Indian Software Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Ryan Kim

independent sponsor private equity firm and completed a self-funded search to buy a regional automotive installation services business which he operated as President. Prior to that, Ryan worked in large and mid cap private equity, led corporate View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Search Fund; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

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Ron Peracchio

Development. Ron was also the Senior Director of Career Development at MIT's Sloan School of Management. In addition to his academic experience, Ron has held several corporate positions including Staffing manager for Lucent View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Manufacturing; Clean Technology; Energy

William H. Gates III

In 1980, Gates signed a contract with IBM to develop an operating system for their new personal computer. Gates retained the rights to his operating system, MS-DOS, and struck deals with nearly all other manufacturers of personal... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

24 Mar 2016
Blog Post

Learning to Code at Business School

consultant at Boston Consulting Group. Why did you want to take CS50? Samuel: I wanted to learn the language of computer science, so I actually knew what software engineers were talking about. Sloan: I took CS50 because I've always had... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Collective Wisdom

idea is that there are some problems that require collective input and cumulative knowledge-building. Open-source communities are a very powerful way to get that done. We used to think that software had to be View Details

Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

March 2000 (Revised June 2000)
Case

Microsoft Office 2000: Multimedia

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; Innovation and Invention; Change; Information Technology Industry; Washington (state, US)

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Gopesh Mittal

product expressly intended for the Indian market,” says Gopesh. “They found a way to deliver a high-quality infant formula at half their international price.” The experience showed Gopesh that “there was immense potential for innovation”... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

Tech Trekker

Symbolics, the supermom helped lift the firm's revenues from $1 million to $120 million. From there, Lang led a string of turnarounds and product launches with software companies. In 1993 she signed on with Lotus View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Jun 2014
News

3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)

guy. Later, everyone said, "You guys knew nothing about technology. Why did all these smart people give you money?" And I said, "You know what? I think they saw two Indian kids sitting across the table and assumed we knew what we were... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Oct 2014
News

A legacy of social and environmental respect

Akshay Kumar Parija (AMP 172, 2007) was already a successful international banker when he arrived at HBS in 2006. Today, however, he credits the AMP with helping him develop his courage and creativity—two character traits that set his... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Helping India’s energy crisis, one bulb at a time

experience with Motorola Mobility, Yarlagadda saw a safe and economical solution. Yarlagadda developed a solar-powered LED lantern that turns a few hours of sunlight into more than double the lighting power. “I priced my lanterns at $25... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Leading Questions

Synthesis, a leadership assessment and development company. She’s seen a new generation of leaders who have grown up in a culture comfortable with personal therapy turn the C-suite stigma into a strength. “Getting help for the things you... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Oct 2018
News

Paths of Victory

Competition had on their business. Parker Treacy (MBA 2012) Founder of Cobli, 2016 Alumni Track Grand Prize Winner Cobli, based in Brazil, is a vehicle fleet logistics business tapping into the South American market of 50 million vehicles. The company’s View Details

Keywords: Alumni New Venture Contest; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

01 Jun 2007
News

A Juicy Story

and gave students insights as to what the CEO was trying to do and why he was having so much difficulty.” When Apple’s cofounder, Steve Jobs, returned to the company in 1997, he also moved quickly to make some changes, announcing that archrival Microsoft would be View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2010
News

Start-Ups Make Their Pitch

their start-up pitches to a panel of judges in late April. To his surprise, Mahesh, representing the HBS Club of India, took top honors and was awarded a $25,000 cash prize for his plan to manufacture low-cost medical beds for Indian... View Details

Keywords: awards; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

10 Mar 2021
News

Vision: A Unicorn Evolves

Manny Medina (MBA 2003) didn’t set out to found Outreach, the Seattle-based sales-engagement unicorn. He never expected to become an entrepreneur. When he quit a frustrating role in business development at Microsoft in 2011, he didn’t... View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; technology; startups; leadership

18 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 18

approximately welfare neutral. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-011.pdf Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity: Evidence from Software Development (revised) Authors:Robert S.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 23

family of objectives that have been well studied in the literature for their fairness properties. We deal with the problem of selecting the appropriate objective from this family. We characterize the trade-off achieved between efficiency and fairness as one selects... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Platform for Dialogue

across specializations and to build relationships with inspiring MBA students from all over the world. While the School’s fostering of big ideas challenged me to learn and develop new vocabularies, the vibrant community of scholars... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences

the student had interviewed industry leaders to better understand the barriers to growth that Indian private equity firms face — his analysis echoing findings from Sadun’s own research. “It built on intuitions that I already had, but... View Details

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