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April 1999 (Revised September 1999)
Case

Compaq Computer: Consumer Notebook Group

Presents the background for a video of a focus group on Compaq Computer's new consumer notebook. Engineers, manufacturers, and retailers had collaborated on the product design, which has been approved by the executive committee. A launch is scheduled for nine months... View Details

Keywords: Human Resources; Product Launch; Product Design; Outcome or Result; Social and Collaborative Networks; Corporate Strategy; Computer Industry

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October 1981 (Revised June 1982)
Case

Concept Devices, Inc.: International Market Entry

Concept is a highly touted startup venture in distributed data processing computers. The company has only made one sale to date, but has an order backlog for its unique product and expects an almost vertical growth curve. The company has been courted seriously by... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Business Startups; Computer Industry; France; United Kingdom

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September 1997
Teaching Note

Datavision (A), (B), and (C) TN

By: Michael Beer and Stephanie L. Woerner

Teaching Note for (9-495-046), (9-495-047), and (9-495-048). View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry

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1 Oct 2002
Conference Presentation

Intellectual Property, Architecture, and the Management of Technological Transitions: Evidence from Microsoft Corporation

By: Alan MacCormack and Marco Iansiti

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Management; Information Technology; Design; Computer Industry

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July 1993
Teaching Note

Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992 TN

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for (9-393-011). View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry; California

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September 1992 (Revised January 1994)
Case

Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992

By: David B. Yoffie and Johanna M. Hurstak

Examines John Sculley's approach toward transforming Apple Computer. Focuses on Sculley's management style, his creation of a new management team, and his efforts to create a professional management system inside Apple. View Details

Keywords: Management Style; Transformation; Management Teams; Management Systems; Computer Industry; California

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23 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2007

respectively, have revolutionized the relationship between the individual and computer technology. Once the exclusive domain of academia and research facilities, computers can now be found in every area of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

currently tiny efforts to grow. As a result, the efforts of Bpeace (Business Council for Peace), a nonprofit network of business professionals, to encourage entrepreneurs in Afghanistan and other conflict-ridden regions, will benefit, as will the nascent businesses of... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Web Services

will drive its adoption of Web services: the movement from proprietary to more commonly used technologies; a shift from mechanical systems to those driven by computer connections; and the development of cars that are always "on the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52939 forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Computer Vision Uncovers Predictors of Physical Urban Change By: Naik, Nikhil, Scott Duke... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Industrial Giant

create a customized car if they could not find what they were looking for on the Web site. However, GMBuyPower.com faces significant challenges. First, there are many people who believe that the public may want to buy computers online,... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Davis Dyer & Frederick Dalzell; Manufacturing

06 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales

display-target similarity—one with low similarity that displayed a watch and computer mouse; another with moderate similarity that pictured other bathroom accessories; and a third with high similarity that showed other towels. The results... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Advertising

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep

mutual funds will adopt our approach. We'd love to work with such a service to help make this information available to investors at large. Q: In your analysis you relied rather heavily on Spectrum and other computer-generated data tools. How has the twenty-year... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman

Winfrey, the American television personality. "How many of us multi-tasked to get here today?" Koehn asked the audience. "How many women spend most of their waking hours multi-tasking? I'm not talking about the phone and the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 21, 2007

from each other and f peers (freeriders) who download from sharers but do not contribute files. Assuming that upload bandwidth is scarcer than download bandwidth and efficient allocation, we compute the expected bandwidth obtained by each... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

autumn 1998
Article

Case Study: Dell Online

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell

Keywords: Technology; Computer Industry

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January 1985 (Revised November 1985)
Background Note

Note on the Microcomputer Software Industry--January 1982

By: William A. Sahlman

Contains a history of the microcomputer software industry from the mid-1970s through early 1982. During that period growth was explosive. Many new companies were formed. However, the eventual structure of the industry was not yet clear. No truly dominant firms had... View Details

Keywords: Industry Growth; Business Strategy; Software; Computer Industry

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