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- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
where the future lay. From the first, with no particular basis for the assertion, Watson endlessly repeated to his employees that "IBM is not merely an organization of men; it is an institution that will go on forever." Despite some pretty sharp ups and... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 22 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
about some form of co-op program for potential MBA students? How about greater sharing of teaching or administrative talent, similar to what IBM and other organizations have done in the past—in this case, sabbaticals with the potential of... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies
and improved customer relationship management opportunities. We're really talking about fundamental changes in how people communicate, get information, and conduct business. Wired for Success Pat Russo worked for eight years in sales and marketing management at View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
sister. MY FIRST JOB was as a copyboy in the classified ad department. Our brand-new technology was 60 women on IBM Selectric typewriters. I would go around every few minutes to pick up their copy and take it to the composing room to be... View Details
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
attention to the disruptive proposal. For example, when DEC launched the minicomputer, IBM might have looked at that new business and said, "let them have it." IBM's mainframe customers didn't need it, the small business market... View Details
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
strengths and weaknesses. Which should he recommend to the partners for additional resources and what does a recommendation mean for his career? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808125 Thomas J. Watson, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty
experience in the supermarket industry and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. Bruce Harreld (MBA ’75) is applying his considerable experience as a strategic and marketing leader at IBM and as a speaker and writer on corporate... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Repurposing Leaders to Attack Social Problems
cofounded and implemented — at a December event at HBS at which she introduced the ALI’s first cohort of fourteen fellows. Ranging from a former U.S. astronaut and a former Venezuelan health minister to a former IBM international... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
government has been unresponsive to date. With Western companies such as Microsoft, GE, and IBM making significant investment in IT outsourcing in India, the pressure is on for the government to toe the legal line. “None of these... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective
what's going on in business," Nolan noted. "We have never lived through anything like this." With that, Nolan opened his discussion of the profound changes that computers -- and now the Internet -- have wrought on the way business is conducted. Comparing... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
along with the plan. It worked with IBM to solidify blockchain’s functionality and security and found a willing, technologically progressive client in the Swiss private equity firm Unigestion. The final piece was bringing in similarly... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
way to make the world a better place. For instance, its World Community Grid project came about when IBM had a breakthrough in grid computing, which involves tying many computers together to boost computing power. The company took that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
the IBMs or the RCAs of the world to continue to create innovations and job opportunities. Think about the number of firms that wouldn’t be here and the number of technologies that wouldn’t be here without venture capital. The innovation... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
IBM weighed in and orchestrated the creation of a new business ecosystem. That’s what we need in health care. Right now, only 5 percent of health care in America is provided by integrated institutions such as Kaiser, Intermountain, and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
Business School Press) Risk taking is an integral building block in developing organizational learning. IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, Sr., understood the value of creating an environment in which errors -- and even failures -- are... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care
supporting this model abound. While IBM concentrated on building complex and costly mainframes, for instance, Digital Equipment Corporation created the minicomputer for users with more limited needs and budgets. Minicomputers, in turn,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969
and then returned to Turkey, where his enormous impact in business is matched by his commitment to improving access to quality education. One of Turkey's most successful business leaders, Özyeğin is a self-made man. After earning his MBA and working at View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
IBM for IT and Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, and Huawei for network. If we do well, then they do well. It’s that simple.” This low-cost model helps Bharti reduce operating costs and pass savings on to customers. With aggressive rollout and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
IBM PCs in advance of their market introduction. We used Lotus 1-2-3 for spreadsheets, and we proudly whipped out our HP 12C calculators with their vast array of financial and statistical functions (which we mostly didn’t need but still... View Details