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  • 25 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

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

rules specify. KC: In disk drives, for instance, the addressing scheme, the size of the data path [the wires on which the data flow], the number of pins [connectors between the disk drive and the computer], and the signal attached to each pin, along with certain View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology
  • Profile

Dana Hoffmann

Before she applied to HBS, Dana Hoffmann seemed to be on a dream career trajectory. With a master’s degree in applied mathematics, she had worked as a financial analyst at Symantec, the Silicon Valley security software giant, and was... View Details
  • 24 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

billion in venture capital money, an all-time record and 35% more than the previous year. The opportunities to bring new technological breakthroughs to the sector are massive, whether it be in robotics, remote sensing, biological products or View Details
  • February 2002 (Revised April 2002)
  • Case

Chengwei Ventures and the hdt* Investment

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Bo Feng, cofounder and principal in Chengwei Ventures, one of the first sovereign venture capital firms in China, is trying to decide on the proper business model for hdt, the product of a merger between two portfolio companies. This case discusses the best way for the... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Relationship Management; Sovereign Finance; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Markets; Business Model; Financial Services Industry; China
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  • 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
  • 15 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

determined, from undefined to defined. We describe two basic forms of closure in the innovation process: forced closure and crystallization. We consider also situations in which products are "never finished," as when a software... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

Evidence from Indian Software Services Authors:Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton Abstract Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Feb 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

mounting, and several, like HTC, are already pursuing second generation tetherless VR technology. As Wang seeks to develop the ecosystem by partnering with developers, creating a content platform, investing in VR startups, and launching VR arcades, she must decide the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 13

the solution. However, commercializing the innovation may also stretch his organization too thin and bring his team into a business, the software industry, completely foreign to them. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

Business School Exercise 408-076 Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) brought together decision makers in search of hard-to-find answers with specialized experts in nearly every imaginable field. Over time, GLG developed software to help minimize... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

Back to School

much as you play. There are podcasts and videos by poker coaches; then there are poker solvers and software where you can analyze what you would do in every single situation. There are so many permutations of what can happen that the... View Details
Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Riding It Out

an off-the-shelf software system that will work for most of their purposes,” he says. “In our case, we had to design one from the ground up.” The customized system allows SmartPak to adapt its process on an as-needed basis. For example,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; dog food; pets; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
  • March 1999
  • Case

MySoftware Company (A)

By: H. Kent Bowen and Nicole Tempest
In 1997, Gregory Slayton took the position as CEO of MySoftware, which had been experiencing revenue and operating losses for the past two years. Within 90 days, he stabilized the company through a combination of cost cutting, financial discipline, and accountability... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Cost Management; Profit; Employees; Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Outcome or Result; Partners and Partnerships; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry
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  • 09 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

invests significant resources in software such as Java and Linux that IBM does not own in order to integrate many companies' products and services for IBM's customers. Intel invests significant resources in university research (which it... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Case Study: Sweat the Technique

category first. —J. W. Penland (MBA 1996) Hardware obsolesces quickly; it is costly to build, upgrade, retool, and distribute. Data and software are fungible across devices. Data can be cross-utilized with fitness and lifestyle partners... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

Review 87, no. 4 (April 2009) No abstract is available at this time. Purchase the article: http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2009/04/how-to-market-in-a-downturn/ar/1 Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jul 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)

focused on selling software to engineers and designers and might not be as committed to selling hardware, which cost less and offered a lower commission. Selling on Amazon was the easiest option of all, but meant sacrificing 12 to 18... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Consumer Products; Electronics; Industrial Products; Information Technology; Manufacturing; Medical Devices & Supplies; Retail
  • 02 Oct 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

have little confidence in long-range planning, predictions of others, or their own biases. They will spend less time planning and more time fostering the organizational ability to develop and test new ideas. In a recent e-mail, Scott Cook, the cofounder of personal... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 19 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

your goal is a great marketing plan or a brilliant idea for a software system, it doesn't matter if it took 2 hours or 20 hours. The client is paying for the quality of the solution. Q: What do you think about the issue of flexible work... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 12 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

to the U.S. Spotfire, a software company founded in Sweden, received funding from a venture capitalist who insisted that the company move its operations to the States. I think the market correction in April 2000 was global, and it... View Details
Keywords: by Staff