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Tools & Services | Information Technology

about web design, implementation, management, and support at HBS. Data, Reporting, & Analytics Explore IT supported reporting and analytics platforms for HBS community information assets. Deliver We ensure the availability and security of... View Details

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Security & Privacy | Information Technology

Security & Privacy We all have a role to play in protecting Harvard Business School’s (HBS’s) data and systems—and our own. Practicing good security habits is always important, especially so in times of heightened risk. The following small actions can make a big... View Details

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Fraudulent Duo Pushes | Information Technology

spam you with two-factor authentication requests in hopes that you will eventually get frustrated and just hit “accept.” They hope you will think that the tool is broken, especially if they perform this attack in the evening when View Details

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Live Online Classrooms | Information Technology

with peers from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds, enriching the learning process through varied perspectives. The Experience Ninety-six high-definition screens create a fully immersive teaching experience. As soon as you make your first cold call, the... View Details

2022
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Does Information Technology Reduce Corporate Misconduct?

By: Joseph Pacelli and Jonas Heese

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Frequently Asked Questions | Information Technology

Frequently Asked Questions Here you can find responses to some of the most commonly asked questions about HBS Live Online Classrooms. If you don’t find the answer you’re looking for or would like to learn more about planning a session with us, please reach out to the... View Details

2008
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Development of Information and Communication Technology

By: Shane Greenstein

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News & Updates | Information Technology

November 2002 (Revised September 2013)
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Building a Cluster: Electronics and Information Technology in Costa Rica

By: Michael E. Porter and Niels W. Ketelhohn

Describes the actions of Costa Rica President Figueres and his cabinet in attracting an Intel assembly and testing plant to their country. The effort was part of a government strategy that sought to develop further the Costa Rican electronics and information technology... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Clusters; Business and Government Relations; Information Technology; Electronics Industry; Electronics Industry; Costa Rica

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September 2019
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Technology Reemergence: Creating New Value for Old Technologies in Swiss Mechanical Watchmaking, 1970-2008

By: Ryan Raffaelli

In 1983, 14 years after the introduction of the battery-powered quartz watch, mechanical watches and the Swiss watchmakers who built them were predicted to be obsolete (Landes, 1983). Unexpectedly, however, by 2008 the Swiss mechanical watchmaking industry had... View Details

Keywords: Technology Reemergence; Technology Cycles; Cognition And Market Redefinition; Legacy Technology Trajectories; Information Technology; Demand and Consumers; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Identity; Change; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland

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June 2019
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Financial Development and Technology Diffusion

By: Diego Comin and Ramana Nanda

We examine the extent to which financial market development impacts the diffusion of 16 major technologies, looking across 17 countries, from 1870 to 2000. We find that greater depth in financial markets leads to faster technology diffusion for more capital-intensive... View Details

Keywords: Technology Diffusion; Technology Adoption; Commercialization; Financial Markets

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07 Jun 2019
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The technology industry is rife with bottlenecks

23 Oct 2013

2+2 Information Session: Georgia Institute of Technology

The information session is an opportunity for college and master degree students to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA program and ask questions to an Admissions Board Member. The session will begin at 7:00 PM EST in Bill Moore Student Success... View Details

2021
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Technology Differentiation and Firm Performance

By: Sam Arts, Bruno Cassiman and Jianan Hou

Prior work has extensively studied how investing in R&D and building a technology portfolio relate to superior firm performance. However, the value of a firm’s technology portfolio should also be driven by the degree to which it is more unique and technologically... View Details

Keywords: Technology Portfolio; Differentiation; Competitiveness; Organizations; Technology; Performance; United States

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April 2022 (Revised July 2022)
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Stalin’s Capitalists: American Business and Soviet Industrialization

By: Jeremy Friedman, Jingyu Liu and Christine Riggle

In the late 1920s and early 1930s when Joseph Stalin, leader of the world’s first Communist state, sought to industrialize his largely peasant country on an unprecedented scale, he turned for help to those who had the most experience constructing on such a scale:... View Details

Keywords: Communism; Industrialization; Socialism; History; Industry Growth; Economic Systems; Soviet Union

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August 1995
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Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources TN

By: Richard L. Nolan

Teaching Note for (9-195-158). View Details

Keywords: Revenue; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Contracts; Decisions; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Computer Industry

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Tips for Working Remotely | Information Technology

Tips for Working Remotely Whether it's because of the need to travel to other locations, because of various demands in each of our lives or simply because of the flexibility that technology provides us, many of us take the opportunity to... View Details