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- 16 Jul 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Principles that Matter: Sustaining Software Innovation from the Client to the Web
- March 2023
- Case
Woven Planet - Designing Software for the Car of the Future
By: Gary P. Pisano and Catherine Piner
Founded in 2021, Woven Planet Holdings—a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation—was developing Arene, an automotive software platform consisting of an operating system, development and simulation tools, and a cloud-based service that could store and analyze vehicle... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Automated Driving; Innovation; Organizational Culture; Applications and Software; Safety; Product Launch; Product; Auto Industry; Technology Industry
Pisano, Gary P., and Catherine Piner. "Woven Planet - Designing Software for the Car of the Future." Harvard Business School Case 623-064, March 2023.
- 14 Jun 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Evolution Analysis of Large-Scale Software Systems Using Design Structure Matrices and Design Rule Theory
- February 1998
- Article
Computer Software Company Earnings Revisions may be Needed
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Computer Software Company Earnings Revisions may be Needed." Accounting Bulletin, no. 62 (February 1998).
- October 1999
- Article
What Netscape Learned from Cross-platform Software Development
By: M. A. Cusumano and D. B. Yoffie
Cusumano, M. A., and D. B. Yoffie. "What Netscape Learned from Cross-platform Software Development." Communications of the ACM 42, no. 10 (October 1999): 72–78.
- June 2003
- Article
How Open Source Software Works: "Free" User-to-User Assistance
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Eric von Hippel
Lakhani, Karim R., and Eric von Hippel. How Open Source Software Works: "Free" User-to-User Assistance. Research Policy 32, no. 6 (June 2003): 923–943.
- Article
Design and Testing of a Mobile Health Application Rating Tool
By: David Levine, Zo Co, Lisa Newmark, Alissa Groisser, A Jay Holmgren, Jennifer Haas and David Bates
Mobile health applications (“apps”) have rapidly proliferated, yet their ability to improve outcomes for patients remains unclear. A validated tool that addresses apps’ potentially important dimensions has not been available to patients and clinicians. The objective of... View Details
Levine, David, Zo Co, Lisa Newmark, Alissa Groisser, A Jay Holmgren, Jennifer Haas, and David Bates. "Design and Testing of a Mobile Health Application Rating Tool." Art. 74. npj Digital Medicine 3 (2020).
- 24 Oct 2004 - 27 Oct 2004
- Conference Presentation
Empirical Research in Software Deveopment: Lessons from the Field
By: Alan MacCormack
- February 2007 (Revised September 2008)
- Case
CMM versus Agile: Methodology Wars in Software Development
A CIO decides whether to adopt the "Capability Maturity Model" (CMM) within her IT department. The decision is proving surprisingly controversial; some of her best developers prefer adopting an "agile" methodological approach instead. Compares and contrasts the CMM and... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Development; Business Processes; Information Technology; Applications and Software
Austin, Robert D. "CMM versus Agile: Methodology Wars in Software Development." Harvard Business School Case 607-084, February 2007. (Revised September 2008.)
- March 2022
- Article
How to Prioritize the Improvement of Open-Source Software Security
By: Frank Nagle
Nagle, Frank. "How to Prioritize the Improvement of Open-Source Software Security." Brookings TechStream (March 2022).
- November/December 2003
- Article
Software Development Worldwide: The State of the Practice
By: Michael A. Cusumano, Alan David MacCormack, Chris Kemerer and Bill Crandall
Cusumano, Michael A., Alan David MacCormack, Chris Kemerer, and Bill Crandall. "Software Development Worldwide: The State of the Practice." 20th Anniversary Issue IEEE Software 20, no. 6 (November/December 2003): 28–34.
- winter 2001
- Article
Product-Development Practices That Work: How Internet Companies Build Software
By: A. D. MacCormack
MacCormack, A. D. "Product-Development Practices That Work: How Internet Companies Build Software." MIT Sloan Management Review 42, no. 2 (winter 2001): 75–84.
- June 2007
- Article
What Is the Impact of Software Patent Shifts? Evidence from Lotus v. Borland
By: Josh Lerner and Feng Zhu
Economists have debated the extent to which strengthening patent protection spurs or detracts from technological innovation. This paper examines the reduction of software copyright protection in the Lotus v. Borland decision. If patent and copyright protections are... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Patents; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Feng Zhu. "What Is the Impact of Software Patent Shifts? Evidence from Lotus v. Borland." International Journal of Industrial Organization 25, no. 3 (June 2007): 511–529. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 11168.)
- May 2022
- Article
Strengthening Digital Infrastructure: A Policy Agenda for Free and Open Source Software
By: Frank Nagle
While there is little debate that digital forces are playing an increasingly crucial role in the economy, there
is limited understanding of the importance of the digital infrastructure that underlies this role. Much of the
discussion around digital infrastructure has... View Details
Nagle, Frank. "Strengthening Digital Infrastructure: A Policy Agenda for Free and Open Source Software." Brookings Series: Reimagining Modern-day Markets and Regulations (May 2022).
- Article
Soul and Machine (Learning)
By: Davide Proserpio, John R. Hauser, Xiao Liu, Tomomichi Amano, Burnap Alex, Tong Guo, Dokyun (DK) Lee, Randall Lewis, Kanishka Misra, Eric Schwarz, Artem Timoshenko, Lilei Xu and Hema Yoganarasimhan
Machine learning is bringing us self-driving cars, medical diagnoses, and language translation, but how can machine learning help marketers improve marketing decisions? Machine learning models predict extremely well, are scalable to “big data,” and are a natural fit to... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Marketing Applications; Knowledge; Technological Innovation; Core Relationships; Marketing; Applications and Software
Proserpio, Davide, John R. Hauser, Xiao Liu, Tomomichi Amano, Burnap Alex, Tong Guo, Dokyun (DK) Lee, Randall Lewis, Kanishka Misra, Eric Schwarz, Artem Timoshenko, Lilei Xu, and Hema Yoganarasimhan. "Soul and Machine (Learning)." Marketing Letters 31, no. 4 (December 2020): 393–404.
- 2006
- Book
Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries
By: David S. Evans, Andrei Hagiu and Richard Schmalensee
Evans, David S., Andrei Hagiu, and Richard Schmalensee. Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries. MIT Press, 2006.
- Article
Trade-offs between Productivity and Quality in Selecting Software Development Practices
By: Alan MacCormack, Chris F. Kemerer, Michael A. Cusumano and Bill Crandall
Keywords: Quality; Applications and Software; Research and Development; Practice; Performance Productivity
MacCormack, Alan, Chris F. Kemerer, Michael A. Cusumano, and Bill Crandall. "Trade-offs between Productivity and Quality in Selecting Software Development Practices." IEEE Software 20, no. 5 (September–October 2003): 78–85.
- August 2016 (Revised November 2019)
- Case
eSig: Growth Analysis
By: Mark Roberge and Tom Eisenmann
eSig, an early-stage startup, offers an electronic signature application as a "freemium" product, i.e., users can upgrade from a free basic version to a premium version by paying a subscription fee. Using 9 months of data from 50,000 user activations (available as a... View Details
Keywords: Esignature; Computer Software; Business or Company Management; Marketing Channels; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Computer Industry
Roberge, Mark, and Tom Eisenmann. "eSig: Growth Analysis." Harvard Business School Case 817-009, August 2016. (Revised November 2019.)
- May–June 1987
- Article
Implementing Structured Software Methodologies: A Case of Innovation in Process
By: D. A. Leonard
Keywords: Applications and Software; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Leonard, D. A. "Implementing Structured Software Methodologies: A Case of Innovation in Process." Interfaces 17, no. 3 (May–June 1987): 6–17.