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21 Nov 2013
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Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins

multiple generations of technology. Microsoft and IBM perhaps? Yet no one is pointing to them as bastions of novel and breakthrough ideas! It's easy to point to specific design decisions as the cause of Blackberry's demise. They ignored... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

02 Sep 2021
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Back to School

the person who ran our COVID-19 operations, Josh Geballe, had previously been an 11-year executive at IBM who also started a successful tech company. He really drove the entire vaccine response, and it was that MBA mindset that enabled... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Oct 2002
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The Class of 1977

risky start-up founded by some kid who left Harvard early. “High tech” had a slightly different meaning: Nice offices had big IBM Selectric II typewriters featuring a prancing steel ball. Fax machines were cutting-edge, and we were among... View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

01 Feb 2001
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Books

challengers. Based on a study of twelve radical innovation projects, the book reveals the patterns through which game-changing innovation occurs in established companies — including General Electric and IBM — and outlines a paradigm for... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Oct 2002
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Class Notes Extra

Bulletin hadn't heard from Mark Smith for several years, but when his section secretary finally tracked him down, the news was all good. Those who know the New Jersey native may remember he joined IBM in Denver after graduation and... View Details

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

for being the top field-hockey school in the country. Its premed program was also highly respected, and Fisher, who was majoring in biophysics, realized she had to make a choice. She chose science but ultimately deferred her medical school acceptance, instead taking a... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Jun 2006
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One-on-One with Tom Oreck

New Orleans, but more importantly, there was no access and no housing. Within five days of the storm, we were operating in an IBM business recovery center in Dallas, where we sent about 120 employees and their families. We had 100... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur

day in a pink, short-sleeved shirt. This was the era of “the IBM man” (yes, all men at the School then), and everyone else was dressed in the uniform of the day: white shirt, skinny black tie, dark suit. “And I found my way—you will too.”... View Details

Keywords: Dean

01 Dec 2008
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A Force for Good

$100 million a year, and that he wanted a speedy resolution. “Speedy” turned out to be the better part of a decade. For much of the 1970s, McArthur fielded an all-star team (including future Secretary of State Warren Christopher and future View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 1999
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Covering the Issues

second full-color cover donned the announcement that in 1964 the School became the proud owner of an IBM 1401 computer. During the 1970s, Bulletin articles reported the automation of Baker Library's holdings, the inclusion of cases on... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2018
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‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

applying to HBS, he worked at DuPont, served as a lieutenant in the US Army, briefly attended law school at Howard University, and worked at an IBM subsidiary. WILLIS: I walked into my first class at HBS, and I was the only black in one... View Details

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