Software - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

Internet: adding digital sensors to its machines; connecting them to a common, cloud-based software platform; investing in software development capabilities; building advanced analytics capabilities; and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 18

findings imply that firm oversight is important during market booms, just when stock prices suggest all is well. Download working paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mrhodeskropf/GovMisFirms_v39.pdf Visualizing and Measuring Software... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 2021
Teaching Note

IBM Watson at MD Anderson Cancer Center

By: Shane Greenstein and Mel Martin

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 621-022. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Operations; Failure; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Health Care and Treatment; Product Development; Health Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Houston; Texas

Citation

Purchase

27 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Should I Pay the Bribe?

around the topic of extortion. "The Shakedown" looks at the conflicts faced by the owner of a software development center in Kiev. Pavlo Zhuk, the U.S.-based co-owner, is notified by his partner that their Kiev office has been... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell

01 Jun 2014
News

The Digital Deck

staffed studio that allows participants to interact in real time with one another and with a faculty member, much as they would in a physical classroom. Up to 60 participants per session download software that provides a perspective view... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

identified patients for clinical research. During his Blavatnik Fellowship, he will focus on the development and commercialization of Trove Health’s core software platform, which is harnessing technology to solve the immense challenge... View Details

15 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 15

case concerns the negotiations of a deal by HgCapital, a UK-based private equity firm, to buy Visma, ASA, a Norwegian software company. Visma has received an offer from Sage Group, a strategic acquirer. HgCapital must determine if it... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs

and more in terms of fostering growth. For those used to a venture-capital model of funding fast-growing software start-ups, it will mean realizing that a socially focused company may grow slower than, say, a cloud computing firm, but... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 May 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Denial Endemic to Management?

Microsoft became dominant in software for PC operating systems; and the belief by entrepreneurs and investors alike that online grocery orders to the long-gone Webvan, the largest single start-up during the Internet bubble, would become a... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

08 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care

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 information stored on one health-care provider's View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Health

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

hopes? “If you're trying to make new connections and learn from the other people, I wouldn't bring your posse.” To find out, Koning and Hasan invited 112 aspiring entrepreneurs to a three-week software development boot camp in New Delhi,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

11 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

well-known software retailer, not only launched Egghead.com but also placed all of its eggs in the Internet basket by closing its entire chain of stores. Still, established firms have been relatively slow to jump on the Internet fast... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

Web

Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation - Course Catalog

software & data, contract research/manufacturing and more). The course will feature workshops with practitioners and domain experts providing guidance and exploring how to successfully navigate critical tasks when launching a life... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Leading Questions

CEO also has a plan to empower her team. Synthesis uses Agile Action Planning—a trademark of the fast-paced world of software development—to help the CEO create a 90-day plan to achieve a tangible goal, such as having 50 percent of all... View Details

Keywords: April White

10 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology

nodules from CT scans. As I looked at the business opportunity for commercializing such a platform, the capital efficiency of pure software products became clear and I began looking for new opportunities within this area. Over the... View Details

15 May 2017
Blog Post

Exploring Career Options at HBS

future is to launch and/or grow a business that helps people live healthier lives. I spent the summer at McKinsey in New York, with a hope to get exposure to different industries and function areas, as well as to expand my network in the healthcare hardware and View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Ears to the Ground

coverage leads to better results, Clark says, and a greater likelihood of a city renewing its subscription. The ShotSpotter process begins with a gunshot, which activates its audio sensors. Data is sent to a cloud-based software system,... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer; photography by Vance Jacobs

01 Sep 2009
News

From Bytes to Bites

Silicon Valley a natural fit. It’s a path that worked quite nicely for Thomas, who eventually rose to vice president of marketing at SuccessFactors, a software firm focused on employee performance and strategy solutions. Then, in 1995,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

22 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 22

Working PapersMixed Source Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gastón Llanes Abstract We study competitive interaction between profit-maximizing firms that sell software and complementary goods or services. In addition to tactical... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

bids. The API is an automated method for efficient computer-to-computer communications—letting an advertiser use software to manage its account automatically. The AdWords API provides a function whereby an advertiser can retrieve its ads,... View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

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