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- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
cities” field. “I wanted to explore the opportunities and challenges of selling to government in a company that is moving from selling hardware in big chunks to selling software as a service,” says Weiss, the MBA Class of 1961 Senior...
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- 10 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
space and development tools in the cloud and scale up as needed rather than purchasing their own expensive hardware and software. By comparing rates of investment before and after AWS was introduced in 2006, Nanda and his colleagues could...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
These Walls Can Talk
that is forecasted to grow to almost $39 billion in the next five years. Shortly after Liang joined SmartThings, Samsung purchased the two-year-old company for a rumored $200 million. SmartThings sells a hardware hub to network your...
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April White
- 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...
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Dan Morrell
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
supporting the development of firms in the adjacent hardware and software communities. By following a successful and focused niche strategy, NVIDIA built a firm foundation for the next step: the transformation of its niche into an...
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by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
versus Apple terms: Should AGR adopt a Microsoft Windows–style ecosystem, where it focuses on its core platform (Burro) but shares data with partners that could build out additional tools? Or should it take the Apple approach of owning all the View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
from its historical competence in hardware to become a provider of hardware and software for managing transactions across a range of industries and payments methods. Nuti envisioned a world in which...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
covering U.S. IT hardware companies, thinks about the challenges and opportunities presented by the firm's new office in Hong Kong. Sacconaghi was previously the only analyst covering IT hardware companies...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business
less, attractive. Hardware and software are complements. So are hot dogs and mustard, cars and car loans, cable television and TV Guide, the Internet and high-capacity digital phone lines, catalogues and overnight delivery services - even...
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Powerful Ideas - Annual Report 2014
faculty had spearheaded. Within four months, there were more than 15,000 orders for the findings. A follow-up study in 1914 engaged more than 14,000 grocers, and reports in the ensuing years added wholesale shoe firms and grocers, retail general stores, View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Entrepreneur's Notebook with Kevin Przybocki (MBA '91)
test network software and hardware by injecting impairments like errors or delays into network traffic on fiber-optic or copper cable. If you are an equipment maker or network manager, you can use our product to make sure your routers or...
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- 06 Apr 2016
- What Do You Think?
As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?
expert hackers apparently have found a way to neutralize the security features of the iPhone, overcoming a combination of software and hardware designed to disable the phone after 10 attempts to enter possible passwords. One problem for...
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- 15 May 2017
- Blog Post
Exploring Career Options at HBS
future is to launch and/or grow a business that helps people live healthier lives. I spent the summer at McKinsey in New York, with a hope to get exposure to different industries and function areas, as well as to expand my network in the healthcare View Details
- 15 May 2015
- Blog Post
Tips for Applying to Business School
"hardware" (class structure, clubs, student organizations, etc.) and "software" (culture). I ultimately decided that the HBS hardware – including the case method, Social Enterprise Initiative, and mix of required and...
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- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
for Microsoft. Alas, when it comes to embracing the latest technology, consumer hardware and corporate software are as different as apples and orang well, as different as Apples and corporate software. "Software is the method by...
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- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407128 Intel 2006: Rising to the Graphics Challenge Harvard Business School Case 607-136 Examines the evolution of the PC hardware industry over the span of two and a half...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?
to this point? First of all, we need to understand that "hardware is no good if it just sits in the corner," said Salinas, and we should focus on getting teachers ready to use it. Hardware is no good if it just sits in the...
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Tools & Services | Information Technology
training sessions and register to attend. Server & Storage Management Request support for physical hardware that provides core infrastructure services to the HBS community. Identity & Access Management Explore the suite of tools and...
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- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
software. And many hardware vendors trumpet their ability to execute these algorithms or store their output quicker, faster and cheaper. New algorithms are seductive in exactly the same way features on a new car are seductive. But let's...
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by Andrew McAfee
- 18 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Innovating in the Hot Market of Cold Brew
becoming consultants at major firms, it’s wild to think we’re going into hardware – the kind that makes coffee. But this is where we find ourselves. Olivia and I founded Jova to make a better cold brew device. People go nuts for their...
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