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- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
feel incompetent. And some early reviews of Windows 8 indicate that it's not much of an ego booster. In the comments section of a review on cnet.com, beta-testing computer science teacher 'jabnipnip' vented: "Sure it loads fast, but you lose View Details
- Profile
Tiffany Pham
“Ultimately, the MOGUL platform leverages technology to connect women and empower them to learn from each other as well as support themselves.” What have been the best and most challenging parts about launching the company? “The best part... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
team, novel biotechnology that extends cassava’s shelf life from three days to 18 months. The process transforms the cassava tuber into nutritious food products that provide alternatives to wheat flour. The first View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
Download Carroll profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1956 Born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1978 Earns BS, Geology, Skidmore College 1982 Earns MS, Geology, University of Kansas 1982 Joins Amoco Production... View Details
- November 1990 (Revised May 1994)
- Case
Microsoft Corp.: Office Business Unit
By: Marco Iansiti
Describes the development of a new word processing software package, Word for Windows. The major focus is how the development process should be improved to reduce schedule slips and cost overruns. Some of the issues raised are: the use of schedules in managing... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Cost Management; Business or Company Management; Time Management; Product Development; Programs; Projects; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry
Iansiti, Marco. "Microsoft Corp.: Office Business Unit." Harvard Business School Case 691-033, November 1990. (Revised May 1994.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
Performance Tradeoffs in Team Knowledge Sourcing
By: Bradley R. Staats, Melissa Valentine and Amy C. Edmondson
This research examines how teams organize knowledge sourcing (obtaining access to others' knowledge or expertise) and investigates the performance trade-offs involved in two approaches to knowledge sourcing in teams. One approach a team can take is to specialize, such... View Details
Keywords: Information Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Quality; Groups and Teams; Information Technology Industry; India
Staats, Bradley R., Melissa Valentine, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Performance Tradeoffs in Team Knowledge Sourcing." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-031, September 2010. (Revised December 2010, May 2011, and October 2011.)
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
A Fresh Approach to Urban Farming
marginalized spaces in Singapore—rooftops—rather than farmland, which wasn’t available in the city. “The kind of technology we use—using hydroponics, but also stacking the pipes—means we’re getting around 20 to 30 times what a... View Details
- 10 Jan 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management
Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions to be answered: Can "lean" productions methods improve service industries? How can a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
mobile market in the world, with the lowest tariffs globally, a model that has been adopted elsewhere internationally, Mittal notes. Looking ahead, by diversifying into emerging business areas in India’s booming economy, Bharti’s goal is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
objective was met. Our space research gave rise to Silicon Valley, and U.S. industrial strength was enhanced by technology innovation derived from products created for our satellite program. By 1980,... View Details
Keywords: Byron Wien; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
- August 1998 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
FairMarket, Inc.: Where Buyers and Sellers Connect
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Jack Wieland and Chad M. M Raube
On February 20, 1997, FairMarket, an Internet-based business-to-business auction site, was launched. CEO, founder Scott Randall, drew on his experience building Internet businesses at NECX Direct, Yahoo, and Internet Shopping Network to build his business. This case,... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Debates; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Growth Management; Management Style; Product Launch; Multi-Sided Platforms; Problems and Challenges; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., Jack Wieland, and Chad M. M Raube. "FairMarket, Inc.: Where Buyers and Sellers Connect." Harvard Business School Case 399-006, August 1998. (Revised June 2000.)
- October 2024
- Background Note
The Semiconductor Industry
By: Andy Wu, Steve Blank and Matt Higgins
The semiconductor industry powers modern technology, from consumer electronics to data centers. This background note explores the layers of the semiconductor inudstry value chain, including Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs), fabless companies, and foundries, while... View Details
- 02 Aug 2024
- HBS Case
How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture
learned that the world’s wasted food could feed 800 million people. To test the idea of selling less-than-perfect products at a discounted price, he bought $200 worth of “unpretty” food, set up a sales table at a busy Toronto... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
and mobile technology in particular, has the potential to be a tremendous tool for empowerment. There are now two billion people across the world with Internet access through handheld touchscreen devices. Cheaper handsets are allowing... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
merchant houses established business groups with diversified portfolio and pyramidal structures overseas, primarily in developing countries, both colonial and independent. In the domestic economy, large single View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 2024
- Case
Google Stadia: Game On or Game Over?
By: Derek C. M. van Bever and Akshat Agrawal
This case explores Google leadership's decision to pursue its cloud gaming innovation, Google Stadia, following disappointing early uptake by premium videogamers, the segment of the market that Google had targeted. Google had invested substantial resources and time... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Product Development; Leadership; Segmentation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Video Game Industry
van Bever, Derek C. M., and Akshat Agrawal. "Google Stadia: Game On or Game Over?" Harvard Business School Case 325-024, July 2024.
- June 2001
- Case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (E): The Rise of 3DO and 32-bit Gaming
Describes the launch of the innovative home video game company, 3DO, which had developed a groundbreaking system featuring 32-bit processing and CD-ROM software. Examines the competitive dynamics in the home video game industry from 1970 into the new millennium. View Details
Coughlan, Peter J. "Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (E): The Rise of 3DO and 32-bit Gaming." Harvard Business School Case 701-095, June 2001.
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
fully realized and are stronger in mature, slow growth industries. Prices do not fall, however, when the acquirer is diversifying into a new product market. This direct evidence of real changes induced by... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
whom he’d known since high school. They were equally intrigued. “We thought, why don’t we use that technology to disrupt the grocery industry by bringing the same type of efficiencies to the supermarket?” Aguerrevere says. Last November,... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
cheap, fast, and "easy," don't you think Cisco would have used them? Q: What are the characteristics of successful Web service implementations today? What kinds of companies can benefit most? Are there certain types of processes that work best as Web... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant