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- August 2013 (Revised December 2014)
- Case
Taking Dell Private
By: David J. Collis, David B. Yoffie and Matthew Shaffer
In July 2012, Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell, Inc., met with a representative of Silver Lake Partners to explore taking his company private. The company, which he had founded in his dorm room as a college freshman and which had made him the youngest Fortune 500...
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Strategy;
Going Private;
The PC Market;
Market For Corporate Control;
Corporate Strategy;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Change Management;
Private Equity;
Market Entry and Exit;
Private Ownership;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Internet and the Web;
Computer Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Collis, David J., David B. Yoffie, and Matthew Shaffer. "Taking Dell Private." Harvard Business School Case 714-421, August 2013. (Revised December 2014.)
- April, 2023
- Article
Reducing Information Barriers to Solar Adoption: Experimental Evidence from India
By: Meera Mahadevan, Robyn C. Meeks and Takashi Yamano
Off-grid solar technologies hold promise for unelectrified and low-quality electricity settings; however, their adoption remains low. Important barriers to adoption, such as incomplete information remain relatively unexplored in developing countries. In collaboration...
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Keywords:
Technology Adoption;
Renewable Energy;
Knowledge Sharing;
Developing Countries and Economies;
India
Mahadevan, Meera, Robyn C. Meeks, and Takashi Yamano. "Reducing Information Barriers to Solar Adoption: Experimental Evidence from India." Energy Economics 120 (April, 2023).
- April 2013
- Article
Rx: Human Nature: How Behavioral Economics Is Promoting Better Health Around the World
By: Nava Ashraf
Why doesn't a woman who continues to have unwanted pregnancies avail herself of the free contraception at a nearby clinic? What keeps people from using free chlorine tablets to purify their drinking water? Behavioral economics has shown us that we don't always act in...
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Ashraf, Nava. "Rx: Human Nature: How Behavioral Economics Is Promoting Better Health Around the World." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 4 (April 2013): 119–125.
- 12 Dec 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Bottlenecks, Modules and Dynamic Architectural Capabilities
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by Carliss Y. Baldwin
- 10 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?
payment. But what about after taking a ride-share ride? Or after getting a haircut? Many of those establishments prompt tipping either through their online app or on a tablet at checkout. Have you been surprised by the prompt? You’re not...
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by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
integrated 21-inch tablet computers have become a fitness sensation. For $39 per month, Peloton offers access to live-streamed classes where members can track their performance on a leader board, virtually connect with fellow classmates,...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
tablet space, a senior HP executive reportedly told the Wall Street Journal, "We know we're the fifth man in a four-man race." In their drive towards a goal, Achievers often substitute the needs of the whole with their personal...
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by Mitch Maidique
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
their careers could be negatively impacted. Plus, tech tools allow users to log in on their smartphones, laptops, or tablets at whatever time is convenient for them and for however long they want. “It’s a big commitment to take time off...
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- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
Robert Austin, Richard Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell Jim Barton barely reacted when the doorbell rang. Immersed in content streaming to a tablet propped up behind his cereal bowl, he waved an empty spoon past one ear, as if pushing away a...
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- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
coverage, care delivery, and spending. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/712466-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 613-056 ASUSTeK and the Google Nexus 7 Tablet Days after Jerry Shen introduced a new View Details
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Anna Secino
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices
In the land of the digitally connected, the mobile device is king. The majority of digital media consumption happens on mobile devices, with smartphone and tablet activity making up 60 percent of digital screen time in the United States,...
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- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
School, and a leader in the field of change management. "Even in an era where young techies are looking to get the hottest and latest, people are resistant to change," she says. Microsoft's launch of the new operating system accompanies its launch of a new...
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- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316142-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-140 Rumie: Bringing Digital Education to the Underserved In fall of 2015, the Toronto, Canada–based education technology nonprofit Rumie had distributed...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
Taiwan-based HTC Corp. faced difficult times by 2012. CEO Peter Chou, who drove HTC's transformation from an unknown manufacturer of PDAs for other companies to a well-known global player in smartphones, faced an uncertain and complex environment. Apple's lead in the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
used in the iPod as a foundation for an entirely new product, the iPhone. And then it increased the size and added functions to create the iPad, a portable tablet computer. "It was already halfway to becoming a computer, and they...
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- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
linear, like driving, showering, shaving, mowing the lawn, or pruning shrubs seems to hijack my left brain. My right brain then lights-up with the freedom to work abstractly with stunning new insights. It has become so productive for me that I duct taped a small View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It
allocated. Clickstream data was provided by ComScore, an audience measurement firm. In the development of the internet, 2008 and 2013 were landmark years. Netflix and Hulu began offering streaming services in 2008, and YouTube videos were all over the Web. Smartphones...
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- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
on consumers' browsers, resulting in higher prices for returning shoppers, consumer backlash led the company to state that such practice was a "mistake" and that it would refrain from pricing based on customer demographics in the future. Similarly, when Amazon...
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- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
quickly gained a 95% share of the tablet computer market and a big share of the public mind. But the iPad represented more than just an extremely successful product launch. It also signified important technological directions that are...
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by Staff
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
the PC market was becoming less lucrative due to overseas competition, longer turnover rates on PCs, and the rise of tablets and smartphones. Michael Dell hoped to respond by shifting the company from its core to a "new Dell"...
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Sean Silverthorne