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Catherine Yeo | MBA

Catherine Yeo Computer Science, Secondary in English Dunster 2023 Cohort 4 No founder succeeds alone — not without the most suitable co-founder(s), the right team, and a strong community of peers and mentors to build and grow together.... View Details

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Nim Ravid | MBA

Nim Ravid Economics, Secondary in Computer Science Kirkland 2025 Cohort 6 Community is instrumental in transforming a visionary idea into a tangible reality. I am thrilled for the opportunity to join the Tech Fellows community and work... View Details

01 Jun 2004
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the files downloaded in the United States come from computers in the United States. Sixteen percent of music files are downloaded from computers in Germany, 7 percent from Canada, 6 percent from Italy, 4... View Details

Keywords: file sharing; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Do Yoon Kim

interest in the causes and effects of increasing polarization of ideologies, but not as much in business. At HBS, I hope to pursue this topic by combining ideas from computational linguistics, game theory, and organizational economics.... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn

manufacturing workers on a computer system used for data reconciliation. The assignment proved challenging. “I was a total outsider running a class designed to change the work patterns of an experienced manufacturing team,” she grimaces.... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Brill

07 Sep 2016
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How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?

SUMMING UP Are Computers and Tech-Driven Networks In Their Twilight Years? Issues raised by the ascendancy of network technology are many and varied, judging from responses to this month’s column based on Joshua Cooper Ramo’s book, The... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

January 1985 (Revised February 1997)
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Lotus Development Corp.

By: William A. Sahlman

Contains a description of the history and venture capital financing of Lotus Development. Focuses on issues related to the possible terms of investment in Lotus by a major venture capital firm. The pedagogic objectives in the case are: to explore the elements of the... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Venture Capital; Organizational Structure; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Outcome or Result; Corporate Finance; Planning; Computer Industry

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November 2018
Teaching Note

reMarkable: e-Writing the Future

By: Elie Ofek

Teaching Note for HBS No. 517-018. View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Product Development; Product Launch; Entrepreneurship; Computer Industry; Europe; United States

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May 2015 (Revised December 2016)
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Generating Higher Value at IBM (B)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield

Keywords: Dividends; Share Repurchases; Earnings Guidance; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Ratios; Payout Policy; Earnings Per Share (EPS); Value Creation; Financial Statements; Corporate Finance; Computer Industry

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April 1994 (Revised November 1998)
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Kendall Square Research Corporation (A)

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Kendall Square Research was a small competitor in the supercomputer industry. As sales grew rapidly in 1992 and early 1993, the company sold stock to the public for the first time and analysts forecast higher earnings for 1993. However, when the company's revenue... View Details

Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Standards; Accounting Audits; Computer Industry

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October 2012 (Revised February 2014)
Teaching Note

Intel: Strategic Decisions in Locating a New Assembly and Test Plant (A) and (B)

By: Juan Alcácer

The case is used in Harvard Business School's (HBS) elective course "Competing Globally" as the first case in the third module (see "Competing Globally: Course Note for Instructors," HBS No. 713-422). As the first case in the module, it introduces the framework to... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Positioning; Location Choices; Location Strategies; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Global Strategy; Geographic Location; Computer Industry

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October 6, 2011
Article

How Steve Jobs Saw the Future

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Computer Industry

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August 8, 2011
Blog Post

IBM at 100: How to Outlast Depression, War, and Competition

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Economics; War; Competition; Computer Industry

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January 2008
Teaching Note

Hewlett-Packard-Compaq: The Merger Decision (TN)

By: Krishna G. Palepu

Teaching Note for [104048]. View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry

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April 2007 (Revised July 2011)
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The Tale of the Lynx (A)

By: Noam Wasserman

The founders of Lynx Solutions have survived major challenges within their board of directors, the firing of Lynx's founder-CEO and departure of its successor CEO, and a crisis sparked by media allegations that it had been spying on its users. Now that the company is... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Business Strategy; Computer Industry

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