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- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
question that firms and policy makers need to be thinking about is just what type of good is software? The answer to this question may be shifting just as economic and social life becomes dependent upon a common computing infrastructure.... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
true cluster in Costa Rica will take decades to complete, but I'm confident that it will be sustainable because the country offers some unique qualities that are a source of competitive advantage — among them, the highest computer usage... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees
employees are working in remote or hybrid environments far from the eyes of watchful supervisors. Attempts to reassert the “butts in seats” metric by using awareness technology software to measure computer keystrokes or monitor time spent... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
making many small bets is actually much riskier. That's why Hollywood will keep making blockbuster bets even if the returns over the summer were rather disappointing. Anyone with a smartphone and a computer is now a content provider. How... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
designing service interactions so that citizens can see the often-hidden work that government performs. Across three studies, we find that revealing the “submerged state” through operational transparency impacts citizens’ attitudes and behavior. In Study 1, viewing a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
encompass all the innovations the digital revolution has enabled. When I started teaching, we used slide rules. The handheld calculator was the first round of the revolution. Personal computers and the spreadsheet changed everything... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
minimizes a convex approximation of this metric. We further develop an exponential penalty approach and show that its computational performance is far superior and its trade-off between delay and fairness compares favorably. In our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
example of Jobs and Wozniak at the birth of Apple Computer. “Were they the right guys to create a hand-assembled computer motherboard company in 1976?” he asks rhetorically. Answer: sure. But—were they the right guys to build a major... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 26 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future
currently tiny efforts to grow. As a result, the efforts of Bpeace (Business Council for Peace), a nonprofit network of business professionals, to encourage entrepreneurs in Afghanistan and other conflict-ridden regions, will benefit, as will the nascent businesses of... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Web Services
will drive its adoption of Web services: the movement from proprietary to more commonly used technologies; a shift from mechanical systems to those driven by computer connections; and the development of cars that are always "on the... View Details
- 12 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Interning as a Software Engineer while at HBS
isn't a requirement for a successful career in tech. Likewise, someone no longer needs a computer science degree for a successful career as a software engineer. However, because a degree is no longer a requirement, it doesn't make it... View Details
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
families,” says Akuete. “So there were a few children of her workers for whom she would buy computers or pay tuition. But it wasn’t really codified in any way, and there was no commitment to it at a broader level. My stepping in just made... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
General Manage-ment unit. With the growing importance of the Internet and the fact that the daily operations of most organizations now rely heavily on computer technology, IT "has moved to the top of the agenda of most CEOs," notes Nolan.... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 10 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
round of funding. They found that failure rates increased after the introduction of cloud computing in 2006, implying that although money was being spread to more firms, many of them were failing before they received a second round of... View Details
- 14 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It
attention.” HOW WE BROWSE For their study, the researchers analyzed browsing activity on the primary home computer of more than 40,000 US households in 2008 and more than 30,000 in 2013, studying how much attention was allocated, where... View Details
- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
the strong hardware and manufacturing bias and hierarchical structures of Japan's computer and electronics firms is largely responsible for the virtual non-existence of a standalone software sector. Second, even when the vertical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates
match, the couple meets over their computers for a five-minute Virtual Date, a kind of online ice-breaker that allows two people to communicate in real time using colors, words, and images. In the process of using Virtual Dates, couples... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation
is imperative so that candidates are given equal opportunities to succeed. While recruiting remotely, candidates will be virtually attending events from various living situations and may not have access to quiet space or may not have a View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
drive growth, while existing users need Bubble to grow and were with us from the beginning. What are your short- and long-term goals for Bubble? Our long-term vision is to redefine computer programming. We think everyone should be able to... View Details
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
school and, after three years in the Sunshine State, they moved to Topeka where he enrolled in Washburn Law School. “I had always thought that I wanted to go back to the small town and be the only-lawyer-in-town type thing,” he says. However, while in law school... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman