Filter Results:
(2,276)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,276)
- People (4)
- News (446)
- Research (1,520)
- Events (12)
- Multimedia (16)
- Faculty Publications (1,067)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,276)
- People (4)
- News (446)
- Research (1,520)
- Events (12)
- Multimedia (16)
- Faculty Publications (1,067)
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
(photo by Neal Hamberg) Ask Malay Kundu (MBA 2003) about StopLift Checkout Vision Systems, and he’s more than happy to talk about his thriving software company, which deploys video and scanning technologies to stop retail theft. The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 2008
- Chapter
How XBRL Will Dramatically Improve Reporting and Control Processes
By: Robert G. Eccles, Liv Watson and Mike Willis
David Duffield
After failing to convince Larry Ellison that Oracle should invest in the development of human resource management software, Duffield decided to create his own business. PeopleSoft with its innovative software for managing human resource... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
can actually use." Paul Hamilton-Smith opined that software companies "mostly subsist from their renewal revenue stream. That stream is generated by 'new and improved' software versions." And... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
employees being victimized? In this video podcast, Professor Josh Lerner looks at historical trends and current deals to put it all in perspective. Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5577.html. The Business of Free Software Large IT vendors... View Details
- May 2007
- Teaching Note
Oracle vs. PeopleSoft (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Guhan Subramanian and Aldo Sesia
- December 2013 (Revised February 2014)
- Supplement
Reinventing Brainlab (B)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Karol Misztal
The management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic options for proceeding without an exclusive hardware partner in its most profitable business segment. View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Medical Specialties; Information Technology Industry; Health Industry; Germany
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Karol Misztal. "Reinventing Brainlab (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 314-054, December 2013. (Revised February 2014.)
- 2013
- Article
Where Not to Eat? Improving Public Policy by Predicting Hygiene Inspections Using Online Reviews
By: Jun Seok Kang, Polina Kuznetsova, Yejin Choi and Michael Luca
Restaurant hygiene inspections are often cited as a success story of public disclosure. Hygiene grades influence customer decisions and serve as an accountability system for restaurants. However, cities (which are responsible for inspections) have limited resources to... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Food; Governance Compliance; Mathematical Methods; Applications and Software; Public Administration Industry; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Kang, Jun Seok, Polina Kuznetsova, Yejin Choi, and Michael Luca. "Where Not to Eat? Improving Public Policy by Predicting Hygiene Inspections Using Online Reviews." Proceedings of the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (2013): 1443–1448.
- 07 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Pathlight: Reimagining the Developer Onboarding Experience
me graduating with a specialization in computing. In my senior year, I picked up a job at a small business selling open source services. This combination of baseline coding skills and open source knowledge got me to my first job at Red Hat as a View Details
- Profile
Jeremy Sasson
With a father and three uncles in the Bay Area software industry, Jeremy Sasson witnessed entrepreneurship firsthand. “They did a lot flying by the seat of their pants,” he says. “My father stressed to me: If I ever had an opportunity to... View Details
Keywords: Tech
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Making Finance Personal
organizing household finances, in 1983 Cook cofounded Intuit with the novel idea of producing—as it did with Quicken, its initial offering, and later with its acquisition of TurboTax—financial software as a consumer-oriented,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference
THE CHALLENGE: Ana Shukla shares advice on securing venture capital. Karen Kerrigan and Brigitte Baumann (far left, center) stressed the importance of mentors and networks. As a first-time entrepreneur, Ana Shukla launched a marketing-automation View Details
- November 2024
- Supplement
Epic Games: Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite (B)
By: Andy Wu and Ronald Wang
In a significant ruling on April 24, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld portions of the district court’s decision against Epic Games back in September 2021. However, Apple’s anti-steering provisions, which restricted app developers from... View Details
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Market Transactions; Applications and Software; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry
Wu, Andy, and Ronald Wang. "Epic Games: Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 725-400, November 2024.
- February 2021
- Tutorial
Getting Started in RStudio Cloud
By: Chiara Farronato and Caleb Kwon
This video provides an introduction to the free programming language R using an online cloud version of RStudio, which is the most popular editor and interface for writing and executing R code. The video begins by providing a brief background of R and RStudio and... View Details
- Fast Answer
Gaming: statistics
Where can I find information on gaming hardware and software? The Entertainment Software Association website lists sales, demographic, and usage data, as well as information intended to improve the image of the industry. Search eMarketer... View Details
- Career Coach
Simi Oyesanya
Simi most recently worked in Tech Growth Equity at General Atlantic where she was a Senior Associate. Prior to that she worked in Venture Capital and was an Associate at McKinsey. In her first year she recruited for internships in investment management securing offers... View Details
Richard Dulude
Richard is the Co-Founder & General Partner at Underscore VC, where he is focused on supporting enterprise software founders from the earliest stages. View Details
Scott D. Cook
Though he was not the first individual to launch a personal finance software company, Cook was the most successful. His focus on easy of use and customer service helped to develop Quicken into one of the most successful View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Joseph M. Segel
A prolific entrepreneur, Segel has founded many successful companies including The Franklin Mint and National Software testing Laboratories. His biggest success was the formation of QVC, which stands for quality, value and convenience.... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
William H. Gates III
to IBM’s. In 1987, Gates revolutionized the computer market again with the introduction of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface, which made the IBM PC and compatibles user-friendly. With $16.7 billion in revenues in 1998, Microsoft is the world’s #1 View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics