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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon...
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- June 2004 (Revised November 2004)
- Case
Microsoft in 2004
By: Michael G. Rukstad, David B. Yoffie, Brian DeLacey and Deborah Freier
Surveys Microsoft's expansion into new businesses, such as mobile and embedded devices, home and entertainment, and business solutions, as it faces challenges due to size and maturity and outside threats from Linux and Google. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Competitive Advantage;
Applications and Software;
Expansion;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Information Technology Industry;
Washington (state, US)
Rukstad, Michael G., David B. Yoffie, Brian DeLacey, and Deborah Freier. "Microsoft in 2004." Harvard Business School Case 704-508, June 2004. (Revised November 2004.)
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
Manny Medina (MBA 2003) didn’t set out to found Outreach, the Seattle-based sales-engagement unicorn. He never expected to become an entrepreneur. When he quit a frustrating role in business development at Microsoft in 2011, he didn’t...
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- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
advantage of a natural experiment, in that we observe products that fulfill the same function being developed by very different organizational forms. At one extreme are commercial software firms, in which...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
different architectures, they lack a shared technical language, which makes it near impossible for anyone without a PhD in physics to access their potential. Aliro was launched to help dismantle some of these challenges, serving as a bridge between the worlds of View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
She asked Bulletin readers for their thoughts. The Decision: “We absolutely went digital,” Cass says. Doing so required adding mechanical and software engineering specialties to the team, as well as a data scientist. They also pivoted...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
System Architecture By: Baldwin, Carliss Y., Alan MacCormack, and John Rusnak Abstract—In this paper, we describe an operational methodology for characterizing the architecture of complex technical systems and demonstrate its application to a large sample of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2013
- News
Paolo M. Pellegrini, MBA 1985 & Henrietta Jones
first Italian minicomputer was developed,” recalls Pellegrini, who now lives in New York City. “In high school, I had summer internships at various software development companies, and I credit those...
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- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
(photo by Neal Hamberg) Ask Malay Kundu (MBA 2003) about StopLift Checkout Vision Systems, and he’s more than happy to talk about his thriving software company, which deploys video and scanning technologies to stop retail theft. The...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Designing Students
(from left) Karena Wells, John Semel, Denton Chase, Lee Falck (partly hidden), and Rich Lim, all members of the HBS Class of 1998, demonstrate how to use the Vita-Tech 2000, a handy vitamin dispenser they created for the Managing Product View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Gregory Slayton (MBA '90)
working at McKinsey & Co. in the early 1990s, he cofounded its Multimedia Practice Group and was soon recruited to take over the New Media division of Paramount Studios. He then cofounded Worlds, Incorporated, an Internet software company...
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- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
methods. But the payoffs have not been nearly as dramatic for service industries applying lean principles. HBS professor David Upton and doctoral student Bradley Staats look at the experience of Indian View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
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Tools | New Venture Competition
Solara provides an on-demand solar irrigation service to Indian farmers, increasing their access to affordable, reliable, and clean irrigation. Team: Rea Savla, MBA 2024; Vishesh Mehta 1 Play Video duration: 1:32 2024 New Venture...
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- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
software product over its entire lifetime, comprising six major "releases." In particular, we develop measures of modularity at the component level, and use these to predict patterns of evolution...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
How to Thrive in an Unstructured Environment
global corporate sales strategy. Throughout this experience, I worked on everything from “blue sky” brainstorming sessions and developing strategies, to attending conferences, implementing new software...
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Entrepreneurship
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A wild ride from adventure travel to social media marketing
When Victoria Ransom (MBA 2008) wanted to promote her travel company by giving away a trip on Facebook, she couldn’t find the software to do so. Ransom solved the problem, creating an app, and in the process saw the opportunity to View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
the firm feedback on this. In response, Buro Happold developed its first formal internal training programs under the name of "Archimedes Academy." The first two programs were (1) the Job Leader Program, targeted for senior...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 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...
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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.)
- May 1997 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Vermeer Technologies (D): Making Transitions
By: Ashish Nanda
Microsoft has acquired Vermeer, and Vermeer executives are both excited and concerned as they prepare to move to Redmond. Even though the acquisition has been financially rewarding, the Vermeer engineers worry how well they will adapt to their new home. Meanwhile,...
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Horizontal Integration;
Value Creation;
Applications and Software;
Acquisition;
Product Development;
Information Technology Industry
Nanda, Ashish, and Georgia Levenson. "Vermeer Technologies (D): Making Transitions." Harvard Business School Case 397-082, May 1997. (Revised July 1997.)
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
Center researcher Namrata Arora uncover a complicated mix of piracy and plagiarism that harm not only Hollywood's efforts at success in the Indian market, but local Bollywood companies as well. Iyer says the case can help students and...
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