Publications

April 1982 (Revised March 1984)
Case

Brookfield Corp.'s Personal Computers (B)

By: Walter J. Salmon

Keywords: Hardware; Computer Industry

March 1995
Teaching Note

Apple Computer 1995 (A) and (B) and Apple Computer in China,1993 TN

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for (9-795-061), (9-795-073), and (9-794-100). View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry; China

November 1990 (Revised November 1991)
Case

Apple Computer (A): Industry, Strategy, and Organization

Explores how the human resource (HR) function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Provides an overview of the company's history, industry, competitive position, strategy, and organization. Written at a time when the company faces a very... View Details

Keywords: Attitudes; Organizational Culture; Employees; Business Strategy; Computer Industry; United States

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1996
Article

Technical Progress and Co-Invention in Computing and in the Use of Computers

By: Timothy Bresnahan and Shane Greenstein

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SAS/CONNECT - Research Computing Services

PC SAS version 9.3 or 9.4 to connect to SAS 9.2 on the server): Compute Services (CS) Remote Library Services (RLS) Give user access to all of the computing resources on the remote host. Give user access to... View Details

December 1982
Case

Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp.

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Computer Industry

1971
Book

FORTRAN IV Computing and Applications

By: R. L. Nolan

Keywords: Information Technology; Computer Industry

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Online Requests - Research Computing Services

Help Online Requests 6ms RCS Research Computing Environment Help Request Form Please use this form for questions, to request assistance, or to report a problem with the HBS Research Computing Environment.... View Details

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Logging In - Research Computing Services

Compute Cluster Logging In 2ms Follow our instructions to connect to the HBSGrid via a GUI or Terminal. Connection Requirements On-HBS-Campus TEST TEST To connect to the HBSGrid from on-campus, you must be connected to the HBS Network via... View Details

April 1985
Background Note

Writing Computer Programs in BASIC

April 1982 (Revised July 1986)
Case

Brookfield Corp.'s Personal Computers (A)

By: Walter J. Salmon

Keywords: Information Technology; Information Infrastructure

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Newsletter - Research Computing Services

Newsletter Newsletter School Select one Harvard Business School Harvard College Division of Continuing Education Harvard School of Dental Medicine Harvard Divinity School Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences Graduate School of Design Graduate School of Education Graduate... View Details

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About Us - Research Computing Services

About Us Research Computing Services (RCS) is a centralized service that supports HBS faculty research with a staff of statisticians, data scientists, and experts in research computing. Read more about our most frequently requested... View Details

2017
Working Paper

Explaining the Vertical-to-Horizontal Transition in the Computer Industry

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

This paper seeks to explain the technological forces that led to the rise of vertically integrated corporations in the late 19th century and the opposing forces that led to a vertical-to-horizontal transition in the computer industry 100 years later. I first model the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Business History; Vertical Integration; Horizontal Integration; Digital Platforms; Computer Industry

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March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
Case

The University of Utah and the Computer Graphics Revolution

By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington

Computer science departments were new to universities in the 1960s, and the one created at the University of Utah by David Evans and Ivan Sutherland had a research mission to invent the field of computer graphics. Details the research process that led to many of the... View Details

Keywords: Engineering; Entrepreneurship; Management Practices and Processes; Mission and Purpose; Research and Development; Technology Adoption; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Utah

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