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- March 2000 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Microsoft Office 2000: Multimedia
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Describes the history of Microsoft's Office product suite. Discusses evolution of the Office 2000 project. Set at the end of the project when Steven Sinofsky, Office vice president, must decide upon the direction for the next version of Office, as well as make changes...
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Keywords:
Applications and Software;
Product Development;
Innovation and Invention;
Change;
Information Technology Industry;
Washington (state, US)
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Microsoft Office 2000: Multimedia." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 600-023, March 2000. (Revised June 2000.)
- 2002
- Other Teaching and Training Material
The States vs. Microsoft
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
- October 2017
- Case
The Transformation of Microsoft
By: C. Fritz Foley, E. Scott Mayfield and F. Katelynn Boland
In early 2015, Amy Hood, CFO of Microsoft, and the rest of the senior leadership team faced a set of fundamental choices. The firm had opportunities to serve customers in ways that would be associated with higher growth but lower margin. Some of these opportunities...
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Keywords:
Growth;
Corporate Finance;
Valuation;
Growth Management;
Communication Strategy;
Transformation;
Information Technology Industry;
Computer Industry;
United States
Foley, C. Fritz, E. Scott Mayfield, and F. Katelynn Boland. "The Transformation of Microsoft." Harvard Business School Case 218-048, October 2017.
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
Want to get a heated debate going among technologists? Ask them this question: Can the open source software movement defeat (or severely cripple) Microsoft in the marketplace? With little academic attention focused on this question,...
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- 08 May 2018
- News
Microsoft Tries a New Role: Moral Leader
- June 1995 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Microsoft Corp.'s Pricing Policies
Describes the antitrust issues that arose in 1994 and 1995 with respect to Microsoft's marketing practices.
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McGahan, Anita M., and Julia Kou. "Microsoft Corp.'s Pricing Policies." Harvard Business School Case 795-173, June 1995. (Revised October 1999.)
- March 2024
- Teaching Note
CoPilot(s): Generative AI at Microsoft and GitHub
By: Frank Nagle and Maria P. Roche
This teaching note is the companion to case N9-624-010 CoPilot(s): Generative AI at Microsoft and GitHub, which takes place in late 2021. The case briefly describes the history of both GitHub and Microsoft with a particular focus on open source software (OSS)—software...
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- December 1997 (Revised December 1997)
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Goes Online: MSN 1996 Microsoft Goes Online: MSN 1997 TN
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for (9-798-019) and (9-798-035).
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Information Technology Industry
- 11 May 2017
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Microsoft
OrganizationSacha Nunn, MBA Recruiter, Microsoft Disclaimer: Microsoft is a big, diverse company with lots of recruiting voices. While we are all committed to our core values, the comments below are my...
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Keywords:
Technology
- September 2001 (Revised March 2006)
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Office 2000 TN
Teaching Note for (9-600-023), (9-600-097), and (9-600-502).
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- September 2001 (Revised September 2003)
- Case
Priceline.com v. Microsoft (B)
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Information Technology Industry
Bagley, Constance E., and Michael J. Roberts. "Priceline.com v. Microsoft (B)." Harvard Business School Case 802-082, September 2001. (Revised September 2003.)
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
Microsoft caused by (2) a defense personally led by Bill Gates and (3) by the failure of the company's board to provide counsel. In the case of a high-tech company where significant ownership rests in the hands of management (e.g...
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by James Heskett
- June 2023
- Case
Collaboration Wars: Slack vs. Microsoft Teams 2023
By: David B. Yoffie, Kriti Gupta, Mehek Punatar, Poonam Sacheti and Poorvi Vijay
What's the future of corporate communications? Email? Corporate messaging? The battle for corporate messaging in 2023 was stacking up as a fight between Slack, which had been recently acquired by Salesforce, and Microsoft Teams. This case explores a classic judo...
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Yoffie, David B., Kriti Gupta, Mehek Punatar, Poonam Sacheti, and Poorvi Vijay. "Collaboration Wars: Slack vs. Microsoft Teams 2023." Harvard Business School Case 723-457, June 2023.
- June 2018
- Teaching Note
The Transformation of Microsoft
By: C. Fritz Foley and F. Katelynn Boland
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-048. In early 2015, Amy Hood, CFO of Microsoft, and the rest of the senior leadership team faced a set of fundamental choices. The firm had opportunities to serve customers in ways that would be associated with higher growth but lower...
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- October 2012
- Case
Microsoft Office 2007 (Abridged)
By: Marco Iansiti and Bianca Buccitelli
A discussion of the history and processes behind the development of Microsoft's Office 12 software.
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Keywords:
History;
Applications and Software;
Research and Development;
Business Processes;
Product Development
Iansiti, Marco, and Bianca Buccitelli. "Microsoft Office 2007 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 613-061, October 2012.
- August 2000
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Latin America TN
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Alberto Ballve
Teaching Note for (9-100-040).
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- March 1997 (Revised April 2001)
- Supplement
Microsoft in the People's Republic of China: 1998 Update
By: Tarun Khanna and Danielle J. Melito
Provides an update to Microsoft in the People's Republic of China--1993.
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Keywords:
Applications and Software;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Information Technology Industry;
China
Khanna, Tarun, and Danielle J. Melito. "Microsoft in the People's Republic of China: 1998 Update." Harvard Business School Supplement 797-107, March 1997. (Revised April 2001.)
- January 2020 (Revised March 2020)
- Teaching Note
Commercial Sales Transformation at Microsoft
By: Doug J. Chung
Teaching Note for HBS No. 519-054.
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- 23 Aug 2013
- News
CEO Ballmer to leave Microsoft
- May 2024
- Case
Leading Culture Change at Microsoft Western Europe
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Cat Huang
In 2023, Cindy Rose, President of Microsoft Western Europe, faced a critical decision. Rose grappled with the potential impact of widespread layoffs on psychological safety and thecultural transformation she had championed since her arrival. When Rose had first joined...
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