Case Method - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation

incentives for them to work on a solution. And when I was thinking systematically about where else I could look, I discovered a company, InnoCentive.com, that took problems in R&D labs and broadcast them to outsiders. So the study was a direct port of both the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

paper I just assumed that noncompetes were an invention of modern—especially high tech—companies. But as you make clear, noncompetes have enjoyed a long history. How and why did they arise? A: The earliest recorded noncompete case was... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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HBS Partner Feature: Love Doesn’t Need a Zip Code - MBA

Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to... View Details

21 Dec 2018
Blog Post

Digital Transformation - HBS Online

Courses HBS Online HBSO Others Considered more impactful than other online programs by learners* Yes No The preferred brand among prospective online learners* Yes No Reimagined the case study method through... View Details

02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

AI oversight and regulation. At least that’s the impression created by a small sample of comments on this month’s column. Sandeep made the case for an AI czar. “Any public servant is accountable to you and me and we can fire him and find... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

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Benefits | Information Technology

the HBS Live Online Classroom production team allows instructors to be completely free of technology responsibilities, so they can focus on discussions and make deep, one-to-one connections. Dynamic case teaching, the way View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes

folks aren’t without blame. Because of their need to be on-the-ground, in-the-moment thinkers, it can be difficult to get them to look beyond the next handshake and sealed deal. To combat this, Cespedes has written Aligning Strategy and Sales as a kind of View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; faculty research; faculty books

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Annual Report 2019 - Annual Report 2019

with junior and senior colleagues on their experiences in doing academic research and their career trajectories. Most relevant for those slated to begin teaching in the fall, START included an immersion in teaching by the case View Details

19 May 2016
Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

spending time with each other, those can be overcome.” The panelists also discussed the possibility of collaborating on teaching methods. For instance, some SEAS classes could adopt Harvard Business School’s case View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel

19 Jun 2018
Research Event

Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?

continue to deteriorate sharply despite decades of talk about business and sustainability. Participants eschewed focusing on the handful of win/win cases to explore why attention to environmental sustainability is just plain hard. Some of... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Energy

24 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 24

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-013.pdf A Reexamination of Tunneling and Business Groups: New Data and New Methods Authors:Jordan Siegel and Prithwiraj Choudhury Abstract The last decade of corporate governance research has been... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Matt Thurmond

list. "Its vision aligns with my ideals: leaders who make a difference in the world. I don't measure my progress by compensation or titles, but by what I do to help society." In addition, "The case View Details

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Caitlin Reimers

leadership — to a deep understanding of how peers and colleagues see problems — "the case method is really powerful," Cait says. "You see three or four problems every day and with them, thirty... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

My HBS Eureka Moment

that point and have tried to use that lesson throughout my life. See Every Side Jacqueline Beato (MBA 2009) THE GREATEST LESSON I took from the case study method at HBS is that opposing viewpoints are all... View Details

Keywords: Walter Frese; Martin V. Marshall; C. Roland Christensen; Lawrence Fouraker; Educational Services

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Tiffany Niver

as I progress through my career. Exposure to the wide variety of business problems, viewpoints, companies, issues, industries, protagonists, and classmates through the case method at HBS was also an... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Retail; Consulting

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Dan Vallone

it’s a great fit with my goals: to widen equality and close achievement gaps. That’s how I want to spend my time. How do you think HBS has prepared you for your new role? In classes, the case method... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

30 Oct 2014
Blog Post

Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Robert Leke...

up more reading and enjoy exploring the gradual rebirth of Johannesburg’s once-derelict downtown neighborhoods. How has having an MBA impacted your career? Obtaining an MBA has impacted my career in more ways than I would have imagined on my graduation day.... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Kevin Nazemi

new opportunities for the organization to pursue.” “I suspect a lot of people doubt that the case method is an effective way of learning practical skills,” says Kevin. “It’s hard to imagine how a case-based... View Details

13 Nov 2020
News

New Virtual Classrooms Expand Digital Learning

upcoming programs,” notes Nancy DellaRocco, executive director of Executive Education. “We could not have reopened our doors virtually so quickly without the new classrooms. The timing was fortuitous.” In recent years, Chandler explains, HBS has been experimenting with... View Details

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