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Andrew S. Grove
While CEO of Intel, Grove delivered a ten-year annual return of 44%. Under Grove, Intel became more valuable than IBM with a worth of $115 billion and annual profits of $5.1 billion. Grove’s Intel controlled 90% of the world market for PC microprocessors. In... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Stanley C. Allyn
As leader of National Cash Register, Allyn was an ardent supporter of first-class working conditions for employees and a strong believer in corporate citizenship for his company. By 1947, Allyn had tripled National Cash Register’s sales volume with total sales of $98... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
David M. Hughes
offered new students not only social events to help them get acquainted but also a central location where they could obtain information on everything from purchasing computers to buying groceries. Through it all, Hughes proved to be a... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
LA Reid’s Song
still spend money on music. It is how they are listening to recordings that is changing. With CD sales stalled and downloads slowing, streaming music over computers looks like the future of the music business. Rather than focus on the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
FIELD 2 in Accra
respondents said they viewed online content on multiple devices. "Research indicates that smart phones and mobiles are where it's at in emerging markets," says Leach. "But we found that many people still use computers that rely on Wi-Fi.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
internal intranet, "thereby allowing customers to serve themselves through their own computers within their own organizations." Nolan also points to Microsoft founder Bill Gates's strategy of holding View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 31 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water
customers like his product. In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade The Strategic Brew computer simulation puts MBAs in charge of their own breweries, rising or sinking based on the popularity of their pseudo suds. Ramon... View Details
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Sara B. Wilkinson Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
mainframe computer system was announced which she was asked to teach in her branch. She retired in 1992 as a liaison between programming groups and the then head contractor on the Space Station. Before HBS At HBS After HBS Interview by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
programs I jotted down during the sessions, one put a particularly fine point on doubts about the true value of the degree. Not long ago, companies hired MBAs for their specialized knowledge in disciplines and business functions. Now they can buy View Details
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
If there is one job that many software analysts and programmers cannot stand, it is testing software on the path to launch. The grinding concentration and repetitive nature of the tasks serve to drive many techies around the bend. Testing—due in no small part to the... View Details
- July 2009
- Teaching Note
Microsoft's Search (TN)
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Eric J. Van den Steen
Teaching Note for [709461]. View Details
- April 2008 (Revised September 2008)
- Teaching Note
Apple Inc., 2008 (TN)
By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind
Teaching Note for [708480]. View Details
- March 2001
- Teaching Note
Lucent Technologies New Ventures Group TN
Teaching Note for (9-300-085). View Details
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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
first minimum wage and 40-hour week History Of The 40-Hour Workweek More leaders are scrapping the 40-hour workweek That time America almost had a 30-hour workweek Why Do We Work 40 Hours A Week? 1939 John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry complete the prototype for the... View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
Seated before a computer with an Internet link, consumers today can flip through an estimated 800 million Web pages of public information by merely clicking a mouse. Add to this that television, now in 98 percent of American homes, is... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
with a member of the Executive Education staff. EE: How has "Delivering Information Services" evolved in the nearly thirty years it has been taught? Nolan: The course has kept pace with all three of the dominant eras in information technology (IT): from... View Details
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- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
introduction of a very general class of unobserved heterogeneity on agents' preferences. Under minimal assumptions, we show existence and uniqueness of equilibrium. We provide two algorithms to compute the equilibria in our model. The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
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
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Finding Historical Financial Statements with Compustat | Baker Library
option Save as a .xls file to your computer Open file in Excel Related Help View all Finding a Time Series of Financial Data in Compustat Still need help? Our expert librarians are here to help you find what you’re looking for. Ask a... View Details