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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
United States’ most visible, influential export. But given its uncertainties, what would drive HBS alumni to enter an industry characterized in the best of times as “the business of rejection”? * * * * * In Hollywood, the spotlight... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
2003. But the road ahead remains uncertain for many, especially those not in the top ranks in terms of size and investment track record, say industry veterans. For all but the leading firms, raising money remains difficult. And deciding... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Broken Link
innovative tools that help them explore, learn, and create. And teachers can better identify when a student might need a little extra help,” says Sara Kloek, director of education policy at the Software & Information View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
coaches to fledgling enterprises) and wondered if a similar phenomenon were taking place in Asia. “We looked at industries from timber to Internet software and found that there is a real difference between... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
backed if he had chosen the software industry as a career.” Tanzi explained that, owing to recent advances in gene sequencing and data mining, he believed he could identify many more genes in a short time... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Feedback
lot of time exploring the universe on my computer, and am familiar with the best software and its applications. The story retrieval application in Stories (alumni.hbs.edu/stories) is automation at its best! I know that—in managing this... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
year, more than 150 first-year cases had software that was specifically designed to help students analyze cases. PC use eventually became commonplace in second-year courses and exams as well. (More than 90 percent of all exams today are... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
to code help make a difference—in education and also more broadly on a society level? “We often think about technology in the context of the ‘tech’ industry. The reality, though, is that software has transformed every View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
to take the information revolution very seriously. Echoing Rudenstine's re-marks on the aptness of the word "revolution," McFarlan declared, "The changes are that fundamental and dramatic. Products, services, and industry structures are... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
an integral part of their administrative and educational experience. With advisors from Apple Computer and other software vendors, Crum and his colleagues developed a networked client-server computer environment that produced HBS's first... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
fashion e-commerce company, Peach. It’s also a challenge to an industry where a company’s potential is often predicted based on its similarity to other successful ventures, most often led by CEOs who look a whole lot like Mark Zuckerberg.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
finance software program, "Managing Your Money." For millions of Americans, Andy Tobias has become the funny and friendly advisor they depend on to make sense of the sometimes threatening, often inscrutable worlds of finance and business.... View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
CDs anymore. If the music industry doesn’t respond to this change quickly, it’s going to be in big trouble.” — Russell Simmons, chairman & CEO, Rush Communications; cofounder, Def Jam Recordings Dynamic Women in Business Conference... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
selection is potentially the most critical question a founder can answer during the scaling stage of a startup. As is well understood by VCs (but less so by founders!), small companies rarely do more than one thing well; efforts to hedge across View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
call center, although he had little to do with the invention of the telephone or computer. Financial and software firms will probably end up paying this fellow several billion dollars in royalties. Fighting his lawsuits would not only be... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
encourage investment in the energy sector would also boost competitiveness. What are attractive investment opportunities in India? Sectors that require technical and labor-intensive input, such as software services, business process... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
software company Crystal Dynamics before leaving for BMG in 1994. "I'm much more suited to big corporate life," says Zelnick. Analysts predict that digital transmission may cause a major restructuring of the record View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 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 industry observer Esther... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
the things that’s been really exciting and if you’re an entrepreneur or thinking about your business is a lot of times in businesses people start and over time the opportunity narrows because it turns out they didn’t think about something or some other View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
information technology companies, as well as in complementary areas such as marketing, branding, and design—all of which can help nascent businesses gain a foothold in the marketplace. Plus, the way fintech straddles the broader technology and financial services View Details