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  • 1997
  • Chapter

On the Role of the Wiener Process in Finance Theory and Practice: The Case of Replicating Portfolios

By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
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  • January 1995 (Revised April 1996)
  • Background Note

Choreographing a Case Class

By: V. Kasturi Rangan
Compares four different approaches to case teaching: lecturing, theorizing, illustrating, and choreographing a case. Argues the advantages of the "choreography" method from the point of view of students' learning. Concludes with a description of that method and some... View Details
Keywords: Cases
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  • April 1994 (Revised January 1995)
  • Case

StarKist (A)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Forest L. Reinhardt
Set in April 1990, this case focuses on H.J. Heinz and its subsidiary, StarKist, the largest producer of canned tuna in the United States. During the 1980s, the public became increasingly concerned about tuna fishing practices that killed dolphins. StarKist was the... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Decision Choices and Conditions; Laws and Statutes; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Environmental Sustainability; Competition; Mexico; United States
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  • November 1993 (Revised July 1994)
  • Background Note

Adjusted Present Value Method for Capital Assets, The

By: Steven R. Fenster and Stuart C. Gilson
This case provides an explanation of the adjusted present value method for valuing capital assets. The authors believe this approach is generally simple and better for the complicated and changing capital structure found in restructuring. View Details
Keywords: Value; Capital; Assets
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  • September 1993 (Revised August 2011)
  • Exercise

ExtendSim® Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (A)

By: Roy D. Shapiro
First set of exercises meant to be used with ExtendSim, a simulation system created by Imagine That, Inc. of San Jose, California. These exercises allow students to investigate the impact of variable processing times on the performance of simple in-line processes.... View Details
Keywords: Operations; Business Processes; Performance; Mathematical Methods
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  • April 1993 (Revised July 1994)
  • Case

MathSoft, Inc. (A)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan
MathSoft's VP of sales has doubled the size of the company's direct field sales force to support the launch of a new, high-end workstation software product priced at almost $9,000. However, sales of the new product are far below plan. At the same time, the VP of... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Communication Strategy; Salesforce Management; Marketing Channels; Advertising; Product Launch; Information Technology Industry; Industrial Products Industry; United States
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  • May 1989 (Revised April 1998)
  • Case

Dynatronics, Inc.

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
The student must determine the financing requirements posed by growth, change of inventory policy, and introduction of new product and then select the best method of financing them. Has been used as a four-hour exam. A revised and updated version of an earlier case by... View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development; Product Launch
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  • September 1986 (Revised July 2001)
  • Case

Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Harry Gruner
As principals engaged in structuring leveraged buyouts for a well-capitalized risk arbitrage firm, Bob Meehan and George Schwartz are preparing to bid for the business and assets of a Westinghouse subsidiary. The case focuses on the value of the opportunity, methods of... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Bids and Bidding; Opportunities; Business Subsidiaries; Strategy; Valuation; Equity; Electronics Industry
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  • June 1984 (Revised October 1988)
  • Background Note

Introduction to Cases

By: Benson P. Shapiro
Introduces students and executives to the case method and provides a generalized approach to cases. View Details
Keywords: Cases
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  • 1978
  • Book

Quantitative Methods in Management: Text and Cases

By: Paul A. Vatter, Stephen P. Bradley, Sherwood C. Frey Jr. and Barbara B. Jackson
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes
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  • July 1975
  • Background Note

Introduction to the Case Method

By: Benson P. Shapiro
Guidelines to aid the student in analyzing a case situation by casting himself or herself in the role of protagonist, developing criteria for alternative decisions, and generalizing to other situations. View Details
Keywords: Cases
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  • August 1974 (Revised November 1974)
  • Case

Reynolds Construction Company

By: Paul W. Marshall
Deals with the use of critical path method for the construction of remote control building, which is part of a water purification system. Discusses the necessity of determining the shortest possible time in which a job could be done without spending more money. Case... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Construction; Cost Management; Time Management; Wastes and Waste Processing; System; Construction Industry
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  • Teaching Interest

Case Method Teaching

By: V.G. Narayanan
I like to offer seminars on Case Method Teaching to professors who would like to improve their case-method teaching. View Details
Keywords: Cases; Education Industry; India
  • Teaching Interest

Digital Marketing Strategy

By: John A. Deighton

When the tools of marketing change, strategies change too. The focus of this course is on firms trying to navigate the transition from offline to online market-making and strategy development. Our concern is primarily with corporations that have products and... View Details

  • Teaching Interest

FIELD 2 (Jakarta, Indonesia)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport

Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD) is a field course giving first-year students meaningful and numerous opportunities to act like leaders, translating their ideas into practice.

As a complement to the case method, the field method... View Details
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FIELD Foundations

By: Alison Wood Brooks

FIELD Foundations is a course for first-year MBA students in the Required Curriculum. As a complement to case method courses that students take in the first year of the MBA program, FIELD Foundations offers hands-on leadership practice and immersive team... View Details

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How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

By: Alison Wood Brooks

This is an Elective Curriculum course for HBS MBA students. People must converse effectively to achieve success in every aspect of business and life – from pitching ideas to giving feedback, brainstorming and making strategic decisions, from interviewing to firing.... View Details

Keywords: Conversation; Strategic Decisions; Interactions
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Overview

By: V.G. Narayanan
I teach accounting to MBA students, executives, and Harvard Extension School students. I teach topics from both financial and managerial accounting. I also personal financial planning to MBA students, and train professors on teaching by the case method. View Details
Keywords: Financial Accounting; Management Accounting; Financial Advisors; Case Method Teaching; India
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By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details

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By: Vincent Pons
Professor Pons studies questions in political economy and development with the goal of understanding how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.

He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details

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