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- October 1989 (Revised November 2006)
- Background Note
Deployment, Focus, and Measuring Effectiveness
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Written for a module in the Marketing Implementation course (second-year MBA elective). Offers a framework for considering relevant factors that affect sales force deployment and criteria for measuring sales effectiveness and the conduct of field marketing efforts. View Details
Cespedes, Frank V. "Deployment, Focus, and Measuring Effectiveness." Harvard Business School Background Note 590-044, October 1989. (Revised November 2006.)
- October 2000 (Revised April 2003)
- Background Note
Project Finance Research, Data, and Information Sources
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Fuaad Qureshi
Documents the major sources of project finance research and data. It is to be a reference guide for MBA students writing for the elective curriculum course, Large-scale Investment, and for others interested in the field of project finance. View Details
Esty, Benjamin C., and Fuaad Qureshi. "Project Finance Research, Data, and Information Sources ." Harvard Business School Background Note 201-041, October 2000. (Revised April 2003.)
- July 1986 (Revised March 1989)
- Case
Jim Southern
A recent MBA graduate has reached tentative agreement for an LBO of a forms-printing business with $43 million sales. At the eleventh hour, however, the seller has demanded that the buyer personally guarantee $4 million of accounts payable. View Details
Stevenson, Howard H. "Jim Southern." Harvard Business School Case 387-009, July 1986. (Revised March 1989.)
- 13 Jun 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome
What can MBAs learn from the Roman emperors Tiberius and Claudius? All Roads Lead to Rome, a one-off elective course team-taught by HBS professor Frances Frei and Harvard history and classics professor Emma Dench, juxtaposed ancient texts... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- March 2010 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Toby Johnson (A): Leading After School
By: Boris Groysberg, Leslie Danford, Amy Lodge and Tereh Sayles
After completing her MBA in 2007, Toby Johnson, a former army pilot with the 18th Airborne Corps Rapid Deployment Force, joined PepsiCo's Leadership Development Program (LDP). For her first assignment with PepsiCo, Johnson accepted a position as a manufacturing-manager... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Compensation and Benefits; Business or Company Management
Groysberg, Boris, Leslie Danford, Amy Lodge, and Tereh Sayles. "Toby Johnson (A): Leading After School." Harvard Business School Case 410-103, March 2010. (Revised October 2018.)
- Teaching Interest
Overview
By: Suraj Srinivasan
Professor Srinivasan serves as the Course Head for the required MBA course Financial Reporting and Control. He has previously taught the second year MBA elective Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements and teaches the executive education version... View Details
- August 2017 (Revised December 2018)
- Case
Tamarin App: Natural Language Processing
By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
In this case, students explore the challenges of using sentiment analysis to monitor and understand public perception around a software application, Tamarin SEO App. Technical topics include building a filtering classifier using naive Bayes and sentiment analysis This... View Details
Keywords: Data Science; Branding; Data Analytics; Analytics and Data Science; Brands and Branding; Analysis; Perception; Planning
Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Tamarin App: Natural Language Processing." Harvard Business School Case 118-015, August 2017. (Revised December 2018.)
- May 2001
- Supplement
Korea Stock Exchange
By: Tarun Khanna
Features a presentation by In-Kie Hong of Korea Stock Exchange discussing the depth of the crisis, its origin, and its possible resolution in the end. In-Kie Hong addresses a class of MBA students at the Harvard Business School. View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Stocks; Financial Services Industry; Korean Peninsula
Khanna, Tarun. "Korea Stock Exchange." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 701-806, May 2001.
- April 2006
- Background Note
Legal Aspects of Management: Increasing and Capturing the Value of Knowledge Assets
Describes the third module of the Harvard Business School MBA second-year elective course Legal Aspects of Management. This module deals with the way in which intellectual property rights--as protected by patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets--enable firms... View Details
Bagley, Constance E. "Legal Aspects of Management: Increasing and Capturing the Value of Knowledge Assets." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-137, April 2006.
- September 2011
- Article
Up Close and Personal: Developing Foundations for Leader Development through Personalization of Management Learning
By: Gianpiero Petriglieri, Jack D. Wood and Jennifer L. Petriglieri
This paper examines the process through which management students develop personal foundations (such as self-awareness, self-management, and a grounding life narrative) for the ongoing development and practice of leadership. We conducted an inductive, qualitative study... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Innovation and Invention; Personal Development and Career; Curriculum and Courses; Customization and Personalization; Learning; Management Practices and Processes; Business Education
Petriglieri, Gianpiero, Jack D. Wood, and Jennifer L. Petriglieri. "Up Close and Personal: Developing Foundations for Leader Development through Personalization of Management Learning." Academy of Management Learning & Education 10, no. 3 (September 2011). (
Nominated for Carolyn Dexter Award For the paper that best meets the objective of internationalizing the Academy presented by Academy of Management. Winner of Best Paper in Graduate Management Education Sponsored by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) presented by Academy of Management
.)- September 1983 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Heather Evans
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Focuses on the efforts of Heather Evans, a second-year MBA student, and her attempts to start her own dress business. Examines the business plan and the process of acquiring control over the financial and human resources necessary to implement the plan. View Details
Keywords: Business Plan; Business Startups; Investment; Human Resources; Strategic Planning; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Heather Evans." Harvard Business School Case 384-079, September 1983. (Revised July 1998.)
- August 2000 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
Sara's Options
By: Peter Tufano, Brian J. Hall and Joshua Musher
This case describes the pay packages offered to Sara Becker, a graduating MBA student, including detailed information about two stock option packages (one of which is an indexed option package). She gathers the information and attempts to compare those compensation... View Details
Tufano, Peter, Brian J. Hall, and Joshua Musher. "Sara's Options." Harvard Business School Case 201-005, August 2000. (Revised July 2002.)
- May 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
Cotopaxi: Managing Growth for Good
By: Andy Wu and Laura Huang
Cotopaxi, an innovative outdoor gear business targeting millennials, focuses on profit and social impact. This registered benefit corporation was formed by Davis Smith who coalesced his experiences as a Wharton MBA student along with professional knowledge from an... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social Venture; Benefit Corporation; B-Corp; Retail; Consumer Products; Apparel; Social Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Product Positioning; Social Enterprise; Mission and Purpose; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry
Wu, Andy, and Laura Huang. "Cotopaxi: Managing Growth for Good." Harvard Business School Case 717-488, May 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- May 2017
- Teaching Note
The Container Store
By: Tatiana Sandino and Kyle Thomas
“The Container Store” teaching note describes how the case can be taught to MBA or executive education students who are interested in developing a strong culture, implementing strategy, and managing growth. The authors wrote the case for teaching MBA courses such as... View Details
- February 2018 (Revised August 2019)
- Case
The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact
By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Sarah Mehta
It is March 2017, and TPG, a global alternative investment firm with $74 billion assets under management, has recently launched its inaugural impact-investing fund—the $2 billion Rise Fund. In an effort to “take the religion out of impact investing,” Maya Chorengel,... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; Equity; Investment; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Services Industry; California; San Francisco
Gandhi, Vikram S., Caitlin Reimers Brumme, and Sarah Mehta. "The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact." Harvard Business School Case 318-041, February 2018. (Revised August 2019.)
- August 1979
- Case
Claire McCloud
Describes the situation faced by a young MBA with an economics background who is offered the opportunity to manage a high technology fiber optics business. Designed to facilitate exploring the skills and knowledge that the general manager of a technology-based firm... View Details
Maidique, Modesto A. "Claire McCloud." Harvard Business School Case 680-030, August 1979.
- May 1997
- Supplement
Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions
By: Linda A. Hill and Mara Willard
Suzanne de Passe talks to an MBA class in October 1996 and discusses her perspective on leadership, her experience making "Lonesome Dove," and her company: de Passe Entertainment. Designed for use with Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A) (9-487-042), (A1)... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Perspective; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Hill, Linda A., and Mara Willard. "Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 497-502, May 1997.
- Teaching Interest
Overview
By: Dante Roscini
Over the past decade, I have taught the course Business, Government and the International Economy, part of the required curriculum in the MBA program and the course Managing International Trade and Investment, part of the elective curriculum for second-year MBAs. View Details
- Research Summary
Innovating in Health Care
Since 2001, Professor Herzlinger has written over 50 new cases and notes for this second-year MBA course on the following subjects: insurance; providers; pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and biotechnology; medical devices sector; and health care information. She is... View Details
- April 1996 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Dave Armstrong (A)
A second-year Harvard MBA student considers the pros and cons of three job offers. He identifies several concerns and evaluates each job in terms of how well they meet these concerns. He assesses probabilities for whether the jobs will be successful for him. View Details
Wu, George. "Dave Armstrong (A)." Harvard Business School Case 396-300, April 1996. (Revised June 1996.)