Technology Companies - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1997
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HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus

speaker John Sculley, a self-described "venture catalyst" and the CEO of Live Picture, Inc., gave a demonstration of new technologies created by his company that make possible services such as Internet-based... View Details

Keywords: Meg Gardner

01 Apr 2000
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Strike Up the Broad(band)

could just as likely widen the divide between rich and poor, because information technology to date has generally increased the demand for skilled, higher-paid workers while reducing the need for unskilled workers." "Let us hope," the... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Cyberposium

pervasive 24/7 technological connectivity. Highlights included keynote speakers Drew Houston (Dropbox founder and CEO), Lee Hower (LinkedIn cofounder), and Alexa Hirschfeld (Paperless Post cofounder and CEO), as well as panel discussions... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Up by the Roots

coupled with an established venture capital community and a vast pool of potential customers in the form of major financial firms hungry for fresh tech. “Large financial institutions are technology companies... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Apr 2002
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Dot Vertigo

In Dot Vertigo: Doing Business in a Permeable World, HBS professor Richard Nolan shows how the next shift in Internet technology - the I-Net - is helping both bricks-and-mortar and first-generation Web View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Dec 2010
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Rebound in the Automotive Garage

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Jun 2010
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Cardiac Kid

has more than 1,000 workers and expects revenues of about $280 million this year. “The company was founded basically to prevent heart attacks,” Huennekens told the San Diego Union-Tribune (January 25, 2010). To that end, Volcano makes... View Details

Keywords: medical devices; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Jun 2000
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Networked Computers behind IT Payoff

Investments in information technology (IT) are finally beginning to pay off, thanks to the era of the networked computer. So says HBS assistant professor Andrew P. McAfee in an article published in last October's issue of Exec: The... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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Powering Up

Watertown, Massachusetts. The company builds systems derived from innovative electricity-delivery technology developed by an MIT professor (Boston Globe, February 22, 2010). While initial applications —... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

10 May 2010
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Getting Involved in Jacksonville, FL

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

Organizations." Coote noted that trends such as intense competition, faster cycle times, slimmer margins, and new business models have forced widespread company restructurings - changes that corporate information View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Sep 2011
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Charged Up

And can it execute either in a timely enough fashion to begin breaking even? “It’s a familiar issue,” Vietor says. “How does a new venture company manage its cash as it is developing its technology over... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; batteries; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2013
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Single Mom at 15 Now Silicon Valley Star

Keywords: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold

a Boston-based technology financial services company whose mission is to reinvent hedge fund investing through disruptive technology, transparency and liquidity. PhytoTEK supplies a unique biologic solution... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

08 May 2020
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Don’t Let Your Company’s Intranet Become a Junk Drawer

19 Sep 2019
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Predicting Human Behaviors

pedestrians, correctly assigning an intention score (Do they want to cross the street?) and an awareness score (Do they know there is a car?) to each. Guided by technology developed by Perceptive Automata, the View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2017
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Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity

to help finance his education. “My original goal coming to HBS was to eventually work for a big technology company. The fellowships have enabled me to stretch and pursue my entrepreneurial passions more,” says Wu. “My family comes from a... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

28 May 2019
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Tech for the People

Photos courtesy of Henry Tsai Photos courtesy of Henry Tsai HBS Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai (MBA 2017) was working as a technology and innovation advisor in the San José mayor’s office in the fall of 2017 when he began thinking about the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

03 Oct 2019
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Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

the development via NASA to an era where industry leads has sped up the pace of growth and primed the space sector for investment. Co-founder of space technology company Escape Dynamics and a longtime... View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Space Research and Technology

01 Dec 2020
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Two Truths and a Lie About 5G

Here, alumni and faculty experts weigh in on some of the assumptions about a hyper-connected world. The upgrade to 5G will be revolutionary for consumers. The arrival of 3G, which delivered the iPhone to the world and made it mainstream, was the stuff of real View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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