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- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
manufacturing and engineering firm, before pursuing a full-time career in academia.) That all takes time, of course, but Toffel argues that it’s time well spent. “Given the substantial time we already invest in any research project, a few... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
interest in the subject was initially stimulated by the explosive growth of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The real value of Windows, we learned, was not about the product, per se, but the applications written by independent View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
Choosing the right software platform is a critical task for developers. It can be a business life-or-death decision picking between Android or iPhone, Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform, Xbox or PlayStation. At the same time,... View Details
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Web Services
our technology investments," he said. "Web services are the perfect, customizable technology to meet that 'have it your way' need," said Rose O'Donnell, vice president of engineering at Bowstreet. With that said, she... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- What Do You Think?
As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?
expert hackers apparently have found a way to neutralize the security features of the iPhone, overcoming a combination of software and hardware designed to disable the phone after 10 attempts to enter possible passwords. One problem for... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
Ricardo Software Harvard Business School Case 607-019 Engineer John Harrison must determine why motorcycle racer Marco Presto does not feel that his motorcycle is providing enough power as it comes out of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
provide software developers in sectors ranging from video games to engineering simulation with training, tools, and support for application development tailored to exploit the unique capabilities of NVIDIA... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
employees on company time, with company material and/or tools. The origin of the term is unclear but probably refers to the fact that these artifacts are brought home. In the French aeronautics plant I studied, cutlery, toys, and decorative artifacts (such as View Details
- 04 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?
aspect. But as Tim Cook wrote in his letter, jeopardizing customer security is a slippery slope. Q: So is the cost not just to Apple but to the e-commerce industry prohibitive here? A: It’s a strange situation from Apple’s point of view. They’ve told their View Details
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
public use—major new products of either consumer electronics or computer hardware with their essential software technologies. In the United States, no enterprise had the capability to commercialize new consumer electronics technologies.... View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
machines that took up more than twenty square feet of scarce factory floor space at the semiconductor facility. Teradyne engineers knew that CMOS technology could enable tighter integration of the test system architecture. With this... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
both nature and humankind. We asked a group of Harvard Business School faculty members to offer their views on the many facets of "going green." Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor Of Leadership And Management The world's cities are principal View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
customer orientation across an organization. That involves senior leadership. Q: Has technology or the advent of the Web had an impact on the order management cycle? Rangan: No question. Software vendors Seibel, Oracle, and others have... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
previously used to reveal the hidden internal architectural structure of software applications. The focus of this paper is to test if it can also uncover new facts about the applications and their relationships in an enterprise... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
for firms to capture value in a modular system. This paper brings together the theory of modularity from the engineering and management literatures with the modern economic theory of property rights and relational contracts to address the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Innovation in Asia
Although Asian countries have been able to use cost advantages and software coding prowess to attract outsource business from around the world, the region is quickly moving up the value chain to challenge America's leadership in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
Microsoft at the personal finance software game. And it has done so by hiring software engineers that are hard to find in Silicon Valley—those who actually like to design... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
future at the same time. It is like changing the engine of a plane while it is flying. Based on almost ten years of research, this book provides a framework for companies to reimagine their business. Using rich case studies and rigorous... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
client computer projects, and Brandi, a software engineer turned online fraud fighter, set up web crawlers that ran more than 2 million page-loads on a variety of computers and virtual computers. In 2012,... View Details