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  • 29 Feb 2016
  • HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

cities” field. “I wanted to explore the opportunities and challenges of selling to government in a company that is moving from selling hardware in big chunks to selling software as a service,” says Weiss, the MBA Class of 1961 Senior... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy
  • 15 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem

that are easier to specify: computer software (offline-to-online ratio $0.99); health and beauty products ($0.93); music/video products ($0.83); and books ($0.68). 3 Ample evidence suggests that current B2C sites are unable to... View Details
Keywords: by Jan Hammond & Kristin Kohler; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail
  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

EMC's Ruettgers Finds Gold in Data Storage

noted, EMC has spent some $1 billion during the 1990s developing its own software for data storage and retrieval. Emphasis on R&D and quality control has been a key to EMC's success. But Ruettgers, often... View Details

    Rudina Seseri

    Rudina Seseri is Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures, leading the firm’s investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled enterprise software as a service (SaaS), cloud, Information Technology (IT) software, and vertical... View Details
    Keywords: Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital
    • 18 Jun 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

    their IT problems, Upton explained, managers are faced with a "spectrum of solutions." At one end is packaged software available off-the-shelf to all comers, including your competitors. Trouble is, when the same product is in... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Aisner
    • 19 Dec 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    How to be Extremely Productive

    your goal is a great marketing plan or a brilliant idea for a software system, it doesn't matter if it took 2 hours or 20 hours. The client is paying for the quality of the solution. Q: What do you think about the issue of flexible work... View Details
    Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
    • Profile

    Ari Medoff

    graduation, Ari worked at Lehman Brothers in a series of roles that ranged from selling a telecom software business to closing transactions in the firm's LBO unit. Seeking something "more entrepreneurial," he moved to Atrium... View Details
    • June 2000 (Revised June 2000)
    • Case

    Microsoft Office 2000

    By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
    Describes the history of Microsoft's Office product suite. Discusses evolution of the Office 2000 project. Set at the end of the project when Steven Sinofsky, Office vice president, must decide upon the direction for the next version of Office, as well as make changes... View Details
    Keywords: Applications and Software; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Change; Innovation and Management; Information Technology Industry
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    • May 1997 (Revised July 1997)
    • Case

    Vermeer Technologies (D): Making Transitions

    By: Ashish Nanda
    Microsoft has acquired Vermeer, and Vermeer executives are both excited and concerned as they prepare to move to Redmond. Even though the acquisition has been financially rewarding, the Vermeer engineers worry how well they will adapt to their new home. Meanwhile,... View Details
    Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Value Creation; Applications and Software; Acquisition; Product Development; Information Technology Industry
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    • June 1998 (Revised January 2001)
    • Case

    Browser Wars, 1994-1998, The

    By: David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak
    Analyzes the competition between Netscape and Microsoft in the market for Web browsers and related products. Despite its first mover advantage, Netscape sees its market share fall once Microsoft becomes "hard-core" about the Internet. By the spring of 1998, the future... View Details
    Keywords: Applications and Software; Internet and the Web; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Competition; Supply and Industry; Information Technology Industry
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    • 23 Oct 2019
    • News

    Hands-on Simulations Complement the Case Method

    the case method by giving students the opportunity to take action and see the consequences,” says Vicky Keirnan, who oversees the creation of these and other learning tools at HBS. Keirnan and her staff work with a software View Details
    Keywords: Educational Innovation
    • Student-Profile

    Anil Doshi

    economists, operations management scholars, organizational theorists, and others studying topics ranging from open innovation to information technology to product innovation. I have borrowed freely from these many perspectives to develop... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2003
    • News

    Alumni Navigator Takes Off

    functionality and information contained in the current MBA student online class cards. Gifts from Chantal and Michael Jennings (MBA ’68) and from the Class of 2003 made the new service possible. The Alumni Navigator is powered by new guided navigation with advanced... View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • Web

    2+2 Program | MBA

    innovative thinkers who have demonstrated leadership and analytical skills and want to develop their knowledge and passion to make a difference in the world. After being admitted through 2+2, students spend a minimum of two years (maximum... View Details
    • 06 Feb 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness

    American company that filed for bankruptcy protection in January. The company developed the first digital camera in 1975. Yet Kodak was never able to ride the digital wave over the long haul, and the company's invention ironically served... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing
    • 02 Mar 2023
    • News

    Carbon's Second Act

    long second act in the software sector. But about five years ago, he decided it was time for a big change. Todd Brix: I had learned enough about software and had enough time in the View Details
    • 19 Sep 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

    colleagues’ hours, cutting into their personal time. After losing the hour of overlap, software engineers, for example, tended to shift their work times outside of local business hours more often, using their time in the early morning or... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • Profile

    Ravi Belani

    curriculum. “The ability to define a direction with uncertain information,” says Ravi, “is a skill you can only develop with practice. The case study method is the most natural and best way to exercise that muscle. At HBS, you’re tested... View Details
    • Web

    Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public... View Details
    • 04 Dec 2020
    • Blog Post

    Heard on the Street (HOTS) - bringing the HBS community together through harmony

    concert. Our first show of the academic year just took place On December 2nd via YouTube livestream. Putting together a virtual concert actually required more work on all members. Each of us learned how to use an online software for... View Details