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- 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
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
in the book, were overwhelmed by Xerox's mismanagement of the computer applications for its technology. In response to the criticism set forth by the two authors, who were consultants for McKinsey, Xerox decided to improve its ability to... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
theoretical explanation for workplace silence based on implicit theories of voice. Cases & Course MaterialsASUSTek Computer Inc. Eee PC (A) Harvard Business School Case 609-011 ASUSTek Computer was the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 1998
- Teaching Note
Xerox Technology Ventures TN
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for (9-295-127) and (9-298-109). View Details
- February 1998 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Xerox Technology Ventures: January 1997
By: Josh Lerner
Supplements Xerox Technology Ventures: March 1995. View Details
Lerner, Josh. "Xerox Technology Ventures: January 1997." Harvard Business School Case 298-109, February 1998. (Revised April 1998.)
- September 2020
- Case
True North: Pioneering Analytics, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Kairavi Dey and Hannah Mayer
True North was a private equity fund that specialized in the growth and buyout of mid-market, India-centric companies. The leadership team initially believed that technology was not core to traditional businesses and steered clear of new age technology-oriented... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Information Technology; Management; Operations; Organizations; Leadership; Innovation and Invention; Business Model; AI and Machine Learning; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
Lakhani, Karim R., Kairavi Dey, and Hannah Mayer. "True North: Pioneering Analytics, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence." Harvard Business School Case 621-042, September 2020.
- Summer 2019
- Article
The Plight of the Graying Tech Worker
By: William R. Kerr
If you’re in tech and over 40, your experience is probably underappreciated. A global talent pool complicates matters. View Details
Keywords: Employees; Age; Personal Development and Career; Immigration; Policy; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
Kerr, William R. "The Plight of the Graying Tech Worker." MIT Sloan Management Review 60, no. 4 (Summer 2019): 12–13.
- January 2019 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
When Trolls Attack: Carbonite vs. Oasis Research
By: Lauren H. Cohen, Umit G. Gurun, Scott Duke Kominers and Sarah Mehta
This case, set in October 2017, follows Danielle Sheer, general counsel for Carbonite, as she defends the company against claims of patent infringement. It provides a broad overview of the U.S. patent system and explores the impact that non-practicing entities... View Details
Keywords: Patent Infringement Litigation; Non-practicing Entities; Patent Trolls; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Patents; Laws and Statutes; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Boston
Cohen, Lauren H., Umit G. Gurun, Scott Duke Kominers, and Sarah Mehta. "When Trolls Attack: Carbonite vs. Oasis Research." Harvard Business School Case 219-001, January 2019. (Revised May 2019.)
- June 1995
- Teaching Note
San Francisco Bay Consulting TN
By: George P. Baker III and Karin B Monsler
Teaching Note for (9-195-096). View Details
- April 2009
- Teaching Note
Apple's Core (TN)
By: Noam T. Wasserman and Lisa Brem
Teaching Note for [809063]. View Details
- July 2008
- Supplement
The Politics and Economics of Accounting for Goodwill at Cisco Systems (A) and (B) Teaching Note (CW)
By: Karthik Ramanna
- March 2005
- Supplement
Anne Mulcahy: Leading Xerox through the Perfect Storm (B)
By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Profit; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
George, William W., and Andrew N. McLean. "Anne Mulcahy: Leading Xerox through the Perfect Storm (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 405-065, March 2005.
- June 2003 (Revised October 2006)
- Supplement
George McClelland at KSR (C)
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Ayesha Kanji
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Margolis, Joshua D., and Ayesha Kanji. "George McClelland at KSR (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 403-165, June 2003. (Revised October 2006.)
- December 1999
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A5): Solaris 7: Rich Green on Product Strategy and Culture Change
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
Solaris, Sun Microsystems' version of the UNIX operating system, was an amorphous collection of capabilities that had accumulated over the years, a product the company vaguely wished it could market and sell better. Developing and marketing Solaris 7 would help... View Details
- September 1993 (Revised June 1994)
- Supplement
Hewlett-Packard: Singapore (B)
Discusses the printer Hewlett-Packard has developed. View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Product Development; Research; Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Singapore
Leonard, Dorothy A. "Hewlett-Packard: Singapore (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 694-036, September 1993. (Revised June 1994.)
- March 1998 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Dell Online
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
Dell started online commerce for its PCs in 1996, and by 1997 had achieved a sales rate of $3 million a day. The case describes the internal process that led to these dramatic results and poses the question of how the firm should leverage this activity to meet Michael... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Market Transactions; Goals and Objectives; Business Processes; Distribution Channels; Internet and the Web; Information Infrastructure; Competitive Advantage; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Dell Online." Harvard Business School Case 598-116, March 1998. (Revised March 1999.)
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
companies such as Sony and Matsushita) led to the migration of R&D in consumer electronics to Japan (and later to South Korea and Taiwan). As consumers demanded ever-smaller, lighter, and more powerful (and power hungry!) mobile View Details
- 31 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water
customers like his product. In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade The Strategic Brew computer simulation puts MBAs in charge of their own breweries, rising or sinking based on the popularity of their pseudo suds. Ramon... View Details
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
introduction of a very general class of unobserved heterogeneity on agents' preferences. Under minimal assumptions, we show existence and uniqueness of equilibrium. We provide two algorithms to compute the equilibria in our model. The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
If there is one job that many software analysts and programmers cannot stand, it is testing software on the path to launch. The grinding concentration and repetitive nature of the tasks serve to drive many techies around the bend. Testing—due in no small part to the... View Details