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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
Illustration by Edmon deHaro Even before we’ve seen the full potential of quantum computing in any material sense, the global market is estimated to reach $5.5 billion in the next five years. To begin to understand why, consider how it... View Details
- 05 Oct 2022
- News
Inside the Chip Shortage
Chosun. Shibata cites the shortage of minor chips that are used in peripherals, not the lack of key semiconductors, as the main issue. “Until now, computing capabilities were only necessary in computers and... View Details
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5.1 Information Technology | MBA
5.1 Information Technology Access to HBS networks, applications, computers, and other electronic resources (“the Resources”) is a privilege. HBS reserves the right to revoke access at any time at its sole discretion. Access is contingent... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
another HBS case discussion in the spring of 1978, calculator in hand, Bricklin (MBA '79) had an epiphany: there should be a computer program that could speed up the tedious computations case analysis often... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Wang Papers to HBS
Important corporate records from Wang Laboratories and personal papers of the company's late founder and CEO, Dr. An Wang, were recently donated by his family to the Baker Library Historical Collections at HBS. Computer memory technology... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
and cutting death rates. Brailer’s challenge is to create electronic recordkeeping standards for the medical profession and to fund construction of the computer network necessary to store and share patient... View Details
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Dan Bricklin Classroom, Aldrich Hall 108 | About
Dan Bricklin Classroom, Aldrich Hall 108 The Dan Bricklin Classroom, located inside Aldrich Hall , was named by the School in honor of alumnus and technology entrepreneur Dan Bricklin (MBA 1979), the co-developer of VisiCalc, one of the first View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
- News
“Let Us Now Praise Famous Women”
University computing center to be run through a computer there so that new HBS 8x5 cards could be printed containing the new data. Then the new cards were proofed against the old ones. So it turns out the... View Details
Eugene R. Olson
Olson continued Deluxe’s market dominance in check printing while laying the foundation for its electronic diversification and expansion. He oversaw the acquisition of businesses that produce computer forms... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Three Profs Win McKinsey Award
Made in China REASON U.S. supplier base eroded as the manufacture of consumer electronics and computers migrated to Asia. Electrophoretic display MADE IN TAIWAN REASON Its manufacture requires expertise... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
A Safer, Smarter Future for Tech Trash
electronics thrown away globally every year into a sustainable source of metals for the technologies of tomorrow. BlueOak represents just the sort of fresh thinking that has marked Bradoo's relatively short but notable career path. At age... View Details
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Laura Sophie Wegner | MBA
Laura Sophie Wegner Economics, Secondary in Computer Science Currier 2025 Cohort 6 This fellowship is an opportunity to help me merge the technical and interpersonal side of being a founder by learning from HBS professors, MS/MBA... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
“Some decent-looking pixels and a really excellent vision.” That’s all it took for Russ Wilcox to fall for the technology that would become E Ink, a company supplying the electronic ink for a new world of digital reading devices. Now, as... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
computer ended the use of typewriters, or how electronic fuel injection systems replaced carburetors. It's probably more accurate to say the Apple Watch introduces several impressive incremental innovations... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Renewing Baker: Tom Michalak, Executive Director of Baker Library
beginning to be recognized as a leader in the delivery of electronic information to the desktops of students and faculty. Do you agree with those who predict the decline of libraries as technology proliferates? No, not at all. Rather, the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Deals For Sale
are now housed inside a renovated leather factory in Boston's North End. Now boasting two thousand subscribers, FairMarket held its first auction last December, selling $100,000 worth of computer merchandise. Eventually, Randall hopes to... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
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
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
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
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
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
Keywords: Computers & Electronics