the case method - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2008 (Revised November 2010)
Background Note

Accounting for Business Combinations: Acquisition Method

By: David F. Hawkins and F. Asis Martinez Jerez

A technical note reviewing business combinations and Goodwill accounting under the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, No. 141R. View Details

Keywords: Goodwill Accounting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Standards

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28 May 2019
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Case Study: Building the Base

consider how to improve and expand the platform. —William Collis (MBA 2011) Got a case? To take part in a future “Case Study,” send an outline of your company’s challenge to bulletin@hbs.edu Case Study... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

July 1979 (Revised November 1982)
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Case of the Disgruntled Student

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30 Apr 2013
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The business case for monarchies

2014
Working Paper

Digital Discrimination: The Case of Airbnb.com

By: Benjamin Edelman and Michael Luca

Online marketplaces often contain information not only about products, but also about the people selling the products. In an effort to facilitate trust, many platforms encourage sellers to provide personal profiles and even to post pictures of themselves. However,... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Internet and the Web; Race; Trust; Renting or Rental; Accommodations Industry; Real Estate Industry

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09 Jun 2022
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The Case for Mindful Cursing

14 Oct 2011
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Steve Jobs, the Immediate Case Study

October 2015
Teaching Plan

The Coca-Cola Company's Case for Creative Transformation

By: Thales Teixeira

This Teaching Plan is to be used with the Video Case "The Coca-Cola Company's Case for Creative Transformation" (HBS No. 815-714) View Details

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March 29, 1999
Article

Making the Case for IT

By: L. M. Applegate

Keywords: Information Technology

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2021
Talk

The Business Case for Diversity

By: R. Ely

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July 1999
Case

Developing a Teaching Case (A): Virtualis Systems Case Background

By: Michael J. Roberts

Designed to expose potential casewriters to the process of framing a case, interviewing a case protagonist, and actually writing the case. This case is the introduction to the case site and is designed to be paired with a video in which the faculty customer for the... View Details

Keywords: Cases; Business Education

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17 Aug 2022
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Teaching with the Case Method—A Panel Discussion

February 1989
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Learning with Cases

Gives some tips to maximize all learning; offers the pros and cons of experiential learning (cases) as a method; and gives some guidelines for effective case preparation, discussion, and learning. View Details

Keywords: Cases; Learning

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May – June 1990
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Case of the Complaining Customer (HBR Case Study and Commentary)

By: Dan Finkelman, Tony Goland, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Dinah Nemeroff, Ron Zemke and Claus Moller

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25 Feb 2020
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Case Study: The Credit Bureau

Illustration by Brown Bird Design Walk the streets of New York City around the first of the month, and you’ll see the symptoms: orphaned couches,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

01 Jun 2019
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Case Study: Mind the Gap

The facts of the ever-widening skills gap are increasingly difficult to ignore: As many as 9 million tech jobs sit vacant across the US, Europe, and China, says Przemyslaw... View Details

Keywords: Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services