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Bloomberg: comparative returns
to compare Microsoft Corp with the S&P 500 and S&P 500 Info Tech, type MSFT <EQUITY>] COMP [GO]. 
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View Details- 01 Mar 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?
best in our industry.” For years that was the case in too many organizations. Then organizations like Google started adding loftier aspirations such as “organize and make available the world’s information.” More recently, Microsoft CEO... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Library Equipment: Printing, Copying, Scanning, Wireless
Room. Computers allow Web access as well as Microsoft Office software (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.). PRINTING View Details
- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
Probing the productivity and morale toll The anonymized nature of the data made it difficult to discern the quality of the meetings and email communication, and the impact on employees’ well-being. The study also didn’t include the time spent on collaboration tools,... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
terminology My MBA was great, however, in five weeks we did not cover nearly as much content as with CORe, so this was a quintessential supplement. Anastassia Nefedova Working on a cloud-based product expansion in Central and Eastern Europe for View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
consultant with National Economics Research Associates on high-profile antitrust cases: Microsoft and Visa, mainly. Economics consulting is very different from management consulting. It involves coming up with economic arguments grounded... View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
wide array of questions about computing, communication, and Internet markets. Research Open Source Machine Learning at Google , Harvard Business School case, 2023. With Martin Wattenberg, Fernanda Viegas, Daniel Yue, and James Barnett. Copilot(s): Generative AI at... View Details
- 20 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
lessons: "Build Platforms and Ecosystems—Not Just Products." Early on Gates realized that no one product could provide a lasting competitive advantage, but if consumers became hooked on a particular platform, such as the View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
advances, quantum computing finally began to show signs of business relevance about 10 years ago. In 2016, IBM made a quantum processor available for the first time via the cloud. Not long thereafter, Microsoft introduced a new... View Details
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
focuses on those issues and tools of greatest relevance to the managers being trained. For example, managers of a firm like Microsoft need to know how to preserve the patentability of inventions, how to avoid infringing on the... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
room to contribute to the mission of Microsoft is excited to, willing to contribute what they can uniquely contribute. If you look at the research on inclusion, what's really extraordinary is that when we get this right as... View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
customization. Value flowed to Dell and to the manufacturers of important subsystems that themselves were not good enough, like Microsoft and Intel. In short, companies must be integrated across whatever interface drives performance along... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 18 Jul 2019
- News
Lessons from the Rise and Fall of VisiCalc
the Wall Street Journal. Steve Jobs said that VisiCalc “propelled the Apple II to the success it achieved more than any other single event.” It also was the force behind the later success of Microsoft in business computing. But VisiCalc’s... View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
spending Savings and Loan bailout Chrysler bailout Breakup of AT&T Influence: Medium-Low 90 1990 s Family and Medical Leave Act Americans with Disabilities Act Welfare reform Antitrust action initiated against Microsoft Influence:... View Details
- 01 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bundle?
says. All kinds of products are sold in bundles. Microsoft Office is sold as a bundle of computer software, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Cable companies offer their channels in bundle packages. Even a music CD is essentially a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship
people start companies, I knew that this was the best program for me.” Stan had already gained an impressive amount of experience at Microsoft where he worked on operating systems and with online payments technology, responsibilities that... View Details
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Contact Us - Research Computing Services
email response within a business day. You can also reach us at 5-6100. To reach individual members of the team , see Our Team (login required). You can also contact RCS members via Microsoft Teams and schedule meetings with us on Zoom. To... View Details
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
commitment to writing software, specifically Office for the Mac. Microsoft Office was and still is the standard, and without it, the hole in the Apple boat Amelio described in his comic-opera way would have only grown larger. Jobs also... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman