Indian Software Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2014
News

Net Gains

league has held more than 500 grassroots events across 10 Indian cities, featuring instruction by current and former NBA players and coaches. Last year, the NBA partnered with the Reliance Foundation—the philanthropic arm of Reliance... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

shareholder value. The GE board had deferred to Welch in a highly public selection process, which had favored the sales-focused Immelt over someone who could transform GE to prepare the company for the future, just as Welch had done in the early 1980s. Immelt never... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

06 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

Finance, scaling an impact investment in Anchorage, Alaska to become the state's largest permanent supportive housing program, and designing and launching an impact fund-of-funds to mobilize passive charitable capital. With an interest in designing a fund to View Details

26 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 26, 2007

billion. The company had 41,000 employees in 11 countries, but it was ill-prepared for the increasingly competitive market. With the shift from hardware to software and services, HCL had slipped behind its View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

Business School Exercise 408-076 Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) brought together decision makers in search of hard-to-find answers with specialized experts in nearly every imaginable field. Over time, GLG developed View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Sebastian Vargas

to take. Ultimately, it is up to you to embark on and complete the journey. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? From an early age, I was good with computers and loved gadgets, so I wanted to be a software engineer. Growing... View Details

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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 Play Video duration: 1:32 2024 New Venture... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Making a Difference

the image of women as victims in conflict zones and reshaping development programs targeted at poor countries. As a deputy director at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, she is uniquely positioned to see her ideas through.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; meta

12 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Electric Mobility in India

of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is one of 14 student essays that... View Details

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’

says. "He was weighing two things and letting them play out." Companies often make the mistake of compromising too early or letting one or two groups dominate. "He allowed both ideas to be developed and tested enough, to learn and not... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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Krishna Yeshwant

Hospital. As part of the Surgical Planning Lab, Krishna applied his computer science background to the development of 3D planning software for craniofacial surgery. Spanning medical and engineering worlds... 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... View Details

Keywords: 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... View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Change; Innovation and Management; Information Technology Industry

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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,... View Details

Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Value Creation; Applications and Software; Acquisition; Product Development; Information Technology Industry

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20 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 20

time. Read the paper: http://www.europeanceo.com/business-and-management/2012/07/iso-standards-stamp-approval/ Children Develop a Veil of Fairness Authors:Alex Shaw, Natalia Montinari, Marco Piovesan, Kristina Olson, Francesca Gino, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them

Moderna, a pharmaceutical company, announced in September 2020 that it would slow enrollment of its COVID-19 vaccine trials to better improve representation. The majority of study participants were white, although COVID-19 was disproportionately affecting Black,... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Pharmaceutical; Health

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

programs? What management practices work best? Catching Affiliate Fraud Edelman and Brandi, admitted computer geeks, developed software that allowed them to observe management structures within companies... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

13 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

first, it has to undo the common perception that the product is an intimidating machine for guys. As part of its strategy, in July 2003, Sony introduced a PlayStation product in Europe called EyeToy: Play—a video camera (the EyeToy) and game View Details

Keywords: by Youngme Moon

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

chain management and advanced planning and scheduling software embed more advanced algorithms than their predecessors and offer the possibility of optimizing decisions across an entire supply chain, as opposed to within single firms. 52... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

01 Mar 2007
News

Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch

opined. Given the range of projects under development at Microsoft, there’s no shortage of challenges for talented recruits. Among those highlighted by Ballmer were using the Internet to transform television viewing into an interactive... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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