Publications

Educators

March 2011 (Revised November 2011)
Case

Harmonic Hearing Co.

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Craig H. Stephenson

Harmonic is a small, privately held manufacturer of hearing aids. Harriet Burns and Marc Davis, two employees at Harmonic, have an opportunity to purchase the company from the founder. As well-informed insiders who understand the industry, Burns and Davis believe the... View Details

Keywords: Debts; Quantitative Analysis; Financing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Development Stage Enterprises; Small ＆ Medium-sized Enterprises; Small Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Cash Flow; Mathematical Methods; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Manufacturing Industry

Educators

March 2008
Teaching Note

Doer's Profiles (TN)

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley M. Spence

Teaching Note for [808083], [802136], [808040], and [802137]. View Details

Keywords: Leadership

October 1992
Case

International Treasury Systems, Inc.

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Myra M. Hart

Keywords: Finance

April 1986 (Revised February 1989)
Case

Orbital Sciences Corp. (A)

By: William A. Sahlman and Howard H. Stevenson

Keywords: Aerospace Industry

September 1984
Background Note

Note on Residual Pricing

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Keywords: Price

February 1985 (Revised August 1998)
Teaching Note

Viscotech, Inc., Teaching Note

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Teaching Note for (9-393-117). View Details

February 1985 (Revised June 2001)
Teaching Note

Clarion Optical Co., Teaching Note

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Teaching Note for (9-393-116). View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products Industry

February 1985 (Revised January 1989)
Teaching Note

Steven B. Belkin, Teaching Note

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Teaching Note for (9-383-042). View Details

February 1985 (Revised August 1998)
Teaching Note

Commercial Fixtures, Inc., Teaching Note

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Teaching Note for (9-393-115). View Details

February 1985 (Revised January 1989)
Teaching Note

First Place (A), Teaching Note

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

April 1984 (Revised September 1986)
Case

Atlas Lighting Co.

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

Four European entrepreneurs joined HBS Professors Howard Stevenson and Walter Kuemmerle to explore these questions in the Global Alumni Conference breakout session "Entrepreneurship in Europe." Stevenson and Kuemmerle set the... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

31 May 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water

Starbucks Reinvented Nancy Koehn's case study on the rebirth of Starbucks under Howard Schultz "distills 20 years of [her] thinking about the most important lessons of strategy, leadership, and managing in turbulence." How... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Food & Beverage

11 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?

contributions. For example, on the liberal side of the spectrum, you have Democracy for America, founded by Howard Dean, and also Moveon.org. However, online enthusiasm does not necessarily translate into the superior on-the-ground... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings

The financial field may be permanently changed by the explosive ups and downs of the tech sector, but old standards of quality and planning will still make or break new businesses, HBS professor Howard H. Stevenson said. In his keynote... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

07 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

history informs the faculty, which in turn develop materials which allow for an in-depth exploration of organizational dynamics. The “starbursts” session provided brief yet in-depth looks at five unique figures in HBS history: John Lintner, View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education

04 Feb 2015
What Do You Think?

Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?

attracts and retains creative people—at least up to now. But there was a healthy skepticism about how influential Google's approach will be in other organizations, particularly outside the realm of high technology. There was general admiration for what Google has... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

01 Aug 2008
What Do You Think?

Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

Yet others viewed it as a means of getting more for less out of people, something to be tried when other approaches don't work. Howard Esbin likens it to "strategic scenario planning or futurism. The more one is able to ask 'what if'... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

2008
Book

Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory

By: John W. Pratt, Howard Raiffa and Robert Schlaifer