetration Of New Products
Jan 2008
The Bass model has been a standard for analyzing and predicting the market penetration of new products. Author demonstrate the insights to be gained and predictive performance of functional data...
Provided by Emory University (Goizueta)
-
White Papers
The Determinants Of Changes In The Organization Of Production
Mar 2009
In this paper the authors empirically examine the determinants of changes in the organization of production using detailed information on a data set from a new plant-level survey from 1003 plants...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
-
White Papers
The Role Of Component Commonality In Product Assortment Decisions
Aug 2009
The paper considers a firm that produces multiple variants of a product. Products are assembled using a combination of common and dedicated components. The paper characterizes the optimal...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
At The Edge Of Product Development: Investment Or Innovation Sharing?
Jun 2007
Owing to complexity in technology and the need for better, faster, smarter product development models, businesses are finding new ways to innovate and collaborate in new product design and...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
-
White Papers
Responding To Rivals And Compliments: How Market Concentration Shapes Generational Product Innovation Strategy
Feb 2009
This paper examines how competitive market conditions shape the responsiveness with which businesses release Generational Product Innovations (GPIs) following the introduction of GPIs by either...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
TEC Paper (COO) - Driving Operations Through Better, Faster Decision Making
Jul 2010
In this white paper from TEC, find out how software provides visibility into your operations and helps you make better, faster decisions about employees, products, and services. It also gives you...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
TEC - Driving Operations Through Better, Faster Decision Making Through Finance
Jul 2010
Software can't tell you how to beat the competition, but it can tell you which products and services have the highest profit margin, who are your most productive employees, or about your...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Spackling: Smoothing Make-To-Order Production Of Mass-Customized Products With Make-To-Stock Production Of Standard Items
Oct 2007
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)
-
White Papers
A Decision Framework For The Access Strategy Of Medicines For Malaria Venture
Aug 2009
Many new Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) have recently been formed with the sole objective of developing drugs for neglected diseases with a high prevalence in the developing world. A...
Provided by INSEAD
-
White Papers
CAM: A Spreading Activation Network Model Of Subcategory Construction When Categorization Uncertainty Is High
Nov 2008
The author develop a spreading activation model, which the author call the category activation model, to predict where within a category structure consumers are likely to position a subcategory...
Provided by INSEAD
-
White Papers
CAM: A Spreading Activation Network Model Of Subcategory Positioning When Categorization Uncertainty Is High
Mar 2008
Many new products (e.g., PDA phones) share features with multiple categories, but are also substantially different from each of these categories. When consumers encounter such a product, they may...
Provided by INSEAD
-
White Papers
Component Connectivity, Team Network Structure And The Attention To Technical Interfaces In Complex Product Development
Jan 2008
The development of complex product poses substantial operational and organizational challenges to established firms. Previous research has shown that coordinating technical interdependencies is...
Provided by INSEAD
-
White Papers
A Structured Approach To Predicting And Managing Technical Interactions In Software Development
Jul 2007
One of the most difficult challenges of managing product development is identifying the individuals who need to coordinate closely their interdependencies during the design process. "Who should...
Provided by INSEAD
-
White Papers
Long Term Persistence
Aug 2008
Is social capital long lasting? Does it affect long term economic performance? To answer these questions author tested Putnam's conjecture that today marked differences in social capital between...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
-
White Papers
Marketing Concepts; Segmentation And The Product Development Process
Nov 2008
This paper looks at two major concepts of marketing and how they apply to Dyson the vacuum cleaner and washing machine manufacturer. It looks at the value and application of segmentation and then...
Provided by EuroJournals
-
White Papers
How To Prosper As A Product Manager: Redefining And Strengthening The Product Manager's Role
Jun 2010
The title "Product manager" is the most commonly held marketing position. Product managers are essential to a company's efforts, yet the position is fraught with frustration. Often, product...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
-
White Papers
The Art Of Subtraction: Less Order, Better Organization
Jan 2010
Conventional wisdom says that to be successful, our ideas - be they strategies, products, performances, or services - must be concrete, complete, and certain. And when it comes to leading people,...
Provided by American Management Association
-
White Papers
Linking New Product Development To Strategy
Feb 2008
Many companies implement Stage-Gate or other forms of new product development processes that promise to accelerate growth while managing risk. Few, however, are satisfied with the output of their...
Provided by American Management Association
-
White Papers
Crowdsourcing Research
Mar 2009
Crowdsourcing is tapping into the collective intelligence of a broad audience to complete tasks traditionally done by a single person or small group. Generally done using the Internet,...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Make A Superior Product
Aug 2009
This website explores the highlights from The New York Times Small Business Summit featuring remarks from Gary Hirshberg CEO of Stonyfield Farms.
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Want A Great Product? Roll The D.I.C.E.
Jan 2010
Guy Kawasaki, founder of alltop.com, discusses the four qualities that every product should strive for: Deep, Intelligent, Complete, and Elegant. In this webcast he explains how products with...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Don't Worry About Product Perfection
Jan 2010
According to Guy Kawasaki, founder of alltop.com, the first release of a product doesn't have to be perfect; it just needs to be released. In this webcast he discusses how the release of the first...
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Webcasts
DvF's Recipe For Success
Apr 2010
It's always about the product" says Barry Diller, CEO of IAC. Sitting with his wife Diane von Furstenberg, Founder of DVF Studio LP, Barry discusses the fusion of a great person with a great...
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Webcasts
In Business, Be Pragmatic
Mar 2010
Diane von Furstenberg, Founder and Chairman of DVF Studio, LP, states "I learned to swim by throwing myself in the ocean." In this webcast, she explains to Seth Godin why she believes that first...
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Webcasts
Frederic Brunel On Visual Cues In Product And Package Design
Apr 2009
Frederic Brunel, in his talk at the "Creating and Capturing Value through Marketing" conference at Boston University on April 3, 2009, discusses the meanings we ascribe to different images and how...
Provided by Boston University School of Management
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White Papers
Accelerating Lead to Cash to Rekindle Profitable Growth - CMO
Sep 2010
Read about how forward-looking firms are revamping their lead-to-cash process to impact what matters in the emerging economic environment: strong customer relationships and profitable growth....
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
SAP Business Communications Management for Utilities
Sep 2010
Learn how utilities can improve customer service using SAP Business Communications Management. The software provides a flexible, multichannel, all-IP business communications platform that supports...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Web Content Management Compass Guide - Q3 2010 - Evaluation of SDL Tridion
Aug 2010
In 2007, Tridion was acquired by SDL. This review covers Tridion products only. SDL has been a market leader in WCM since circa 2006 in the U.S., and several years earlier in Europe. The vendor...
Provided by Tridion B.V.
