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Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases
By: Robert D. Austin, Lynda M. Applegate and Deborah Soule
The 8th edition of Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases is written for students and managers who desire an overview of contemporary information systems technology management. This new edition examines how information... View Details
Austin, Robert D., Lynda M. Applegate, and Deborah Soule. Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases. 8th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2008.
- January 2008 (Revised January 2010)
- Background Note
Finding Information for Industry Analysis
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Ann Cullen
This note provides detailed instructions on finding resources for conducting industry analysis, with a special focus on resources available at Harvard Business School. It allows students to transition from doing a Five Forces analysis on the basis of a case, where all... View Details
Rivkin, Jan W., and Ann Cullen. "Finding Information for Industry Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 708-481, January 2008. (Revised January 2010.)
- September 1995 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
Symantec: Redefining the Information Infrastructure
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Applegate, Lynda M., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Symantec: Redefining the Information Infrastructure." Harvard Business School Case 196-011, September 1995. (Revised September 1996.)
- July 1986 (Revised August 1986)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: Funding for Information Systems
Frito-Lay, Inc., a large snack foods company, has adopted a new method for allocating information systems resources. The method and its rationale are described in detail, along with user reactions. The new scheme is simple, but is it an improvement? Will it be... View Details
Keywords: Resource Allocation; Information Technology; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Vitale, Michael R. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: Funding for Information Systems." Harvard Business School Case 187-012, July 1986. (Revised August 1986.)
- March 1992
- Article
Agents As Information Brokers: The Effects of Information Disclosure on Negotiated Outcomes
By: K. L. McGinn, S. B. White, M. A. Neale and M. H. Bazerman
McGinn, K. L., S. B. White, M. A. Neale, and M. H. Bazerman. "Agents As Information Brokers: The Effects of Information Disclosure on Negotiated Outcomes." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 51, no. 2 (March 1992): 220–236.
- May 2001 (Revised December 2002)
- Exercise
Alphexo Corporation: Confidential Negotiation Information
A two-party, multiple-issue dollar-scoring negotiation exercise dealing with the formation and terms of an IT-industry joint venture. Subordinates have made some progress on several issues but have reached an impasse. Division heads will now attempt to reach a... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Types; Joint Ventures; Conflict Management; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
Sebenius, James K. "Alphexo Corporation: Confidential Negotiation Information." Harvard Business School Exercise 801-418, May 2001. (Revised December 2002.)
- December 1994 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
State Street Boston Corporation: Leading with Information Technology
A financial institution, State Street Boston Corp., is transformed from regional bank to global custodian and money manager. The corresponding evolution of the company's information systems is illustrated, focusing on the role attributed to information technology in a... View Details
Keywords: Expansion; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; United States
Stoddard, Donna B., and Chiara Francalanci. "State Street Boston Corporation: Leading with Information Technology." Harvard Business School Case 195-135, December 1994. (Revised June 1995.)
- October 2018
- Article
The Operational Value of Social Media Information
By: Ruomeng Cui, Santiago Gallino, Antonio Moreno and Dennis J. Zhang
While the value of using social media information has been established in multiple business contexts, the field of operations and supply chain management have not yet explored the possibilities it offers in improving firms' operational decisions. This study attempts to... View Details
Cui, Ruomeng, Santiago Gallino, Antonio Moreno, and Dennis J. Zhang. "The Operational Value of Social Media Information." Special Issue on Big Data in Supply Chain Management. Production and Operations Management 27, no. 10 (October 2018): 1749–1774.
- Teaching Interest
Information in Financial Markets (Econ 970, Spring 2016)
Second-year undergraduate course covering various aspects of information propagation in financial markets. The course is divided into four units. We begin by covering canonical pricing anomalies that illustrate the importance of information distribution and... View Details
- June 1975
- Article
The Information Revealed in Infinitely Repeated Games of Incomplete Information
By: Elon Kohlberg
Kohlberg, Elon. "The Information Revealed in Infinitely Repeated Games of Incomplete Information." International Journal of Game Theory 4, no. 2 (June 1975): 57–59.
- February 1991 (Revised February 1992)
- Background Note
Information Technology and Organizations
Applegate, Lynda M. "Information Technology and Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 191-136, February 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
- December 1995
- Teaching Note
Avalon Information Services, Inc. TN
Teaching Note for (9-395-036). View Details
Keywords: Information Industry
- August 1995 (Revised November 2000)
- Background Note
Designing and Managing the Information Age Organization
Managers and management theorists spent the majority of this century building and perfecting the hierarchy; however, if we believe the press, they now appear to be engaged in destroying it. While many proclaim the dawning of the "Information Age" organization and the... View Details
Applegate, Lynda M. "Designing and Managing the Information Age Organization." Harvard Business School Background Note 196-003, August 1995. (Revised November 2000.)
- July 2004 (Revised September 2004)
- Background Note
A Conversation about Information Technology
Two managers discuss the benefits, costs, opportunities, and headaches of corporate computing. Topics include security, training, the Internet and Web, collaboration, productivity, Moore's Law, computer crashes, upgrades, open source software, network effects,... View Details
McAfee, Andrew P. "A Conversation about Information Technology." Harvard Business School Background Note 605-023, July 2004. (Revised September 2004.)
- July 1988 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Grumman Corp.: Business Information System
Applegate, Lynda M. "Grumman Corp.: Business Information System." Harvard Business School Case 188-061, July 1988. (Revised March 1990.)
- January 26, 2016
- Article
Hiding Personal Information Reveals the Worst
By: Leslie K. John, Kate Barasz and Michael I. Norton
Seven experiments explore people's decisions to share or withhold personal information and the wisdom of such decisions. When people choose not to reveal information—to be "hiders"—they are judged negatively by others (experiment 1). These negative judgments emerge... View Details
Keywords: Disclosure; Transparency; Policy-making; Privacy; Information; Corporate Disclosure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Trust
John, Leslie K., Kate Barasz, and Michael I. Norton. "Hiding Personal Information Reveals the Worst." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 4 (January 26, 2016): 954–959.
- April 2005 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Information Technology at COSCO
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Guoqing Chen and David Lane
Describes the current status of IT applications at the second largest container shipping company in the world: China-based COSCO. Describes the challenges the company has faced in dealing with its development and shows a series of organizational and application... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Shipping Industry; China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Guoqing Chen, and David Lane. "Information Technology at COSCO." Harvard Business School Case 305-080, April 2005. (Revised November 2005.)
- November 1999
- Article
Understanding the Code: State Genetic Information Laws
This paper is a comprehensive survey of U.S. state genetic information privacy laws. View Details