Publications

Article

Course Research: Using the Case Method to Build and Teach Management Theory

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Paul R. Carlile

Some in the Academy have questioned the usefulness of case studies in teaching sound management theory (Shugan 2006). Our research and experience suggests exactly the opposite-that case studies can unite the development of theory with the teaching of it in a single... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Teaching; Cases; Research; Theory

2005
Manual

Teaching Manual to accompany Case Problems in Finance

By: W. Carl Kester, Richard Ruback and Peter Tufano

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Finance; Teaching; Books

April 2015
Background Note

Key Elements for Excellence in Classroom Cases and Teaching Notes

By: James Austin, James Heskett and Christopher Bartlett

Educators

1985
Book

The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: Case Commentary and Teaching Technique

By: R. S. Tedlow

Keywords: Economic Systems; Managerial Roles

2003
Working Paper

How Professional Schools Teach Professional Skills: The Case Method in Action

By: David A. Garvin

2000
Manual

Globalization and Growth: Cases in National Economic Strategies - Teaching Manual

By: Robert E. Kennedy and Richard H. K. Vietor

Keywords: Globalization; Business Growth and Maturation

August 1988 (Revised September 1995)
Background Note

Case Teaching at Harvard Business School: Some Advice for New Faculty

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Keywords: Teaching; Higher Education; Boston

February 1991 (Revised December 1992)
Teaching Note

Smoke Wars: The Case for and Against the Cigarette Industry, Teaching Note

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

May 1992
Teaching Note

Smoke Wars: The Case for and Against the Cigarette Industry, Teaching Note

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

resolve internal conflicts. In the Negotiations course, students not only analyze a number of case studies, but also participate in a series of negotiation exercises that give them hands-on practice with a variety of deal-making... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

August 1984 (Revised June 1985)
Teaching Note

Federal Trade Commission and the Shared Monopoly Case against the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Manufacturers, Teaching Note

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Monopoly; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

April 2006
Teaching Note

Vermeer Case Series (TN)

By: Paul W. Marshall

Teaching Note to (397-078), (397-079), (397-080), (397-081), (397-082), (397-085), (397-110), and (397-121). View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Management

May 2017 (Revised June 2017)
Teaching Note

ATH Technologies Case Series

By: Robert Simons and Jennifer Packard

Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 117-012, 117-013, 117-014, 117-015, 117-016, and 117-017. View Details

Keywords: Balancing Innovation And Control; Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Performance Management

August 2004 (Revised March 2009)
Exercise

Your Own Case Study

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Sarah Marie Kauss

Designed to aid in the transfer and application of knowledge gained from the executive program to the live situation that program participants face in their jobs. Teaching Purpose: To bring practical relevance to executive education programs, permitting focused... View Details

Keywords: Executive Education; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management; Practice