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- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
can actually use." Paul Hamilton-Smith opined that software companies "mostly subsist from their renewal revenue stream. That stream is generated by 'new and improved' software versions." And... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
Competition had on their business. Parker Treacy (MBA 2012) Founder of Cobli, 2016 Alumni Track Grand Prize Winner Cobli, based in Brazil, is a vehicle fleet logistics business tapping into the South American market of 50 million vehicles. The company’s View Details
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
software product over its entire lifetime, comprising six major "releases." In particular, we develop measures of modularity at the component level, and use these to predict patterns of evolution... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: Power Plays
Grana (MBA 2009) and Paul Gibbs (MBA 2011); Founded 2011 Its HelioScope software simplifies design and sales for solar systems—an energy source whose US installations doubled between 2015 and 2016. The View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Science Buddy
Hess Courtesy Sciencebuddies.org After seeing his daughter win a science prize, Ken Hess (MBA ’78), himself a science buff since childhood, wondered how he could help other young people with science projects and science appreciation. The founder of two successful View Details
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
Authors:Ruth Klendauer, Richard Gelvin, and Daniel J. Isenberg Abstract In recent studies, the success rate of software development projects has been found to be low (about 29%). The majority of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
the business of automating trading floors. In 1994, Ranadivé sold the company to Reuters Group PLC for $125 million; it now employs some twelve hundred workers and operates separately as TIBCO Finance Technology Inc. Rather than retire at the ripe old age of 36,... View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ali Evans (MBA 2019)
other business development efforts. What projects/roles/opportunities did you purse during or after the 2+2 Program? While at HBS, I focused on entrepreneurship and small business building. During my first year at HBS, I consumed myself... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
different architectures, they lack a shared technical language, which makes it near impossible for anyone without a PhD in physics to access their potential. Aliro was launched to help dismantle some of these challenges, serving as a bridge between the worlds of View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
interviews is a tiny step in that direction. "I think that in addition to the commonalities, the project sheds light on how business cultures differ in Latin America" Silverthorne: What were some of the major commonalities you discovered about successful... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
senior researcher in the Global Research Group who has been working recently with a number of faculty members to develop Asian-based cases for the School's curriculum. "There's one Chinese company, for example, that has established... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Stan Chang: “A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship”
best program for me.” Stan had already gained an impressive amount of experience at Microsoft where he worked on operating systems and with online payments technology, responsibilities that “shaped my view on software View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Paolo M. Pellegrini, MBA 1985 & Henrietta Jones
first Italian minicomputer was developed,” recalls Pellegrini, who now lives in New York City. “In high school, I had summer internships at various software development companies, and I credit those... View Details
- June 2004 (Revised November 2004)
- Case
Microsoft in 2004
By: Michael G. Rukstad, David B. Yoffie, Brian DeLacey and Deborah Freier
Surveys Microsoft's expansion into new businesses, such as mobile and embedded devices, home and entertainment, and business solutions, as it faces challenges due to size and maturity and outside threats from Linux and Google. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Applications and Software; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Washington (state, US)
Rukstad, Michael G., David B. Yoffie, Brian DeLacey, and Deborah Freier. "Microsoft in 2004." Harvard Business School Case 704-508, June 2004. (Revised November 2004.)
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Fabian Frick
Fabian Frick’s career trajectory continues to evolve as he allows curiosity to guide his interests. Although he studied computer science through undergraduate and graduate degree programs, Frick found that software View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
back this new technology as some customers and companies voice concern about the privacy surrounding electronically transmitted information. Shikhar Ghosh (MBA '80) and his company, Cambridge, MassachusettsÐbased Open Market, Inc., have View Details
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA
Making Markets, which focuses on marketplace design; Launching Technology Ventures; Scaling Technology Ventures; Entrepreneurial Sales & Marketing; Product Management 101, in which students specified and supervised development of a View Details
- 19 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures
Using a novel bacteria, Coryntech is developing low-cost, high-purity enzymes to help unlock the $4 trillion bio-economy revolution. Greentopia - Aishwaya Amuda (MBA 2024) - B2B carbon accounting and emission mitigation View Details
Arjun Chopra
Arjun holds multiple technology patents that have been cited as prior art by firms like Apple, AT&T and iRobot. He has also held several technology development and management positions in consumer and enterprise View Details
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Craig Husa
assisted in securing over $8.0 billion in financing for utility-scale wind and solar facilities on six continents. Craig was also CEO of General Software (acquired by Phoenix Technologies Ltd, NASDAQ: PTEC), and Healia (acquired by... View Details