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- July 2004 (Revised September 2004)
- Background Note
A Conversation about Information Technology
Two managers discuss the benefits, costs, opportunities, and headaches of corporate computing. Topics include security, training, the Internet and Web, collaboration, productivity, Moore's Law, computer crashes, upgrades, open source software, network effects,... View Details
McAfee, Andrew P. "A Conversation about Information Technology." Harvard Business School Background Note 605-023, July 2004. (Revised September 2004.)
- May 1999
- Teaching Note
NSK Software Technologies Ltd. TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-298-071). View Details
- January 2011
- Case
Program Management at Wipro Technologies
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Bradley R. Staats and Melissa Valentine
This case examines the execution of one program by Wipro Technologies, an Indian software services provider. The case also explores the evolution of program management at Wipro. View Details
- March 2005 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
Coming out of the 2001 high-tech industry recession, this venture capital start-up has to come up with a marketing plan to break even and grow. Its innovative e-commerce software provides unique customer relationship management solutions, but it has to convince... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Customer Relationship Management; Financial Crisis; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Software; Information Technology Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce." Harvard Business School Case 505-016, March 2005. (Revised April 2007.)
- October 2001
- Case
Garage.com (B): Garage Technology Ventures
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Elizabeth Kind
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
Leonard, Dorothy A., and Elizabeth Kind. "Garage.com (B): Garage Technology Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 602-093, October 2001.
- August 1997 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
APV Technology Partners II, L.P.
By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky
Keywords: Technology Industry
Gompers, Paul A., and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky. "APV Technology Partners II, L.P." Harvard Business School Case 298-048, August 1997. (Revised September 1997.)
- February 2004 (Revised February 2004)
- Supplement
Dividend Policy at Linear Technology
By: Malcolm P. Baker
Spreadsheet to (9-204-066). Download only. View Details
- May 2017 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
ATH Technologies (A): Making the Numbers
By: Robert Simons and Jennifer Packard
An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) refocusing process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must... View Details
Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Balancing Innovation And Control; Performance Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Profit; Geographic Location; Governance Controls; Innovation and Invention; Management Succession; Performance Evaluation; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Simons, Robert, and Jennifer Packard. "ATH Technologies (A): Making the Numbers." Harvard Business School Case 117-013, May 2017. (Revised June 2017.)
- June 2001
- Background Note
Information Technology Management from 1960-2000
By: Richard L. Nolan
Covers the history of IT management from 1960 to the present. Applies the Stages Theory as a basis to trace the evolution of the three dominant IT designs (mainframes, microcomputers, networks) and how companies used and managed IT in each era. View Details
Nolan, Richard L. "Information Technology Management from 1960-2000." Harvard Business School Background Note 301-147, June 2001.
- September 2005
- Case
IBM Network Technology (A) (Abridged)
An unconventional manager within IBM leads the creation of a business unit with multibillion-dollar potential, winning over customers and nudging the organization to make the changes needed to achieve dramatic growth. Exemplifies how organizational design and... View Details
- December 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
PlaceWare: Issues in Structuring a Xerox Technology Spinout
Xerox has established a process to spin out technologies it develops that do not fit with its current business needs. To structure these "spinouts," a number of issues arise on how to treat people and intellectual property. PlaceWare is the first technology to go... View Details
Chesbrough, Henry W. "PlaceWare: Issues in Structuring a Xerox Technology Spinout." Harvard Business School Case 699-001, December 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Learning to Use: Stack Overflow and Technology Adoption
By: Daniel Jay Brown and Maria P. Roche
In this paper, we examine the potential impact of Q&A websites on the adoption of technologies.
Using data from Stack Overflow – one of the most popular Q&A websites worldwide
– and implementing an instrumental-variable approach, we find that users whose questions... View Details
Brown, Daniel Jay, and Maria P. Roche. "Learning to Use: Stack Overflow and Technology Adoption." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-001, July 2023.
- 26 Apr 2016
- Video
Astraeus Technologies wins 2016 New Venture Competition Business Track
- September 2024 (Revised March 2025)
- Case
Epic: The Future of Health Information Technology
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Brian L. Walker
How should the founder and leadership team of a health IT company with more than 45 years of market leadership prepare for the future, while navigating founder transitions and industry changes? Founded by Judy Faulkner in the late 1970s, Epic pioneered electronic... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Private Ownership; Customer Focus and Relationships; Information Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Brian L. Walker. "Epic: The Future of Health Information Technology." Harvard Business School Case 325-028, September 2024. (Revised March 2025.)
- March 1987
- Background Note
Introduction to Computer and Communications Technology
Cash, James I., Jr. "Introduction to Computer and Communications Technology." Harvard Business School Background Note 187-134, March 1987.
- March 1995
- Article
A Role-based Ecology of Technological Change
Podolny, Joel, and Toby E. Stuart. "A Role-based Ecology of Technological Change." American Journal of Sociology 100, no. 5 (March 1995): 1224–1260.
- March 1988
- Background Note
Leadership and the Information Technology Organization
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donna B. Stoddard
Applegate, Lynda M., and Donna B. Stoddard. "Leadership and the Information Technology Organization." Harvard Business School Background Note 188-114, March 1988.
- 06 Jan 2014
- News
Technology Re-emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
- February 1990 (Revised June 1990)
- Case
Prudential: Organizing for Technology Innovation (B)
Applegate, Lynda M. "Prudential: Organizing for Technology Innovation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 190-119, February 1990. (Revised June 1990.)