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Theodore W. Waitt
Waitt built one of the most successful computer manufacturers and sellers in the US. Along with Dell, Gateway became a pioneering force in using direct mail and the Internet to sell personal computers. Though Gateway has often lagged the... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
If You're #1, Watch Out
required to achieve better and better results. When the product the customers use isn't good enough, its architecture is proprietary and its manufacturers make money. When it's more than good enough, its architecture becomes modular,... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
With a final deal reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), prepare for another cacophony of protest in Congress that America is signing away jobs to other parts of the world. The naysayers will be overlooking one small fact. Even without trade pacts, America... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- News
Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship
recruiting manufacturing firms into rural communities and helping them create jobs," explains Schultz. "As a result of this work, in 2001 I embarked on a three-year research project that began by looking at 15,800 small towns across... View Details
- 16 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Digging Into Data: Making A Career Change
financial services roles interestingly remained within the sector but switched their focus. The vast majority moved from private equity into the investment management / hedge fund space. And, 43% of students with View Details
Richard J. Egan
Egan co-founded EMC and built it into the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory storage devices. Between 1979 and 1986, EMC’s revenues doubled each year catapulting it into the Fortune 500 in less than 10 years. View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Uncas A. Whitaker
Whitaker built the world’s largest manufacturer of electrical devices and connectors. His company was instrumental in the development of miniature components and advanced computer technologies which have been incorporated into literally... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
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Patrick Akl
Growing up in Lebanon, Patrick Akl lived with a fascination for consumer electronics – and with the ever-present fear of war. “We often had to sleep in an underground bunker,” Patrick says. “And the conflict caused setbacks in my father’s... View Details
- 31 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom
how they're marketing themselves? Youngme Moon: Many mature service industries are in a service "arms race" in which they keep adding more and more services... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Palo Alto, CA Business management software, solutions, and services Lionel Bony (MBA 2006) Rocky Mountain Institute Snowmass and Boulder, CO Nonprofit research and educational foundation aiming to foster efficient and sustainable use of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
incorrect paperwork, the IT team programmed an electronic “poka-yoke” (a term from lean manufacturing in which an engineering solution prevents a mistake) that keeps a mailing label from being printed unless... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
garment factory owners engaged in cutthroat price competition to secure orders from Western manufacturer and retailer brands. These brands conveniently sourced their requirements at arm’s length through third-party intermediaries to avoid... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
that Al's research has moved from railroads to giant corporations and now to computers and consumer electronics underscores his eminent position as the historian of industries at the center of national interest in each era he studies. All... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
HBS Introduces Global Networking through Technology
Global Electronic Network will enable them - and all alumni - to use this powerful tool to stay connected after they graduate and to take advantage of the rich variety of services and information available... View Details
Walter H. Wheeler, Jr.
Wheeler served as CEO or Chairman of Pitney-Bowes for over three decades. Under his leadership, Pitney-Bowes grew from a regional postage meter manufacturer generating $3 million in revenues to a $300 million diversified direct mail... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
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5.1 Information Technology | MBA
system or database, falsely obtaining electronic services or data without payment of required charges, intentionally intercepting electronic communications, and obtaining,... View Details
Morton H. Meyerson
Meyerson is recognized as the operational and financial genius of Electronic Data Systems (EDS). During his CEO tenure, EDS grew from a $200 million consulting business into a $4 billion large-scale systems consulting enterprise... View Details
Keywords: Services
- September 1976 (Revised July 1995)
- Case
Texas Instruments: Time Products Division
Outlines the components of Texas Instruments' low-cost digital watch. Focus is on getting the assembly line running smoothly and efficiently in order to meet production cost and delivery requirements. View Details
Keywords: Cost; Production; Service Delivery; Performance Efficiency; Electronics Industry; Electronics Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Texas Instruments: Time Products Division." Harvard Business School Case 677-043, September 1976. (Revised July 1995.)
- 22 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: 3M
every day – from respirators that allow painters and welders to breathe easier to stethoscopes that allow doctors to monitor astronauts in space. We generate sales of nearly $32 billion from our five business groups (Health Care, Industrial, Consumer, Safety &... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
William H. Gates III
In 1980, Gates signed a contract with IBM to develop an operating system for their new personal computer. Gates retained the rights to his operating system, MS-DOS, and struck deals with nearly all other manufacturers of personal... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics