Computer Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 1991
Teaching Note

Honeywell, Inc.: International Organization for Commercial Avionics (A) and (B), Teaching Note

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Keywords: International Relations; Computer Industry

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May 1987 (Revised December 1987)
Supplement

Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (A), (B), and (C), Video Viewing Guide

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine

Keywords: Computer Industry

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October 1996 (Revised May 1998)
Case

Presenting PenPoint (A)

Containing excerpts from Jerry Kaplan's best-selling book, Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure, this case begins with Kaplan's idea for developing a handheld, pen-operated computer. It follows Kaplan, who becomes the CEO of GO Corp., as he goes on the road to sell his... View Details

Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Entrepreneurship; Product Marketing; Computer Industry; United States

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January 1996
Background Note

National Cultures and Work-Related Values: The Hofstede Study

People from different national cultures often operate under different assumptions about what is appropriate behavior. In organizational settings, these cultural differences in underlying assumptions can significantly affect interactions when individuals from various... View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Organizations; Attitudes; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Computer Industry

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September 1994 (Revised September 1994)
Case

Acer Group, The: Vision for the Year 2000

By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard C. Wei

In the early 1990s, Acer, Inc. set two goals: to be a top-five PC company worldwide in 1995 and to be a global consortium of companies by the year 2000. The company identified potential obstacles concerning capital, image, number of experienced international managers,... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Structure; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Experience and Expertise; Marketing Strategy; Production; Rank and Position; Business Strategy; Capital; Computer Industry; Japan

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March 1987 (Revised June 1988)
Supplement

Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (D)

Accompanies Donna Dubinsky (A), (B), (C), and (E) but offers a unique additional perspective, that of the "antagonist" in this case, Debi Coleman. Coleman, vice president of manufacturing at Apple, offers her observations on the distribution conflict at Apple and her... View Details

Keywords: Distribution; Computer Industry; United States

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February 1986 (Revised June 1988)
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Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (E)

Presents a description of two management style assessment questionnaires that were completed by Donna Dubinsky: the Influence Style Questionnaire and the Leadership Practices Inventory. Dubinsky's results are summarized and presented in two exhibit graphs. This data... View Details

Keywords: Management Style; Computer Industry; United States

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May 1999 (Revised November 2012)
Teaching Note

Acer, Inc.: Taiwan's Rampaging Dragon (TN)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

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Keywords: Computer Industry; Taiwan

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July 1993 (Revised May 1998)
Teaching Note

The Transformation of IBM; The Transformation of IBM, Supplement TN

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for (9-391-073) and (9-792-105). View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry

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01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: Ruling the Waves

cryptology, satellite television, and computers and describes how, before they became a routine part of everyday life, they seemingly threatened to overturn the status quo. "During the innovation and commercialization phases, the very... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

01 Apr 2001
News

Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues

Business, along with members of the Greater Chicago/Midwestern high-tech business community, into closer contact with industry leaders at the HBS conference. “The volatility of the Nasdaq over the last year has not been lost on the... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

05 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity

importantly, mindset. Photography firms like Nikon, Canon, or Kodak, coming into this new arena, think about it very differently than Sony or another consumer electronics firm or HP or Intel as computer View Details

Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts; Technology

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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

establishing the first Master of Business Administration program in Europe by helping establish the Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires. Doriot learned the art of bringing science and industry together in World War II, where... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

Where Are They Now?

systems from Purdue. He joined the HBS faculty in 1976 and helped build the School’s curriculum in the nascent area of computer-based technology. With a few savvy, prescient students, he launched the Computer View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Management

01 Jun 2023
News

Action Plan: Net Proceeds

Philippines are a few countries where they operate, ensuring chain of custody of materials and ethical collection, with no child or forced labor. OceanCycle has worked with Patagonia, Herman Miller, and Dell Computer to make products out... View Details

Keywords: April White; recycling; corporate social responsibility; waste management; water; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

01 Mar 2008
News

Highly Energetic

The fourth annual Energy Symposium at HBS in October brought together industry executives, venture capitalists, and consultants to discuss the sector’s challenges and opportunities. Winds of change are turning hearts and minds as well as... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

the order management cycle? Benson Shapiro: In the late 1970s, when I was teaching the Industrial Marketing course in the MBA program at Harvard, it began to become clear to me that to really manage many businesses, one needed to deal... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

01 Feb 2000
News

The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

prison" and becomes easily accessible by less complicated means and is accepted "as just being out there, like the electricity system." As for achieving commercial success through the Internet, writer and computer View Details

01 May 2000
What Do You Think?

Can You Hard-Wire Performance?

divisions of Big 5 professional service firms to separate themselves from their auditing colleagues in order to enable consultants to take equity positions in their clients' firms. Ilyas Naibov-Aylisli suggested it would be a good way to sell View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett