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12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

harnessing nature-based solutions, such as afforestation and reforestation. Engaging with our existing portfolio companies to accelerate their transition to low-carbon business models, even in hard-to-abate sectors, for instance by... View Details

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Harvard Business School

overseeing a portfolio that includes Gatwick Airport, the Port of Melbourne, and East India Petroleum. He is also the lead director of Goldman Sachs. He previously served as executive vice chairman and chief client officer of Credit... View Details

08 Mar 2021
Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

the “other” in a room or “other” on an application background question. Repeatedly being told that you are “not enough of x” or that you don’t “belong to y” becomes exhausting. I choose to challenge the simplification of racial identity... View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

a software company that encourages households to reduce their energy consumption. From Opower's earliest days, its managers utilized experiments to amplify their environmental impact and enhance customer value. We will revisit some of... View Details

August 2023
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Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR

By: Boris Groysberg, Alexis Lefort, Susan Pinckney and Carolina Bartunek

Unicorn human relationships startup Beamery evaluates it's growth versus depth strategy as its strategic partners and customers could become future competitors in a quickly changing AI based human resources and talent management industry View Details

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July 2024
Technical Note

Version Control and Web Deployment

By: Michael Parzen and Jo Ellery

This note introduces version control using Git and GitHub, with an example covering how to make simple web applications. View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software

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13 Jun 2017
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Benefits of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

his business and leadership skillset, Damjan planned to spend the next two years focused on engineering. “I knew it wasn’t enough just to be a strong software engineer. It might be enough to build a great product, but it’s not enough if... View Details

winter 2007
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Oracle vs. PeopleSoft: A Case Study

By: D. Millstone and Guhan Subramanian

Keywords: Applications and Software; Information; Information Technology Industry

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March 1992 (Revised September 1995)
Background Note

Note on Chemical Bank Lotus Notes Demonstration Software: Windows & Macintosh Versions

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donna B. Stoddard

Keywords: Applications and Software; Information Technology; Banking Industry

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May 2007
Teaching Note

Oracle vs. PeopleSoft (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Guhan Subramanian and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Applications and Software; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry

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January 2008 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

AT&T v. Microsoft: IP Litigation (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Willy Shih

Teaching Note for [608080], and [608081]. View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Information Technology; Communications Industry; Information Technology Industry

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July 13, 2023
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Threads Foreshadows a Big—and Surprising—Shift in Social Media

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Liang Wu

Threads, Meta’s Twitter competitor, has become the fastest downloaded app in history. One of the reasons for this is because it allows users to port over their profiles and follows from the already popular social media platform Instagram, also owned by Meta—a feature... View Details

Keywords: Decentralization; Twitter; Facebook; Instagram; Crypto Economy; Blockchain; Network; Industrial Organization; Competition; Open Innovation; Open Platforms; Open Source Innovation; Social Networks; Social Media; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry

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1 Dec 1998
Conference Presentation

An Introduction to Mixed Models in SAS

By: William B. Simpson

Keywords: Applications and Software; Mathematical Methods

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November 2021
Teaching Note

Seeding and Selling Asana

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Tom Quinn, Amram Migdal and Susie Ma

This teaching note accompanies case no. 821-054, “Seeding and Selling Asana.” View Details

Keywords: Sales; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Industry; United States

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March 1997 (Revised April 2001)
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Microsoft in the People's Republic of China: 1998 Update

By: Tarun Khanna and Danielle J. Melito

Provides an update to Microsoft in the People's Republic of China--1993. View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Globalized Markets and Industries; Information Technology Industry; China

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September 1998 (Revised August 1999)
Background Note

Networks and Networking Software: Technology Note

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kelley Porter

Used to educate students about client and enterprise software. View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Networks; Information Infrastructure

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01 Sep 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal

precious,” says Khan, who focuses primarily on software. “It’s been an incredible segment to invest in over the last few years—cloud software in particular, because these are high-gross margin businesses with low costs and long, recurring... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna