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- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
Participants assigned to recall a purchase made for someone else reported feeling significantly happier immediately after this recollection; most importantly, the happier participants felt, the more likely they were to choose to spend a windfall on someone else in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
Competitive Advantage Authors: Alan MacCormack, Theodore Forbath, Peter Brooks, and Patrick Kalaher Abstract Many recent studies highlight the need to rethink the way we manage innovation. Traditional approaches, based on the assumption... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 1997
- Conference Presentation
Developing Products on Internet Time
Keywords: Product Development
- March 2006
- Module Note
Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 4: Sensing Opportunity
Describes the fourth module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome them. The course emphasizes... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Problems and Challenges; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Projects; Opportunities; Risk and Uncertainty; Perspective; Value Creation; Networks; Alignment
MacCormack, Alan D. "Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 4: Sensing Opportunity." Harvard Business School Module Note 606-104, March 2006.
- April 2002
- Supplement
Space Data Corporation Case Study -- Marketing Video
Designed for use with Space Data Corp. View Details
MacCormack, Alan D. "Space Data Corporation Case Study -- Marketing Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 602-803, April 2002.
- April 2002
- Teaching Note
Managing Technology Ventures - Module Teaching Note (TN)
Describes the conceptual foundations for a module on venture design, which forms part of an MBA course called Managing Technology Ventures. The objective of the course is to teach students how to think critically about the design of a technology venture, using cases... View Details
- 04 Mar 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation
R. Lakhani on the keys to managing distributed innovation. What Does Nasa's "faster, Better, Cheaper" Teach About Innovation? Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science Do the successful Mars missions mean NASA again has the right stuff? View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 05 May 2000
- Conference Presentation
Managing the Sources of Uncertainty: Matching Process and Context in New Product Development
By: Alan MacCormack and Roberto Verganti
- March 1, 2004
- Other Article
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
By: Alan MacCormack and Sean Silverthorne
MacCormack, Alan, and Sean Silverthorne. "Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (March 1, 2004). (Interview.)
- 2001
- Working Paper
Managing the Sources of Uncertainty: Matching Process and Context in New Product Development
By: Alan MacCormack and Roberto Verganti
- April 2001
- Case
eFrenzy, Inc. (B)
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "eFrenzy, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 601-167, April 2001.
- February 2001 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Dialpad Communications (B)
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Dialpad Communications (B)." Harvard Business School Case 601-107, February 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
- February 2001 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Dialpad Communications (A)
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Describes the evolution of Dialpad, a voice-over-Internet-protocol telephony company. Set in September 2000, CEO Brad Garlinghouse faces a dilemma: what to do about the large number of international users who use Dialpad to call the United States for free. He must also... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Organizational Design; Competitive Strategy; Investment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Venture Capital; Telecommunications Industry; California
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Dialpad Communications (A)." Harvard Business School Case 601-090, February 2001. (Revised August 2001.)
- December 2000 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Rise and Fall of Iridium, The
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Examines the history of Iridium Communications, a provider of mobile satellite services. Discusses the genesis of Iridium's technical design, then follows the venture through various stages of development. Describes Iridium's attempts to build a subscriber base after... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Business Model; Business Growth and Maturation; Organizational Structure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Rise and Fall of Iridium, The." Harvard Business School Case 601-040, December 2000. (Revised November 2001.)
- June 2000 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Microsoft Office 2000
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Describes the history of Microsoft's Office product suite. Discusses evolution of the Office 2000 project. Set at the end of the project when Steven Sinofsky, Office vice president, must decide upon the direction for the next version of Office, as well as make changes... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Change; Innovation and Management; Information Technology Industry
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Microsoft Office 2000." Harvard Business School Case 600-097, June 2000. (Revised June 2000.)