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- August 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Exercise
Data Analysis Exercise
By: Frances X. Frei
Frei, Frances X. "Data Analysis Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 606-034, August 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- March 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Background Note
Activity-Based Costing and Capacity
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Discusses the use of budgeted rather than historical data in an activity-based costing (ABC) model and argues for calculating rates using practical capacity, not actual utilization. An ABC model need not be limited to analysis of historical data. When cost driver rates...
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Activity-Based Costing and Capacity." Harvard Business School Background Note 105-059, March 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- February 2005 (Revised November 2006)
- Background Note
Using Data Desk for Statistical Analysis
By: Frances X. Frei and Dennis Campbell
Describes how to use the Data Desk software package to perform statistical analysis.
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Keywords:
Mathematical Methods
Frei, Frances X., and Dennis Campbell. "Using Data Desk for Statistical Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 605-060, February 2005. (Revised November 2006.)
- October 2004
- Article
Are Politicians Really Paid Like Bureaucrats?
By: Rafael Di Tella and Raymond Fisman
We provide the first empirical analysis of gubernatorial pay. Using U.S. data for 1950-90, we document substantial variation in the wages of politicians, both across states and overtime. Gubernatorial wages respond to changes in state income per capita and taxes. We...
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Di Tella, Rafael, and Raymond Fisman. "Are Politicians Really Paid Like Bureaucrats?" Journal of Law & Economics 47, no. 2 (October 2004): 477–514.
- October 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Administrative Data Project (A)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donald E. Heller
Encourages analysis of the implementation of a large technical infrastructure and process transformation project within a university setting. Enables an instructor to teach change management, leadership, and technical project management skills.
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Keywords:
Teaching;
Change Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Transformation;
Learning;
Competency and Skills;
Leadership Development;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Education Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Donald E. Heller. "Administrative Data Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 803-051, October 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
- August 2002 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Great Dakota Bank: Online Banking
By: Frances X. Frei, Youngme E. Moon and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
In 2002, Great Dakota Bank's retail division is considering how heavily it should be promoting the company's online banking service. A recent promotional campaign appears to have significantly increased enrollments in online banking, but it is unclear whether the bank...
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Keywords:
Banks and Banking;
Internet and the Web;
Customer Relationship Management;
Consumer Behavior;
Demand and Consumers;
Technological Innovation;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Customer Satisfaction;
Management;
Service Operations;
Banking Industry
Frei, Frances X., Youngme E. Moon, and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "Great Dakota Bank: Online Banking." Harvard Business School Case 603-011, August 2002. (Revised June 2006.)
- October 2001 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
Pilgrim Bank (A): Customer Profitability
By: Frances X. Frei and Dennis Campbell
Provides a context in which students can explore managerial decision making that is critically informed by data analysis. The setting is a retail bank and the decision making relates to the bank's policy toward online banking. The management team is evaluating whether...
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Frei, Frances X., and Dennis Campbell. "Pilgrim Bank (A): Customer Profitability." Harvard Business School Case 602-104, October 2001. (Revised October 2017.)
- February 2001
- Case
PlanetFeedback: The Voice of One ... The Power of Many (A)
By: James L. Heskett
The management of PlanetFeedback in proposes a merger with Intelliseek. Their goal is to create a comprehensive C2B and B2B business focused on the generation and analysis for business clients of consumer feedback data via the Internet, Planet Feedback's board of...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decisions;
Information Management;
Analytics and Data Science;
Business Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology Industry
Heskett, James L. "PlanetFeedback: The Voice of One ... The Power of Many (A)." Harvard Business School Case 901-051, February 2001.
- October 2000 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
BizRate.com
By: Youngme E. Moon
BizRate is a market research firm that collects point-of-purchase customer feedback data from retailing merchants. It then makes its findings available to consumers in the form of "BizRate star ratings," which are displayed on its website. To date, its primary revenue...
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Keywords:
Business Education;
Marketing Channels;
Internet and the Web;
Customer Relationship Management;
Trust;
Business Model;
Marketing Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Business Divisions;
Debates;
Retail Industry
Moon, Youngme E. "BizRate.com." Harvard Business School Case 501-024, October 2000. (Revised March 2001.)
- Article
Measurement of Multiple Sites in Service Firms with Data Envelopment Analysis
By: R. Metters, F. Frei and V. Vargas
Metters, R., F. Frei, and V. Vargas. "Measurement of Multiple Sites in Service Firms with Data Envelopment Analysis." Production and Operations Management 8, no. 3 (Fall 1999): 264–281.
- October 1993 (Revised August 1996)
- Background Note
Forecasting with Regression Analysis
Provides an example of regression in one of its most important roles. Relating probabilistic forecasts based on past data to decision analysis.
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Keywords:
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Analytics and Data Science;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Mathematical Methods
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Forecasting with Regression Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 894-007, October 1993. (Revised August 1996.)
- September 1992
- Case
Vintage Directions, Inc.
Focuses on the problem of determining whether to continue with a start-up after the first market test. The company has seen product success but is far from break-even and needs additional financing. Focuses on opportunity analysis and the use of market data to assess...
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Keywords:
Product Launch;
Product Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Business or Company Management
Stevenson, Howard H. "Vintage Directions, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 393-043, September 1992.
- July 1991
- Case
Managing the U.S. Dollar in the 1980s
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Provides numerical data and alternative explanations concerning the U.S. dollar's rise and subsequent fall in value from 1981 through 1987. Students are challenged to study the evidence and make their own inferences concerning the dollar's movements and the degree of...
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Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Managing the U.S. Dollar in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Case 292-001, July 1991.
- May 1990 (Revised September 1994)
- Background Note
Note on Financial Reporting Strategy and Analysis When Managers Have Proprietary Information
Provides a framework that helps explain these real-world observations about accounting and financial statement analysis. When managers have superior information on firms' strategies, and when investors suspect that managers have incentives not to fully disclose this...
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Palepu, Krishna G. "Note on Financial Reporting Strategy and Analysis When Managers Have Proprietary Information." Harvard Business School Background Note 190-188, May 1990. (Revised September 1994.)
- May 1985
- Supplement
Milford Industries (A1)
By: Robert J. Dolan
Presents the salesforce performance data of the Milford (A) case in a format suitable for spreadsheet analysis using a personal computer.
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Keywords:
Managerial Roles;
Salesforce Management;
Resignation and Termination;
Performance Evaluation
Dolan, Robert J. "Milford Industries (A1)." Harvard Business School Supplement 585-138, May 1985.
- January 1980 (Revised August 1986)
- Case
General Electric vs. Westinghouse in Large Turbine Generators (A)
Describes the U.S. large turbine generator industry in early 1963, a period of severe price cutting and depressed industry conditions. Presents data to allow a structural analysis of the industry and an analysis of the strategies of the major players since 1946. The...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Machinery and Machining;
Cost Management;
Price;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Marketing Strategy;
Industry Structures;
Competition;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Porter, Michael E. "General Electric vs. Westinghouse in Large Turbine Generators (A)." Harvard Business School Case 380-128, January 1980. (Revised August 1986.)
- July 1976 (Revised April 1983)
- Case
Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A)
By: Michael Beer
Describes a division of Corning Glass Works that finds itself with deep financial and organizational problems. Severe conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. Provides sufficient...
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Employees;
Working Conditions;
Business or Company Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Beer, Michael. "Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A)." Harvard Business School Case 477-024, July 1976. (Revised April 1983.)
- September 1972 (Revised February 1984)
- Case
Blanchard Importing and Distribution Co., Inc.
By: Paul W. Marshall
Illustration of the two main types of errors resulting from use of the economic order quantity (EOQ) as a tool in production scheduling. Designed to permit class discussion to begin with a consideration of one common type of mistake, errors in calculation of the EOQ...
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Marshall, Paul W. "Blanchard Importing and Distribution Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 673-033, September 1972. (Revised February 1984.)
- Forthcoming
- Article
Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences
By: Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin and Suraj Srinivasan
This paper examines determinants and consequences of hedge fund activism, focusing on activist directors, i.e., directors appointed in response to activist demands. Using a sample of 3,259 activism events from 2004 to 2016, we identify 1,623 activist directors....
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Gow, Ian D., Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences." Review of Accounting Studies (forthcoming). (Pre-published online July 12, 2023.)
- Teaching Interest
Data Science for Managers
By: Chiara Farronato
This new course is taught as a required course in the first year MBA curriculum as of a.y. 2023-2024. It provides students with the foundations of data science to become effective data-driven managers. The course covers the basics of visualization, statistical and...
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