Publications

March 2015 (Revised January 2020)
Supplement

Behavioural Insights Team (B)

By: Michael Luca and Patrick Rooney

The Behavioural Insights Team case introduces students to the concept of choice architecture and the value of experimental methods (sometimes called A/B testing) within organizational contexts. The exercise provides an opportunity for students to apply these principles... View Details

Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Experiments; Choice Architecture; Public Entrepreneurship; United Kingdom

December 2012
Case

Coca-Cola: Residual Income Valuation

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Beiting Cheng and Edward J. Riedl

The case illustrates the use of the residual income (also known as the abnormal earnings) valuation approach. Students are asked to provide a valuation of Coca-Cola Company using the residual income valuation methodology and understand how it maps into the discounted... View Details

Keywords: Business Earnings; Valuation; Financial Statements; Equity; Food and Beverage Industry

29 Jul 2020
News

Financial Times Article: Business schools are reckoning with their poor record on race

October 2013
Case

Bay Partners (B) (Abridged)

By: Josh Lerner and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

Abridged supplement for case 213102, for instructors who wish to have students review in class. View Details

September 2011
Background Note

Term Sheet Negotiations: A "Rich-vs.-King" Approach

By: Noam Wasserman, Furqan Nazeeri and Kyle Anderson

To give students and entrepreneurs a framework to guide their term-sheet negotiations with Venture Capitalists. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Framework; Negotiation

November 2010 (Revised July 2011)
Case

Merck/Schering-Plough Merger (A)

By: David F. Hawkins

Students have to identify the acquirer in a business combination structured as a reverse merger. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Accounting

2020
Presentations & Discussions

Lessons from AASU50

Career Coach

Renee Pappastratis

Renee serves as the Assistant Director of Employer Relations in HBS Career & Professional Development, where she oversees relationships with our Investment Banking recruiting partners. In her role, Renee offers guidance to students... View Details

2008
Working Paper

A Replication Study of Alan Blinder's 'How Many U.S. Jobs Might Be Offshorable?'

By: Troy Smith and Jan W. Rivkin

In a 2007 working paper, Alan Blinder assessed the "offshorability" of hundreds of U.S. occupations and estimated that between 22% and 29% of all U.S. jobs were potentially offshorable. This note reports the results of an exercise in which members of Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Wages; Research; United States

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08 Feb 2018
Blog Post

WesTrek: A Recap of the Largest Professional Trek at Harvard Business School

Two days after fall finals, 150 HBS students descended on the Bay Area for WesTrek 2017, the largest professional trek at Harvard Business School. Organized by the Tech Club, WesTrek has been an ongoing tradition at the school for the... View Details

Keywords: Technology

20 Oct 2014
Blog Post

Create Buzzworthy Industry Education Events at HBS

As a presenting recruiting organization, you may face a marketing challenge. And that is, how to be both differentiated and relevant when you make an Industry Education Event to HBS students. These events provide companies with the opportunity to engage with View Details

Career Coach

Jamie Woodard

Jamie wants to help students navigate the career switch process for those interested in venture capital. Having pivoted from a non-investing background into two VC internships, Jamie can provide insight on how to break into venture... View Details

Ting Zhang

Ting Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School, where she teaches the Leadership and Organizational Behavior course (LEAD) in the Required Curriculum.

Professor Zhang’s research... View Details

Career Coach

Kamya Jagadish

Kamya wants to help students explore the opportunities available to HBS students in the social impact space. Having worked in public, private, and nonprofit sectors, Kamya can provide insights into how job... View Details

March 1989 (Revised October 1994)
Case

Philip Morris Companies and Kraft, Inc.

By: Richard S. Ruback

Gives students the opportunity to explore the effect of substantial free cash flow on corporate acquisition and operating strategies. Students are also given the opportunity to extract information from the common stock prices of the participating firms. A variety of... View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Strategic Planning; Acquisition; Strategy; Restructuring; Valuation; Stocks

Career Coach

Susan Wu

Susan comes from a background of investment banking at Citigroup (municipal bonds) and has successfully pivoted into tech (Finance Leadership Development Program internship at Amazon). She is happy to help students who are interested in... View Details

16 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology

technological innovation. “The question is with 50 million public school students in America, how can you provide a more individualized learning experience?” "If you go to the smallest mom-and-pop restaurant, you'll find a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

October 2015
Case

DRW Technologies

By: Stephen A. Greyser and William Ellet

Ed Claiborne is a newly hired corporate vice president of procurement for DRW Technologies, a company that produces advanced military systems with 21 plants in the United States. Claiborne was hired from another company from within the industry, and the news of his... View Details

Keywords: Announcements; Management Style; Organizational Structure; Leadership Style; Human Resources