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- March 2023
- Module Note
Persuasive Client Presentations
By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
A module note for the Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (MCAS) course, "Persuasive Client Presentations" breaks down bad habits and good rules of thumb when preparing and giving client presentations. View Details
Keywords: Presentations
Fubini, David G., and Patrick Sanguineti. "Persuasive Client Presentations." Harvard Business School Module Note 423-083, March 2023.
- March 2023
- Module Note
Communication as a Trusted Advisor
By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
A module note for the Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (MCAS) course, "Communication as a Trusted Advisor" provides best practices for communicating as an advisor across multiple contexts. View Details
Keywords: Communication
Fubini, David G., and Patrick Sanguineti. "Communication as a Trusted Advisor." Harvard Business School Module Note 423-081, March 2023.
- February 2007 (Revised February 2007)
- Module Note
The International Financial Architecture
By: Rawi E. Abdelal
The International Financial Architecture is one of the core modules of Managing International Trade and Investment, an elective course at Harvard Business School. Provides instructors with an overview of the module, the cases and readings, and the teaching notes. View Details
Keywords: International Finance
Abdelal, Rawi E. "The International Financial Architecture." Harvard Business School Module Note 707-035, February 2007. (Revised February 2007.)
- March 2023
- Module Note
The Trusted Advisor's Mindset
By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
A module note for the Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (MCAS) course, "The Trusted Advisor's Mindset" introduces some of the differences between working as an operator and an advisor. View Details
Fubini, David G., and Patrick Sanguineti. "The Trusted Advisor's Mindset." Harvard Business School Module Note 423-079, March 2023.
- December 2006 (Revised September 2007)
- Module Note
Platform-Mediated Networks
Offers pedagogical guidance for instructors who wish to include a one- to four-session module on platform-mediated networks in an existing course on strategy, business policy, entrepreneurship, technology management, or marketing. View Details
Keywords: Networks
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Platform-Mediated Networks." Harvard Business School Module Note 807-067, December 2006. (Revised September 2007.)
- March 2022
- Module Note
Navigating Nascent Industries and Product Categories
By: Rory McDonald
This Note introduces a module of cases used at Harvard Business School to teach fundamental concepts about navigating nascent industries and product categories. It elaborates a set of ‘innovation tensions’ that managers must address in these domains. In connecting the... View Details
McDonald, Rory. "Navigating Nascent Industries and Product Categories." Harvard Business School Module Note 622-097, March 2022.
- March 2022 (Revised March 2022)
- Module Note
Managing Customers in the Digital Era
By: Eva Ascarza
The last two decades have witnessed incredible technological advances that have transformed the ways customers connect with each other and enabled firms to track customers in multiple ways through various channels to personalize (and automize) their offerings at... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Technological Innovation
Ascarza, Eva. "Managing Customers in the Digital Era." Harvard Business School Module Note 522-066, March 2022. (Revised March 2022.)
- April 2010
- Module Note
Balancing Specialization and Diversification in Operations
This note describes a module—taught as part of Operations Strategy, a second–year MBA elective at Harvard Business School—that helps students understand and manage the tradeoff between specialization and diversification in operations. The module introduces students to... View Details
Huckman, Robert S. "Balancing Specialization and Diversification in Operations." Harvard Business School Module Note 610-079, April 2010.
- March 1998 (Revised June 1999)
- Teaching Note
Linking Strategy and Innovation TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen
An overview note to guide instructors in teaching the third module of the Managing Innovation course. Describes how managers can use aggregate project planning to manage the resource allocation process in new product development. View Details
- April 2008
- Module Note
Service Design in the Context of Customer-Operators
By: Frances X. Frei
Taught as the second module in a Harvard Business School course on Managing Service Operations: Understanding the Customer Operating Role (606-092). Addresses the design and management of service operations with significant customer operating roles. The focus is on... View Details
Frei, Frances X. "Service Design in the Context of Customer-Operators." Harvard Business School Module Note 608-134, April 2008.
- March 2023
- Module Note
Client Interviewing and Data Collection
By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
A module note for the Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (MCAS) course, "Client Interviewing and Data Collection" introduces the essentials of client interviews and provides best practices for early career consultants and advisors. View Details
Fubini, David G., and Patrick Sanguineti. "Client Interviewing and Data Collection." Harvard Business School Module Note 423-082, March 2023.
- April 2005
- Module Note
Team Processes: Instructor's Overview
Describes the cases and exercises that comprise the Team Processes module of the Leading Teams course. Also describes the sequence in which the materials are used, along with the connections and transitions among the materials. View Details
Polzer, Jeffrey T. "Team Processes: Instructor's Overview." Harvard Business School Module Note 405-008, April 2005.
- September 2003
- Module Note
Managing the Competing Goals of Work and Life
By: Leslie A. Perlow
Outlines how instructors can facilitate discussion within the Managing the Competing Goals of Work and Life module to encourage students to begin a process of self-assessment that focuses on personal values, career development needs, and workplace culture. View Details
Keywords: Working Conditions; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Culture; Work-Life Balance; Value
Perlow, Leslie A. "Managing the Competing Goals of Work and Life." Harvard Business School Module Note 404-063, September 2003.
- March 2017 (Revised April 2021)
- Module Note
Responsibilities to Society
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
This module note for students outlines an approach to help managers deliver on their responsibilities in relation to society. The approach frames these responsibilities in terms of potential harms to third parties beyond investors, customers, and employees. The... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Political Activity; Corporate Social Responsibility; Human Rights; Role Of Business In Society; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ethics; Business and Community Relations; Rights; Society
Hsieh, Nien-hê. "Responsibilities to Society." Harvard Business School Module Note 317-065, March 2017. (Revised April 2021.)
- March 2005 (Revised April 2005)
- Module Note
A Relational Approach to Self-Assessment and Career Development
By: Monica C. Higgins
Describes the main ideas in a module on relational self-assessment as part of a course on self-assessment and career development or as part of a course on leadership and organizational behavior for MBA students or executives. Reflects a "relational" approach to career... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Leadership; Organizations; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks
Higgins, Monica C. "A Relational Approach to Self-Assessment and Career Development." Harvard Business School Module Note 405-076, March 2005. (Revised April 2005.)
- December 2018 (Revised December 2020)
- Module Note
What Is Strategy?
By: Ashish Nanda
This note introduces the first module of the RC Strategy course, What Is Strategy? It helps students develop their perspective on what is a strategy, what is a good strategy, and how strategy development differs across contexts. View Details
Keywords: Strategy
Nanda, Ashish. "What Is Strategy?" Harvard Business School Module Note 719-453, December 2018. (Revised December 2020.)
- March 2023
- Module Note
The Advisor's Approach to Strategy Analysis
By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
A module note for the Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (MCAS) course, "The Advisor's Approach to Strategy Analysis" introduces the options-led approach to strategy as well as how this valuable piece of an advisor's toolbelt differs from that of an operator. View Details
Keywords: Strategy
Fubini, David G., and Patrick Sanguineti. "The Advisor's Approach to Strategy Analysis." Harvard Business School Module Note 423-080, March 2023.
- April 2005 (Revised April 2005)
- Background Note
Corporate Strategy: Course Introduction
By: Bharat N. Anand
Describes the objectives of the Corporate Strategy course; the conceptual framework used in the course; some central principles of corporate strategy that emerge from this framework; and the modular structure of the course, together with the topics each module covers. View Details
Anand, Bharat N. "Corporate Strategy: Course Introduction." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-482, April 2005. (Revised April 2005.)
- Teaching Interest
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE); HBS MBA Elective; 2018-2021
- Teaching fellow for popular MBA course on strategy, entrepreneurship, and disruptive innovation
- Helped develop course materials, including teaching cases, teaching notes, and module notes
- Guided students in developing capstone semester... View Details
- October 2024
- Module Note
Purpose of the Firm
By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
Purpose of the Firm (PoF) is a short module designed to explore how, and under what circumstances, business leaders can harness the power of capitalism and markets to “make a difference in the world”—that is, to address a significant societal problem as a commercial... View Details
Keywords: Social Accounting; Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Enterprise; Mission and Purpose; Leadership
Spar, Debora L., and Julia M. Comeau. "Purpose of the Firm." Harvard Business School Module Note 325-035, October 2024.