High Technology - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Mar 2014
What Do You Think?

When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?

Summing Up Is "Collateral Damage" from Economic Bubbles Inevitable, Necessary, and Useful? According to the old saw, markets are made by differences of opinion. If that's the case, there is a real market around the question of whether we are approaching... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Publishing; Retail

01 Nov 2024
In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

time to maintain high standards and efficiency. Leaders of firms from start-ups to tech giants should give themselves the room they need to manage employee performance while shifting headcount to match strategic priorities when the need... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Technology

01 Feb 2001
News

Books

as by the innovative technology that makes them possible. Companies must learn to build and foster these relationship networks because they engender speedy and seamless interaction, encourage creativity and collaboration, and release the... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Ryan Leung | MBA

days that I realized how fast 'fast' can be. I sat in on my first HBS case study as a sophomore in high school, and I can't wait to take HBS classes, now as a Tech Fellow and student founder. I'm also looking forward to meeting a cohort... View Details

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CB Insights | Baker Library

CB Insights Tracks global venture capital, angel investment, private equity, M&A, and IPO activity related to private companies. Read More CB Insights offers industry financing and exit (M&A/IPO) trends for over 160 industries including View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

discuss areas of interest ranging from opportunities in Asian markets, to managing work/life balance, to the impact of wireless technology on business strategy, to the achievements of African Americans in business. Highlights of some of... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Kavya Kopparapu | MBA

Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: I started GirlsComputingLeague, a national nonprofit working to democratize access to an emerging technology education, as a sophomore in... View Details

09 Mar 2021
News

A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible

of other free products. About 30 percent of students who spend more than 10 minutes in an Alison course complete the course. In some offerings, that number is as high as 60 percent, a nearly unheard of level of engagement for the sector.... View Details

Keywords: April White

Profile

Omowale Casselle

What does your work involve? "My official title is director of product management, SAMPLEit, a new venture at redbox. In this role, I'm responsible for leveraging technology across our different product lines—kiosk, mobile, and... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Technology

01 Jun 2016
News

Up by the Roots

When he graduated from high school in 1994, Will Hsu (MBA 2006) had no plans to take over his father’s ginseng farm—there just didn’t seem to be a future in it. Hsu’s Ginseng Enterprises Inc. was one of the largest operations in central... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

07 Sep 2021
News

Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

Afya Pamoja cofounders Patrick Anyanga, Robert Smith, Dr. Helga Mutasingwa, and Simon DeBere at the company’s office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In Tanzania, women are 100 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than women in View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 1998
News

Tech Trekker

picture-framing shop on the East Coast. After graduating, she started a custom photo lab in Cambridge and in 1977 began raising a family. Lang returned to high tech in 1982, when she joined Symbolics, the emerging leader in computer... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

the point where Linux is not a threat to the survival of Windows. The model also shows that a "milking strategy" (setting high prices in the short term and leaving the market at some point in the future) is not desirable to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

12 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 12

public education linking an employer, the New York City K-12 public education system, and the city's two-year colleges. P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) was a new concept, a six-year... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 1997
News

New Releases

with technology and new organizational structures, are creating health care delivery systems that offer high quality and low costs. Analyzing the successes and failures of a variety of health-care ventures,... View Details

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Jenny Huang | MBA

Jenny Huang Computer Science, SM Candidate in Applied Math Dunster 2020 Cohort 1 As a programmer and avid learner of emerging technologies, I am excited to learn how to build an innovative technology venture from a business perspective. I... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

To Market, to Market

donor), the Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator identifies early-stage, highly promising technologies developed by Harvard University faculty, then helps those selected navigate the early stages of development so that they can go to market... View Details

Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services

03 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders

Let's get one thing straight from the start: Apple and Amazon are not friends. If they were high school students, they'd be mean girls glaring at each other from opposite sides of the cafeteria, jealously forcing their friends to pick... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Technology; Technology

11 Apr 2014
Blog Post

HBS in San Francisco: Get a Recap on West Coast Recruiting

in VC. Interviews continued and student buzz was still high from the event the prior evening. The two days concluded with an alumni networking reception attended by over 180 alumni and current MBA students. As HBS continues to see an... View Details