Computer Software - Publications - Faculty & Research

Web

Using Personal Devices for HBS Business | Information Technology

Using Personal Devices for HBS Business Leveraging our own devices is something that is very common for all of us. Whether you're simply leveraging your mobile device to check email, or using a personal computer to accomplish part of your... View Details

Carissa Bryce Christensen

with evidence-based decision making, Carissa has built a career in complex, cutting-edge tech environments. She co-founded QxBranch, a quantum computing software firm acquired by Rigetti View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence;#10;#Aviation & Aerospace;#17;#Defense, Military, & Space

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

programs? What management practices work best? Catching Affiliate Fraud Edelman and Brandi, admitted computer geeks, developed software that allowed them to observe management structures within companies... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

Thomas M. Siebel

Siebel founded his firm in 1993 as a provider of sales force automation systems. Though his firm quickly became a major player in sales force automation, Siebel Systems achieved tremendous growth when its software was applied to customer... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

05 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer... View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner

01 Apr 1999
News

WesTrek: Students Find Options in Bay Area

and a host of firms in between. While most of the companies fell into the category of high tech-new media, communications, and computer software and hardware-others represented more traditional business... View Details

Profile

Krishna Yeshwant

Hospital. As part of the Surgical Planning Lab, Krishna applied his computer science background to the development of 3D planning software for craniofacial surgery. Spanning medical and engineering worlds... View Details

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

How Technological Disruption Changes Everything

disrupted. At a plenary session at the HBS Global Alumni Conference 2001, Christensen expanded on the work highlighted in his 1997 book, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Disruptive technologies such as the personal View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

Web

Eligibility & Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Project Grant program is intended to support expenses related to the research and analysis component of Independent Projects. The program does not support business start-up expenses such as: beta program development, organization licensing or registration fees,... View Details

13 Nov 2020
News

New Virtual Classrooms Expand Digital Learning

classroom experience has everything to do with the level of interactivity between faculty and students, and these virtual classrooms provide a better online experience.” Students log in from their respective computers all over the world... View Details

06 Jul 2021
Blog Post

The MS/MBA Technology Showcase: A Celebration of Our Startups

fascinated by molecular biology, that career path was no longer the best fit for me. Curiosity led me to take a programming class, which catapulted my career into technology. With no formal computer science degree, I broke into tech from... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

A Juicy Story

Office software for the Mac. In 1998, Apple launched the iMac, a candy-colored computer that fit well with its ad campaign to “Think Different.” Even so, it sold only 6 million units over the course of three... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

May 2017 (Revised February 2018)
Supplement

VMware and the Public Cloud (B)

By: Raffaella Sadun and Christine Snively

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Computer Industry

Citation

Purchase

25 Feb 2020
News

3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)

made for me: This person had to have studied either computer science or electrical engineering and have a JD and an MBA. They had to have worked at a big software company and a successful startup. The kicker... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette

01 Jan 2007
News

Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981

When Donna Dubinsky joined Palm Computing in 1992, the eight-person start-up was one of several companies developing a personal digital assistant. Under her leadership, Palm introduced the first successful PDA, creating a multi-billion... View Details

Profile

Fabian Frick

Fabian Frick’s career trajectory continues to evolve as he allows curiosity to guide his interests. Although he studied computer science through undergraduate and graduate degree programs, Frick found that View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Tech

20 Oct 2016
News

Smart Moves

was a role model for me. I decided back then that I wanted to do what he did, work in technology and build a business.” That desire led Mistele to the University of Michigan, where he earned an undergraduate degree in computer engineering... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

September 2001 (Revised August 2005)
Case

Microsoft in 2002

By: Michael G. Rukstad, David B. Yoffie, Carl Johnston and Tyrell Levine

Examines Microsoft's strategy and competitive position as it prepares to launch Windows XP. The discussion explores how Microsoft builds and sustains its competitive edge. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Applications and Software; Product Launch; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; United States