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Harvard Business School Press Books — Operations Management
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   The Development Factory: Unlocking the Potential of Process Innovation
  Add   View  28 pp.  Introduction: Process Development as a Competitive Weapon
Author(s): Pisano, Gary P.
Publication Date: 09/12/1996
Product Type: HBS Press Chapter
HBS Number: 5141BC
Industry Setting: Biotechnology industry; Pharmaceutical industry
Subjects: Innovation; Manufacturing; Operations management; Process innovation; Product development; R&D
Academic Discipline: Operations management
Product Description: How quickly and effectively a company can develop and implement novel process technologies increasingly shapes the overall cost, timeliness, and results of new product introductions, and the overall competitive success of the company. This chapter examines the strategic role of process development capabilities and discusses the significant influence of these capabilities on the company's competitive fortunes. May be used with: (5142BC) A Framework for Process Development; (5143BC) The Evolving Nature of Competition in Pharmaceuticals; (5144BC) The Strategic Leverage of Process Development Capabilities; (5145BC) The Anatomy of Process Development; (5166BC) The Determinants of Performance: Development Lead Time and Cost; (5147BC) Quality in the Development Process — Leveraging Knowledge in Chemical Synthesis; (5148BC) Learning across Products in Biotechnology; (5149BC) The Concepts in Action: Case Studies — Managing Process Development; (5150BC) Conclusion and Implications: Beyond Pharmaceuticals — Improving Process Development Capabilities; (5157BC) The Lifespan of a Company.
  Add   View  30 pp.  A Framework for Process Development
Author(s): Pisano, Gary P.
Publication Date: 09/12/1996
Product Type: HBS Press Chapter
HBS Number: 5142BC
Industry Setting: Biotechnology industry; Pharmaceutical industry
Subjects: Innovation; Manufacturing; Operations management; Process innovation; Product development; R&D
Academic Discipline: Operations management
Product Description: This chapter discusses how process development fits into a firm's larger competitive, technological, organizational, and operational environments and develops a framework focusing on the learning that takes place during process development and the role of knowledge in shaping strategies for learning. May be used with: (5141BC) Introduction: Process Development as a Competitive Weapon; (5143BC) The Evolving Nature of Competition in Pharmaceuticals; (5144BC) The Strategic Leverage of Process Development Capabilities; (5145BC) The Anatomy of Process Development; (5166BC) The Determinants of Performance: Development Lead Time and Cost; (5147BC) Quality in the Development Process — Leveraging Knowledge in Chemical Synthesis; (5148BC) Learning across Products in Biotechnology; (5149BC) The Concepts in Action: Case Studies — Managing Process Development; (5150BC) Conclusion and Implications: Beyond Pharmaceuticals — Improving Process Development Capabilities.
  Add   View  34 pp.  The Evolving Nature of Competition in Pharmaceuticals
Author(s): Pisano, Gary P.
Publication Date: 09/12/1996
Product Type: HBS Press Chapter
HBS Number: 5143BC
Industry Setting: Biotechnology industry; Pharmaceutical industry
Subjects: Innovation; Manufacturing; Operations management; Process innovation; Product development; R&D
Academic Discipline: Operations management
Product Description: This chapter examines changes in the institutional and technological arenas in which pharmaceutical companies operate to highlight the competitive challenges that both incumbent and new entrants face, as well as the implications of these challenges for development capabilities. May be used with: (5141BC) Introduction: Process Development as a Competitive Weapon; (5142BC) A Framework for Process Development; (5144BC) The Strategic Leverage of Process Development Capabilities; (5145BC) The Anatomy of Process Development; (5166BC) The Determinants of Performance: Development Lead Time and Cost; (5147BC) Quality in the Development Process — Leveraging Knowledge in Chemical Synthesis; (5148BC) Learning across Products in Biotechnology; (5149BC) The Concepts in Action: Case Studies — Managing Process Development; (5150BC) Conclusion and Implications: Beyond Pharmaceuticals — Improving Process Development Capabilities.
  Add   View  41 pp.  The Strategic Leverage of Process Development Capabilities
Author(s): Pisano, Gary P.
Publication Date: 09/12/1996
Product Type: HBS Press Chapter
HBS Number: 5144BC
Industry Setting: Biotechnology industry; Pharmaceutical industry
Subjects: Innovation; Manufacturing; Operations management; Process innovation; Product development; R&D
Academic Discipline: Operations management
Product Description: This chapter discusses how process development capabilities influence cost, development speed, and product innovation in pharmaceuticals. May be used with: (5141BC) Introduction: Process Development as a Competitive Weapon; (5142BC) A Framework for Process Development; (5143BC) The Evolving Nature of Competition in Pharmaceuticals; (5145BC) The Anatomy of Process Development; (5166BC) The Determinants of Performance: Development Lead Time and Cost; (5147BC) Quality in the Development Process — Leveraging Knowledge in Chemical Synthesis; (5148BC) Learning across Products in Biotechnology; (5149BC) The Concepts in Action: Case Studies — Managing Process Development; (5150BC) Conclusion and Implications: Beyond Pharmaceuticals — Improving Process Development Capabilities.
  Add   View  32 pp.  The Anatomy of Process Development
Author(s): Pisano, Gary P.
Publication Date: 09/12/1996
Product Type: HBS Press Chapter
HBS Number: 5145BC
Industry Setting: Biotechnology industry; Pharmaceutical industry
Subjects: Innovation; Manufacturing; Operations management; Process innovation; Product development; R&D
Academic Discipline: Operations management
Product Description: This chapter looks at the evolution of product and process development in the pharmaceutical industry and describes different learning strategies that are required in different knowledge environments. May be used with: (5141BC) Introduction: Process Development as a Competitive Weapon; (5142BC) A Framework for Process Development; (5143BC) The Evolving Nature of Competition in Pharmaceuticals; (5144BC) The Strategic Leverage of Process Development Capabilities; (5166BC) The Determinants of Performance: Development Lead Time and Cost; (5147BC) Quality in the Development Process — Leveraging Knowledge in Chemical Synthesis; (5148BC) Learning across Products in Biotechnology; (5149BC) The Concepts in Action: Case Studies — Managing Process Development; (5150BC) Conclusion and Implications: Beyond Pharmaceuticals — Improving Process Development Capabilities.
  Add   View  36 pp.  The Determinants of Performance: Development Lead Time and Cost
Author(s): Pisano, Gary P.
Publication Date: 09/12/1996
Product Type: HBS Press Chapter
HBS Number: 5166BC
Industry Setting: Biotechnology industry; Pharmaceutical industry
Subjects: Innovation; Manufacturing; Operations management; Process innovation; Product development; R&D
Academic Discipline: Operations management
Product Description: Superior development performance requires different practices in different environments. This chapter explores how two strategies — learning by doing and learning before doing — affect development performance. May be used with: (5141BC) Introduction: Process Development as a Competitive Weapon; (5142BC) A Framework for Process Development; (5143BC) The Evolving Nature of Competition in Pharmaceuticals; (5144BC) The Strategic Leverage of Process Development Capabilities; (5145BC) The Anatomy of Process Development; (5147BC) Quality in the Development Process — Leveraging Knowledge in Chemical Synthesis; (5148BC) Learning across Products in Biotechnology; (5149BC) The Concepts in Action: Case Studies — Managing Process Development; (5150BC) Conclusion and Implications: Beyond Pharmaceuticals — Improving Process Development Capabilities.
  Add   View  27 pp.  Quality in the Development Process—Leveraging Knowledge in Chemical Synthesis
Author(s): Pisano, Gary P.
Publication Date: 09/12/1996
Product Type: HBS Press Chapter
HBS Number: 5147BC
Industry Setting: Biotechnology industry; Pharmaceutical industry
Subjects: Innovation; Manufacturing; Operations management; Process innovation; Product development; R&D
Academic Discipline: Operations management
Product Description: A challenge facing many companies is to create a development process that is fast, efficient, and capable of generating high-quality process designs. This chapter explores this important relationship between the development process and design quality. May be used with: (5141BC) Introduction: Process Development as a Competitive Weapon; (5142BC) A Framework for Process Development; (5143BC) The Evolving Nature of Competition in Pharmaceuticals; (5144BC) The Strategic Leverage of Process Development Capabilities; (5145BC) The Anatomy of Process Development; (5148BC) Learning across Products in Biotechnology; (5149BC) The Concepts in Action: Case Studies — Managing Process Development; (5150BC) Conclusion and Implications: Beyond Pharmaceuticals — Improving Process Development Capabilities; (5166BC) The Determinants of Performance: Development Lead Time and Cost.
  Add   View  33 pp.  Learning across Projects in Biotechnology
Author(s): Pisano, Gary P.
Publication Date: 09/12/1996
Product Type: HBS Press Chapter
HBS Number: 5148BC
Industry Setting: Biotechnology industry; Pharmaceutical industry
Subjects: Innovation; Manufacturing; Operations management; Process innovation; Product development; R&D
Academic Discipline: Operations management
Product Description: In this chapter, the author presents a conceptual framework for learning across development projects and examines the approaches of four different biotechnology firms to managing projects and promoting learning of the skills and knowledge most critical to the firm's competitive advantage. May be used with: (5141BC) Introduction: Process Development as a Competitive Weapon; (5142BC) A Framework for Process Development; (5143BC) The Evolving Nature of Competition in Pharmaceuticals; (5144BC) The Strategic Leverage of Process Development Capabilities; (5145BC) The Anatomy of Process Development; (5166BC) The Determinants of Performance: Development Lead Time and Cost; (5147BC) Quality in the Development Process — Leveraging Knowledge in Chemical Synthesis; (5149BC) The Concepts in Action: Case Studies — Managing Process Development; (5150BC) Conclusion and Implications: Beyond Pharmaceuticals — Improving Process Development Capabilities.
  Add   View  43 pp.  The Concepts in Action—Case Studies: Managing Process Development
Author(s): Pisano, Gary P.
Publication Date: 09/12/1996
Product Type: HBS Press Chapter
HBS Number: 5149BC
Industry Setting: Biotechnology industry; Pharmaceutical industry
Subjects: Innovation; Manufacturing; Operations management; Process innovation; Product development; R&D
Academic Discipline: Operations management
Product Description: This chapter presents a series of case studies that examine unique management dilemmas related to process development, illustrating the broad organizational context in which process development issues arise and providing insight into the appropriate course of action. May be used with: (5141BC) Introduction: Process Development as a Competitive Weapon; (5142BC) A Framework for Process Development; (5143BC) The Evolving Nature of Competition in Pharmaceuticals; (5144BC) The Strategic Leverage of Process Development Capabilities; (1545BC) There Is Good Money and There Is Bad Money; (5166BC) The Determinants of Performance: Development Lead Time and Cost; (5147BC) Quality in the Development Process — Leveraging Knowledge in Chemical Synthesis; (5148BC) Learning across Products in Biotechnology; (5150BC) Conclusion and Implications: Beyond Pharmaceuticals — Improving Process Development Capabilities.
  Add   View  27 pp.  Conclusion and Implications—Beyond Pharmaceuticals: Improving Process Development Capabilities
Author(s): Pisano, Gary P.
Publication Date: 09/12/1996
Product Type: HBS Press Chapter
HBS Number: 5150BC
Industry Setting: Biotechnology industry; Pharmaceutical industry
Subjects: Innovation; Manufacturing; Operations management; Process innovation; Product development; R&D
Academic Discipline: Operations management
Product Description: Established pharmaceutical firms and new entrants alike have pursued various strategies for improving their process development capabilities in an arena in which firms have traditionally competed solely on the basis of new product introductions. This chapter outlines important process development lessons from the world of pharmaceuticals for managers and researchers in other industries. May be used with: (5141BC) Introduction: Process Development as a Competitive Weapon; (5142BC) A Framework for Process Development; (5143BC) The Evolving Nature of Competition in Pharmaceuticals; (5144BC) The Strategic Leverage of Process Development Capabilities; (5145BC) The Anatomy of Process Development; (5166BC) The Determinants of Performance: Development Lead Time and Cost; (5147BC) Quality in the Development Process — Leveraging Knowledge in Chemical Synthesis; (5148BC) Learning across Products in Biotechnology; (5149BC) The Concepts in Action: Case Studies — Managing Process Development.