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- January 2004
- Article
Meditate On It
By: William W. George
Keywords: Negotiation
George, William W. "Meditate On It." Harvard Business Review 82, no. 1 (January 2004).
- Research Summary
When Does IT Foster Markets, When Does it Foster Hierarchies?
The 'Electronic Markets Hypothesis' is, at present, essentially taken for granted. It holds that greater use of IT leads to greater use of market mechanisms for coordinating activity, basically because of IT's ability to reduce the costs of coordination.
The... View Details
- June–July 2019
- Article
A Methodology for Operationalizing Enterprise IT Architecture and Evaluating Its Modifiability
By: Robert Lagerström, Alan MacCormack, David Dreyfus and Carliss Y. Baldwin
Recent contributions to information systems theory suggest that the primary role of a firm’s information technology (IT) architecture is to facilitate, and therefore ensure the continued alignment of a firm’s IT investments with a constantly changing business... View Details
Keywords: Enterprise Architecture; Modularity; Information Systems; Modifiability; Design Structure Matrix
Lagerström, Robert, Alan MacCormack, David Dreyfus, and Carliss Y. Baldwin. "A Methodology for Operationalizing Enterprise IT Architecture and Evaluating Its Modifiability." Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly 19 (June–July 2019): 75–98.
- June 2004 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Zara: IT for Fast Fashion
In 2003, Zara's CIO must decide whether to upgrade the retailer's IT infrastructure and capabilities. At the time of the case, the company relies on an out-of-date operating system for its store terminals and has no full-time network in place across stores. Despite... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Customer Value and Value Chain; Information Management; Infrastructure; Supply Chain Management; Information Technology; Retail Industry
McAfee, Andrew P., Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Zara: IT for Fast Fashion." Harvard Business School Case 604-081, June 2004. (Revised September 2007.)
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Hopping to It
Reid Photo courtesy of Arista When Antonio (“LA”) Reid (AMP:ISMP 154) succeeded the legendary Clive Davis at Arista Records, a lot of people wondered if he was up to the job. Sure, Reid had founded Atlanta–based hip–hop and R&B label LaFace and built View Details
- 01 Jul 2021
- Video
Thank You HBS IT
- 2018
- Case
Keep It Cool
By: A. Saxena, N. McFarland and Y. Grushka-Cockayne
Saxena, A., N. McFarland, and Y. Grushka-Cockayne. "Keep It Cool." University of Virginia, Darden School of Business Case UVA-QA-0898, 2018.
- July 2012
- Case
Shut It Down?
By: Clayton Rose
Meredith, the head of a major division of a financial firm, must confront an unexpected response and challenge from a senior colleague when she proposes shutting down an underperforming unit. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Collaboration; Business Units; Business Exit or Shutdown; Leadership; Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Rose, Clayton. "Shut It Down?" Harvard Business School Case 313-001, July 2012.
- April 1987 (Revised October 1987)
- Case
IT Corp. (B)
Vietor, Richard H.K. "IT Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 387-172, April 1987. (Revised October 1987.)
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Future of IT Consulting
The explosion of "computer-to-computer" communication in the twenty-first century is triggering a growth phase for IT consultants. Harvard Business School professor Richard Nolan and HBS Interactive Senior Vice President Larry... View Details
- 02 Nov 2011
- News
What's it take to boost energy for peak IT leadership performance?
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
An ailing horse and an overweight Labrador retriever provided the inspiration for Becky Minard and Paal Gisholt (both MBA ’93) to launch SmartPak, a business that provides nutritional supplements, dog food, and supplies to customers devoted to their four-footed... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Carry It On
these two areas, and that gives me a very good feeling.” With John Plukas (MBA ’68), with whom he had previously founded HCW Oil and Gas, an oil-industry real estate and investment firm, Glassman launched Wainwright Bank in 1987. The bank became nationally known for... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Paying It Forward
who started StopLift in 2003 after studying the matter as a student at Harvard Business School. Now with a staff of 200, the Cambridge, Massachusetts–based software company is deploying its ScanItAll Checkout Vision Systems to foil a wide... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Start It Up
which manufactures solar-paneled generators that require only minimal diesel to help recharge their batteries. In Iraq, “I’d see huge generators running all the time but powering very little,” Moorehead said. “We take it from running 24... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
by 2025, which would amount to a third of all assets under management around the world. But sandwiched somewhere between the high hopes and higher stakes of sustainable investing looms the big question: Will it ever be enough to solve the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
Rising star Jim Barton has decidedly mixed feelings after being selected as the new chief information officer at the fictional IVK Corporation. On the one hand, he lacks an IT background; on the other, he's ambitious and up for a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Lighting It Up
Last December, David Wilkins (MBA 1990) admired the brilliant skyline of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, with its color-changing buildings and holiday lighting. “I love when nighttime comes,” the former investment banker told the Rocky... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
Kundu, who started StopLift in 2003 after studying the problem as a student at Harvard Business School. In fact, it was one sentence in a case he read about Walmart, in his first year at HBS, that sparked his quest for a solution. “It... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley