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- February 2000 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
QuickenInsurance: The Race to Click and Close (A)
ES Technologies started in 1976 as a storefront in Tempe, Arizona selling personal computer kits to hobbyists. Twenty years later, revenues exceeded $3.5 billion, and the business had evolved from a computer store to a master reseller and full-line integrator of...
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Keywords:
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Entrepreneurship;
Technological Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Industry Structures;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Information Technology;
Information Technology Industry;
Arizona
Applegate, Lynda M. "QuickenInsurance: The Race to Click and Close (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-295, February 2000. (Revised November 2002.)
- March 1999 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Strategy
Describes Ford's examination of its supply chain to evaluate whether the company should "virtually integrate" on the Dell Computers model.
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Austin, Robert D. "Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 699-198, March 1999. (Revised December 2001.)
- January 1995 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
Cybertech Project (A), The
Describes the development and exploitation of a radical new computer-integrated technology in the largely manual meat-processing industry. The technology has been developed by the meat industry's research organization over a period of 15 years and is now ready for...
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Keywords:
Production;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Information Technology;
Product Marketing;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Upton, David M. "Cybertech Project (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 695-030, January 1995. (Revised June 1995.)
- May 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
BEA Systems, Inc.: Constant Reinvention to Cope with Market Waves
Developed in 1995 as a specialist software vendor, BEA Systems, Inc. had already transformed itself twice from a transaction processing product company to a server application provider. By July 2002, it had become the fastest company in history to reach $1 billion in...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Digital Platforms;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Management Practices and Processes;
Applications and Software;
Entrepreneurship;
Organizational Culture;
Web Services Industry;
Web Services Industry
Sull, Donald N., Ramiro Montealegre, and Jeannette Dale. "BEA Systems, Inc.: Constant Reinvention to Cope with Market Waves." Harvard Business School Case 803-118, May 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- 17 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?
who has studied how companies make organizational decisions in industries such as health care and education. “They are figuring out how to use the information of managers and combine it with this new technology.” Testing the testers To...
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- October 1971 (Revised September 1983)
- Case
Sturdivant Electric Corp.
By: Richard L. Nolan
A unit manager on a field computer installation job is faced with recurring conflict between a programmer and his immediate supervisor.
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Keywords:
Planning;
Rank and Position;
Problems and Challenges;
Conflict and Resolution;
Attitudes;
Jobs and Positions;
Management Teams;
Managerial Roles;
Public Relations Industry;
Public Relations Industry
Nolan, Richard L. "Sturdivant Electric Corp." Harvard Business School Case 172-123, October 1971. (Revised September 1983.)
- May 2008 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Chi Mei Optoelectronics
By: Willy C. Shih, Chintay Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Ho Howard Yu
Chi Mei is a Taiwanese industrial group that makes a major diversification into the technology intensive TFT-LCD flat panel display industry. Because the diversification is far away from its core competence in petrochemicals, it is an opportunity to examine how the...
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Supply Chain;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Information Technology;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry;
China;
South Korea;
Taiwan
Shih, Willy C., Chintay Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang, and Ho Howard Yu. "Chi Mei Optoelectronics." Harvard Business School Case 608-123, May 2008. (Revised December 2010.)
- February 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard's Merced Decision
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Matt Verlinden
Describes managing the threat of disruptive technology at the high end of the computer industry. Many aspects of the innovator's dilemma can be explored.
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Risk Management;
Disruptive Innovation;
Computer Industry;
United States
Christensen, Clayton M., and Matt Verlinden. "Hewlett-Packard's Merced Decision." Harvard Business School Case 699-011, February 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
- April 2004 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard-Compaq: The Merger Decision
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Jonathan Barnett
Hewlett-Packard's proposed $24 billion acquisition of rival Compaq marked the largest merger in the history of the computer industry. The merger was Hewlett-Packard's response to sweeping changes impacting the technology industry. The severity of the stock market's...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Computer Industry;
Computer Industry
Palepu, Krishna G., and Jonathan Barnett. "Hewlett-Packard-Compaq: The Merger Decision." Harvard Business School Case 104-048, April 2004. (Revised September 2004.)
- November 1997 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
MicroAge, Inc.: Orchestrating the Information Technology Value Chain
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kirk A. Goldman
MicroAge, Inc. started as a storefront in Tempe, AZ in 1976 selling personal computer kits to hobbyists. During their first year of operation, founders Jeff McKeever and Alan Hald sold $1.5 million worth of computer kits, priced at under $1,000 each. Twenty years...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Growth Management;
Risk Management;
Product;
Opportunities;
Horizontal Integration;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Technology Industry;
Arizona
Applegate, Lynda M., and Kirk A. Goldman. "MicroAge, Inc.: Orchestrating the Information Technology Value Chain." Harvard Business School Case 398-068, November 1997. (Revised May 2002.)
- February 1999 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Onsale, Inc.
By: Youngme E. Moon
Onsale has been a pioneer in electronic commerce, offering excess and refurbished goods using an online auction format. The company is now planning to become a player in the highly competitive world of first-run computer merchandise as well. However, unlike other...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Transformation;
Customers;
Brands and Branding;
Auctions;
Network Effects;
Strategic Planning;
Competitive Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Retail Industry
Moon, Youngme E. "Onsale, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 599-091, February 1999. (Revised May 1999.)
- January 1992 (Revised August 1992)
- Case
Lexon Corp. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine
A general manager at Lexon Computer Corp. must decide whether interception and surveillance of employees' e-mail is acceptable company practice, and whether to follow the advice of his computer operations manager who wants to fire the person who complained that the...
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Keywords:
Information;
Rights;
Managerial Roles;
Interpersonal Communication;
Employee Relationship Management;
Ethics;
Computer Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Lexon Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 392-071, January 1992. (Revised August 1992.)
- June 2009 (Revised June 2009)
- Supplement
iPremier (C): Denial of Service Attack (Graphic Novel Version)
By: Robert D. Austin, Richard Nolan and Michael Parent
Describes an IT security crisis, and raises issues of risk management, preparation for crisis, management of crises, computer security, and public disclosure of security risks.
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Keywords:
Safety;
Risk Management;
Information Technology;
Crisis Management;
Information Technology Industry
Austin, Robert D., Richard Nolan, and Michael Parent. "iPremier (C): Denial of Service Attack (Graphic Novel Version)." Harvard Business School Supplement 609-094, June 2009. (Revised June 2009.)
- June 2009 (Revised June 2009)
- Supplement
iPremier (B): Denial of Service Attack (Graphic Novel Version)
By: Richard Nolan, Robert D. Austin and Michael Parent
Describes an IT security crisis, and raises issues of risk management, preparation for crisis, management of crises, computer security, and public disclosure of security risks.
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Keywords:
Safety;
Risk Management;
Information Technology;
Crisis Management;
Information Technology Industry
Nolan, Richard, Robert D. Austin, and Michael Parent. "iPremier (B): Denial of Service Attack (Graphic Novel Version)." Harvard Business School Supplement 609-093, June 2009. (Revised June 2009.)
- April 2001
- Case
Technology Legend in China, A
Describes the sources of Legend's surge to dominance of the Chinese computer market and the subsequent split of distribution and manufacturing into Digital China and Legend Computing.
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Production;
Distribution;
Competitive Strategy;
Computer Industry;
China
Rukstad, Michael G., Henry Chen, Zhiyong Qin, Greg Ye, and Zheng Yin. "Technology Legend in China, A." Harvard Business School Case 701-052, April 2001.
- January 2004
- Case
Nokia and MIT's Project Oxygen (Abridged)
By: David B. Yoffie and Rebecca Henderson
Looks at how Nokia should respond to a future vision of computing and communications that was developed at MIT's Project Oxygen.
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Keywords:
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Adaptation;
Strategic Planning;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Rebecca Henderson. "Nokia and MIT's Project Oxygen (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 704-474, January 2004.
- February 1999 (Revised March 2000)
- Background Note
Changing Physician Behavior
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer
A review of strategies to change physician behavior including feedback, profiling, consensus-based guidelines, care paths, and computer systems. Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each observation.
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Bohmer, Richard M.J. "Changing Physician Behavior." Harvard Business School Background Note 699-124, February 1999. (Revised March 2000.)
- March 1996 (Revised February 1997)
- Case
Change Agent Program at Siemens Nixdorf, The
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, John F. McGuire and Afroze A Mohammed
To change its culture, the German computer giant Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems launched a program to train 21 "change agents" who would lead entrepreneurial projects designed to get results and to serve as models of a new style.
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Organizational Culture;
Training;
Leadership Development;
Programs;
Human Resources;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Business Model;
Computer Industry;
Germany
Kanter, Rosabeth M., John F. McGuire, and Afroze A Mohammed. "Change Agent Program at Siemens Nixdorf, The." Harvard Business School Case 396-203, March 1996. (Revised February 1997.)
- August 2008
- Supplement
Lenovo Chief Marketing Officer and Senior VP E-Commerce, Deepak Advani, Interviewed by Professor John Quelch
By: John A. Quelch
Professor John Quelch interviewed Lenovo CMO, Deepak Advani, regarding Lenovo's buy-out of IBM's personal computer business, and Lenovo's marketing strategy leading up to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
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Keywords:
Advertising;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Hardware;
Computer Industry;
China
Quelch, John A. "Lenovo Chief Marketing Officer and Senior VP E-Commerce, Deepak Advani, Interviewed by Professor John Quelch." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 509-711, August 2008.