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- February 2005 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard (A)
By: Rohit Deshpande and Seth Schulman
Since its controversial merger with Compaq, Hewlett-Packard had been under pressure by analysts and some stockholders to divest itself of its low-margin PC business. For CEO Carly Fiorina and others on HP's management team, however, PCs seemed integral to the company's... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Customer Focus and Relationships; Mergers and Acquisitions; Information Infrastructure; Business Strategy; Price; Computer Industry
Deshpande, Rohit, and Seth Schulman. "Hewlett-Packard (A)." Harvard Business School Case 505-065, February 2005. (Revised November 2006.)
- November 2004 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
RightNow Technologies
By: William A. Sahlman and Dan Heath
The founder and CEO of a CRM software start-up must decide between an attractive acquisition offer and the opportunity to go public. Discusses the growth of the company--including a lengthy discussion of entrepreneurial bootstrapping--as well as an aborted IPO attempt... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Applications and Software; Going Public; Management Teams; Finance; Strategy; Value Creation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Acquisition; Computer Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Dan Heath. "RightNow Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 805-032, November 2004. (Revised May 2010.)
- April 2002
- Teaching Note
Accounting for the Intel Pentium Chip Flaw TN
By: Gregory S. Miller and V.G. Narayanan
Teaching Note for (9-101-072). View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
- May 2000
- Teaching Note
Hewlett Packard's Merced Decision TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
Teaching Note for (9-699-011). View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
- September 1995 (Revised May 1997)
- Teaching Note
Microsoft, 1995 TN
By: Tarun Khanna
Teaching Note for (9-795-147) and (9-799-003). View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
- June 1992 (Revised November 1995)
- Supplement
Transformation of IBM, The, Supplement
By: David B. Yoffie
Provides an update to the case. View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Transformation of IBM, The, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 792-105, June 1992. (Revised November 1995.)
- August 1995
- Teaching Note
IBM After-Sales Service TN
Teaching Note for (9-693-001). View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
- July 1993
- Teaching Note
Acer Incorporated TN
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for (9-691-104). View Details
- June 1991 (Revised April 1993)
- Case
Acer, Inc.
By: Robert H. Hayes
Acer is undergoing two major transitions at the time of this case: from a small, entrepreneurially-run company to a large professionally-run one; and from a largely domestic company to a multinational one. After a decade of phenomenal growth, it is now facing a major... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Motivation and Incentives; Multinational Firms and Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Employees; Resignation and Termination; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Diversity; Computer Industry; Taiwan
Hayes, Robert H. "Acer, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 691-104, June 1991. (Revised April 1993.)
- January 1992 (Revised June 1994)
- Case
IBM: Assistant General Manager of Marketing (A)
Cespedes, Frank V. "IBM: Assistant General Manager of Marketing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 592-066, January 1992. (Revised June 1994.)
- August 1997 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (B3): Assessing Organizational Fitness Profiling
By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers
Supplements the (B) case. View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
Beer, Michael, and Gregory C. Rogers. "Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (B3): Assessing Organizational Fitness Profiling." Harvard Business School Case 498-019, August 1997. (Revised September 1997.)
- March 1995 (Revised July 1995)
- Supplement
Datavision (B)
By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers
To be handed out in class as a follow-up to Datavision (A). View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
Beer, Michael, and Gregory C. Rogers. "Datavision (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 495-047, March 1995. (Revised July 1995.)
- January 1989
- Case
IBM Corp.: The Full Employment Practice (A)
By: D. Quinn Mills
Mills, D. Quinn. "IBM Corp.: The Full Employment Practice (A)." Harvard Business School Case 489-096, January 1989.
- 2003
- Book
The Watson Dynasty: The Fiery Reign and Troubled Legacy of IBM's Founding Father and Son
By: R. S. Tedlow
Tedlow, R. S. The Watson Dynasty: The Fiery Reign and Troubled Legacy of IBM's Founding Father and Son. New York: Harper Business, 2003.
- June 1995
- Teaching Note
Lexon Corporation Series TN
By: Lynn S. Paine and Sarah Gant
Teaching Note for (9-392-071) and (9-392-072). View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
- June 1990 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Desktop Printer Industry in 1990
The desktop printer industry in 1990 is characterized by significant uncertainty about new technologies and about the types of features customers may demand in the next decade. The case looks at the positions of Hewlett-Packard, Canon, Kodak, Xerox, and IBM enabling... View Details
Teisberg, Elizabeth O. "Desktop Printer Industry in 1990." Harvard Business School Case 390-173, June 1990. (Revised January 1994.)
- April 1990
- Case
Mexico and the Microcomputers (A) (Abridged)
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "Mexico and the Microcomputers (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-093, April 1990.
- September 1989
- Case
Intellectual Property Rights: The IBM-Fujitsu Case
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "Intellectual Property Rights: The IBM-Fujitsu Case." Harvard Business School Case 390-061, September 1989.
- April 2002
- Article
The Future of the Microprocessor Business
By: Michael J Bass and Clayton M. Christensen
Bass, Michael J., and Clayton M. Christensen. "The Future of the Microprocessor Business." IEEE Spectrum 39, no. 4 (April 2002).
- 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 systems for the Idaho National... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner