Publications

02 Mar 2023
News

Carbon's Second Act

long second act in the software sector. But about five years ago, he decided it was time for a big change. Todd Brix: I had learned enough about software and had enough time in the View Details

30 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

A.S.—(Norway)—The Cenapio Project Harvard Business School Case 806-090 Describes the creation of an open source software venture in Norway, Australia, and the United States that lands a strategic OEM deal with a leading Japanese... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 2023
Supplement

Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (C)

By: Henry McGee, Nien-hê Hsieh and Kerry Herman

In September 2021, Apple decided to delay updates to iOS and iPadOS that included features to fight child sexual abuse. While many—including prominent privacy and security experts—praised Apple, others were opposed. They saw Apple introducing features that risked... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs; Public Opinion; Applications and Software; Leadership

March 2017
Case

From mHealth Hackathon to Reality: Diabetes Care

By: Kevin Schulman and Curry Cheek

This case explores the development of a business plan for a mobile health application for diabetes care. The case depicts a student team excited about the opportunity to improve the care of patients with diabetes by contracting an app. They go through a rigorous... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Mobile Health Technologies; Health Care; Health Care Industry; Behavioral Economics; Applications and Software; Health Care and Treatment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry; Telecommunications Industry

June 2007 (Revised October 2007)
Case

Information Technology and Clinical Operations at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, F. Warren McFarlan and Julia Rose Adler-Milstein

Describes the history of clinical computing at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital and the development, since the 1996 merger to form the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, of an information system designed to support the delivery of patient care. The hospitals' CIO, John... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Product Design; Service Delivery; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Health Industry; Boston

01 Feb 1997
News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

field-based cases, notes, and software models have been created for Entrepreneurial Finance. "I started the course to shed light on how individuals and teams identify opportunities, how they marshall the required resources, including... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

11 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing

McKinsey to found Acorn Systems where he developed software to incorporate time equations into ABC. The software modeled how, for example, the time to process a customer order would vary depending on whether... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

of a mini refrigerator and stacked on top of other line equipment. Better yet, this tighter integration would greatly reduce the manufacturing costs. The second technology was Windows NT. Teradyne's test systems included various software... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

01 Jun 2014
News

Start Me Up

development." Too much financial engineering. Not enough enterprise and value creation. For Akhil Nigam (MBA 2007), that was a big takeaway from the 2008 economic collapse. It got the former software entrepreneur to thinking... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2011
News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

Oakville, Ontario Energy management applications Paul Grana (MBA 2009) Tigo Energy Los Gatos, California; Munich, Germany; and Osaka, Japan Hardware and software that brings new levels of power output efficiency, management, and control... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

THE COMPANY'S SERVICES" As an example, one of our portfolio companies at Flybridge, MongoDB, has done that extremely well. They are an open source database software company, which by definition means everyone has access to their database.... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

25 Aug 2022
News

Case Study: Sound Check

similar opportunity. Best to have an intense focus and evolve your software in a rapid fashion. It is very common for software companies to start with smaller customers and work their way up. While it is... View Details

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

05 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 5

methodology using a novel dataset developed with the division of a large pharmaceutical firm. The dataset consists of all components in the enterprise architecture, the observed dependencies between them, and estimated costs of change for View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 3, 2007

consider specific and general strategic responses to these allegations. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207071 VMware, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 707-013 VMware, Inc., the first company to crack the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 4

Nitin Nohria, and Rakesh Khurana, 507-524. Sage Publications, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book235126 Competitive Strategy for Open Source Software Authors:Vineet Kumar, Brett R. Gordon,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Web

Teams | New Venture Competition

Pattullo (MBA 2025), Bahaa Hafez Latent Energy enables EV owners to monetize the excess capacity in their vehicle's battery. Latent Energy also provides the in-home hardware and software to enable bi-directional EV charging and then... View Details

June 2010 (Revised August 2010)
Case

Dr. Cameron Powell and AirStrip Technologies: After the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference

Dr. Cameron Powell and his partner, Trey Moore, co-founders of the innovative company, AirStrip Technologies, have developed a series of apps for the iPhone and other smartphones that can help doctors monitor the vital signs of their patients anytime, anywhere. They... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Health Care and Treatment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Product Development; Information Technology Industry; Health Industry; United States