This month’s question brought out both the poets and the engineers among respondents. The rapid pace of new technology adoption within organizations implies change for management and society, says HBS professor Jim Heskett. How does change affect the open sharing of information? (Forum now closed; next forum begins May 1.)
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The Business of Free Software: Enterprise Incentives, Investment, and Motivation in the Open Source Community
IBM has contributed more than $1 billion to the development and promotion of the Linux operating system, and other vendors such as Sun are ramping up open source software efforts and investment. Why do information technology vendors that have traditionally sold proprietary software invest millions of dollars in OSS? Where have they chosen to invest, […]
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Scale without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics
Over the past ten years there’s been a clear link between IT investment and productivity growth in the U.S. economy. But what impact has IT had on competition? This paper identifies several recent changes in the competitive dynamics of U.S. industries and shows that they are associated with IT intensity; the more IT and industry […]
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Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates
Users of online dating sites often struggle to find love because the sites themselves make it more difficult than it needs to be. To the rescue: Virtual Dates, an online ice-breaker from Jeana Frost of Boston University, Michael Norton of HBS, and Dan Ariely of MIT. Key concepts include:
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Why IT Matters in Midsized Firms
What does IT actually contribute to a business? Is IT a commodity like electricity or is it a crucial element of competitive advantage? In a study of over 600 medium-sized global firms to analyze the business benefits that IT can enable, the authors found that IT capability was key to profitable business growth. This was […]
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Information Technology Ecosystem Health and Performance
An IT ecosystem is “the network of organizations that drives the creation and delivery of information technology products and services.” To understand the health and well being of the IT industry in the context of an ecosystem, the authors looked at three crucial IT ecosystem metrics: productivity, robustness, and innovation. Key concepts include:
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‘Multi-touch’ touchscreen
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Electronic Musical Instruments And Interfaces
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Led Eyes
Each of the screens stores an indexed set of images of each eye in almost every conceivable orientation and degree of closure. This means that each of the ‘eyes’ can be animated in real-time. An object-tracking camera and small microphones sense activity in front of the screens, potentially enabling the eyes to follow people as […]
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