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- 16 Mar 2021
- News
How Microsoft stays on Washington’s good side
- January 2013
- Supplement
Microsoft Server & Tools (B)
By: Marco Iansiti and Alain Serels
Supplement for case 613031. Update on progress of Microsoft's Server & Tools Business through July 2011. Satya Nadella and his team explore whether or not to support Linux on Windows Azure.
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Disruptive Innovation;
Information Technology;
Information Technology Industry
Iansiti, Marco, and Alain Serels. "Microsoft Server & Tools (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 613-046, January 2013.
- 02 Aug 2023
- Podcast
Going Carbon Negative at Microsoft
Formerly Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Officer, and now Chief Sustainability Officer & Senior Managing Director at Haveli Investments, Lucas Joppa discusses the strategies and tools Microsoft developed to meet its ambitious carbon negative goals, including setting an...
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- 15 Apr 2014
- HBS Seminar
Duncan Watts, Microsoft Research NYC
- November 1997
- Case
Microsoft Goes Online: MSN 1996
By: David B. Yoffie
Explores Microsoft's decision to enter the online services industry in the light of its competition and the growing importance of the Internet. Significant issues include the cost and availability of content, telecomm/Internet access costs, competition with the World...
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Keywords:
Cost Management;
Growth and Development;
Market Entry and Exit;
Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Web;
Information Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Microsoft Goes Online: MSN 1996." Harvard Business School Case 798-019, November 1997.
- November 1990 (Revised May 1994)
- Case
Microsoft Corp.: Office Business Unit
By: Marco Iansiti
Describes the development of a new word processing software package, Word for Windows. The major focus is how the development process should be improved to reduce schedule slips and cost overruns. Some of the issues raised are: the use of schedules in managing...
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Keywords:
Communication Strategy;
Cost Management;
Business or Company Management;
Time Management;
Product Development;
Programs;
Projects;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Information Technology Industry
Iansiti, Marco. "Microsoft Corp.: Office Business Unit." Harvard Business School Case 691-033, November 1990. (Revised May 1994.)
- November 2019 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
Microsoft Azure and the Cloud Wars
By: Andy Wu and Cindy Na
Wu, Andy, and Cindy Na. "Microsoft Azure and the Cloud Wars." Harvard Business School Case 720-409, November 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
- 05 Sep 2008
- News
Microsoft Works to Perfect Windows Vista
- April 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Competition Policy in the European Union and the Power of Microsoft
By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Michelle Kalka
Focuses on a decision by the European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti about U.S.-based Microsoft Corp. Sun has complained to the commission that Microsoft has installed components in its desktop operating system that only "talk" to Microsoft operating systems for...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Law;
Emerging Markets;
Information Technology;
Policy;
Computer Industry;
Electronics Industry;
European Union;
United States
Rotemberg, Julio J., and Michelle Kalka. "Competition Policy in the European Union and the Power of Microsoft." Harvard Business School Case 701-043, April 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Ballmer’s game plan to put Microsoft back on top
- August 2007 (Revised December 2007)
- Case
Microsoft in China and India, 1993-2007
By: Tarun Khanna and Prithwiraj Choudhury
Relates to Microsoft's expansion in China and India in the period 1993-2007 and the strategic issues faced by multinationals in emerging markets.
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Keywords:
Expansion;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Emerging Markets;
Information Technology Industry;
China;
India
Khanna, Tarun, and Prithwiraj Choudhury. "Microsoft in China and India, 1993-2007." Harvard Business School Case 708-444, August 2007. (Revised December 2007.)
- May 1993
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Corporation: Office Business Unit (TN)
By: Marco Iansiti
Teaching Note for (9-691-033).
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Keywords:
Information Technology Industry
- February 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Case
Microsoft in the People's Republic of China, 1993
By: Tarun Khanna
Explores some of the economic and political tradeoffs that need to be negotiated by a firm seeking to influence industry structure. The setting is the nascent personal computer software industry in the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1993. Microsoft has to localize...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Product Marketing;
Market Entry and Exit;
Market Transactions;
Industry Structures;
Partners and Partnerships;
Vertical Integration;
Software;
Information Technology Industry;
China
Khanna, Tarun. "Microsoft in the People's Republic of China, 1993." Harvard Business School Case 795-115, February 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- February 2009
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Xbox: Changing the Game? (TN)
By: Andrei Hagiu
Teaching Note for [707501].
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- November 1999
- Case
Microsoft Corporation: Testing the New Paradigm
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords:
Computer Industry
Hawkins, David F. "Microsoft Corporation: Testing the New Paradigm." Harvard Business School Case 100-053, November 1999.
- October 1998 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Microsoft in Transition: Bill Gates's Leadership
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Takia Mahmood
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Takia Mahmood. "Microsoft in Transition: Bill Gates's Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 399-057, October 1998. (Revised March 1999.)
- 30 Mar 2011
- News
Microsoft Co-Founder Hits Out at Gates
- 29 Nov 2018
- News
Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen?
- 02 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top
off by disruptive technologies. Critics often argue that Microsoft can't innovate its way out of a paper bag—instead it has used its monopoly position to stamp out competition and force an industry to bend to its standards. But now comes...
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by Sean Silverthorne