Publications

September 2009 (Revised December 2011)
Teaching Note

IBM Values and Corporate Citizenship (TN)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird

Teaching Note for [308106]. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Transformation; Fairness; Innovation and Invention; Value; Global Range; Organizational Culture; Computer Industry; Computer Industry

March 2008 (Revised June 2009)
Compilation

"Doer's Profile" Bill Gates (William H.) (1955 - )

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley M. Spence

Profile of Bill Gates designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring success. Includes both biographical data and excerpts from autobiographical records. View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Personal Development and Career; Success; Computer Industry; Computer Industry

November 2006 (Revised May 2007)
Case

Hewlett-Packard Company: The War Within

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Jay W. Lorsch, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Eliot Sherman

In September 2006 it was revealed that the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) had been carrying out an extended investigation of its own employees, board members, and journalists outside the company. The investigation was launched in response to a series of leaks to the... View Details

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Employee Relationship Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Communication Technology; Conflict and Resolution; Newspapers; Computer Industry; Computer Industry

September 2001 (Revised August 2005)
Case

Microsoft in 2002

By: Michael G. Rukstad, David B. Yoffie, Carl Johnston and Tyrell Levine

Examines Microsoft's strategy and competitive position as it prepares to launch Windows XP. The discussion explores how Microsoft builds and sustains its competitive edge. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Applications and Software; Product Launch; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; United States

January 2000 (Revised November 2000)
Case

Lucent Technologies New Ventures Group

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett

Lucent Technologies' successful New Ventures Group must present company executives with a strong case for continuing corporate venturing activities despite a troubled financial performance in difficult market conditions. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Management Teams; Business Ventures; Venture Capital; Financial Condition; Change Management; Wireless Technology; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; New Jersey

2001
Case

Intel Corporation's Internal Ecology of Strategy Making

By: C. M. Christensen and Robert A Burgelman

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Computer Industry; Computer Industry

November 1989
Case

IBM Corp.: The Full Employment Practice (Condensed)

By: D. Quinn Mills and G. Bruce Friesen

Keywords: Employment; Management Practices and Processes; Computer Industry; Computer Industry

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

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18 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows

startup aiming to make biologics more accessible to patients worldwide. Sanso was created to commercialize the microporous water technology out of Jarad Mason's lab at Harvard, a novel solution to dramatically increase the oxygen capacity of most aqueous solutions.... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

WATER Ltd.

industrial sector. From 2003 until earlier this year, Doug Brown (MBA ’85) was CEO of Ionics, Inc., a company based, aptly, in Watertown, Massachusetts, that specializes in water treatment and desalination. Brown points out that many diverse industries (e.g., food,... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: Ruling the Waves

cryptology, satellite television, and computers and describes how, before they became a routine part of everyday life, they seemingly threatened to overturn the status quo. "During the innovation and commercialization phases, the very... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Feb 2002
News

If You're #1, Watch Out

earn. Typically when this happens, the components and subsystems are the things that become not good enough - and that's where attractive profits get made. An example is the computer industry, where profit shifted from manufacturers down... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

February 1980
Case

Rank Xerox Ltd. (A)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

Keywords: Computer Industry; Computer Industry

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May 2011 (Revised May 2011)
Case

Nokia: The Burning Platform

By: Juan Alcacer, Tarun Khanna and Mary Furey

Overview on the state of Nokia since the “Emerging Nokia?” case was written. View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Marketing Strategy; Emerging Markets; Network Effects; Computer Industry; Computer Industry

June 2010
Teaching Note

Apple Inc. in 2010 (TN)

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for 710467. View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Business Strategy; Success; Sales; Growth and Development; Competition; Product Launch; Computer Industry; Computer Industry

June 2005
Teaching Note

Midwest Office Products (TN)

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Teaching Note to (9-104-073). View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry; Computer Industry

March 2003 (Revised August 2005)
Case

Making SMaL Big: SMaL Camera Technologies

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Scott Duncan Anthony

SMaL Camera Technologies CEO Maurizio Arienzo was trying to decide what market opportunities SMaL should target. The company had developed a revolutionary imaging technology that powered small digital still and video cameras. Its first-generation product--a kit to... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Decision Making; Disruptive Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Massachusetts