by Alan MacCormack - Publications - Faculty & Research

Alan D. MacCormack

Alan MacCormack is the MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, a member of The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, and a core faculty member... View Details

Keywords: automotive; communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; high technology; information technology industry; internet; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; venture capital industry

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Why Evolutionary Software Development Works

Given the importance of software, the lack of research on the best ways to manage its development is surprising. Many different models have been proposed since the much cited waterfall model emerged more than 30 years ago. Unfortunately, few studies have confirmed... View Details

Keywords: by Alan MacCormack; Technology

Video

Alan Tabourian

Alan Tabourian, Chairman of Interbrand S.A.L. discusses his strategies for overcoming challenges posed by the Syrian invasion and civil war in Lebanon. View Details

Portrait Project

Alan Xie

hours of rehearsal in front of a camcorder. We replayed those recordings until their magnetic tape frayed, our own immigrant genre of home video. What does Webster’s say about our Asian-American Dream? Lacking language fluency, my parents spent their careers held... View Details

Alan Tabourian

Keywords: Food and Beverages

22 May 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Hidden Structure: Using Network Methods to Map System Architecture

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & John Rusnak

Alan C. Greenberg

As head of one of the nation’s leading securities trading, investment banking, and brokerage firms, Greenberg became a legend with his ability to both deliver profits and champion ethics. Greenberg encouraged his Bear Stearns employees to uncover errors View Details

Keywords: Finance

Web

Alan Tu | MBA

yet the business side of things was an entirely different—and for me, new and fascinating—matter. Professional goals: My goal is to use tech to bridge the divide between the sciences and the humanities. To that end, I could see myself pursuing entrepreneurship,... View Details

26 May 2016
News

Alan F. Horn, MBA 1971

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Union College 2012 Named Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios After two years working on the Ivory Soap account at Procter & Gamble, Alan Horn was approached View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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; Web Services

14 Oct 2021
News

Disney’s Alan Horn to Retire

Longtime Disney studio head Alan Horn (MBA 1971) announced this week that he is set to retire at the end of this year. Holding the official title chief creative officer of Disney Studios Content, his deep impact on the company was... View Details

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; Web Services

16 Jul 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Visualizing and Measuring Enterprise Architecture: An Exploratory BioPharma Case

Keywords: by Robert Lagerstrom, Carliss Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & David Dreyfus

17 Jul 2008
Working Paper Summaries

A Replication Study of Alan Blinder’s “How Many U.S. Jobs Might Be Offshorable?”

Keywords: by Troy Smith & Jan W. Rivkin

01 Oct 1996
News

Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)

In the motion picture industry, most people know Alan Horn as the smart, savvy chairman and CEO of Castle Rock Entertainment, the film company that has turned out movie hits such as When Harry Met Sally and In the Line of Fire, as well as... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

Knowledge editor, Sean Silverthorne, Iansiti and MacCormack discuss their findings.Silverthorne: Although many large companies have been swamped by so-called disruptive technologies, Microsoft has remained... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne