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- April 2000 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Infosys: Financing an Indian Software Start-Up
Describes the financing and growth of Infosys, an Indian software start-up. Infosys defies a number of stereotypes about barriers to entrepreneurship in India. The company was founded by a small group of entrepreneurs with little equity and without backing from a large... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Applications and Software; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology Industry; India
Kuemmerle, Walter, and William J. Coughlin Jr. "Infosys: Financing an Indian Software Start-Up." Harvard Business School Case 800-103, April 2000. (Revised April 2004.)
- 01 May 1998
- Conference Presentation
Rapid Learning and Adaptation in Product Development: An Empirical Study of the Internet Software Industry
By: Alan MacCormack, M. Iansiti and R Verganti
- August 2001 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
IBM Software Solutions (B)
By: Michael L. Tushman and Robert Chapman Wood
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
Tushman, Michael L., and Robert Chapman Wood. "IBM Software Solutions (B)." Harvard Business School Case 402-017, August 2001. (Revised June 2002.)
- June 1989 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
Babbage's: America's Software Headquarters
By: Walter J. Salmon
Salmon, Walter J. "Babbage's: America's Software Headquarters." Harvard Business School Case 589-100, June 1989. (Revised July 1994.)
- Article
Nice Work if You Can Get It: The Software Industry as a Model for Tomorrow's Jobs
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Nice Work if You Can Get It: The Software Industry as a Model for Tomorrow's Jobs." American Prospect, no. 23 (Fall 1995): 52–58.
- March 2012
- Article
China's Growing IT Services and Software Industry: Challenges and Implications
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia and Justin Wong
The Chinese management software and IT services industry has grown dramatically over the past two decades and today is about the size of the Indian industry a decade ago. The objective of this article is to help CIOs in firms outside of China better understand the... View Details
- March 2005
- Supplement
Ninth House: e-Learning Software (B)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Edmondson, Amy C., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "Ninth House: e-Learning Software (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 605-063, March 2005.
- May 1986
- Case
Cooper Industries, Inc., Software Case
By: Thomas R. Piper
Piper, Thomas R. "Cooper Industries, Inc., Software Case." Harvard Business School Case 286-096, May 1986.
- May 1986
- Case
Sunshine Toy Co., Software Case
By: Thomas R. Piper
Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Sunshine Toy Co., Software Case." Harvard Business School Case 286-088, May 1986.
- 2005
- Chapter
The Evolution of Concentrated Ownership in India: Broad Patterns and a History of the Indian Software Industry
By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "The Evolution of Concentrated Ownership in India: Broad Patterns and a History of the Indian Software Industry." In The History of Corporate Governance around the World: Family Business Groups to Professional Managers, edited by Randall Morck. University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- August 1986
- Case
Dow Indonesia (A), Software Case
By: James E. Austin and Louis T. Wells Jr.
Austin, James E., and Louis T. Wells Jr. "Dow Indonesia (A), Software Case." Harvard Business School Case 386-142, August 1986.
- January 1989
- Teaching Note
Spinnaker Software Corp., Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-385-252). View Details
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
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- August 2014
- Case
Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (A)
By: Ethan Bernstein, Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats
Valve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee... View Details
Keywords: Valve; Self-Managed Organizations; Organization Design; Strategy; Flat Organization; Video Games; Organization Alignment; Family Business; Steam; Steam Machine; Design; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Human Resources; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Leadership Style; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Groups and Teams; Alignment; Software; Hardware; Video Game Industry; Seattle
Bernstein, Ethan, Francesca Gino, and Bradley Staats. "Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (A)." Harvard Business School Case 415-015, August 2014.
- May 1986
- Case
Harris Seafoods, Inc., Software Case
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Harris Seafoods, Inc., Software Case." Harvard Business School Case 286-094, May 1986.
- August 2005 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
DICOM Group plc and Captiva Software Corp.
By: Paul M. Healy
Compares two companies in the information capture software industry. Asks students to analyze and compare the performance of two companies (one in the United Kingdom and the other in the United States) from the perspective of a buy-side analyst reporting to the manager... View Details
Keywords: History; Financial Management; Environmental Accounting; Activity Based Costing and Management; Financial Reporting; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Economic Growth; Fair Value Accounting; Information Industry; Information Industry; United Kingdom; United States
Healy, Paul M. "DICOM Group plc and Captiva Software Corp." Harvard Business School Case 106-015, August 2005. (Revised April 2007.)
- 2004
- Working Paper
The Evolution of Concentrated Ownership in India Broad Patterns and a History of the Indian Software Industry
By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "The Evolution of Concentrated Ownership in India Broad Patterns and a History of the Indian Software Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-001, July 2004. (Also NBER Working Paper No. 10613, July 2004. Published as a chapter in The Rise and Fall of Business Families, edited by Randall Morck. University of Chicago Press, 2005.)
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
pixelfit Companies that contribute to open source software and use it in their own IT systems and applications can gain a competitive advantage—even though they may be helping their competitors in the short run. Open source View Details
- May 1999
- Teaching Note
NSK Software Technologies Ltd. TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-298-071). View Details