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- February 2007 (Revised September 2008)
- Case
CMM versus Agile: Methodology Wars in Software Development
A CIO decides whether to adopt the "Capability Maturity Model" (CMM) within her IT department. The decision is proving surprisingly controversial; some of her best developers prefer adopting an "agile" methodological approach instead. Compares and contrasts the CMM and...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Management;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Product Development;
Business Processes;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software
Austin, Robert D. "CMM versus Agile: Methodology Wars in Software Development." Harvard Business School Case 607-084, February 2007. (Revised September 2008.)
- 2006
- Working Paper
A Dependency Matrix Tool to Analyze Software Architecture
By: Alan MacCormack, Carliss Y. Baldwin and John Rusnak
- 2008
- Article
Bargains-then-ripoffs: Innovation, Pricing and Lock-in in Enterprise Software
By: Ian Larkin
Larkin, Ian. "Bargains-then-ripoffs: Innovation, Pricing and Lock-in in Enterprise Software." Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (2008).
- 2007
- Other Paper
Bargains-then-ripoffs: Innovation, Pricing and Lock-in in Enterprise Software
By: Ian I. Larkin
- October 1983 (Revised May 1986)
- Case
Newtoys, Inc.: New Product Problem (B), Software Case
Porter, Leslie R. "Newtoys, Inc.: New Product Problem (B), Software Case." Harvard Business School Case 184-046, October 1983. (Revised May 1986.)
- November/December 2003
- Article
Software Development Worldwide: The State of the Practice
By: Michael A. Cusumano, Alan David MacCormack, Chris Kemerer and Bill Crandall
Cusumano, Michael A., Alan David MacCormack, Chris Kemerer, and Bill Crandall. "Software Development Worldwide: The State of the Practice." 20th Anniversary Issue IEEE Software 20, no. 6 (November/December 2003): 28–34.
- 16 Jul 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Principles that Matter: Sustaining Software Innovation from the Client to the Web
- 24 Jan 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Component Modularity on Design Evolution: Evidence from the Software Industry
- 13 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Shouldn't Delay Software Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw
highlights one simple change companies could make: updating software sooner after improved versions hit the market. The research finds that some 60 percent of US organizations continued to use a popular web-server View Details
- April 2014
- Article
The Cost of High-Powered Incentives: Employee Gaming in Enterprise Software Sales
By: Ian Larkin
This paper investigates the pricing distortions that arise from the use of a common non-linear incentive scheme at a leading enterprise software vendor. The empirical results demonstrate that salespeople are adept at gaming the timing of deal closure to take advantage...
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Keywords:
Incentives;
Motivation;
Compensation;
Gaming;
Sales Force Management;
Motivation and Incentives;
Salesforce Management;
Software;
Compensation and Benefits;
Information Technology Industry
Larkin, Ian. "The Cost of High-Powered Incentives: Employee Gaming in Enterprise Software Sales." Journal of Labor Economics 32, no. 2 (April 2014): 199–227.
- June 2003
- Article
How Open Source Software Works: "Free" User-to-User Assistance
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Eric von Hippel
Lakhani, Karim R., and Eric von Hippel. How Open Source Software Works: "Free" User-to-User Assistance. Research Policy 32, no. 6 (June 2003): 923–943.
- 01 Oct 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance:Evidence from Indian Software Services
- May 1986
- Case
Fred Johnson's Adjustable Rate Convertible Note, Software Case
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Fred Johnson's Adjustable Rate Convertible Note, Software Case." Harvard Business School Case 286-085, May 1986.
- 24 Oct 2004 - 27 Oct 2004
- Conference Presentation
Empirical Research in Software Deveopment: Lessons from the Field
By: Alan MacCormack
- March 2022
- Article
How to Prioritize the Improvement of Open-Source Software Security
By: Frank Nagle
Nagle, Frank. "How to Prioritize the Improvement of Open-Source Software Security." Brookings TechStream (March 2022).
- 14 Jun 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Evolution Analysis of Large-Scale Software Systems Using Design Structure Matrices and Design Rule Theory
- 2015
- Working Paper
Crowdsourced Digital Goods and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Open Source Software
By: Frank Nagle
As firms increasingly rely on crowdsourced digital goods, understanding their impact on productivity becomes critical. This study measures the firm-level productivity impact of one such good, non-pecuniary (free) open source software (OSS). The results show a...
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Nagle, Frank. "Crowdsourced Digital Goods and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Open Source Software." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-062, January 2015. (Revised June 2015.)
- April 1985 (Revised January 1991)
- Supplement
Mayers Tap, Inc.: Designing a Cost System, Software Module
- 2012
- Chapter
Evaluating the Impact of the Mozilla Software Redesign Effort
By: Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin and John Rusnak
MacCormack, Alan, Carliss Baldwin, and John Rusnak. "Evaluating the Impact of the Mozilla Software Redesign Effort." Chap. 3.5 in Design Structure Matrix Methods and Applications, by Steven D. Eppinger and Tyson R. Browning, 54–57. MIT Press, 2012.