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- 25 Jul 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Evolution of Apple
he also moved quickly to make some changes, announcing that archrival Microsoft would be developing core products such as its Office software for the Mac. In 1998, Apple launched the iMac, a candy-colored computer that fit well with its... View Details
- 03 Aug 2020
- News
A Clean Start
help solve this environmental conundrum. A chemical engineer, Brix had spent his career at Chevron in research and technology and then at Microsoft in IoT and automation. Then, in 2017, he turned his attention toward creating a renewable... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Juicy Story
and gave students insights as to what the CEO was trying to do and why he was having so much difficulty.” When Apple’s cofounder, Steve Jobs, returned to the company in 1997, he also moved quickly to make some changes, announcing that archrival View Details
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708491 Microsoft's Unlimited Potential Harvard Business School Case 508-072 In April 2007, Bill Gates announced Microsoft Unlimited Potential. Its mission was to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Alex Slusky
As a young undergraduate, Alex Slusky did things a promising professional was not supposed to do. When he was an economics student at Harvard, an ad in The Crimson caught his eye: Microsoft was looking for summer interns – from the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Negative Ad Power
ominously at three in the morning. In commercial marketing, Apple’s “Hi, I’m a Mac; Hi, I’m a PC” spots are about as tough as comparison advertising gets. Yet the digs at Microsoft are offset by sympathy for the nerdy but likable PC... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
industry, in collaboration with Microsoft and others, and into the Middle East and Africa, and the company reports more than $1 million in annual revenue. It all feels a long way from the team’s embarrassing faux stock market crash. “I’ll... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Desktop Search and Revenue Streams
places other than the Web, is clearly the next frontier. "Between Microsoft and Yahoo, we all have similar strategies. It's really going to be about great execution," he said. He added that desktop search offers an opportunity... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 19 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo
Internet2 was born. Today, sophisticated networks are being hooked up today among Europe, North and South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Cisco and Microsoft are involved "in a big way," Nolan said. Right now, Internet2 is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Shouldn't Delay Software Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw
intense focus on software security updates, after a massive tech meltdown in July impacted millions of Microsoft Windows devices used by organizations worldwide, including airlines, hospitals, emergency call centers, and banks. The cause... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Benefits of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
Before matriculating at HBS, Damjan Korac (MBA 2017) had a plan to combine his interest in technology and management. Damjan interned as a product manager at Microsoft after his junior year at Princeton, and as a senior was accepted into... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
which employees could collaborate securely and efficiently. However, later that year, Microsoft executives unexpectedly reached out with an offer to acquire Yammer for $1.2 billion and integrate Yammer into the View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 28 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
B2B Branding: Does it Work?
Dreamliner (as a differentiating ingredient for early adopter airlines). GE and Microsoft are hybrid brands with some direct-to-consumer sales that have helped to build the reputations of what are primarily B2B firms. But these... View Details
- Profile
Shaila Ittycheria
sharpest people I met at Microsoft were HBS alumni," Shaila says. Something else impressed her as well: "I was the only U.S.-born person on the team." They encouraged Shaila to do two things, she says: "To get an MBA... View Details
- Web
IT Strategy: Improving Service to Support Innovation | Information Technology
touchless equipment pick-up and drop-off service. Implemented a Microsoft Bookings calendar for appointment scheduling. This eliminates time-consuming back-and-forth exchanges between TSS agents and customers to look for a mutually... View Details
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Stan Chang: “A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship”
best program for me.” Stan had already gained an impressive amount of experience at Microsoft where he worked on operating systems and with online payments technology, responsibilities that “shaped my view on software development and how... View Details
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
opposed to Microsoft where the technical people rule. In some respects, Apple's experience with Jobs has parallels with Starbucks' history with Howard Schultz, also a hands-on, detail-oriented leader who created the innovative concept of... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
global opportunities and avenues is going to favor the Microsofts of the world, which have the size, strength, and presence to navigate these environments. How do the small and medium-sized businesses compete to get access to this talent... View Details
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
immigration say many companies hire additional native employees along with the hiring of immigrants. For example, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has said in congressional testimony related to H-1B that the company hires four additional... View Details
- 21 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google
mail. Their idea became Hotmail, the world’s first free web-based email service and the first electronic mail for tens of millions of users. While it was only a promise, the parties struck a deal less than 48 hours after they first met. And what a deal. Hotmail... View Details