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Reference no. 9-397-085
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School); Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 11 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Venture capital; Hiring; Organizational design; Product development; Horizontal integration
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Abstract

The Vermeer team is pleasantly surprised by the benefits and hospitality that their new surroundings offer. Their happiness is tempered, however, by discomfort with some elements of the 'Microsoft Way.' As the Vermeer engineers embark on a punishing schedule for the next release of their product, the Microsoft executives wonder whether the Vermeer team will be able to deliver on its promise.
Location:
Washington
Industry:
Software publishing
Other setting(s):
1996
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-600-152
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Steven C Wheelwright (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2000
Version: 8 June 2000
Length: 13 pages
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Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-806-176
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Paul W Marshall (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2006
Version: 27 April 2006
Length: 6 pages
Data source: Field research
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Case
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Reference no. 9-397-078
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School); Takia Mahmood (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 10 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Business policy; Organizational design; Acquisitions; Applications; Entrepreneurial finance; Venture capital; Entrepreneurship; Hiring; Product development
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-308-S14
Spanish language
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School); Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Revision date: 9-May-2019
Length: 12 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Venture capital; Hiring; Organizational design; Product development; Horizontal integration
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Compact case
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-397-079
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School); Takia Mahmood (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 3 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational design; Acquisitions; Venture capital; Entrepreneurship; Hiring
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-397-080
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School); Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 10 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Mergers and acquisitions; Hiring and recruitment; Organizational structure and design; Going public
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-397-081
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School); Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 6 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Acquisition; Computer software; Negotiation; Start-up; Decision making; Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Venture capital; Hiring; Organizational design
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-397-082
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School); Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 11 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Acquisition; Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Venture capital; Hiring; Organizational design; Product development; Horizontal integration; Value creation
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Reference no. 9-397-110
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School); Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 7 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Hiring; Organizational design; Product development; Start-up; Venture capital
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Compact case
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-397-121
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School); Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 1 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Acquisitions; Business policy; Entrepreneurship; Organizational design; Personnel selection; Software; Venture capital
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Abstract

The Vermeer team is pleasantly surprised by the benefits and hospitality that their new surroundings offer. Their happiness is tempered, however, by discomfort with some elements of the 'Microsoft Way.' As the Vermeer engineers embark on a punishing schedule for the next release of their product, the Microsoft executives wonder whether the Vermeer team will be able to deliver on its promise.

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Location:
Washington
Industry:
Software publishing
Other setting(s):
1996

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Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-600-152
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Steven C Wheelwright (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2000
Version: 8 June 2000
Length: 13 pages
View full details
Teaching note
-
Reference no. 5-806-176
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Paul W Marshall (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2006
Version: 27 April 2006
Length: 6 pages
Data source: Field research
View full details
Case
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Reference no. 9-397-078
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School); Takia Mahmood (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 10 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Business policy; Organizational design; Acquisitions; Applications; Entrepreneurial finance; Venture capital; Entrepreneurship; Hiring; Product development
View full details
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-308-S14
Spanish language
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School); Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Revision date: 9-May-2019
Length: 12 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Venture capital; Hiring; Organizational design; Product development; Horizontal integration
View full details
Compact case
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-397-079
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School); Takia Mahmood (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 3 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational design; Acquisitions; Venture capital; Entrepreneurship; Hiring
View full details
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-397-080
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School); Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 10 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Mergers and acquisitions; Hiring and recruitment; Organizational structure and design; Going public
View full details
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-397-081
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School); Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 6 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Acquisition; Computer software; Negotiation; Start-up; Decision making; Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Venture capital; Hiring; Organizational design
View full details
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-397-082
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School); Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 11 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Acquisition; Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Venture capital; Hiring; Organizational design; Product development; Horizontal integration; Value creation
View full details
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-397-110
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School); Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 7 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Hiring; Organizational design; Product development; Start-up; Venture capital
View full details
Compact case
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-397-121
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Georgia Levenson Keohane (Harvard Business School); Ashish Nanda (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 2 July 1997
Length: 1 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Acquisitions; Business policy; Entrepreneurship; Organizational design; Personnel selection; Software; Venture capital
View full details