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- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
known as “the Library,” where it is organized into an alternative environment. The Library was formerly the Library of Congress, but it long since has evolved from information in books to complex computer files. "Mark Zuckerberg reminded... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Radical Design, Radical Results
the competitive advantage gained by how a product "speaks" to a customer is clear. Just think about how Apple began its resurrection in 1998 with the unthinkable design of computers made of translucent blue, orange, and pink... View Details
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
in the kinds of management challenges faced by professionals in fields as distinct as, for example, law and computer software design? Lorsch: Program participants represent the full range of professional service industries including:... View Details
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
respectively, have revolutionized the relationship between the individual and computer technology. Once the exclusive domain of academia and research facilities, computers can now be found in every area of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?
phones for the government and something else for the public. The FBI, for this new age, may need to break down these technological barriers themselves, perhaps by hiring their own computer scientists instead of making it each company’s... View Details
- September 2009
- Teaching Note
IBM in the 21st Century: The Coming of the Globally Integrated Enterprise (TN)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Teaching Note for [308105]. View Details
- July 2009 (Revised June 2016)
- Teaching Note
Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A) & (B)
By: Tsedal Neeley
Teaching Note for [409003]. View Details
- December 2005
- Case
IBM and Eclipse (A)
IBM faces a collective action problem: It open sourced its $40 million application platform and has to convince other companies to contribute. Explores the events leading up to IBM's decision to make the Eclipse platform available as an Open Source project. In 1998,... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Open Source Distribution; Cooperation; Adoption; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
O'Mahony, Siobhan, Fernando Cela Diaz, and Evangelos Mamas. "IBM and Eclipse (A)." Harvard Business School Case 906-007, December 2005.
- January 2001
- Teaching Note
IBM Corporation Turnaround TN
By: Richard L. Nolan
Teaching Note for (9-600-098). View Details
- July 1998
- Case
Microsoft--1995 (Abridged)
By: Tarun Khanna and David B. Yoffie
Focuses on how Microsoft built one of the world's greatest franchises and poses questions about what, if anything, can stop the company. Teaching purpose: To teach building competitive advantage, the advantages of bundling, and the sustainability of competitive... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
Khanna, Tarun, and David B. Yoffie. "Microsoft--1995 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 799-003, July 1998.
- April 1999 (Revised February 2003)
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Office: Finding the Suite Spot TN
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Teaching Note for (9-699-046). View Details
- November 1987
- Case
International Business Machines: Changes in Marketing Organization
Cespedes, Frank V. "International Business Machines: Changes in Marketing Organization." Harvard Business School Case 588-037, November 1987.
- January 1998 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Timberjack Parts: Packaged Software Selection Project
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil and Darryl S. Romanow
This case provides a realistic, current, and detailed view of software procurement in an international business environment where the competition in enterprise-wide software solutions is growing. Focuses on the selection of packaged software to serve multiple sites... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Information Technology; Analytics and Data Science; Multinational Firms and Management; Operations; Management Practices and Processes; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, Mark Keil, and Darryl S. Romanow. "Timberjack Parts: Packaged Software Selection Project." Harvard Business School Case 398-085, January 1998. (Revised February 1998.)
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
my bet is that 2037 will be very different as well. And this will be due to entrepreneurs, not private equity funds or public company boards." This may be linked, as D. R. Elliott suggested, to the rise in the "knowledge economy" where "thanks to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
into their products and services, from sources (e.g., labor conditions in paper plants where company stationery is manufactured) to applications and ultimate fate (e.g., how used computers are disposed of). Whether this is called... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52939 forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Computer Vision Uncovers Predictors of Physical Urban Change By: Naik, Nikhil, Scott Duke... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
create a customized car if they could not find what they were looking for on the Web site. However, GMBuyPower.com faces significant challenges. First, there are many people who believe that the public may want to buy computers online,... View Details
- 21 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 21, 2007
from each other and f peers (freeriders) who download from sharers but do not contribute files. Assuming that upload bandwidth is scarcer than download bandwidth and efficient allocation, we compute the expected bandwidth obtained by each... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- August 2004 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Intel Capital, 2005 (A)
By: David B. Yoffie, Barbara Mack, Adriana Boden and Lee Rand
All companies in a technology-intensive industry must worry about the development of their ecosystems and, in particular, the availability and cost of complementary assets. One strategy for promoting complements is to invest in them directly. Explores Intel's strategy... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Venture Capital; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Investment; Assets; Corporate Finance; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; United States
Yoffie, David B., Barbara Mack, Adriana Boden, and Lee Rand. "Intel Capital, 2005 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-408, August 2004. (Revised April 2007.)
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
Not only has technology entered nearly every area of our personal life, it's the rare industry that isn't computerized, networked, and advertised on Facebook. Except one: education. Outside of the occasional computer lab, basic webpage,... View Details