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- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
Expose projects to outsiders. If a project isn't moving ahead inside the company, maybe someone outside the company can think of something to do with it. IBM took an approach along these lines with a particular software project that had... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
million grant to scale a successful medical knowledge sharing and collaborative practice platform pioneered by Project Echo in 2003 to expand specialty care access and quality at the centers. Long involved in community initiatives, IBM... View Details
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
Organizational Ambidexterity: IBM and Emerging Business Opportunities Authors:Charles A. O'Reilly, III, Michael L. Tushman, and J. Bruce Harreld Publication:California Management Review (forthcoming) Abstract The empirical evidence is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
case: http://hbr.org/search/513053-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-09 IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept IBM, through its corporate citizenship arm, demonstrated the role of business in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
vanguard companies avoid "short- termism" and make choices with an eye on the future. "Management is temporary; returns are cyclical," IBM CEO Sam Palmisano said, explaining to me why he puts so much emphasis on values... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
positive correlation between the number of journal articles published between 1981 and 1997 by semiconductor company researchers and the number of patents held by firms. "It turns out," he said, "that publications by IBM... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
managers. They quickly understood that world-class institutions can't be built by one person. Business is all about helping people do together what they can't achieve on their own. LR: Since RCA and IBM figure prominently in several of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
better would fit this same profile. Now say you are a top executive of IBM or AT&T in the late 1990s. IBM has been famous in the minds of consumers for its hardware, from the big 360s of the 1960s to its... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
business. Christensen cites IBM and Merrill Lynch as examples of companies exposed to disruptive technologies. The disruptive technology for IBM is Dell's use of direct marketing and distribution,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
strengths and weaknesses. Which should he recommend to the partners for additional resources and what does a recommendation mean for his career? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808125 Thomas J. Watson, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
trouble. Not only will that news go unheard but potential truth-tellers will quickly learn to keep quiet. Or get out. Q: What is it about IBM and Intel that saved them from the fate of other companies that fell victim to denial? A: One... View Details
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
just said, they decided that the future of the company lay with the PC. There were alliances down the road with IBM and Microsoft. So could you elaborate a little bit on some of those? A: Well, there were some key moments where they had... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
video Luthra talks about losing a marketing position at IBM early in his career, due to a disagreement between the company and the Indian government. "IBM left the country in a huff," he says. "And there were those of us... View Details
- 21 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google
Gerstner gave Irving Wladawsky-Berger the assignment of his life – put together an Internet strategy for a company that had fallen on such hard times that it was being described by many as a dinosaur. As it turned out, he helped IBM... View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
development of the industry, as well as the emergence of new corporate structures for social enterprises and the creation of innovative financial instruments such as the Social Impact Bond. Purchase this note:http://hbr.org/search/512045-PDF-ENG Business-driven... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
digital platforms not only shaped individual organizations but changed the structure of the entire computer industry. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55092 Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 15... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
executive programs on jumpstarting innovation that I chair for executives in large firms and owners of small to midsize businesses are all oversubscribed. This interest in innovation is confirmed by an IBM study in 2006 that asked over... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
terms, the team "throws it over the fence" to operational management, which is stuck with the unenviable job of forging a strong, positive social contract after the fact. Jerry Kaplan, Go Technologies' founder, was especially critical of the negotiation... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?
resources.—James Heskett C. J. Cullinane adds to this list of questions: Are "open" platforms, such as that for the IBM PC, more supportive of innovation than "closed" platforms, such as Apple's Mac? And does the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett