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- July–August 2021
- Article
Lowering the Bar? External Conditions, Opportunity Costs, and High-Tech Startup Outcomes
By: Annamaria Conti and Maria P. Roche
We assess the heterogeneous impact of economic downturns on individuals’ decisions to bring high-technology ideas to the market in the form of new ventures. We thereby examine how worsening labor market conditions influence individuals’ opportunity costs of starting...
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Keywords:
Necessity Entrepreneurship;
Economic Conditions;
Recessions;
High-tech Startups;
Opportunity Costs;
Entrepreneurship;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Business Startups;
Information Technology;
Performance;
Labor
Conti, Annamaria, and Maria P. Roche. "Lowering the Bar? External Conditions, Opportunity Costs, and High-Tech Startup Outcomes." Organization Science 32, no. 4 (July–August 2021): 965–986.
- Article
Innovation Contests for High-Tech Procurement
By: Jin Hyun Paik, Martin Scholl, Rinat A. Sergeev, Steven Randazzo and Karim R. Lakhani
Innovation managers rarely use crowdsourcing as an innovative instrument despite extensive academic and theoretical research. The lack of tools available to compare and measure crowdsourcing, specifically contests, against traditional methods of procuring goods and...
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Keywords:
Open Innovation;
Contests;
Crowdsourcing;
Nasa;
Evaluation;
Acquisition;
Information Technology;
Innovation and Invention;
Performance Evaluation;
Framework
Hyun Paik, Jin, Martin Scholl, Rinat A. Sergeev, Steven Randazzo, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Innovation Contests for High-Tech Procurement." Research-Technology Management 63, no. 2 (March–April 2020): 36–45.
- 22 Jan 2014
- News
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
- 01 Apr 2011
- News
High-tech tools for change
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Developing High-Tech Talent
through specialized training, such as carpenters, electricians, and pharmacy technicians. In today’s tech-heavy work environments, however, apprenticeships should not be limited to these trade occupations, Fuller argues, noting that apprenticeships are emerging in...
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Dan Morrell
- 2016
- Chapter
The Origins of High-Tech Venture Investing in America
By: Tom Nicholas
The United States has developed an unparalleled environment for the provision of high-tech investment finance. Today it is reflected in the strength of agglomeration economies in Silicon Valley, but historically its origins lay in the East Coast. Notably, immediate...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Information Technology;
History;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Nicholas, Tom. "The Origins of High-Tech Venture Investing in America." In Financial Market History: Reflections on the Past for Investors Today, edited by David Chambers and Elroy Dimson, 227–241. CFA Institute Research Foundation, 2016.
- Summer 2018
- Article
Why High-Tech Commoditization Is Accelerating
By: Willy C. Shih
Knowledge embedded within state-of-the-art production and design tools is a powerful force that is leveling the global technology playing field. It democratizes innovation and makes future competition more challenging. This paper describes the knowledge flows through...
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Keywords:
Product Design;
Product Commercialization;
Product Development;
Product Development Strategy;
Production;
Manufacturing Tools;
Manufacturing;
Manufacturing Industry;
Engineering;
Globalization;
Goods and Commodities;
Knowledge;
Commercialization;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Information Infrastructure;
Technology Adoption;
Consumer Products Industry;
Auto Industry;
Semiconductor Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
North America;
Asia
Shih, Willy C. "Why High-Tech Commoditization Is Accelerating." Art. 59420. MIT Sloan Management Review 59, no. 4 (Summer 2018): 53–58.
- October 1987
- Background Note
High-Tech vs. Low-Tech Marketing: Where's the Beef?
Intended to demystify the notion of high-tech marketing. Its first objective is to clarify the definition of high-tech marketing. Second, it provides a new framework for evaluating the question: "How is high-tech marketing different from traditional marketing...
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Kosnik, Thomas J., and Rowland T. Moriarty Jr. "High-Tech vs. Low-Tech Marketing: Where's the Beef?" Harvard Business School Background Note 588-012, October 1987.
- 04 Sep 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Some Facts of High-Tech Patenting
- March 1988
- Article
Battlefields of the High-tech War
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Keywords:
War
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Battlefields of the High-tech War." Tsūsan jānaru [Tsūsan Journal] (March 1988).
- 31 May 2018
- News
Why High-Tech Commoditization Is Accelerating
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
Many high-tech companies in the United States look overseas to fill talent gaps in their employment ranks by hiring skilled immigrants, often sponsoring the visas these workers need to live in this country. Critics say this can create an...
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- 2018
- Working Paper
Some Facts of High-Tech Patenting
By: Michael Webb, Nick Short, Nicholas Bloom and Josh Lerner
Patenting in software, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence has grown rapidly in recent years. Such patents are acquired primarily by large U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Microsoft, Google, and HP, as well as by Japanese multinationals such as Sony, Canon,...
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Webb, Michael, Nick Short, Nicholas Bloom, and Josh Lerner. "Some Facts of High-Tech Patenting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-014, August 2018. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 24793, July 2018.)
- October 1998 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Austin, Texas: Building a High-Tech Economy
By: Bruce R. Scott and Srinivas Sunder
Members of the community decide to try to diversify the economy of Austin, Texas, by welcoming high-technology firms and by augmenting the electrical engineering faculty at University of Texas--Austin.
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Diversification;
Information Technology;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Engineering;
Technological Innovation;
Competitive Advantage;
Higher Education;
Texas
Scott, Bruce R., and Srinivas Sunder. "Austin, Texas: Building a High-Tech Economy." Harvard Business School Case 799-038, October 1998. (Revised June 2002.)
- December 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Wyndham International: Fostering High-Touch with High-Tech
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Gabriele Piccoli
Examines a hotel chain's attempt to use information technology to achieve market dominance and build customer loyalty during a period of global industry decline.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Competitive Strategy;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Technological Innovation;
Information Technology;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Accommodations Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Gabriele Piccoli. "Wyndham International: Fostering High-Touch with High-Tech." Harvard Business School Case 803-092, December 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
- 22 Oct 2010
- News
Baker, Patrick vie for high-tech edge
- January 2003
- Teaching Note
Wyndham International: Fostering High-Touch with High-Tech (TN)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Gabriel Piccoli
Teaching Note for (9-803-092).
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Accommodations Industry
- August 1986
- Article
Global High-tech Sangyou: Kawaritsutsu aru Kyousou no Gensoku (Global High-tech Industries: Changing Paradigms of Competition)
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Global High-tech Sangyou: Kawaritsutsu aru Kyousou no Gensoku (Global High-tech Industries: Changing Paradigms of Competition)." Hitotsubashi bijinesu rebyū [Hitotsubashi Business Review] (August 1986).
- 10 Jun 2015
- News
High-Tech Tools Won’t Automatically Improve Your Operations
- June 10, 2015
- Article
High-Tech Tools Won't Automatically Improve Your Operations
By: Stefan Thomke
Thomke, Stefan. "High-Tech Tools Won't Automatically Improve Your Operations." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 10, 2015).