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Technology and Operations Management - MBA Required Curriculum
This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as... View Details
- Apr 2011 - 2011
- Keynote Speech
Digital Technology and Its Impact on the Film Industry
By: Anita Elberse
- Research Summary
International Comparison of the Management of Information Technology
Having set out to compare Western and Japanese IT-management practices, we were startled to discover that Japanese companies rarely experience the IT problems so common in the United States and Europe. In this project, we seek to further explore the five principles of... View Details
- 2015
- Chapter
Information Technology and the Distribution of Economic Activity
By: Shane Greenstein, Avi Goldfarb and Chris Forman
Greenstein, Shane, Avi Goldfarb, and Chris Forman. "Information Technology and the Distribution of Economic Activity." In The Changing Frontier: Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy, edited by Adam Jaffe and Benjamin Jones. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
- 2022
- Article
Diffusing Management Practices within the Firm: The Role of Information Provision
By: Michael J. Lenox and Michael W. Toffel
Why are some firms more successful in adopting profitable environmental management practices than others? A key role of corporate managers is to encourage subsidiaries to adopt innovative practices. We examine the conditions under which corporate managers use... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Strategy; Information Provision; Environmental Management; Knowledge Dissemination
Lenox, Michael J., and Michael W. Toffel. "Diffusing Management Practices within the Firm: The Role of Information Provision." Art. 5911. Special Issue on Competitive Sustainability: The Intersection of Sustainability and Business Success. Sustainability 14, no. 10 (2022).
- 28 Jan 2020
Information Session at the Illinois Institute of Technology
Join us to learn more about our college programs including 2+2, Peek Weekend, and SVMP. You will have the opportunity to ask questions with a member of the MBA Admissions team. View Details
- November 1995
- Article
Racing Behavior: Technological Evolution in the High-end Computer Industry
By: T. Khanna
Khanna, T. "Racing Behavior: Technological Evolution in the High-end Computer Industry." Research Policy 24, no. 6 (November 1995).
- Web
Hacking AI with HBS IT | Information Technology
common theme. This year, that theme was “Learning and Working with AI,” and teams were challenged to explore how AI could be strategically employed in IT’s work. AI has easily dominated the tech world over the last couple years, with AI bots springing up across the... View Details
- Article
Technological Competition and the Structure of the Computing Industry
By: Timothy Bresnahan and Shane Greenstein
Bresnahan, Timothy, and Shane Greenstein. "Technological Competition and the Structure of the Computing Industry." Journal of Industrial Economics 47, no. 1 (March 1999): 1–40.
- 04 Aug 2021
- News
This Technology Will Have A Profound Effect On The Fashion Industry
- July 1990 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Xerox Corp.: Leadership of the Information Technology Function (B)
Applegate, Lynda M. "Xerox Corp.: Leadership of the Information Technology Function (B)." Harvard Business School Case 191-024, July 1990. (Revised October 1995.)
- December 2012 (Revised April 2025)
- Case
AmTran Technology Ltd.
By: Willy Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Karen E. Robinson
As an original design manufacturer (ODM) of television sets and leading supplier to Vizio, a market leader in the U.S. for LCD flat panel TVs, AmTran Technology Ltd. uses what founder Alpha Wu describes as a "WE" model in which western companies perform sales,... View Details
Keywords: Modularity; Technology Transitions; Analog; Digital; Television; TV; Flat-panel; ATSC; NTSC; Video; Global Strategy; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Product Design; Supply Chain; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Electronics Industry; Taiwan; United States; Japan
Shih, Willy, Jyun-Cheng Wang, and Karen E. Robinson. "AmTran Technology Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 613-069, December 2012. (Revised April 2025.)
- December 2007 (Revised April 2008)
- Exercise
The Elcer Products Transaction: Confidential Information for US Industrial ElectroCeramics (US-IND)
In a six-party negotiation exercise, the TNDA Corp. plans to sell the Elcer Products Division to one of four potential buyers (industrial, financial, U.S., German). This case contains confidential information for the US Industrial ElectroCeramics (US-IND) management... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation
Sebenius, James K. "The Elcer Products Transaction: Confidential Information for US Industrial ElectroCeramics (US-IND)." Harvard Business School Exercise 908-032, December 2007. (Revised April 2008.)
- July 1992 (Revised August 1993)
- Background Note
Note on Information Technology and Quick Response Logistics
Konsynski, Benn R., and Jiro Kokuryo. "Note on Information Technology and Quick Response Logistics." Harvard Business School Background Note 193-018, July 1992. (Revised August 1993.)
- 21 Oct 2019
Information Session at the California Institute of Technology
Join us to learn more about our college programs including 2+2, Peek Weekend, and SVMP. You will have the opportunity to ask questions with a member of the MBA Admissions team. View Details
- 2012
- Working Paper
Information Technology and Boundary of the Firm: Evidence from Plant-Level Data
By: Chris Forman and Kristina McElheran
We study the relationship between different margins of information technology (IT) use and vertical integration using plant-level data from the U.S. Census of Manufactures. Focusing on the short-run decision of whether to allocate production output to downstream plants... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Production; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Vertical Integration; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Forman, Chris, and Kristina McElheran. "Information Technology and Boundary of the Firm: Evidence from Plant-Level Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-092, April 2012.
- 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
Bohmer, Richard M.J., F. Warren McFarlan, and Julia Rose Adler-Milstein. "Information Technology and Clinical Operations at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center." Harvard Business School Case 607-150, June 2007. (Revised October 2007.)
- August 1995
- Teaching Note
State Street Boston Corporation: Leading with Information Technology TN
By: Richard L. Nolan, Donna B. Stoddard and Chiara Francalanci
Teaching Note (5-196-058). View Details
- March 1988 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Xerox Corp.: Leadership of the Information Technology Function (A)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donna B. Stoddard
Applegate, Lynda M., and Donna B. Stoddard. "Xerox Corp.: Leadership of the Information Technology Function (A)." Harvard Business School Case 188-113, March 1988. (Revised September 1995.)