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- March 2000 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Microsoft Office 2000: Multimedia
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Describes the history of Microsoft's Office product suite. Discusses evolution of the Office 2000 project. Set at the end of the project when Steven Sinofsky, Office vice president, must decide upon the direction for the next version of Office, as well as make changes... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Change; Information Technology Industry; Washington (state, US)
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Microsoft Office 2000: Multimedia." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 600-023, March 2000. (Revised June 2000.)
- 2002
- Other Teaching and Training Material
The States vs. Microsoft
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
Want to get a heated debate going among technologists? Ask them this question: Can the open source software movement defeat (or severely cripple) Microsoft in the marketplace? With little academic attention focused on this question,... View Details
- October 1991 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Bill Gates and the Management of Microsoft
In July 1991, Microsoft has achieved record growth and profitability in the PC software industry. The case focuses on Microsoft's founder and CEO, Bill Gates, and his top management team, as they seek to retain the innovation and spirit of a small company in a rapidly... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth Management; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Information Technology Industry; United States
Rosenzweig, Philip M. "Bill Gates and the Management of Microsoft." Harvard Business School Case 392-019, October 1991. (Revised July 1993.)
- 08 May 2018
- News
Microsoft Tries a New Role: Moral Leader
- September 2001 (Revised March 2006)
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Office 2000 TN
Teaching Note for (9-600-023), (9-600-097), and (9-600-502). View Details
- September 2001 (Revised September 2003)
- Case
Priceline.com v. Microsoft (B)
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
Bagley, Constance E., and Michael J. Roberts. "Priceline.com v. Microsoft (B)." Harvard Business School Case 802-082, September 2001. (Revised September 2003.)
- July 2024 (Revised May 2025)
- Teaching Note
Leading Culture Change at Microsoft Western Europe
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Catherine Huang
This teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case study “Leading Culture Change at Microsoft Western Europe,” HBS No. 624-096, to help faculty deepen student understanding of psychological safety and organizational culture transformation through... View Details
- June 1995 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Microsoft Corp.'s Pricing Policies
Describes the antitrust issues that arose in 1994 and 1995 with respect to Microsoft's marketing practices. View Details
McGahan, Anita M., and Julia Kou. "Microsoft Corp.'s Pricing Policies." Harvard Business School Case 795-173, June 1995. (Revised October 1999.)
- March 2024 (Revised June 2025)
- Teaching Note
CoPilot(s): Generative AI at Microsoft and GitHub
By: Frank Nagle and Maria P. Roche
This teaching note is the companion to case N9-624-010 CoPilot(s): Generative AI at Microsoft and GitHub, which takes place in late 2021. The case briefly describes the history of both GitHub and Microsoft with a particular focus on open source software (OSS)—software... View Details
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
Microsoft caused by (2) a defense personally led by Bill Gates and (3) by the failure of the company's board to provide counsel. In the case of a high-tech company where significant ownership rests in the hands of management (e.g... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- June 2023 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
Collaboration Wars: Slack vs. Microsoft Teams 2023
By: David B. Yoffie, Kriti Gupta, Mehek Punatar, Poonam Sacheti and Poorvi Vijay
What's the future of corporate communications? Email? Corporate messaging? The battle for corporate messaging in 2023 was stacking up as a fight between Slack, which had been recently acquired by Salesforce, and Microsoft Teams. This case explores a classic judo... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Acquisition; Technology Industry; Communications Industry
Yoffie, David B., Kriti Gupta, Mehek Punatar, Poonam Sacheti, and Poorvi Vijay. "Collaboration Wars: Slack vs. Microsoft Teams 2023." Harvard Business School Case 723-457, June 2023. (Revised November 2024.)
- 11 May 2017
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Microsoft
OrganizationSacha Nunn, MBA Recruiter, Microsoft Disclaimer: Microsoft is a big, diverse company with lots of recruiting voices. While we are all committed to our core values, the comments below are my... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- December 1997 (Revised December 1997)
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Goes Online: MSN 1996 Microsoft Goes Online: MSN 1997 TN
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for (9-798-019) and (9-798-035). View Details
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
- June 2018
- Teaching Note
The Transformation of Microsoft
By: C. Fritz Foley and F. Katelynn Boland
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-048. In early 2015, Amy Hood, CFO of Microsoft, and the rest of the senior leadership team faced a set of fundamental choices. The firm had opportunities to serve customers in ways that would be associated with higher growth but lower... View Details
- October 2012
- Case
Microsoft Office 2007 (Abridged)
By: Marco Iansiti and Bianca Buccitelli
A discussion of the history and processes behind the development of Microsoft's Office 12 software. View Details
Keywords: History; Applications and Software; Research and Development; Business Processes; Product Development
Iansiti, Marco, and Bianca Buccitelli. "Microsoft Office 2007 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 613-061, October 2012.
- August 2000
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Latin America TN
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Alberto Ballve
Teaching Note for (9-100-040). View Details
- January 2020 (Revised March 2020)
- Teaching Note
Commercial Sales Transformation at Microsoft
By: Doug J. Chung
Teaching Note for HBS No. 519-054. View Details
- 23 Aug 2013
- News
CEO Ballmer to leave Microsoft
- March 1997 (Revised April 2001)
- Supplement
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
Khanna, Tarun, and Danielle J. Melito. "Microsoft in the People's Republic of China: 1998 Update." Harvard Business School Supplement 797-107, March 1997. (Revised April 2001.)