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Idea Generation and the Quality of the Best Idea by Girotra, Karan, Terwiesch, Christian, Ulrich, Karl T.

“…In a wide variety of settings, organizations generate a number of possible solutions to a problem- ideas -and then select a few for further development. We…”
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The Importance of the Raw Idea in Innovation: Testing the Sow's Ear Hypothesis by KORNISH, LAURA J., ULRICH, KARL T.

“…How important is the original conception of an idea—the "raw" idea—to an innovation's success? In this article, the authors explore whether raw ideas judged as…”
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Opportunity Spaces in Innovation: Empirical Analysis of Large Samples of Ideas by Kornish, Laura J., Ulrich, Karl T.

“…A common approach to innovation, parallel search , is to identify a large number of opportunities and then to select a subset for further development, with…”
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Product Development Decisions: A Review of the Literature by Krishnan, V, Ulrich, Karl T

“…This paper is a review of research in product development, which we define as the transformation of a market opportunity into a product available for sale. Our…”
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Idea Generation and the Role of Feedback: Evidence from Field Experiments with Innovation Tournaments by Wooten, Joel O., Ulrich, Karl T.

“…In many innovation settings, ideas are generated over time and managers face a decision about if and how to provide in‐process feedback to the idea generators…”
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Estimating the technology frontier for personal electric vehicles by Ulrich, Karl T.

“…The personal electric vehicle (PEV) emerged as a new category of transportation device in the late 1990s. PEVs transport a single passenger over trip distances…”
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Valuing R&D Projects in a Portfolio: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry by Girotra, Karan, Terwiesch, Christian, Ulrich, Karl T

“…Understanding the value of a product development project is central to a firm's choice of project portfolio. The value of a project to a firm depends not only…”
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Design Is Everything? by Ulrich, Karl T.

“…This essay attempts to demarcate the industrial practice of product design and situate it in the context of academic research. The term product design presents…”
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User Design of Customized Products by Randall, Taylor, Terwiesch, Christian, Ulrich, Karl T.

“…User design offers tantalizing potential benefits to manufacturers and consumers, including a closer match of products to user preferences, which should result…”
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Holistic Customer Requirements and the Design-Select Decision by Ulrich, Karl T, Ellison, David J

“…When confronted with the task of developing a new product, a firm chooses either to design new components, unique to the product application, or to select…”
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Research Note--User Design of Customized Products by Randall, Taylor, Terwiesch, Christian, Ulrich, Karl T

“…User design offers tantalizing potential benefits to manufacturers and consumers, including a closer match of products to user preferences, which should result…”
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Technological Innovation, Product Development, and Entrepreneurship in Management Science by Shane, Scott A., Ulrich, Karl T.

“…This article is a review of work published in Management Science on the topics of technological innovation, product development, and entrepreneurship since the…”
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Principles for User Design of Customized Products by Randall, Taylor, Terwiesch, Christian, Ulrich, Karl T.

“…User design is a particular form of product customization that allows the customer to specify the properties of a product. User design has emerged as a…”
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Beyond Make-Buy: Internalization and Integration of Design and Production by Ulrich, Karl T., Ellison, David J.

“…Much recent attention in industrial practice has been centered on the question of which activities a manufacturing firm should complete for itself and for…”
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Assessing the Importance of Design Through Product Archaeology by Ulrich, Karl T, Pearson, Scott

“…This paper assesses the importance of design in determining product costs by measuring the variation in design performance among a set of competing design…”
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Introduction to the Special Issue on Design and Development by Ulrich, Karl T

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50th Anniversary Article: Technological Innovation, Product Development, and Entrepreneurship in Management Science by Shane, Scott A, Ulrich, Karl T

“…This article is a review of work published in Management Science on the topics of technological innovation, product development, and entrepreneurship since the…”
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Product design and development: Karl T. Ulrich, Steven D. Eppinger by Ulrich, Karl T, Eppinger, Steven D

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Producibility Analysis Using Metrics Based on Physical Process Models by Subramaniam, Bala L., Ulrich, Karl T.

“…This paper presents an approach to evaluating producibility which is intended to enhance the ability of engineers to quickly design low-cost and high-quality…”
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