Ms. Russo, whom Fortune magazine ranked among the 50 most powerful women in business the last two years, took on product development after heading up acquisitions for three years.
The Tel Aviv-based startup just closed a $8 million Series A, which will be used to on product development and new features.
The study investigates the impact of these variables on product development productivity.
A senior, Gonzalez had declared industrial design as her major, focusing on product development and production.
Compared with their rivals, such companies spend relatively little on product development but tend to be more productive.
He says he warned Vito to spend more time on product development, but Elcom pushed ahead, putting prototypes into production.
"The one big risk with Marchionne is that he is saving very radically on product development," Mr. Dudenhöffer said.
It is selling plants to focus on product development.
LA-based Masami Shigematsu works on product development for Speedo.
Divinci also consults on product development with Akai.
They focus on product development or cutting overheads.
