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- February 2003 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Jim McCusker must guide a group decision-making process aimed at getting input and buy-in from key people in California, Mexico, and Austria to choose a shop floor IT system for Flextronics. McCusker is Flextronics' account manager for the Microsoft Xbox project....
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Keywords:
Groups and Teams;
Decision Making;
Power and Influence;
Geographic Location;
Problems and Challenges;
Leadership;
California;
Mexico;
Austria
Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox." Harvard Business School Case 403-090, February 2003. (Revised August 2004.)
- 26 Feb 2009
- News
Does Microsoft really want to be the next RCA?
- 09 Sep 2019
- News
How Top-Valued Microsoft Has Avoided the Big Tech Backlash
- 18 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope: Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM
- April 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Supplement
AT&T v. Microsoft (B): District Court Ruling and Appeal
By: Willy C. Shih
The (B) case follows the course of Microsoft's settlement with AT&T, and its appeal in the issue of foreign replicated software that eventually goes to the U.S. Supreme Court. It is intended for follow-up the discussion of the (A) case with what happened, examining a...
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Keywords:
Patents;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Conflict and Resolution;
Competitive Strategy;
Technology Industry
Shih, Willy C. "AT&T v. Microsoft (B): District Court Ruling and Appeal." Harvard Business School Supplement 608-081, April 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
- October 2005 (Revised October 2005)
- Supplement
Microsoft in the People's Republic of China: 2005 Update
By: Tarun Khanna and Elizabeth Raabe
Khanna, Tarun, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Microsoft in the People's Republic of China: 2005 Update." Harvard Business School Supplement 706-429, October 2005. (Revised October 2005.)
- May 1993 (Revised May 1994)
- Case
Microsoft Word for MS-DOS Systems: Changing the User Interface?
Dhebar, Anirudh S. "Microsoft Word for MS-DOS Systems: Changing the User Interface?" Harvard Business School Case 593-114, May 1993. (Revised May 1994.)
- 15 Jun 2016
- News
Microsoft is buying itself about 400 million new friends
- 04 Feb 2022
- Video
A Conversation with Satya Nadella, Microsoft Chairman and CEO
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Books: Judo Strategy
Netscape’s head of engineering how he could ever hope to compete successfully with Microsoft, given the dominant position of Windows, he gave a very judo-like answer. ‘You can look at Microsoft’s operating system as an asset, or you can think of Windows as a liability...
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- 11 Feb 2022
- News
A Conversation with Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft
- 24 Aug 2013
- News
Ballmer Exit Leaves Microsoft Searching for Hero in PC Slump
- 27 Aug 2013
- News
Here's What Microsoft Should Consider When Picking Its Next CEO
- 21 May 2009
- News
Obama's Tax Proposal Won't Create U.S. Jobs, GE, Microsoft Say
- 13 Apr 2015
- News
How Bill Gates' singular focus both helped and hurt Microsoft
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
It was a giddy time that presaged a new frontier, when a tinkering youth would become an international monopolist, and hundreds like him, eager for the quick riches that appeared inevitable, would start new businesses based on a revolutionary technology. Countless...
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- 24 Jul 2018
- News
How Amy Hood Won Back Wall Street and Helped Reboot Microsoft
A recent Bloomberg profile of Microsoft CFO Amy Hood (MBA 1999) offers an inside look at how the 16-year company veteran has worked to redefine the tech giant. Hood’s tenure as CFO began with an immediate challenge, as detailed in the...
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- 2012
- Chapter
Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope: Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM
By: Timothy F. Bresnahan, Shane Greenstein and Rebecca M. Henderson
We address a longstanding question about the causes of creative destruction. Dominant incumbent firms, long successful in an existing technology, are often much less successful in new technological eras. This is puzzling, since a cursory analysis would suggest that...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Opportunities;
Competition;
Information Technology;
Innovation and Management;
Organizations;
Relationships;
Information Technology Industry
Bresnahan, Timothy F., Shane Greenstein, and Rebecca M. Henderson. "Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope: Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM." In The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern. University of Chicago Press, 2012.