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01 Dec 2014
News

Five Degrees of Doriot

idea in the possession of a person with only average ability.” (Gordon College Archives) The digital revolution One of Doriot’s earliest ARD outlays was $70,000 for 70 percent of Digital Equipment Corporation, which would go on to become one of the world’s largest... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; George Doriot; Educational Services

May 2017 (Revised February 2018)
Supplement

VMware and the Public Cloud (B)

By: Raffaella Sadun and Christine Snively

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Computer Industry

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01 Jan 2007
News

Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981

When Donna Dubinsky joined Palm Computing in 1992, the eight-person start-up was one of several companies developing a personal digital assistant. Under her leadership, Palm introduced the first successful PDA, creating a multi-billion... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

A Juicy Story

Office software for the Mac. In 1998, Apple launched the iMac, a candy-colored computer that fit well with its ad campaign to “Think Different.” Even so, it sold only 6 million units over the course of three... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

How Technological Disruption Changes Everything

disrupted. At a plenary session at the HBS Global Alumni Conference 2001, Christensen expanded on the work highlighted in his 1997 book, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Disruptive technologies such as the personal View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

20 Oct 2016
News

Smart Moves

was a role model for me. I decided back then that I wanted to do what he did, work in technology and build a business.” That desire led Mistele to the University of Michigan, where he earned an undergraduate degree in computer engineering... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 2013
News

Collective Wisdom

Faculty Q&A LAKHANI: Crowdsourcing isn't just for software anymore—everyone from carmakers to biotechs are using it to solve seemingly intractable problems. Crowdsourcing—it's a relatively new word for the centuries-old approach of... View Details

Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

25 Feb 2020
News

3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)

made for me: This person had to have studied either computer science or electrical engineering and have a JD and an MBA. They had to have worked at a big software company and a successful startup. The kicker... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette

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Eligibility & Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Project Fund program is intended to support expenses related to the research and analysis component of Independent Projects. The program does not support business start-up expenses such as: beta program development, organization licensing or registration fees, attorney... View Details

13 Nov 2020
News

New Virtual Classrooms Expand Digital Learning

classroom experience has everything to do with the level of interactivity between faculty and students, and these virtual classrooms provide a better online experience.” Students log in from their respective computers all over the world... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

Fast Lane to Country Lane

TOGETHERNESS: Mark and Kim Lackley based their furniture business in Vermont. Learn on someone else’s dime. That’s a lesson from HBS that served Kim Alley Lackley (MBA ’94) well as she made the leap from software and Internet start-ups to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores; Retail Trade

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Cynthia Chen | MBA

Cynthia Chen Computer Science/Statistics Eliot 2024 Cohort 6 We live during an exciting time where innovations in technology, data, and AI are constantly transforming the world around us. Through the HUTIF program, I am excited to be a... View Details

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Eva Tuecke | MBA

Eva Tuecke Computer Science Mather 2025 Cohort 7 Technological innovation is increasingly transforming so many aspects of life. I'm excited to be part of the HUTIF program, where I will learn with and from a community committed to problem... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Innovation: An Orchestra of One

technology that would adapt to my playing style in real time instead of forcing me to fit a recording." Chao was right. She found former concert oboist Christopher Raphael, now chair of computer science at Indiana University, who was... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

02 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Leading Professional Service Firms

in the kinds of management challenges faced by professionals in fields as distinct as, for example, law and computer software design? Lorsch: Program participants represent the full range of professional... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jay W. Lorsch; Service; Consulting; Accounting

April 1995 (Revised December 1997)
Case

Silicon Graphics, Inc. (A)

By: Marco Iansiti and Ellen Stein

Based on a Silicon Valley company that has developed the capability to compete in a rapidly growing, highly turbulent environment. This capability hinges on its flexible and rapid development process, which the case characterizes in detail. Focuses on the development... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Information Infrastructure; Product Launch; Managerial Roles; Expansion; Design; Applications and Software; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; California

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Sahar Maisha | MBA

Sahar Maisha Computer Science, Secondary in Economics Dunster 2026 Cohort 7 Being in a community of eager and dedicated students creates an environment that turns the biggest ideas into realities. I'm excited to be a Roberts Family Fellow... View Details

02 Jan 2018
News

Reconsidering Retirement

Mitch Tuchman and Scott Puritz (photo by Kim Marshall) Mitch Tuchman (MBA 1982) was a successful software entrepreneur in the exuberant 1990s when his first son, Jack, was born. A year later, Tuchman’s life changed: He and his wife... View Details

Keywords: April White; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

developing products created by hard-to-find customer-centered software engineers. But now Microsoft's proposed settlement of its dispute with an even bigger sumo—government—would involve giving computers... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Mar 2016
Blog Post

Learning to Code at Business School

consultant at Boston Consulting Group. Why did you want to take CS50? Samuel: I wanted to learn the language of computer science, so I actually knew what software engineers were talking about. Sloan: I... View Details

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