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- February 2009
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Xbox: Changing the Game? (TN)
By: Andrei Hagiu
Teaching Note for [707501]. View Details
- November 1999
- Case
Microsoft Corporation: Testing the New Paradigm
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Computer Industry
Hawkins, David F. "Microsoft Corporation: Testing the New Paradigm." Harvard Business School Case 100-053, November 1999.
- October 1998 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Microsoft in Transition: Bill Gates's Leadership
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Takia Mahmood
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Takia Mahmood. "Microsoft in Transition: Bill Gates's Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 399-057, October 1998. (Revised March 1999.)
- November 2019 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
Microsoft Azure and the Cloud Wars
By: Andy Wu and Cindy Na
Wu, Andy, and Cindy Na. "Microsoft Azure and the Cloud Wars." Harvard Business School Case 720-409, November 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
- November 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Microsoft Office: Finding the Suite Spot
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Steven Sinofsky
Describes a key decision-making process within Microsoft's Office products division. At a time when the PC software business has a great deal of uncertainty, Microsoft's management has to make a key decision regarding the future of software suites. A strengthening of... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Applications and Software; Strategic Planning; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Product Development; Managerial Roles; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk and Uncertainty; Goals and Objectives; Digital Platforms; Innovation and Management; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry
Thomke, Stefan H., and Steven Sinofsky. "Microsoft Office: Finding the Suite Spot." Harvard Business School Case 699-046, November 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
- 02 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top
off by disruptive technologies. Critics often argue that Microsoft can't innovate its way out of a paper bag—instead it has used its monopoly position to stamp out competition and force an industry to bend to its standards. But now comes... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- May 2024
- Teaching Note
Collaboration Wars: Slack vs. Microsoft Teams 2023
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 722-398. View Details
- January 2008
- Teaching Note
Microsoft in China and India, 1993-2007 (TN)
By: Tarun Khanna and Prithwiraj Choudhury
Teaching Note for [708444]. View Details
- September 2017 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
North Forty: Managing a Microsoft Family Office
By: Luis M. Viceira, Cameron Parker and William Simmons
Viceira, Luis M., Cameron Parker, and William Simmons. "North Forty: Managing a Microsoft Family Office." Harvard Business School Case 218-036, September 2017. (Revised February 2019.)
- Article
It's Down to Two: Microsoft and Google
Keywords: Marketing, Technology, Digital, Services, And Strategy; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Marketing
Rayport, Jeffrey F. "It's Down to Two: Microsoft and Google." Bloomberg Businessweek Online (February 4, 2008).
- January 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
AT&T v. Microsoft (A): IP Litigation Strategy
By: Willy Shih
This case examines a hard fought litigation over a patent that originated at Bell Labs. It illustrates the challenges that technology companies face today innovating in a complex intellectual property environment in fields where there is a high amount of... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Patents; Lawsuits and Litigation; Conflict and Resolution; Strategy; Technology Industry
Shih, Willy. "AT&T v. Microsoft (A): IP Litigation Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 608-080, January 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
- April 1999 (Revised February 2003)
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Office: Finding the Suite Spot TN
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Teaching Note for (9-699-046). View Details
- June 1997
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Multimedia Publications (A) and (B) TN
By: Marco Iansiti
Teaching Note for (9-695-005) and (9-695-006). View Details
- August 21, 2012
- Article
How Microsoft and Netflix Lost Their Way
By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "How Microsoft and Netflix Lost Their Way." Harvard Business Review (website) (August 21, 2012).
- January 2023 (Revised March 2025)
- Supplement
Call of Fiduciary Duty: Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard
By: Jonas Heese and Joseph Pacelli
- December 2, 2002
- Other Article
The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top
By: Alan D. MacCormack, Marco Iansiti and Sean Silverthorne
MacCormack, Alan D., Marco Iansiti, and Sean Silverthorne. "The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (December 2, 2002). (Interview.)
- January 2023
- Teaching Note
Call of Fiduciary Duty: Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard
By: Jonas Heese and Joseph Pacelli
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-011. View Details
- February 2003 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Jim McCusker must guide a group decision-making process aimed at getting input and buy-in from key people in California, Mexico, and Austria to choose a shop floor IT system for Flextronics. McCusker is Flextronics' account manager for the Microsoft Xbox project.... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Power and Influence; Geographic Location; Problems and Challenges; Leadership; California; Mexico; Austria
Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox." Harvard Business School Case 403-090, February 2003. (Revised August 2004.)
- April 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Supplement
AT&T v. Microsoft (B): District Court Ruling and Appeal
By: Willy C. Shih
The (B) case follows the course of Microsoft's settlement with AT&T, and its appeal in the issue of foreign replicated software that eventually goes to the U.S. Supreme Court. It is intended for follow-up the discussion of the (A) case with what happened, examining a... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Lawsuits and Litigation; Conflict and Resolution; Competitive Strategy; Technology Industry
Shih, Willy C. "AT&T v. Microsoft (B): District Court Ruling and Appeal." Harvard Business School Supplement 608-081, April 2008. (Revised August 2008.)