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- January 2008
- Case
Lenovo: Building A Global Brand (Multimedia case)
By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Announced in December 2004, the $1.75 billion acquisition of IBM's PC division by Lenovo, China's largest PC maker, made headlines around the world. A relative upstart in the business, Lenovo acquired the division of IBM that invented the PC in 1981. While Lenovo was... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Information Infrastructure; Global Strategy; Acquisition; Brands and Branding; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; China
Quelch, John A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Lenovo: Building A Global Brand (Multimedia case)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 508-703, January 2008.
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
company he founded, private. Mr. Dell believes that the successful company's transformation from a personal computer (PC) manufacturer to an enterprise solutions and services provider (ESS) is dependent on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Help - Alumni
Why did I receive a spam message from my own HBS email address? The appearance of spam messages from your own e-mail address can be disconcerting, but it is not the result of a security breach in the HBS computer systems. The most likely... View Details
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Profiles - MBA
an authentic desire to build the world they want to live in. ” Tech areas of interest: AI/ML, Design, Human Computer Interaction, Sustainability, Privacy, Security & Trust Formative experience at the intersection of technology and... View Details
- 15 Aug 2023
- HBS Case
(Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?
use-case breakthrough could indeed arrive via gaming, but Wu suspects it will emerge from the enterprise category, perhaps for the retail or education sectors. “People are particularly excited about using the metaverse as a way to engage... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
of upgrades in freemium companies, and the six questions that new business enterprises should explore when considering the freemium model. The article mentions how four companies including NYTimes.com newspaper and Dropbox cloud storage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Founders & Investors - Entrepreneurship
David Baker Co-Founder & COO, MBAs Across America MBA 2014 Joseph Baron Co-Founder & CEO, Janus Biotherapeutics MBA 1999 Nancy M. Barry President, NBA Enterprise Solutions to Poverty MBA 1975 Ruzwana Bashir CEO, Peek.com MBA 2011 Marla... View Details
Rosabeth M. Kanter
Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details
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- 25 Jan 2021
- Book
In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded
How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details
William A. Sahlman
William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details
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Information Technology | About
the Resources and your continued adherence to applicable law, this policy, and other HBS and Harvard University policies. Various forms of computer misconduct are prohibited by federal and state law and are therefore subject to criminal... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
of the Rockefeller family, and was responsible for managing AT&T's $500 million high-end enterprise computing system product line. Steve holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Operations... View Details
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
got 3000 entries. The winning entry used computer vision from the cameras to identify the shape of gill plates and fins to identify endangered species versus species that it was okay to capture. And that’s now been put into effect in the... View Details
- 04 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating
Chatter, Microsoft's Yammer, and Jive Software's suite of namesake products. The global enterprise social software market is forecast to grow to $8.14 billion in 2019, according to MarketWatch, from $4.77 billion in 2014. “When it comes... View Details
- 07 Jun 2021
- Book
9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'
regard, helping to open and secure support. "It is hard work and absolutely vital if the organization is to succeed." McFarlan has spent the past 40 years serving on social enterprise boards, helping organizations find the right leaders,... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
age after World War II, the firm supported established companies like IBM (International Business Machines) as well as emerging enterprises such as DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation), which produced a second generation of less expensive,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
professor at Stanford University. The book examines how the best corporate explorers create new enterprises inside large corporations. The authors explain the challenges explorers face, along with the strategies they need to gather... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
probably as busy and involved today as he was when he ran the firm. He's made philanthropy and involvement in social enterprise a full-time job. What was your first job? When I was about ten, I started giving puppet shows at neighborhood... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
(particularly graphics related), power consumption, and suitability for new computer form factors (tablets, all-in-one machines, etc.). AMD planned to launch Fusion at the beginning of 2011 with a high-end processor, code-named Llano, to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne