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John A. Young
Marking the exit of H-P founders Bill Hewlett and David Packard, Young’s rise to CEO came at a time when H-P was enjoying a resurgence of growth. Under Young’s leadership, H-P continued the success of the HP-3000 computer, which was popular with manufacturing plants,... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Robert H. Sorensen
Sorensen led Perkin-Elmer to become one of the premier diversified technology companies in the United States. It developed the first commercial super minicomputer in 1979. During his CEO tenure, sales and earnings more than tripled and Perkin-Elmer grew to become the... View Details
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Robert W. Galvin
Galvin led Motorola to become the second largest producer of semiconductors in the nation in the mid-1960s, and by 1984, Motorola had $2.5 billion in semiconductor sales. In the 1970s and 80s, Galvin also had tremendous success producing microprocessors, eventually... View Details
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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 software applications introduced in the last two... View Details
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- 21 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 21, 2007
from each other and f peers (freeriders) who download from sharers but do not contribute files. Assuming that upload bandwidth is scarcer than download bandwidth and efficient allocation, we compute the expected bandwidth obtained by each... View Details
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Doba Parushev
Most people prefer to embrace security; Doba Parushev tends to run from it. "My life interests tend to go in two- to four-year stretches," he says. As a ten-year-old in Bulgaria, he competed nationally in math contests. But by 7th grade, he was entranced by... View Details
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Judging | New Venture Competition
Sascha Mornell, Getmyboat Scott Healy, Psych Hub Sean Lanagan, CAMP Systems International Shivam Goyal, Endeavor Capital Shravan Narayen, IVP Simeon Bochev, The Compute Exchange Sooah Cho, SignalFire Stan Fung, FarSight Ventures Stephanie... View Details
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Doctoral Students | Information Technology
and technology products that support your research. Case Template Library Resources Polling Research Computing Services Research Information System (RIS), VPN access may be required Collaboration Tools to help keep the HBS community... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
people who are gaining access everyday," Davis noted, "it's making the personal computer revolution in the early 1980s look tame." Titled "The Digital Field of Dreams," Cyberposium '97 was cochaired by Mike Dodd and Thomas Hoegh (both... View Details
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- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
HBS Professor Marco Iansiti and H.T. Kung, William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, solicited views on new directions for the Internet in a panel discussion called "e-Service: The Next e-Wave." The current shift on the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research
potential. Research output will include papers in economics, finance, and computer science, and new case studies, data, and white papers. DIGITAL RESKILLING LAB As companies think about preparing their workforce for the digital age,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
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Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
Computer Board from 1981 to 1987, he introduced computers to every government ministry and agency, advocated the teaching of information technology at all levels of the school system, and promoted the growth... View Details
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
Not only has technology entered nearly every area of our personal life, it's the rare industry that isn't computerized, networked, and advertised on Facebook. Except one: education. Outside of the occasional computer lab, basic webpage,... View Details
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Monica Chang | MBA
Monica Chang Social Studies, Secondary in Computer Science Kirkland 2023 Cohort 4 As a student dedicated to public service, I hope to learn more about how technology and entrepreneurship can be harnessed to address complex societal... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Founder of Modern Venture Capital
creation of new products for the welfare of American soldiers. For decades, as president of American Research & Development Corporation, an early venture capital firm founded in 1946, he fostered the development of startup companies that focused on emerging... View Details
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Dylan Zhou | MBA
computing, computer vision, and natural language processing. I also like seeing well-designed products and devices that combine tech and art. Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business My inspiration is Steve... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
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Pooling resources to tackle India's social challenges
been improving lives in India for years. As CEO at Cummins, he helped establish the first engineering college for women; and later, at Microsoft, he helped create a computer literacy program that has trained 35 million children and nearly... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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A founding father of Silicon Valley venture capital guides entrepreneurs
their companies, they would usually invite us in.” Johnson later founded Asset Management Company in 1967, investing primarily in computer and health care concerns. His advice and counsel also have benefited his philanthropic endeavors,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Ideas That Stick
we talk about concrete details and specific actions and stories. You write that too much knowledge can be a bad thing. Think about the stereotypical IT guy in your office. He knows a ton about computers and software, but you call him over... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
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Recognizing Potential
graduating from the University of Southern California (USC) with degrees in electrical engineering and economics, Stevens wanted to pursue a master's degree in computer engineering but didn't want to give up his job at Intel Corporation.... View Details