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  • 26 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

forthcoming Abstract Discussions of the economic impact of open source software often generate more heat than light. Advocates passionately assert the benefits of open source, while critics decry its effects. Missing from the debate is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age

with Microsoft (The Free Press), Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano of MIT's Sloan School of Management use this high-tech confrontation to outline a comprehensive approach to strategy in the ultracompetitive... View Details
Keywords: by Daniel Penrice
  • 24 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

superfluous. If fraud is impossible, then why should we waste our time looking? Q: How could someone commit fraud in that scenario? A: First, suppose there was tracking software on a user's computer. Many consumers have had this problem.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services
  • 04 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

his company, and a discussion of recent efforts by Abrahams to break free of constraints that have limited the size and revenue-generating ability of Improbable Research for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 5

Michael T. Braun, and Deepak Malhotra Publication:Discourse Processes Abstract The study used Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count and Coh-Metrix View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2013
  • Blog Post

The Art of Naming a Start-up

other apps to follow. The second half of the name, “Cadenza,” refers to an important passage in a concerto where the soloist shines, displaying their virtuosity in free time (flexible tempo) while the orchestra waits View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
  • 19 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

Continued success in diagnostic systems relies heavily on product innovation and software engineering. But Ludwig found that the DIS division had lost its edge—a key competitor had improved its own products... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

guru Esther Dyson, chairman of EDventure Holdings; Matthew Szulik, president and CEO of the open-source software company Red Hat, Inc.; and Dean... View Details
Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • 18 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

given that product architecture has been shown to be an important predictor of, among other things: product performance, product variety, process flexibility, and future industry evolution. We explore this relationship in the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Sep 2019
  • Blog Post

Learning the Language of Product at Duolingo

problem, and speak with users to understand the challenges from a more human point of view. I collaborated with designers and software engineers to develop solutions, which I... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 30 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Adrian Obleton

transformation. I then spent 6 months at a PE fund investing in technology businesses. Finally I spent a year and a half at Turbonomic, a mid-sized VC-backed software company, in their strategy View Details
  • 20 Mar 2017
  • Book

Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies

to try to understand the boundaries of giving away intellectual property for free versus having it closed. We have not reached any formal conclusions. We are seeing possibilities that we need to rethink our intellectual property... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

encompass a more active role as an intermediary (like eBay) facilitating transactions; or challenge Microsoft's position on the PC desktop by developing software to compete with Office and Windows. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

whole system. In effect, each module was free to evolve along its own trajectory. By accommodating unforeseen, after-the-fact improvements, the modular approach unleashed value for the system as a whole. At the request of Working... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology
  • 28 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

environmental, educational, and humanitarian organizations. Microsoft donates almost $300 million annually in software products to nongovernmental organizations around the world. There has to be an internal... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

A New Approach to Health-Care Reform

of electronic medical records, which make patient information accessible and portable, have been talked about for a long time. One hurdle to progress on this relates, again, to the existing business model, which makes it difficult for... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance
  • 02 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

Sebastian Turullols was reporting on the young company's free cash and how to invest it. Former 3Com CEO Bill Krause responded with a cautionary tale: "Many years before, a CFO wanted to invest his... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

to top dairy brands in China while selling a small volume of dairy products under its own premium brand Wondermilk. Besides running his own dairy farms, Shao had been providing free training in dairy farm management to industry peers,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne