Publications

Educators

June 2005 (Revised May 2018)
Teaching Note

Columbia's Final Mission: A Multimedia Case

By: Michael Roberto, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson and Erika Ferlins

Teaching Note to 305-032. View Details

Keywords: Aerospace Industry

winter 2007
Article

Oracle vs. PeopleSoft: A Case Study

By: D. Millstone and Guhan Subramanian

Keywords: Applications and Software; Information; Information Technology Industry

December 2020
Supplement

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra: Cultural Entrepreneurship Case Supplement

By: Rohit Deshpandé

This case includes links to case supplement videos for students to view with the written case before class, and also supplement videos for faculty to use exclusively during class. View Details

01 Aug 2019
What Do You Think?

Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?

How Will the Case Method Have to Evolve to Meet Future Needs? Like any good case discussion, this month’s column generated thoughtful comments centered around several issues concerning whether or not the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

28 Feb 2021
Working Paper Summaries

Measuring Employment Impact: Applications and Cases

Keywords: by Katie Panella and George Serafeim

12 Aug 2019
Working Paper Summaries

Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances

Keywords: by Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar, and Katherine Stebbins

June 2021
Supplement

Facelift at Olay (B) Case Supplement

By: Sunil Gupta, Rajiv Lal and Ruth Page

Supplement to HBS Case. No. 521-002. View Details

January 2016
Teaching Note

The Affordable Care Act Case Series

By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris

March 2013
Background Note

Deliberative Democracy and the Case Method

By: Jordan I. Siegel

Educators

April 1993
Article

Hierarchies and Compensation: A Case Study

By: George P. Baker, Michael Gibbs and Bengt Holmstrom

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits

1968
Book

Computer Models for Business Case Analysis

By: David Hawkins and Brandt R. Allen

Keywords: Information Technology; Theory

1991
Book

Cases in Advertising and Promotion Management

By: John A. Quelch and Paul Farris

1982
Casebook

Cases in Operations Management: Strategy and Structure

By: W. Earl Sasser, Kim B. Clark, David A. Garvin, Margaret B.W. Graham, Ramchandran Jaikumar and David H. Maister

Keywords: Cases; Operations; Management; Strategy; Organizational Structure

November 2001 (Revised September 2004)
Case

Evolution of Treatment, The: The Case of Diabetes

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Jeffrey D. Street and Laura Feldman

Scientific knowledge surrounding diabetes mellitus has grown over the last century to include its cause, treatment, and prevention strategies. However, the type and level of care that patients receive is suboptional. This case examines the forces in industry,... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Management; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Health Industry

Educators

1974
Chapter

Management Accounting in Hospitals: A Case Study

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Accounting; Health Industry

2016
Working Paper

Reviews, Reputation, and Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com

By: Michael Luca

Do online consumer reviews affect restaurant demand? I investigate this question using a novel dataset combining reviews from the website Yelp.com and restaurant data from the Washington State Department of Revenue. Because Yelp prominently displays a restaurant's... View Details

Keywords: Revenue; Network Effects; Reputation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry; Washington (state, US)

SSRN

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01 Nov 2022
Cold Call Podcast

Marie Curie: A Case Study in Breaking Barriers

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons

Article

The Business Case for Investing in Physician Well-Being

By: Tait D. Shanafelt, Joel Goh and Christine A. Sinsky

Importance: Widespread burnout among physicians has been recognized for more than two decades. Extensive evidence indicates that physician burnout has important personal and professional consequences.
Observations: A lack of awareness regarding... View Details

Keywords: Physicians; Well-being; ROI; Health; Welfare or Wellbeing; Ethics; Investment Return; Health Industry

January 2011 (Revised January 2012)
Supplement

The Case of the Unidentified Healthcare Companies2010 (CW)

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Ethan S Bernstein, Margarita Krivitski and Srinidhi Reddy

This case presents financial statements and selected rations for 14 unidentified healthcare organizations and asks that each set of financial information be matched with one of the following healthcare companies: a biotechnology firm, a community nursing company, a... View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Financial Management; Health Care and Treatment; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry