Clayton M. Christensen

Robert A. Burgelman

Steven C. Wheelwright

Modesto A. Maidique

Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation

Gary P. Pisano

Robert H. Hayes

Robert Hayes

David Upton

Steven Wheelwright

David M. Upton

Hayes is a founder of the Operations Strategy field, and all four authors are on the Harvard Business School faculty. In Operations, Strategy, and Technology: Pursuing the Competitive Edge--the long-awaited follow-up to the highly successful classic, Restoring Our Competitive Edge--Bob Hayes, Gary Pisano, Dave Upton, and Steve Wheelwright take a fresh look at the foundations of corporate success. This book addresses the basic principles that guide the development of a powerful operations organization, and describes how a company's operating and technological resources can be applied to create a sustainable competitive advantage in today's "new" (global and IT-intensive) economy. Achieving a competitive advantage through superior operations is what the authors refer to as the "operations edge."

Pursuing the Competitive Edge

Operations, Strategy, and Technology

Kim B. Clark

Explains the weaknesses of traditional management practices, compares companies that are winning market position with those losing, and discusses capital budgeting, performance measurement, and personnel management

Creating the Learning Organization

Dynamic Manufacturing

Spyros G. Makridakis

Spyros Makridakis

Outlines the full range of qualitative and quantitative forecasting methods. Discusses forecasting challenges, including learning the difference between explaining the past and predicting the future, and the impact of judgmental biases; and forecasting applications for short, medium, and long-term horizons. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Forecasting Methods for Management

Charles A. Holloway

H. Kent Bowen

Seven Keys to Corporate Renewal Through Successful Product and Process Development

Perpetual Enterprise Machine

Burgelman, Maidique, and Wheelwright have written the market leading text for a course in technology and innovation. This text covers the latest research by using a combination of text, readings, and cases. Based on reviewer response to a survey, the authors have updated many of the cases and instructors found outdated or lacking. As in the current edition, the book has a strong case foundation at Harvard and Stanford. Classic cases such as Claire McCloud have been kept, while newer cases such as Intel Corporation in 1999 have been added. There is also a strong set of readings from sources such as Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, and Sloan Management Review.

Robert H.. Hayes

Recommends a manufacturing strategy that develops production facilities, uses appropriate management systems, and establishes firm relationships with suppliers

Competing Through Manufacturing

Restoring Our Competitive Edge

Covers pre-project planning, choosing projects that match the strategic objectives of the company, and determining project sequence, measurement, and incentives.

The Senior Manager's Guide to Creating and Shaping the Enterprise

Leading Product Development

Steven C. Wheelwright

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