Qualitative Research Methods - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 15

cost of excess inventory. Investors, lenders, and suppliers interpret this statistic for signs of the retailer's health, future sales prospects, and impending costs. While prior research on inventory has typically focused primarily on the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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available. Email & Calendar Get started with your HBS-provided Outlook account. Customer Relationship Management Learn about the business tools that help manage and analyze HBS member information and interaction. Network & Connectivity Management Explore the View Details

28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008

on a systematic selection and analysis of articles, the paper outlines an emerging consensus on the definition and process of institutional entrepreneurship. It also presents the previously identified enabling conditions for, and reviews the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Meeting China’s Need for Management Education

Locations Visited: Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Singapore Date: March and May, 2006 Purpose: Assess the progress of eighteen business schools in Harvard Business School's Program on Case Method and Participant-Centered... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

15 Aug 2017
Blog Post

What is Field Foundations?

The case method is an integral part of the learning experience at HBS, and we think it’s one of the best ways to prepare students for the challenges of leadership. While HBS MBAs have been reading cases for many decades, the... View Details

29 Jul 2008
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An Educational Start-Up

that focuses on curriculum development and on the case method as a means of teaching students about entrepreneurship. Now in its fourth year, the EECPCL is sponsored in part by Bert Twaalfhoven (MBA ’54), president and founder of the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 1997
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A Message from Dean Clark

institution for almost ninety years are firmly in place. Our commitment to excellence in teaching, field-based research, the case method of instruction, and education for leadership remains as strong as ever. But there is also much about... View Details

28 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

Lal says. “But 80 to 90 percent of mobile money operations are failures.” “If you don’t identify the right problem, the rest of it will not go anywhere” His research shows that companies are starting their market analyses in the wrong... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Telecommunications

01 Jun 2014
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What’s Next

global work. My predecessor, Dean Kim B. Clark, adopted a strategy in the 1990s predicated on the belief that strengthening our international research was the most effective way of globalizing the School. He launched a number of regional... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Ricardo De Armas

feminine-care products in Latin America," says Ricardo. "Then, in a senior position, I managed material and productions costs for our baby-care business. Finally, I was involved at the intersection of marketing and marketing View Details

November 1999 (Revised November 2000)
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By: David F. Hawkins

A financial analyst is examining IBM's 1998 tax note to understand better how the company's 1998 tax note was determined. Teaching purpose: Illustrates deferred tax accounting. View Details

Keywords: History; Earnings Management; Taxation; Decision Making; Business Model; Business Earnings; Information Infrastructure; Mathematical Methods; Private Sector; Accounting Audits; Accounting Industry; Computer Industry

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22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

twenty-first century, and then to tell us what they hope will be the most fertile areas of business research between now and 2020. But we didn't leave it there. Professor Jim Heskett is moderating a similar discussion with HBS Working... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

2005
Working Paper

Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race

By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk

The main arguments in favor of and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium... View Details

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Inflation and Deflation; System Shocks; Developing Countries and Economies; Mathematical Methods

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28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

gain drawing from a qualitative study of 90 U.S.-based employees of a Japanese organization following a company-wide English language mandate. These native English-speaking employees believed that the mandate elevated their worth in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 10

decade. These secular trends have profound implications for our theories of innovation and organizations. Our extant theory and research is increasingly uncoupled from the phenomena. We would be well served to revisit the nature, locus,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Oct 2002
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Books

research and stressed in this book is the consistency with which real change is generated by engaging people's emotions, not their intellect, to alter behavior. Emotions such as fear and anger typically present obstacles to change, and... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

developments. The Case Method Miracle by Anne Jones (MBA 1997) Crimson Square Press “Socrates created it. Harvard Business School perfected it. We parent with it; anyone, anywhere, anytime. Kids get grit and wise judgment.” Parent Anne... View Details

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Yaping Wang

After completing bachelor's and master's degrees that positioned her for a life of research biology, Yaping Wang decided to study .deliciousness. "I discovered that my passion is less about research and... View Details

Keywords: CPG; Healthcare/Biotech; Retail/Hospitality

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Management Training Program - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: Harvard Business School About Faculty & Research MBA Doctoral Executive Education Alumni Building the Foundation: Business Education for Women at Harvard University: 1937-1970 Baker Library Home The... View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

began selling one of its beer brands in Argentina five years ago, executives believed success lay in replicating the methods that had led to a strong business in Brazil, said sales officer Carlo Alves de Brito. "In the first year [in... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

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