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01 Oct 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance:Evidence from Indian Software Services

Keywords: by Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats & David M. Upton; Video Game; Video Game

13 Aug 2007
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Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry

Keywords: by Ramana Nanda & Tarun Khanna; Video Game; Video Game

05 Jul 2006
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Exploring the Structure of Complex Software Designs: An Empirical Study of Open Source and Proprietary Code

Keywords: by Alan D. MacCormack, John Rusnak & Carliss Y. Baldwin; Video Game; Video Game

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

21 years. Nowitzki refined his skills by breaking them down into their component parts and focusing intently on the elements that needed improvement—not just practicing jump shots, but watching videos and breaking down the movements and... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

August 2004 (Revised March 2005)
Teaching Note

Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop-Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox (TN)

By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Hillary Anger Elfenbein and Jenny Illes

Teaching Note to (9-403-090). View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Spain

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13 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

first, it has to undo the common perception that the product is an intimidating machine for guys. As part of its strategy, in July 2003, Sony introduced a PlayStation product in Europe called EyeToy: Play—a video camera (the EyeToy) and... View Details

Keywords: by Youngme Moon

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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September 2010
Teaching Note

A Chinese Start-up's Midlife Crisis: 99Sushe.com (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for 309060. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Business or Company Management; Business Model; Internet and the Web; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Partners and Partnerships; Competition; Social and Collaborative Networks; Video Game Industry; China

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March 2009
Teaching Note

Responding to the Wii? (TN)

By: Andrei Hagiu and Hanna Halaburda

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Keywords: History; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Competition; Industry Structures; Age; Video Game Industry

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15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

Kittyhawk team had to weigh its market options: Sell the disk drive to DMD's existing customers, who were manufacturing increasingly portable computing devices, or explore emerging opportunities elsewhere. A leading video View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

24 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

readily gameable. If you need to sell one more unit and you can't find anyone to buy it, buy it for yourself or for your buddy. Because these systems can be gamed, firms spend extra money on online advertising. That money might be better spent in increasing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Video Game

14 Jun 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Evolution Analysis of Large-Scale Software Systems Using Design Structure Matrices and Design Rule Theory

Keywords: by Matthew J. LaMantia, Yuanfang Cai, Alan D. MacCormack & John Rusnak; Video Game; Video Game

February 2009
Teaching Note

Microsoft Xbox: Changing the Game? (TN)

By: Andrei Hagiu

Teaching Note for [707501]. View Details

Keywords: Video Game Industry; Texas

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August 1985 (Revised November 1987)
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Videogame Design Process

The videogame industry grew explosively in the early 1980s. It is an example of a business which is highly dependent on the efforts of creative people. Videogame companies have shown a wide variation in their approach to managing creative resources, seen in such terms... View Details

Keywords: Management; Creativity; Video Game Industry

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21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

focusing on the desert oasis of Las Vegas. Two researchers turn to Fortnite to quell pandemic boredom Wu and Clough share a few passions outside of scholarship, including the mass-multiplayer game Fortnite, which they began playing... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

09 Apr 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Visualizing and Measuring Software Portfolio Architectures: A Flexibility Analysis

Keywords: by Robert Lagerstrom, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & David Dreyfus; Video Game; Video Game

26 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

factors that might affect the future course of this battle, such as the role of copy protection features in HD devices, the bundling of each format with video game consoles, and competing modes of delivering... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Mar 2010
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The Determinants of Individual Performance and Collective Value in Private-Collective Software Innovation

Keywords: by Ned Gulley & Karim R. Lakhani; Video Game; Video Game

May 2024
Supplement

GameStop: Social Media Finds a Cheat Code (B)

By: Joseph Pacelli and Sarah Mehta

This case accompanies “GameStop: Social Media Finds a Cheat Code (A),” no. 124-005. It provides an update on pertinent events from 2021 to 2023. View Details

Keywords: Finance; Markets; Value; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; United States

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03 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 3

other forms of competition in strategy and organizations. Next, we organize and review the findings of three ostensibly separate theoretical perspectives that have arisen from game theory, competitive dynamics, and institutional... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance:Evidence from Indian Software Services

Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry

Exploring the Structure of Complex Software Designs: An Empirical Study of Open Source and Proprietary Code

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop-Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox (TN)

Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

Leadership and Teaming

A Chinese Start-up's Midlife Crisis: 99Sushe.com (TN)

Responding to the Wii? (TN)

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

Evolution Analysis of Large-Scale Software Systems Using Design Structure Matrices and Design Rule Theory

Microsoft Xbox: Changing the Game? (TN)

Videogame Design Process

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

Visualizing and Measuring Software Portfolio Architectures: A Flexibility Analysis

First Look: September 26, 2006

The Determinants of Individual Performance and Collective Value in Private-Collective Software Innovation

GameStop: Social Media Finds a Cheat Code (B)

First Look: March 3

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