Publications

August 2008
Course Overview Note

Avalon (General Version) (TN)

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley Spence

July 2008
Course Overview Note

The Devil Wears Prada (HBS Version) (TN)

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley Spence

The Devil Wears Prada is used to facilitate a discussion of the role of communities in people's lives. It is used in a second year MBA elective at HBS called Building a Business in the Context of a Life (BBCL). BBCL is primarily designed for students who plan to be... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Planning; Civil Society or Community; Organizational Culture; Power and Influence

11 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

Business School alumni. Howard Stevenson discusses their pragmatic approaches to overcoming long odds. Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?Millions of people... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Green Technology

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

rewards of partnering with cities. These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems Using business to create social change has been at the center of many entrepreneurial efforts by Harvard Business School alumni. View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

February 1984 (Revised January 1985)
Supplement

Computervision vs. Automatix (B)

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

February 1984 (Revised May 1999)
Supplement

Allen Lane, Supplement

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Supplements the case. View Details

September 1983 (Revised February 1985)
Case

Electrodec

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

September 2016
Supplement

Hotel Vertu: Analyzing the Opportunity in the Boutique Hotel Industry, Spreadsheet for Students (Brief Case)

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

June 1998 (Revised June 1998)
Background Note

Bankruptcy: A Debtor's Perspective

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Describes the business and legal context surrounding personal and corporate bankruptcy. View Details

Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Condition; Legal Liability; Personal Finance; Loss; Business or Company Management

Educators

September 1988
Case

Wear-Guard (A)

By: Michael J. Roberts and Howard H. Stevenson

February 1985 (Revised August 1998)
Teaching Note

Heather Evans, Teaching Note

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Teaching Note for (9-384-079). View Details

Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry

February 1985 (Revised September 2001)
Teaching Note

ICEDELIGHTS Teaching Note

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Teaching Note for (9-898-196). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

May 1984
Case

Michael Beck

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

December 1983 (Revised August 1988)
Background Note

The Start-Up Process

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Describes the various stages in the start-up process and describes in detail the questions that can be asked and the analysis that can be performed to help deal with the issues that arise at each stage. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups

Educators

November 1972 (Revised December 2000)
Background Note

Note on Forms of Real Estate Ownership

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Thierry Liverman

Examines the legal forms of ownership of real property. Included are the corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, real estate investment trust, sole proprietorship, and joint venture. Tax factors and business management considerations are... View Details

Keywords: Ownership; Property; Taxation; Business Organization

Educators