Publications

Career Coach

Imam Akinlade

Imam wants to help students think critically about their career paths and what really maters most to them, Having gained significant experience in consulting, impact investing and clean energy before HBS; and exploring several career... View Details

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

used in settings with discrete transfers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53978 2018 The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power Why Do So Many Chinese Students Come to the United States?... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2014
Teaching Plan

Diageo: Innovating for Africa

By: David E. Bell, Damien P. McLoughlin, Mary Shelman and Andrew Otazo

This teaching plan is designed to help students understand the challenges and opportunities of launching products and building businesses in developing markets. View Details

January 2005 (Revised April 2006)
Case

Four Deals

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

Describes four disguised deals with different characteristics from the perspective of the acquirer. Asks students to compare, contrast, and rank the opportunities. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation Deal

10 Aug 2015
News

The Harvard MBA

26 Apr 2023
Video

Harvard MS/MBA Information Session and Virtual Q&A

25 Apr 2014
Video

Bill Sahlman - Making A Difference

Career Coach

Sarah Zia

Sarah is a veteran of the media & entertainment / tech industry (corporate and content strategy) and a career switcher (finance). She is particularly well-equipped to help students interested in tech / media strategy, finance, or who... View Details

Career Coach

Kate Swain-Smith

Kate comes to HBS from a career is strategy and operations in government, both at the local and federal level. She enjoys assisting students who come from non-traditional MBA backgrounds, or those who are making a pivot and need to craft... View Details

August 2019
Supplement

Legal Time - Confidential Information for the Defense Attorney (Drew Davis)

By: Christine L. Exley, Katherine B. Coffman and Joshua Schwartzstein

Legal Time is a two-party dynamic negotiation simulation. Students take the role of either the prosecution or the defense in a case that centers on a client who has been accused of spear-heading a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. This conflict-resolution scenario gives... View Details

Keywords: Conflict Resolution; Time Stress; Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution; Fairness; Learning

April 1999 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Aluminum Smelting in South Africa: Alusaf's Hillside Project

With prices at all-time lows at the beginning of 1994, South Africa's sole primary aluminum producer--Alusaf--is considering building the world's largest greenfield smelter. Using cost estimates in this case, students can evaluate the relative cost position of this... View Details

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Analysis; Markets; Profit; Capital; Industrial Products Industry; South Africa

2007
Text Book

Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements

By: Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu

Financial statements are the basis for a wide range of business analysis. Managers, securities analysts, bankers, and consultants all use them to make business decisions. There is strong demand among business students for course materials that provide a framework for... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Framework; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Statements

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April 2010 (Revised May 2012)
Background Note

Note: Disclosure, Regulation, and Taxation of Hedge Funds versus Mutual Funds in the U.S.

By: Lena G. Goldberg, Robert C. Pozen and Melissa Anne Hammerle

This note provides students with an explanation of the regulatory and tax framework for hedge funds vs. mutual funds in the U.S. View Details

Keywords: Investment Funds; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Taxation; Financial Services Industry; United States

August 2001
Background Note

Work Methods Design: Note on Time Standards

By: H. Kent Bowen

Looks at production design. Helps students observe and work with procedures and consider cost reduction ideas using a view of methods improvement. View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Management Practices and Processes; Standards; Production; Performance Improvement; Perspective

September 1999
Case

Taste of Frankenmuth, A: A Tourist Town in Michigan Thinks About Word-of-Mouth Referral

A town, "Michigan's little Bavaria," discusses word-of-mouth referral. Enables students to calculate the value of word-of-mouth and understand how to increase it. View Details

Keywords: Marketing Reference Programs; Michigan