Publications

July 2009
Teaching Note

Microsoft's Search (TN)

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Eric J. Van den Steen

Teaching Note for [709461]. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Digital Marketing; Internet and the Web; Strategy; Markets; Computer Industry; Computer Industry

Fast Answer

FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Argentina

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Argentina? Industry and market researchView Details

January 2002 (Revised July 2002)
Case

Vialog Corporation

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz

Traces the origin of Vialog Corp.--from its founding in 1996 through a roll-up of several independent teleconferencing companies in 1997 and its initial public offering (1999) and eventually to a potential merger or acquisition in June 2000. The company has grown... View Details

Keywords: History; Business Exit or Shutdown; Internet and the Web; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Initial Public Offering; Business Growth and Maturation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Processes; Information Technology Industry; Europe

01 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

team.) Team members could click on each occupation ("Architectural Drafters," for example) to review information from a database developed for the U.S. Department of Labor. The database, O*NET, describes hundreds of occupations and breaks... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

09 Nov 2012
News

Noted Business Historian Dies at 72

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

26 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?

When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information; Technology

September 1996
Case

InterSoft of Argentina (C)

By: Linda A. Hill and Stacy Palestrant

Supplements the (A) and (B) cases. Designed to be handed out at the end of class. View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business Growth and Maturation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Management Teams; Groups and Teams; Partners and Partnerships; Conflict Management; Information Technology Industry; Argentina; Russia

Fast Answer

FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Colombia

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Colombia to help me with FIELD Global Immersion?

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09 Jun 2011
News

The Tycoons, HBS's First A Cappella Group

variety of venues, from section cocktail parties and informal dances to HBS's Christmas Ball, Wellesley College (sometimes with the Wellesley Widows a cappella group), Connecticut College for Women, Radcliffe, Simmons, and Harvard Law... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

22 Mar 2011
News

The Case for Employee-Owned Companies

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

01 Apr 1998
News

Short Takes

organizations. The authors analyzed the companies in the top-performing quartile of their sample and discovered that "the better performers follow a pattern that we have found elsewhere in the industrial and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey

July 2001 (Revised October 2004)
Case

PSA: The World's Port of Call

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Nancy Bartlett, Dolly Chang-Leow and Neo Boon Siong

Details the evolution of an e-business strategy and capabilities over a 16-year period. What began in 1984 as an effort to automate the port of Singapore to achieve productivity savings, by 2000 had evolved into a global e-business called Portnet.com. Closes as senior... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Technological Innovation; Internet and the Web; Business or Company Management; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry