Computers - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

which is the ability of computer systems to learn from a language as it is spoken, in all its idioms, colloquialisms, and technical-ese, and without having to be explicitly programmed to learn these things. The IBM View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

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Margaret Regan

education was definitely emphasized by my dad as a vehicle to growth and expanding my horizons. I got a BS in Mathematics and then worked in computer programming before managing the computer facility at a... View Details

H. Ross Perot

A shrewd businessman, Perot built EDS into a large competitor in the computer industry, winning big data processing contracts from companies like Frito Lay and from various government agencies. Perot was also well known for his strong... View Details

Keywords: Services

Eugene R. Olson

Olson continued Deluxe’s market dominance in check printing while laying the foundation for its electronic diversification and expansion. He oversaw the acquisition of businesses that produce computer forms and emboss and encode plastic... View Details

Keywords: Finance

06 Dec 2012
News

New Thinking on Healthcare Reform

Tim Brown, president and CEO of the design firm IDEO. Christensen then drew a parallel between the evolution of the computer industry and what is slowly taking place in healthcare. Initially, people had to take their problems to the sites... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2000
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Vivek Ranadivé

provides the infrastructure (or"middleware") that makes e-commerce work across disparate computer systems. His meaning, however, is just the opposite.. "The concept of e-business will disappear because every business will be an... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

02 Nov 2015
Book

Dear Internet: You Are Extraordinary, But Not Exceptional

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Computer; Computer

January 1971
Case

Compulease Co. (C): A Sequel

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Computer Industry

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January 1955
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Compulease Co. (B)

By: John H. McArthur and William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Computer Industry

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August 1997 (Revised July 1999)
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Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (B1): The Top Team Assessment

By: Michael Beer

Supplements the (B) case. View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry

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October – November 1995
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Compaq: Souzou-teki Hakai ni yoru Market Leader e no Henshin (Turning Compaq Around to Become a Market Leader through Creative Destruction)

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi

Keywords: Markets; Leadership; Creativity; Computer Industry

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February 2009 (Revised December 2010)
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Windows Vista

By: Benjamin Edelman

Microsoft designs, modifies, publicizes, and distributes Windows Vista—against a backdrop of consumers already largely satisfied with their existing Windows XP systems. Microsoft must decide what features to include and what to drop, how to compete with its own... View Details

Keywords: Product Launch; Demand and Consumers; Partners and Partnerships; Competition; Software; Computer Industry

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