Computer Services Industries - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2012
News

Joint Venture

inventors of entire industries (such as management consulting and venture capital) and as leaders in so many other areas, have provided rich raw material for academics to study, refine, and condense into “intellectual capital.” Building... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

computer consulting firm specializing in e-commerce; Akal Security Company; and natural food enterprises such as the Yogi Tea Company), for which he serves as executive vice president. "Our goal is to provide products and View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

March 1993 (Revised June 1994)
Case

Intel Corporation: Going into OverDrive

In May 1992, Intel Corp., the leading supplier of microprocessors for IBM-compatible personal computers, announced the retail availability of OverDrive processors, a new line of performance upgrades for the Intel 486 series of microprocessors. The case chronicles the... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Expansion; Product Marketing; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Computer Industry

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Educators

Purchase

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

presence of strategic interactions between content distributors and content providers. We provide a model of bargaining and price competition within these industries and show that whether or not a piece of content ends up exclusive to one... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

Evidence from Indian Software Services Authors:Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton Abstract Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Women on Boards: How Lara Druyan and Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership - Blog: RGE Report

groups, to pursue board service. For both, board service is a fulfilling extension of their leadership journeys, and they are passionate about encouraging others to apply their experience and expertise to these important roles. Personal... View Details

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

developing the Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for Canada . In 2020, she launched a 5-course Specialization on Coursera: Gender Analytics: Gender Equity Through Inclusive Design which is aimed at building skills to do intersectional gender-based analysis for products,... View Details

08 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)

everything. In school and in her career, she enjoyed starting as a generalist before specializing and was energized by exploring industries and functions. The consulting world, specifically McKinsey, offered that exact opportunity. “I... View Details

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

managed to alter the competitive environment within their industries and even across industry lines.1 The need for a formal approach to corporate strategy was first articulated by top executives of M-form... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

Profile

Joseph Blair

host of new careers and industries of which I have not had previous experience. Through my involvement with the Entrepreneurship Club and VCPE Club, I have had the opportunity to get to know fellow students and alumni in these exciting... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services

19 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?

catastrophe big enough to wipe out large numbers of reinsurers simultaneously—and it may end up being several catastrophic events in close succession that does the job, says Froot—individual companies did fail, and the reinsurance View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services

June 2022
Case

Worten Portugal: Becoming a Digital Marketplace

By: Antonio Moreno, Pedro Amorim and Tonia Labruyere

With Amazon's entry into Portugal, Miguel Mota Freitas, CEO of Portuguese electronics chain Worten, is reflecting on their strategy of building a competitive marketplace. View Details

Keywords: Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Digital Platforms; Brands and Branding; E-commerce; Logistics; Service Delivery; Supply Chain; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Portugal; Spain

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Educators

Purchase

13 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

Cash and the Woman-Owned Business

men is exacerbated by several other important factors. Women in business and financial industries tend to move up the managerial ladder at a slower pace, so they stay in lower paying positions much longer. Women often choose... View Details

Keywords: by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene & Myra M. Hart

01 Jun 2023
News

Just Breathe

found the murder of an unarmed Black person at the hands of the police was linked to poor mental health in the Black population of the state where it occurred for three months. I started my career in financial services and worked at... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

03 Apr 2017
What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

thrown around range from the federal government borrowing and investing that money directly to instead providing incentives such as tax credits to encourage private industry to participate. The method and the final amount will be debated.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction

18 Apr 2022
News

Home Grown

kind of scaling itself up and mobile internet coming to the foray, developing countries will actually kind of rise because you know, now every consumer would have a computing device in their hands. And if that were to be true, then... View Details

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Harvard Business School

being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and receiving the Robert F. Greenhill Award for outstanding service to HBS. Dr. Cash earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Texas Christian University, where his... View Details

30 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 30

Firm in a Nascent Industry By: Zuzul, Tiona, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—This paper explores how entrepreneurs' efforts to legitimate a firm and a nascent industry affect the internal development of the... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

essentially took micro economics knowledge of structural analysis of industries and made it accessible to managers. That was a very important contribution for a practical purpose. The discussion on the idea of clusters is not exactly a... View Details

Career Coach

Jing Lin Lee

clear recruiting roadmap from personal branding, networking, resume building, to preparing for interviews and negotiating / deciding between offers. Jing Lin’s industry experience spans across management consulting, tech, and financial... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All)

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