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      • September 2009 (Revised April 2011)
      • Supplement

      Integrated Project Delivery at Autodesk, Inc. (C)

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Faaiza Rashid
      Describes Autodesk's engagement in Integrated Project Delivery—a new model of risk management, inter-firm teamwork, and multi-objective (aesthetic, cost, and sustainability) optimization in building projects. In 2008, Autodesk, Inc. the world's largest design software... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Groups and Teams; Goals and Objectives; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Integration; Construction Industry
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      Edmondson, Amy C., and Faaiza Rashid. "Integrated Project Delivery at Autodesk, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 610-018, September 2009. (Revised April 2011.)
      • September – October 2009
      • Article

      Critical Decisions in Software Development: Updating the State of the Practice

      By: Alan MacCormack, Michael A. Cusumano, Chris Kemerer and Bill Crandall
      This article focuses on how to choose the "right" software development process, how to structure global software design chains, how to manage the interaction of project structure and software design, and how to balance innovation and efficiency in a software business. View Details
      Keywords: Applications and Software; Product Development; Projects; Innovation and Management; Performance Efficiency; Information Technology Industry
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      MacCormack, Alan, Michael A. Cusumano, Chris Kemerer, and Bill Crandall. "Critical Decisions in Software Development: Updating the State of the Practice." IEEE Software 26, no. 5 (September–October 2009).
      • May 2009
      • Teaching Note

      F-Secure Corporation: Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Security Solutions Market (TN)

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Robert D. Austin, Kalle Lyytinen, Esko Penttinen and Timo Saarinen
      Teaching Note for [809099]. View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Applications and Software; Innovation and Invention; Opportunities; Business Growth and Maturation; Service Operations; Problems and Challenges; Web Services Industry; Web Services Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Robert D. Austin, Kalle Lyytinen, Esko Penttinen, and Timo Saarinen. "F-Secure Corporation: Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Security Solutions Market (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-151, May 2009.
      • May 2009
      • Article

      Intellectual Property, Architecture, and the Management of Technological Transitions: Evidence from Microsoft Corporation

      By: Alan David MacCormack and Marco Iansiti
      Keywords: Intellectual Property; Information Technology; Transition; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry
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      MacCormack, Alan David, and Marco Iansiti. "Intellectual Property, Architecture, and the Management of Technological Transitions: Evidence from Microsoft Corporation." Journal of Product Innovation Management 26, no. 3 (May 2009): 248–263.
      • April 2009 (Revised November 2018)
      • Case

      Sanctuary Soft: International Expansion Strategies

      By: Boris Groysberg, Geoff Marietta, Tim Marshall and Adam Hartley
      Sanctuary Soft CEO Elizabeth Smalley faced increasing pressure from her primary investor to expand operations internationally. If successful, the expansion could enlarge Sanctuary’s customer base and enable the firm to better serve existing clients’ overseas offices.... View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Labor; Laws and Statutes; Market Entry and Exit; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; China; India; Germany; United Kingdom; United States
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      Groysberg, Boris, Geoff Marietta, Tim Marshall, and Adam Hartley. "Sanctuary Soft: International Expansion Strategies." Harvard Business School Case 409-104, April 2009. (Revised November 2018.)
      • April 2009
      • Case

      SAP AG: Orchestrating the Ecosystem

      By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
      Business ecosystems require careful orchestration and strategic choices regarding make/buy/partner decisions and membership access. This case examines the strategic and technological issues related to managing SAP's thriving ecosystem of user communities, software... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Structure; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Technology Industry
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      Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "SAP AG: Orchestrating the Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 609-069, April 2009.
      • January 2009 (Revised February 2009)
      • Case

      F-Secure Corporation: Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Security Solutions Market

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Robert D. Austin, Kalle Lyytinen, Esko Penttinen and Timo Saarinen
      Describes the development of a business model based on "software as a service" (SaaS) for security solution distributed through Internet Service Providers (ISPs). F-Secure disruptively entered a mature business with dominant players by executing an innovative new... View Details
      Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Disruptive Innovation; Service Delivery; Internet; Information Technology Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Robert D. Austin, Kalle Lyytinen, Esko Penttinen, and Timo Saarinen. "F-Secure Corporation: Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Security Solutions Market." Harvard Business School Case 809-099, January 2009. (Revised February 2009.)
      • January 2009
      • Article

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

      By: Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats and David M. Upton
      Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production volume of, or the number of projects completed by, a team. Implicit in this approach is the assumption that teams are stable in their membership... View Details
      Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Learning; Performance Improvement; Projects; Groups and Teams; Familiarity; Information Technology Industry; India
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      Huckman, Robert S., Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton. "Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance: Evidence from Indian Software Services." Management Science 55, no. 1 (January 2009): 85–100.
      • April 2008
      • Background Note

      Broadband and Video Games: Playing and Winning Together

      By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett
      This note examines the relationship between video gaming devices (console, handhelds, mobile and PC) and gaming software development. The impact of broadband, wireless technologies and other innovations are also presented. View Details
      Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Innovation and Invention; Relationships; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Bradley, Stephen P., and Nancy Bartlett. "Broadband and Video Games: Playing and Winning Together." Harvard Business School Background Note 708-440, April 2008.
      • April 2008 (Revised August 2008)
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      AT&T v. Microsoft (B): District Court Ruling and Appeal

      By: Willy C. Shih
      The (B) case follows the course of Microsoft's settlement with AT&T, and its appeal in the issue of foreign replicated software that eventually goes to the U.S. Supreme Court. It is intended for follow-up the discussion of the (A) case with what happened, examining a... View Details
      Keywords: Patents; Lawsuits and Litigation; Conflict and Resolution; Competitive Strategy; Technology Industry
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      Shih, Willy C. "AT&T v. Microsoft (B): District Court Ruling and Appeal." Harvard Business School Supplement 608-081, April 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
      • 2008
      • Working Paper

      Exploring the Duality between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the Mirroring Hypothesis

      By: Alan D. MacCormack, John Rusnak and Carliss Y. Baldwin
      A variety of academic studies argue that a relationship exists between the structure of an organization and the design of the products that this organization produces. Specifically, products tend to "mirror" the architectures of the organizations in which they are... View Details
      Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Product Design; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Information Technology Industry
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      MacCormack, Alan D., John Rusnak, and Carliss Y. Baldwin. "Exploring the Duality between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the Mirroring Hypothesis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-039, March 2008. (Revised October 2008, January 2011.)
      • February 2008
      • Case

      Cincom Systems, Inc.

      By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
      Tom Nies, charismatic CEO of Cincom Systems, is considering a public offering of his software enterprise, but the 1987 stock market crash checks his plans. Nies reflects that capital for expansion will keep Cincom at the frontier of technological development in a... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Capital; Initial Public Offering; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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      Nicholas, Tom, and David Chen. "Cincom Systems, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 808-084, February 2008.
      • January 2008 (Revised April 2008)
      • Teaching Note

      AT&T v. Microsoft: IP Litigation (TN) (A) and (B)

      By: Willy Shih
      Teaching Note for [608080], and [608081]. View Details
      Keywords: Applications and Software; Information Technology; Communications Industry; Communications Industry
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      Shih, Willy. "AT&T v. Microsoft: IP Litigation (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 608-082, January 2008. (Revised April 2008.)
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      Competition in Modular Clusters

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and C. Jason Woodard
      The last twenty years have witnessed the rise of disaggregated "clusters," "networks," or "ecosystems" of firms. In these clusters the activities of R&D, product design, production, distribution, and system integration may be split up among hundreds or even thousands... View Details
      Keywords: Price; Profit; Digital Platforms; Industry Clusters; Competition; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration
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      Baldwin, Carliss Y., and C. Jason Woodard. "Competition in Modular Clusters." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-042, December 2007.
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      The Impact of Component Modularity on Design Evolution: Evidence from the Software Industry

      By: Alan MacCormack, John Rusnak and Carliss Y. Baldwin

      Much academic work asserts a relationship between the design of a complex system and the manner in which this system evolves over time. In particular, designs which are modular in nature are argued to be more "evolvable," in that these designs facilitate making... View Details

      Keywords: Product Design; Adaptation; Software; Information Technology Industry
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      MacCormack, Alan, John Rusnak, and Carliss Y. Baldwin. "The Impact of Component Modularity on Design Evolution: Evidence from the Software Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-038, December 2007.
      • November 2007
      • Article

      Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In his interviews and data analysis, Harvard Business School professor Bower found... View Details
      Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Planning
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      Bower, Joseph L. "Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 11 (November 2007).
      • October 2007 (Revised December 2008)
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      The Royal Bank of Scotland Group: The Human Capital Strategy

      By: Boris Groysberg and Eliot Sherman
      Describes the development and implementation of one of the world's most advanced human resource management support systems. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a global banking leader that began implementing a strategy for measuring the impact of human capital on... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Management; Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Systems; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy; Information Technology; Banking Industry
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      Groysberg, Boris, and Eliot Sherman. "The Royal Bank of Scotland Group: The Human Capital Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 408-060, October 2007. (Revised December 2008.)
      • September 2007
      • Teaching Note

      DICOM Group plc and Captiva Software Corp. (TN)

      By: Paul M. Healy
      Keywords: Applications and Software; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
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      Healy, Paul M. "DICOM Group plc and Captiva Software Corp. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 108-026, September 2007.
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

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

      By: Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats and David M. Upton
      Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production volume of, or the number of projects completed by, a team. Implicit in this approach is the assumption that teams are stable in their membership... View Details
      Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Learning; Performance Improvement; Projects; Groups and Teams; Familiarity; Information Technology Industry; India
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      Huckman, Robert S., Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton. "Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance: Evidence from Indian Software Services." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-019, September 2007. (Revised February 2008, July 2008.)
      • August 2007 (Revised December 2007)
      • Case

      Microsoft in China and India, 1993-2007

      By: Tarun Khanna and Prithwiraj Choudhury
      Relates to Microsoft's expansion in China and India in the period 1993-2007 and the strategic issues faced by multinationals in emerging markets. View Details
      Keywords: Expansion; Multinational Firms and Management; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Emerging Markets; Information Technology Industry; China; India
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      Khanna, Tarun, and Prithwiraj Choudhury. "Microsoft in China and India, 1993-2007." Harvard Business School Case 708-444, August 2007. (Revised December 2007.)
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