Publications

Article

Storytelling: A Method for Assessing Children's Creativity

By: B. A. Hennessey and T. M. Amabile

Keywords: Creativity; Measurement and Metrics; Early Childhood Education; Research; Performance Evaluation

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25 Oct 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Management: Theory and Practice, and Cases

Keywords: by Richard L. Nolan; Education

2024
Working Paper

Empirical Guidance: Data Processing and Analysis with Applications in Stata, R, and Python

By: Melissa Ouellet and Michael W. Toffel

This paper describes a range of best practices to compile and analyze datasets, and includes some examples in Stata, R, and Python. It is meant to serve as a reference for those getting started in econometrics, and especially those seeking to conduct data analyses in... View Details

Keywords: Empirical Methods; Empirical Operations; Statistical Methods And Machine Learning; Statistical Interferences; Research Analysts; Analytics and Data Science; Mathematical Methods

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22 May 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Hidden Structure: Using Network Methods to Map System Architecture

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & John Rusnak

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

1977) MORE A century after the introduction of the first case to Harvard Business School, the case method remains the cornerstone of the educational experience. But it is also... View Details

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

July 2011 (Revised August 2013)
Background Note

Note on Evaluating Empirical Research

By: Michael I. Norton

This note is intended to provide students with a basic understanding of how to evaluate empirical research papers. While reading both case studies and empirical research require close attention and scrutiny, evaluating empirical research requires a different... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Research; Cases; Perspective

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Research Computing Services - Faculty & Research

Research Services Research Computing Services 19ms Research Computing Services (RCS) is a centralized service dedicated to assisting with faculty View Details

August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
Background Note

Note on Lead User Research

By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade

Describes the Lead User concept and method (step-by-step) with brief examples from industrial practice. View Details

Keywords: Customers; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth

08 Dec 2023
Video

MENARC: Research & More

15 Dec 2024
News

On The Case

By the time I got around to researching our latest case, he was the CEO of the entire enterprise or ‘mothership,’ as they call it in Cleveland.” Symbiosis “One of the purposes of this case is to look at... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

13 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

"It's so appealing on the surface to think that the best way to approach race is to pretend that it doesn't exist," says behavioral psychologist Michael I. Norton, an associate professor at Harvard Business School. "But research shows... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

2003
Casebook

Professional Services: Text and Cases

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Ashish Nanda

DeLong and Nanda's Professional Services: Text and Cases is the first casebook to be published on the management of professional service firms (law firms, architecture, financial services, consulting). It includes a comprehensive selection of case studies that... View Details

Keywords: Professional Service Firms; Management; Cases

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07 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Can You Learn Finance through the Case Method?

through case reading, case discussions, reading the textbook and having informal discussions with classmates, the more intuitive and clear the material became. At HBS, we learn finance and accounting... View Details

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Publications - Faculty & Research

Bagai, and Liang Wu. "Konko AI: Automating Work with AI Agents." Harvard Business School Case 825-145, June 2025. 2025 Working Paper Productivity Beliefs and Efficiency in Science By: Fabio Bertolotti, Kyle R. Myers and Wei Yang Tham We... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Case Study Pioneer

HBS’s first director of case development, Andrew Towl (MBA 1936), whose three-decade career at the School was instrumental in establishing the influence of the case method... View Details

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

February 1985
Case

Business Research Corp. (B)

By: William A. Sahlman

Contains a description of a set of related decisions confronting the management and directors of Business Research Corp. (BRC) in April of 1984. BRC needs more capital to finance continued development of the market for a full-text database comprised of Wall Street... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Finance; Capital Structure; Capital; Goals and Objectives; Conflict of Interests; Business Plan; Financing and Loans; Ethics