Stefan H. Thomke
Stefan H. Thomke
William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration
Chair, MBA Required Curriculum
| Unit | Technology and Operations Management |
|---|---|
| Contact | (617) 495-6569 Send E-Mail |
| Interests | experimentation, innovation, operations management, product development, technology management, more > |
| Overview | Biography | Publications & Course Materials | Current Research | Areas of Interest |
Stefan Thomke, an authority on the management of technology and product innovation, is the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has worked with US, European and Asian firms on product and technology development, organizational and strategic issues.
Featured Work
Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation
by Stefan Thomke, Harvard Business School Press
Every company's ability to innovate depends on a process of experimentation whereby new products and services are created and existing ones improved. But the cost of experimentation is limiting. New technologies--including computer modeling and simulation--promise to lift that constraint by changing the economics of experimentation. They amplify the impact of learning, creating the potential for higher R&D performance and innovation and new ways of creating value for customers. In this book, Stefan Thomke argues that to unlock such potential, companies must not only understand the power of new technologies for experimentation, but also fundamentally change their processes, organization, and management of innovation. He shows why experimentation is so critical to innovation, explains the impact of new technologies, and outlines what managers must do to integrate them successfully.