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08 May 2009
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Capitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan

Keywords: by Robert Dujarric & Andrei Hagiu

18 Aug 2020
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The Case Method | MBA

The Case Method Play Video duration: 9:59 Have you ever worked with a group of people trying to solve a problem? There are different opinions, different considerations, and each person’s perspective provides a different angle on the... View Details

04 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Making the Case for Consumer-Driven Health Care

While some consider it President Obama's greatest accomplishment, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also has been the target of constant scrutiny and scorn since it was signed into law last year. Just last week, several news outlets reported a glitch in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

expanding pool of leaders has been captured in an ever-broadening and deepening body of HBS case materials. The study of leadership, like everything else at HBS, begins with the case method. In the pages... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2007
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The FBI Makes Its Case

FBI Director Robert Mueller and three high-level bureau executives spent a day on campus in late April talking with first-year students about the bureau’s transformation since 9/11 to focus on domestic intelligence gathering and prevention of terrorist attacks. The... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

10 Jan 2018
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8 Tips to Help You Prepare for the Case Method

Ninad Kulkarni just wrapped up the fall semester at HBS and wanted to share what he learned about the case method after his first few months in the classroom. About NinadI grew up in a suburb outside of Mumbai. After earning my... View Details

March 2008 (Revised July 2010)
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China in Africa: The Case of Sudan

This case examines the relation between China's demand for resources and political risk. View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Environmental Sustainability; Sudan; China

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Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method

The 2021-22 academic year marks the 100-year anniversary of the introduction of the case method at Harvard Business School. Today, the HBS case method is employed in the HBS MBA program, in Executive... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Complements to the Case Method

case discussion to determine whether ideas are reasonable or not, but there’s no way for us to test them in the classroom. In the simulation, students have to make choices and then learn about the consequences of those choices.” “We can... View Details

27 Feb 2013
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HBS Faculty Win Global Case — Writing Competition

10 Sep 2020
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Faculty Perspectives on the HBS Case Method

01 Jun 2014
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Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy

November 2013, and launched its first official new market expansion into Washington, DC, in February—a city close in culinary and cultural equivalence to Brussels. The Question: Bookalokal's cofounder and CEO Evelyne White (MBA 2010) offers this View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Case Study: On the Record

advantage is sustainable, underscoring the importance of creating bulwarks via other means. —Jan Postma (MBA 2005) Got a case? To take part in a future “Case Study,” send an outline of your company’s challenge to bulletin@hbs.edu Case... View Details

Keywords: April White

2020
Working Paper

Do Judge-Lawyer Relationships Influence Case Outcomes?

By: Tianwang Liu and David Hao Zhang

We examine whether law school alumni relationships between the lawyers and judges affect case outcomes. We show that in the context of medical malpractice lawsuits in Florida, the plaintiff lawyer sharing the same law school as the judge increases the chances of... View Details

Keywords: Law; Relationships; Judgments; Outcome or Result

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2014
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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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07 Jul 2016
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Can You Learn Finance through the Case Method?

through case reading, case discussions, reading the textbook and having informal discussions with classmates, the more intuitive and clear the material became. At HBS, we learn finance and accounting... View Details