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  • 2011
  • Teaching Note

Founder's Group Diversification (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Chuanjiang Mao
Founder Group's Chairman of the Board, Wei Xin, made adjustments to the company portfolio in 2010. Established in the mid-1980s, Founder is the industry leader for Chinese laser typesetting systems and was once the second largest PC manufacturer in China. It is also... View Details
Keywords: Strategy Management; China; Computers ＆ Electronics; China
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  • 19 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

public use—major new products of either consumer electronics or computer hardware with their essential software technologies. In the United States, no enterprise had the capability to commercialize new... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Computer; Computer; Computer; Computer
  • July–August 2002
  • Article

Paths of Learning: Life and Death in the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries

By: Walter Friedman
Keywords: Customers; Technology; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
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  • April 2003 (Revised March 2009)
  • Case

Operational Execution at Arrow Electronics

By: Ananth Raman and Zeynep Ton
Distribution center operations (from order taking to order fulfillment) and the importance of attending to process details at Arrow Electronics, a large distributor of electronic components and computer products are described. The case also details the actions the... View Details
Keywords: Information; Distribution; Logistics; Strategy; Electronics Industry
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  • August 1998
  • Case

Electronic Commerce at Air Products

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
In 1998,chief information officers (CIOs) in the highly competitive international gases and chemicals business faced the reality that electronic commerce capability was a strategic necessity. The results of annual surveys of technology officers in the chemical industry... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Information Technology; Globalized Markets and Industries; Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Business Strategy; Chemical Industry; United States
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  • July 1995 (Revised October 1995)
  • Background Note

Electronic Commerce: Trends and Opportunities

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Janis Lee Gogan
In a 1966 Harvard Business Review article, Felix Kaufman implored general managers to think beyond their own organizational boundaries to the possibilities of interorganizational systems (IOS)--networked computers that enable companies to share information and... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Trends; Opportunities
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  • 27 Sep 2015
  • News

Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips

  • 26 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity

new study of physician offices transitioning to electronic health records (EHRs) used in managing patient care. In general, larger offices in the study that employed EHRs recorded productivity gains, but certain types of smaller practices... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health
  • 20 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

further investigation into the development of the consumer electronics and computer industries. Here is an excerpt.I have just completed an initial sketch of the evolution of two industries—Inventing the... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Multiple generations of computing

Palm Computing, with founder Jeff Hawkins, she introduced the PalmPilot, the first successful handheld computer. Under Dubinsky’s leadership it became the fastest-selling computer and consumer electronics... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story

Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries (The Free Press) is the fourth major book by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., the... View Details
Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • Web

About Us - Research Computing Services

About Us Research Computing Services (RCS) is a centralized service that supports HBS faculty research with a staff of statisticians, data scientists, and experts in research computing. Read more about our most frequently requested... View Details
  • 04 Oct 2012
  • News

Baker Library’s Historical Collections Receive Papers of Computer Pioneer and Philanthropist An Wang

  • Web

Transferring Data - Research Computing Services

Potentially up to Level 4 Individuals may elect to mail ("snail mail") or hand deliver (i.e., “Sneaker Net”) electronic data on a external portable storage device. This can included devices like flash drives. Note that if the data are... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

Networked Computers behind IT Payoff

Investments in information technology (IT) are finally beginning to pay off, thanks to the era of the networked computer. So says HBS assistant professor Andrew P. McAfee in an article published in last October's issue of Exec: The Executive's Guide to View Details
  • Web

RCS Policies - Research Computing Services

Usage and Policies RCS Policies 9ms All Resources Access is intended only for legitimate purposes which benefit the research at Harvard University. Access must be authorized by the faculty or management of HBS and our partners, and by the staff of Research View Details
  • May 2012 (Revised August 2012)
  • Case

Apple Inc. in 2012

By: David B. Yoffie and Penelope Rossano
On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs tragically died of cancer. The recently retired CEO of Apple Inc. was a legend: he had changed Apple from a company near bankruptcy to one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world. Moreover, he had revolutionized several... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Market Positioning; Strategic Planning; Technology; Computer Industry; Strategy Implementation; Consumer Electronics; Telecommunications; Information Infrastructure; Innovation and Invention; Competitive Strategy; Leadership; Product Positioning; Electronics Industry; Electronics Industry; Electronics Industry
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  • July 2011 (Revised June 2013)
  • Case

Foxconn Technology Group (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim and Beiting Cheng
In 2010, Foxconn Technology Group, the largest and fastest growing multinational company in the Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry, came under public scrutiny after a string of employee suicides reached the international press. Although the company was... View Details
Keywords: Multinational; Labor Market; Electronic Manufacturing Services; Health ＆ Wellness; Robots; Automation; Social Responsibility; Employee Relationship Management; Leadership; Stocks; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Capital Markets; Supply Chain Management; Safety; Environmental Accounting; Human Capital; Human Resources; Electronics Industry; Electronics Industry; China
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Responsibilities and Acceptable Use - Research Computing Services

Usage and Policies Responsibilities and Acceptable Use 4ms The HBS research computing environment, composed of a number of servers and services, is a large, shared resource that is often at significant capacity and stores confidential and... View Details
  • 25 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

The computer age began some six decades ago with general-purpose machines with Star Wars-like names such as ENIAC and EDVAC. They were powered by vacuum tubes, big enough to fill an entire room, and developed by mathematicians under the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Computer; Computer