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03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

does not trust Microsoft and its use of 'customer' information to market to customers and hold them digitally captive. This demographic will continue to provide sales to (a judo master competitor)." These comments reflect general... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

William H. Gates III

to IBM’s. In 1987, Gates revolutionized the computer market again with the introduction of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface, which made the IBM PC and compatibles user-friendly. With $16.7 billion in revenues in 1998, View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

01 Mar 2007
News

Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch

BALLMER: Microsoft plans to remain on the cutting edge of digital media technology. If you think that the last decade produced a torrent of consumer high-tech innovation — notably personal computers, broadband Internet access, cell... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Educational Records Name Change | MBA

Educational Records Name Change Alumni Name Update You may update your Preferred and Legal Names with the MBA Registrar's Office by logging in to the HBS Alumni Portal and completing our Name Update Request Form . Please note that you will also be asked to log into... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age

with Microsoft (The Free Press), Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano of MIT's Sloan School of Management use this high-tech confrontation to outline a comprehensive approach to strategy in the ultracompetitive environment created by the... View Details

Keywords: by Daniel Penrice

22 Nov 2011
News

A Storybook Beginning

likely in for a long wait. “But what if you could just push a button and have instant access to all the Curious George titles at little or no cost?” posits David Risher (MBA ’91). A former “Professor of the Year” at the University of Washington’s Foster School of... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Jun 2008
News

Smartphones Get Smarter

When Apple’s Steve Jobs announced a new licensing deal for Microsoft software that makes Apple’s iPhone more attractive to businesspeople, venture capitalist John Doerr (MBA ’76) of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers was also on hand, the... View Details

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

01 Dec 2019
News

Case Study: Farming It Out

fields, which could be deployed to build a host of complementary AI tools—like a picking arm that could be bolted to Burro. But weighing the potential value of its data against the resources required to build value from it, Andersen questions how or whether to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

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MBA 2025 Alumni Technology Transition - Alumni

your HBS email and calendar at http://outlook.hbs.edu . Microsoft Office On August 31, your HBS O365 license will be downgraded to the online version only. The desktop version of Microsoft Office on your... View Details

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Doctoral Students | Information Technology

the most of your HBS experience. Adobe Creative Cloud Information & Resources Information Security Microsoft 365 myHBS My Requests SharePoint Essentials Teaching & Learning Applications and technology products to bring teaching and... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Reaching New Heights

First-year students in Section G raised nearly $12,000 toward the construction of a new primary school in Nepal after hearing a presentation from former Microsoft executive John Wood. After a trek in the Annapurna region, Wood quit his... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

Career Coach

Parul Singh

position your resume and work experience for success. She is happy to help with career visioning, interview prep, resume and cover letter reviews. To make an appointment, please send Parul an email. Work Experience: 25Madison (MBA internship), Facebook (Product... View Details

03 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders

of like Lowes opening a store inside Home Depot. But since Amazon makes its profits from product sales to consumers, while Alibaba makes money from service and advertising fees from merchants, both could help the other increase its overall bottom line. Similarly, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information; Publishing; Technology

Profile

Kevin Nazemi

Kevin Nazemi chose Microsoft after graduation from MIT for the chance to turn a small market presence into something much bigger. “When I arrived, our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) product had almost no traction in the U.S.,”... View Details

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

How Technological Disruption Changes Everything

HBS Professor Clayton Christensen sees disruptive innovation as a threat to everything from Microsoft to Japan—and even to a certain prominent business school. But through that disruption comes improved quality of life—and major... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

17 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Coming Home to HBS

My son Francesco was 3 months old when I started at HBS in August 2014. In the winter break of my EC year, my little daughter Giulia Maria was born. Francesco was 2 and a half and Giulia Maria was 8 months old when I started my job at View Details

Career Coach

Sarah Hoffner

resume/cover letter reviews, and interview prep. To book an appointment, please use the Microsoft Bookings link below. Employment Experience: Entree Health, JP Morgan (internship) View Details

Martha R. Ingram

After her husband’s death in 1995, Ingram successfully managed the family business, making a series of bold moves, including the spin-off and public offering of Ingram Micro, the United States’ largest computer wholesaler. Today, Ingram Industries and Ingram... View Details

Keywords: Services

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Encrypting Emails | Information Technology

Encrypting Emails Microsoft Purview Message Encryption When sending sensitive information to other people, you need to be extremely careful regarding what tools you use. Which is why we’re pleased that View Details

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Cloud Storage | Information Technology

Stop, limit, or change sharing Microsoft Help: See who a file is shared with in OneDrive or SharePoint Dropbox Help: How do I see who's viewing my files? Sharepoint/Teams Help: Sharing files in Microsoft... View Details

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