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05 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Working as a Software Engineer in Industrial Technology

manufacturing and industrial space. A recurring theme among them was the way in which each had led their companies through massive technological changes, with everything from automation to analytics and software systems implementation.... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Information Technology; Computer; Web Services

March 2022
Article

How to Prioritize the Improvement of Open-Source Software Security

By: Frank Nagle

Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Cybersecurity; Applications and Software

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16 May 2017
Blog Post

Making the Move into Digital Health and Software Engineering

the steps she took while at HBS to strengthen her technical capabilities and how it led to the career path she’s on today. When did you first become interested in tech and decide to pursue a position as a software engineer? While I was at... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Health Care

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... View Details

Keywords: Incentives; Motivation; Compensation; Gaming; Sales Force Management; Motivation and Incentives; Salesforce Management; Software; Compensation and Benefits; Information Technology Industry

01 Oct 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance:Evidence from Indian Software Services

Keywords: by Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats & David M. Upton; Video Game; Web Services

May 1986
Case

Fred Johnson's Adjustable Rate Convertible Note, Software Case

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Financial Instruments; Financial Services Industry

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May 2024
Teaching Note

Making Progress at Progress Software (A) and (B)

By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Hannah Riley Bowles, Emma Ronzetti and Alexis Lefort

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 924-010 and 924-011. View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Prejudice and Bias; Employee Relationship Management; Personal Development and Career; Technology Industry

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2012
Chapter

Evaluating the Impact of the Mozilla Software Redesign Effort

By: Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin and John Rusnak

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June 1985 (Revised May 1986)
Case

First Federal Corp.: Small Business Market (B), Software Case

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14 Jul 2023
News

How Software Companies Can Enter the US Defense Market

14 Jun 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Evolution Analysis of Large-Scale Software Systems Using Design Structure Matrices and Design Rule Theory

Keywords: by Matthew J. LaMantia, Yuanfang Cai, Alan D. MacCormack & John Rusnak; Video Game; Web Services

June 2007
Article

What Is the Impact of Software Patent Shifts? Evidence from Lotus v. Borland

By: Josh Lerner and Feng Zhu

Economists have debated the extent to which strengthening patent protection spurs or detracts from technological innovation. This paper examines the reduction of software copyright protection in the Lotus v. Borland decision. If patent and copyright protections are... View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Patents; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry

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February 2020
Teaching Note

Amanda Tremblay at Citrine Software Solutions Teaching Note (Brief Case)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Paul S. Myers

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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... View Details

Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Performance Productivity; Software

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June 2023
Supplement

Applied Intuition (A)

By: Andy Wu

Applied Intuition CEO Qasar Younis provides an overview of the automotive industry and the role of simulation software in the development of autonomous vehicles. View Details