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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

Profile

Kanwaljit Bakshi

"I've no idea how I did it. I didn't sleep much," she laughs. After graduation, Brochu went to Silicon Valley and worked for a computer security firm. But like the rest of the nation, her worldview shifted on 9/11. She decided... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

06 Apr 2016
What Do You Think?

As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?

Summing Up--Is Product Security A Potential Distraction for Apple’s Leadership? The saga of Apple’s stand-off with the United States government over the Company’s refusal to assist the FBI in hacking its own iPhone product to aid in a domestic terrorism investigation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer

08 Sep 2011
What Do You Think?

What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?

Summing Up The first impression I get from respondents to this month's column is that Steve Jobs can't be replaced as CEO of Apple by just one person. Rather the succession must include at least a head of design (according to Yadeed Lobo) to go along with Tim Cook, the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer

Carissa Bryce Christensen

with evidence-based decision making, Carissa has built a career in complex, cutting-edge tech environments. She co-founded QxBranch, a quantum computing software firm acquired by Rigetti Computing in 2019,... View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence;#10;#Aviation & Aerospace;#17;#Defense, Military, & Space

01 Jun 2002
News

Blue No Longer

In March, Louis Gerstner (MBA '65), IBM's CEO since 1993, stepped down after achieving a remarkable turnaround at Big Blue. Gerstner, who lacked any previous experience in the computer industry, frequently defied conventional management... View Details

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Tips for Working Remotely | Information Technology

see if your router is updated and change its password as you would your own computer. Shared Computers at Home Many of us share home computers with family. If you plan on setting up your HBS mail on a shared... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Using an online platform to reinvent education

Students can take advantage of the extensive library of more than 6,000 educational videos, 100,000 interactive challenges, and assessments from any computer with web access. Every interaction with the system is logged so that parents and... View Details

03 Mar 2017
News

Big Blue’s Big Bet

which is the ability of computer systems to learn from a language as it is spoken, in all its idioms, colloquialisms, and technical-ese, and without having to be explicitly programmed to learn these things. The IBM View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

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Staff | Information Technology

(1Password) Setting Up Two-Step Verification Training Daily Work Resources that enable you to be productive both on and off campus. Adobe Creative Cloud Budgeting ChatGPT Edu Computer Upgrades Generative AI Tools at HBS Information... View Details

11 Sep 2024

The MBA + Master's Tour Women in Business

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27 Jun 2024

The MBA + Master's Tour Africa and Middle East

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02 Oct 2024

The MBA + Master's Tour Europe

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14 Aug 2024

The MBA + Master's Tour Black, Hispanic and Native Candidates

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04 Dec 2024

The MBA + Master's Tour Women in Business

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02 Nov 2015
Book

Dear Internet: You Are Extraordinary, But Not Exceptional

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Computer; Computer

2019
Working Paper

Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 17 The Wintel Standards-based Platform

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

The purpose of this chapter is to use the theory of bottlenecks laid out in previous chapters to better understand the dynamics of an open standards-based platform. I describe how the Wintel platform evolved from 1990 through 2000 under joint sponsorship of Intel and... View Details

Keywords: Open Platforms; Bottlenecks; Wintel Platform; Disintermediation; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Business History; Digital Platforms; Computer Industry

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