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- April 2004
- Case
D-Wave Systems: Building a Quantum Computer
By: Alan D. MacCormack, Ajay Agrawal and Rebecca Henderson
D-Wave Systems is a start-up seeking to commercialize a quantum computer. Its business model is unique: as of 2003, it had very few technical resources within the firm. Instead, it financed a series of projects undertaken at universities and government labs. In return... View Details
- April 2004 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard-Compaq: The Merger Decision
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Jonathan Barnett
Hewlett-Packard's proposed $24 billion acquisition of rival Compaq marked the largest merger in the history of the computer industry. The merger was Hewlett-Packard's response to sweeping changes impacting the technology industry. The severity of the stock market's... View Details
- February 2004
- Case
New HP, The: The Clean Room and Beyond
By: Leslie A. Perlow and Elizabeth Kind
When the $19 billion merger of Silicon Valley legend Hewlett-Packard and Houston-based PC giant Compaq Computer Corp. legally closed on May 3, 2002, both companies had already devoted an immense amount of time preparing for the challenges that lay ahead. Chief among... View Details
- January 2004
- Case
Matching Dell (B): 1998-2003
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Simona Giorgi
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
- January 2004
- Case
Nokia and MIT's Project Oxygen (Abridged)
By: David B. Yoffie and Rebecca Henderson
Looks at how Nokia should respond to a future vision of computing and communications that was developed at MIT's Project Oxygen. View Details
- January 2004 (Revised March 2010)
- Teaching Note
Intel Corporation: 1968-2003; Intel Corporation: 2005 (TN)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, David B. Yoffie and Sasha Mattu
Teaching Note to (9-703-427). View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
- December 2003 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
High-Definition TV: The Grand Alliance
Describes political and economic forces that influenced the development of an all-digital, high-definition television (HDTV) standard in the United States between 1986 and 1996. Outlines the stakes for various government and industry participants in the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Policy; Management Practices and Processes; Emerging Markets; Standards; Business and Government Relations; Networks; Research and Development; Technology Adoption; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Japan; Europe; United States
- October 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Symbian: Setting the Mobility Standard
By: Fernando F. Suarez and Thomas R. Eisenmann
Symbian, a joint venture owned by companies who collectively sold a dominant share of the world's cell phones, faced competition from Microsoft in developing the operating system for "smartphones," which integrated mobile communications and computing functions. In... View Details
- August 2003
- Teaching Note
Computer Associates International Inc.: Governance and Investor Communication Challenge (TN)
By: Paul M. Healy
Teaching Note for (9-103-007). View Details
- August 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Wintel (A): Cooperation or Conflict
By: David B. Yoffie, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Sasha Mattu
Examines the dynamic relationship between two complementors: Intel and Microsoft. Set in 1995, the case asks how Intel and Microsoft should solve a serious division between the two companies that threatens the health of the PC industry. View Details
- August 2003
- Case
Wintel (B): From NSP to MMX
By: David B. Yoffie
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
- August 2003
- Case
Wintel (C): From MMX to the Internet
By: David B. Yoffie
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
- August 2003
- Case
Wintel (D): From the Internet to Multi-Market Coordination
By: David B. Yoffie
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
- August 2003
- Case
Wintel (E): From Multi-Market Contact to Multi-Geographic Contact
By: David B. Yoffie
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
- August 2003
- Case
Mercury Computer Systems: The Evolution from Integrated Technology to Open Standard
By: Rebecca Henderson and Nancy Confrey
For 20 years, Mercury Computer Systems has thrived, providing products and services that support ultrafast processing of real time data. Now Jay Bertelli, the CEO, faces a critical question: How can the firm compete once the standards on which its products are based... View Details
- 2003
- Working Paper
Dynamic Mixed Duopoly: A Model Motivated by Linux vs. Windows
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pankaj Ghemawat
This paper analyzes a dynamic mixed duopoly in which a profit-maximizing competitor interacts with a competitor that prices at zero (or marginal cost), with the cumulation of output affecting their relative positions over time. The modeling effort is motivated by... View Details
- July 2003 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
Model N Inc.
By: Marco Iansiti and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
The CEO of a Silicon Valley start-up needed to make organizational and product changes to deliver a new software solution to a Fortune 500 customer. He was wondering how he should structure the company to best meet the requirements for this particular customer, while... View Details
- June 2003 (Revised October 2006)
- Supplement
George McClelland at KSR (C)
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Ayesha Kanji
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- June 2003
- Compilation
George McClelland at KSR: Planning the First Week
Supplement to (9-403-163). View Details