Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 23

telecommunications industry, we address the following questions: What factors contribute to a firm's ability to learn by supplying and building technological and market capabilities? Does it matter to whom... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

14 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 14

Cloud Computing Authors:Kyle Armbrester and Robert G. Eccles Publication:European Business Review (January 2012) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2003
News

Up Against The Firewall

used software to launch their attacks. “Under the press of business and getting a product to market, some commercial software manufacturers have indulged in a ‘good–enough’... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Robert Austin; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

quickly gained a 95% share of the tablet computer market and a big share of the public mind. But the iPad represented more than just an extremely successful product launch. It... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

management. Instead, Perlman mapped backward from his VC target, reasoning that WebTV's appeal and value to the VCs would be greatly enhanced by partnership with a prominent consumer electronics firm.... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

14 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 14

the strong hardware and manufacturing bias and hierarchical structures of Japan's computer and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2010
Teaching Note

Apple Inc. in 2010 (TN)

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for 710467. View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Business Strategy; Success; Sales; Growth and Development; Competition; Product Launch; Electronics Industry; Electronics Industry

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Though the innovative technique was only partially owned by Wilson’s company, the rights were eventually broadened and Haloid changed its name to Xerox in 1961 to reflect its new product. Being the sole producer of a View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

Profile

Patrick Akl

Growing up in Lebanon, Patrick Akl lived with a fascination for consumer electronics – and with the ever-present fear of war. “We often had to sleep in an underground bunker,” Patrick says. “And the conflict... View Details

05 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

costs and retail prices down, prompting global production to shift to economies with lower input costs. The manufacture of personal computer... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising

01 Oct 1999
News

Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

another HBS case discussion in the spring of 1978, calculator in hand, Bricklin (MBA '79) had an epiphany: there should be a computer program that could speed up the tedious computations case analysis often... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

10 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 10

What was the future of TV? The case considers Samsung Electronics TV Group's product development processes, as the company's mobile and TV offerings increasingly converged... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2001
News

New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook

Scott Cook Even as a kid, Scott Cook was interested in figuring out how computers could help ordinary people. In high school, he sketched a tablet-style computer that could read handwriting View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

Packaged good manufacturers were eager to create a direct-to-consumer link like the one Dell found to sell computers. Such a link would minimize wasteful and inefficient marketing practices, which to date... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

September 1993 (Revised June 1994)
Supplement

Hewlett-Packard: Singapore (B)

By: Dorothy A. Leonard

Discusses the printer Hewlett-Packard has developed. View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Product Development; Research; Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Singapore

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A Polaroid Timeline 1932–1977 | Baker Library

A Polaroid Timeline 1932–1977 1932 Land-Wheelwright Laboratories Edwin Land and George Wheelwright form Land-Wheelwright Laboratories, a research and manufacturing enterprise... View Details

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows are: Ilana Springer Borkenstein, RN (MBA 2022) is the co-founder and CEO of M7 Health, a technology company addressing the critical nursing shortage in the US. As a Blavatnik Fellow, Ilana will be focusing on... View Details

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

HP and Dell that have outsourced most of their computer product design to ODM firms like ASUSTeK, only to watch them morph into competitors. Students can also examine how... View Details