Computers - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

on two of the most important historical episodes in the history of the computing industry, the introduction of the PC and of the browser, to develop a third hypothesis. Both IBM and Microsoft, having been extremely successful in an old... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ August 2013 Computer Applying KISS to Healthcare Information Technology By: Herzlinger, Regina E., Margo Seltzer, and Mark Gaynor Abstract—Current public and private healthcare information technology... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

part of your goal was to be able to mix and match some of the databases of items for sale, which you could do on a hosted version but couldn't do if they were off in disparate places. Randall: Right. For instance, right now we run auctions for Dell View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11

individuals from low employment districts to regions with better employment opportunities. We exploit a natural experiment within an Indian technology firm where the pre-existence of a computer generated talent allocation protocol allows... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

of capital, causing them to shrink and possibly exit the market. The strategy was used by Sun Microsystems in the 1980s and Dell Computer in the 1990s. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-063.pdf The Determinants of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

analyses, specifically, to compute net present value (NPV) internal rate of return (IRR) and payback period. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207121 Vivaldi Food Concepts—The Start-up of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 May 2002
Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

ranging from minor modifications to major new innovations. The user-friendly tools, often integrated into a package we call a "tool kit for customer innovation," deploy new technologies like computer simulation and rapid... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel

25 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?

Credit: PhonlamaiPhoto Thirty years ago, the idea of a machine learning on its own would have stoked the worst kind of sci-fi nightmares about robots taking over the planet. These days, machine learning is so commonplace, we barely notice it. View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology

06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

definitions of what constitutes a "team." For this paper we collected a unique dataset from the men's major soccer league in Italy. For each match we computed the exact pay dispersion of each work team and estimated its effect... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2012
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Online Marketing

concerned with not just reviews but all the factors that create trust with their users. Do People Watch Online Video Ads? Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch The mere fact that an online video advertisement reaches a viewer's computer... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Technology

11 Aug 2003
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Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation

experimentation and are triggering fundamental changes in R&D processes and performance in such fields as integrated circuit design, automotive development, and pharmaceutical drug discovery. Computer modeling and simulation, rapid... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

06 Apr 2020
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Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

according to the research. One reason might be that costs are lower for companies that moved production offshore, and the resulting, more efficient firms developed higher-skilled service work, like computer science, to fill the employment... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

2011
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Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation

By: Ethan S. Bernstein and Frank J. Barrett

How can leaders adopt a mindset that maximizes learning, remains responsive to short-term emergent opportunities, and simultaneously strengthens longer-term dynamic capabilities of the organization? This chapter explores the organizational decisions and practices... View Details

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22 Jan 2014
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High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs

Many high-tech companies in the United States look overseas to fill talent gaps in their employment ranks by hiring skilled immigrants, often sponsoring the visas these workers need to live in this country. Critics say this can create an unpleasant fallout effect,the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Computer; Computer

02 Feb 2004
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Where Does Apple Go From Here?

Apple Computer knows how to make headlines. The company is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh and is enjoying the fruits of its launch into the digital entertainment business. In its December quarter, Apple sold 730,000... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores

vegetables at the point of sale, improving the speed and accuracy of the checkout. If the benefit is not immediately apparent, make it obvious through advertising and promotional materials. Lesson 2: Make The Technology Easy To Use. Most View Details

Keywords: by Raymond Burke; Retail

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

Modularity By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract— This is the first chapter in Part 3. Its purpose is to contrast the value structure of platform systems with step processes from a technological perspective. I first review the basic technical architecture of View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

that Al's research has moved from railroads to giant corporations and now to computers and consumer electronics underscores his eminent position as the historian of industries at the center of national interest in each era he studies. All... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

The Essentials for Enlightened Experimentation

New technologies such as computer simulations not only make experimentation faster and cheaper, they also enable companies to be more innovative. But achieving that requires a thorough understanding of the link between experimentation and... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke