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Database Best Practices Delimiters 52ms Word of Caution on Delimiters The field delimiter is the character which splits data or text into separate fields. A field is a column within your database. As an example, we may have the dataset below: Column_1 Column_2 Column_3... View Details

May 1989
Case

CGA Computer Associates, Inc.

September 2000
Case

Renaming Computer Power Group

Presents results of a consumer survey used to guide selection of a new corporate brand name. Four alternative names are tested for their ability to communicate desired company attributes to consumers. The pros and cons of developing brand names at corporate versus... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Brands and Branding

May 1999
Teaching Note

Apple Computer 1999 TN

By: David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak

Teaching Note for (9-799-108). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology Industry

October 1992 (Revised January 1993)
Supplement

Mips Computer Systems (B)

Describes developments subsequent to the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Outcome or Result

March 1991
Supplement

Gold Hill Computers (B)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

April 1985 (Revised September 1985)
Case

Compass Computer Services (B)

15 Aug 2008
News

War of the Computers

March 1995 (Revised July 1995)
Case

Apple Computer (B)(Abridged) : Building a Worldwide Strategy

By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers

Describes the building of Apple's new strategy. Explores how the human resource function at Apple Computer can best support that strategy. View Details

Keywords: Human Resources; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Computer Industry

November 1990 (Revised October 1994)
Case

Apple Computer (C): The Human Resource Function

Explores how the human resource (HR) function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Describes in detail the HR function. The function is considering a reorganization at the end of the case, in response to criticism from non-HR employees and... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Business Strategy; Computer Industry; United States

1997
Article

Are Computers Gender-neutral? Gender Stereotypic Responses to Computers with Voices

By: C. I. Nass, Y. Moon and N. Green

Keywords: Information Technology; Gender

March 1991
Case

Gold Hill Computers (A)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Keywords: Computer Industry

June 2001
Teaching Note

CompUSA: The Computer Superstore TN

By: Ananth Raman

Teaching Note for (9-699-026). View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry

April 1982 (Revised March 1984)
Case

Brookfield Corp.'s Personal Computers (B)

By: Walter J. Salmon

Keywords: Hardware; Computer Industry

July 2008 (Revised September 2009)
Case

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Eee PC (A)

By: Willy C. Shih, Chintay Shih, Hung-Chang Chiu, Yi-Ching Hsieh and Ho Howard Yu

ASUSTek Computer was the world's largest manufacture of PC motherboards, yet when it tried to launch its new sub-notebook Eee PC, the organization faced challenges in doing things outside of its established processes. Though many of the team members had worked together... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Disruptive Innovation; Product Launch; Groups and Teams; Information Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Industry