Technology Companies - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

financial performance. Q: What are the biggest obstacles for companies attempting to implement this strategy? Rangan: The biggest obstacles remain exactly as they were ten years ago. While technology has... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

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 software with known... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Technology; Technology; Technology

25 May 2023
News

When Twitter’s Watching, Companies Behave Better

14 Dec 2010
Op-Ed

Tax US Companies to Spur Spending

holdings--estimates of the amount held by US public corporations easily exceed $1 trillion; several technology companies alone are sitting on cash balances in excess of $20 billion--are thought to result... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai

22 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted

become, illuminating that the products are often the backbone on which many companies build tech operations and the products they sell, Nagle says. “To be able to say, ‘Look, this is no longer small. This is very, very large. And it's... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Information Technology; Information Technology

05 May 2022
HBS Case

College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need

than 70 percent of Black, Latinx, and rural workers from landing jobs, even though they may have the actual skills to do the required work. Many companies rely on machine learning algorithms that automatically weed out job applicants who... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

17 Jul 2012
News

IBM Deploys Talent, Technology and Innovation for Global Social Progress

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... View Details

Keywords: Technology

27 May 2015
News

Companies ignore ‘customer avengers’ at their peril

29 Aug 2016
News

Harvard establishes research alliance with Tata companies

25 Apr 2014
News

Connecting companies and customers through social media

Victoria Ransom (MBA 2008) launched Wildfire Interactive, now a Google company, to connect companies and customers through social media. (Published April 2014) View Details

27 Feb 2018
News

Make Tools Like Slack Work for Your Company

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

depth, and accessibility—it has become clear it is key to helping companies develop sustainable competitive advantage. “The new attention being given to data today is because suddenly, everywhere, it’s become much cheaper to measure,”... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

When most people think of innovation, they envision developed-world companies such as the U.S.A.'s IBM, Japan's Sony, South Korea's Samsung, Finland's Nokia, or Switzerland's Novartis, technology leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari

18 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details

Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities

29 Aug 2017
Book

Using Language to Build a Global Company

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

NOT AS IMPORTANT AS COMPANY CREATION Perhaps the biggest difference between winners and losers, though, was the role that technology entrepreneurs play in creating the new market. “We oftentimes think about... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

November 2019 (Revised January 2020)
Supplement

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: A Global Company's China Strategy (B)

By: William C. Kirby, Billy Chan and Dawn H. Lau

After the legendary founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) retired, the new chairman had to grapple with fresh challenges related to its China market: a recently opened factory in China had to find ways to reverse its financial loss and meet its... View Details