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- 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
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Faculty Books
dynamics and strategies used by firms that recognize the transformative power of these “invisible engines.” Shorter discussions of Internet-based software platforms offer glimpses into a future in which the way we buy, pay, watch, listen,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
guru Esther Dyson, chairman of EDventure Holdings; Matthew Szulik, president and CEO of the open-source software company Red Hat, Inc.; and Dean Kamen (7th OPM), chairman and CEO of Segway LLC and creator of the Segway Human Transporter.... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
method teaching and learning She and Mike Kamowski, a software engineer at Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster, started to build out a top-of-the-funnel solution for the dance community in 2018. Bopsidy launched the following year as an online... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
which built the large machines that automate the production of cardboard boxes. “I’ve always been wired operationally,” says Thomas, who majored in industrial engineering at Stanford University before coming to HBS. That background,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Notebook
Amazon.com of telecom, but we hadn’t raised enough money to build such a big brand. We decided instead to license our software applications — made to process digital-service transactions — to retailers like Best Buy, Circuit City, and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
After 27 Years at HBS, Shapiro Shifts Professional Focus
whose new office is located in Concord, Massachusetts, will continue to pursue independent research in areas such as performance-based pricing, software pricing, and professional-service pricing; the management of large, View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
Internet Time: Lessons from Netscape and Its Battle with Microsoft has been a focal point in the landmark antitrust suit brought by the Department of Justice against Microsoft. At issue in the case is whether Microsoft used unfair and illegal tactics to dominate the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 11 May 2018
- News
Nigerian Tech Startup has Local—and Global—Impact
Photo via CBS News Photo via CBS News A recent CBS news story on Nigerian tech startup Andela—a software development firm—includes an interview with Seni Sulyman (MBA 2014), Andela’s president of global operations. Reflecting on his... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
“This is the most exciting time in the technology industry since I left Stanford Business School 26 years ago,” Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (Harvard ’77) told a student audience that nearly filled Burden Auditorium in early December.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Tech Trekker
someone like me who had 'different' ideas," says Lang, who eventually became vice president of software and marketing. The company was also flexible - and smart - enough to allow Lang, already the mother of two children, to bring her... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
from bicycle sprockets to airplane engines relied on software produced mainly by IBM or ComputerVision, industry giants whose product capabilities addressed only part of the several-stage product development... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
precious,” says Khan, who focuses primarily on software. “It’s been an incredible segment to invest in over the last few years—cloud software in particular, because these are high-gross margin businesses with low costs and long, recurring... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Gregory Slayton (MBA '90)
working at McKinsey & Co. in the early 1990s, he cofounded its Multimedia Practice Group and was soon recruited to take over the New Media division of Paramount Studios. He then cofounded Worlds, Incorporated, an Internet software company... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
Japan was most competitive internationally — such as cars, video products, and robotics — government played a relatively minor role. By contrast, the country was least competitive in industries such as chemicals, aircraft, and View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
underground hacker marketplaces. Credit card numbers—from premium cards, some offered with money-back guarantees if they don’t work—go for as little as $9. That’s just one segment of a booming hacker market: Attempts to knock a particular website offline can cost... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
Thriving Online After three decades in service of people who are over the age of 50, Meredith Oppenheim is working to nudge the industry in a new direction—broadening the scope of its offerings to include meaningful online engagement. Her... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
connects tech companies to African software engineers. And in this episode of Skydeck, Sulyman talks to associate editor Julia Hanna about how his work is empowering Africa—and about the journey that led him to this mission. READ MORE... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Oakville, Ontario Energy management applications Paul Grana (MBA 2009) Tigo Energy Los Gatos, California; Munich, Germany; and Osaka, Japan Hardware and software that brings new levels of power output efficiency, management, and control... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
could stray from an assignment to write market assessments and instead create a start-up business plan. “The professor was Walt Salmon, and fortunately he was all for it,” recalls Cassidy, who eventually made good on the plan to launch Stylus Innovation, a computer... View Details