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January 1976
Background Note

June 2010
Tool

Strategy Map Tool

By: V.G. Narayanan

Keywords: Strategy

Citation

May 2008
Exercise

Stakeholder Analysis Tool

By: Lynda M. Applegate

This exercise enables users to: identify stakeholders and analyze their interests and expectations; categorize interests and expectations based on importance; and develop an action plan. View Details

Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Planning; Interests; Segmentation

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August 1985 (Revised March 1987)
Supplement

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August 2019 (Revised September 2021)
Background Note

Analytical Tools in Private Equity: Return Bridge

By: Victoria Ivashina and Abhijit Tagade

This note explains the rationale and derivation behind “return bridge,” a key analytical tool used in the private equity industry to understand sources of value-add. The note elaborates on the advantages and the shortcomings of the return bridge. View Details

Keywords: Return Bridge; Private Equity; Value Creation; Analysis

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April 1988 (Revised April 1989)
Case

Kingsbury Machine Tool Corp.

By: David J. Collis

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November 1986 (Revised September 1987)
Case

Machine Tool Industry (A)

By: David J. Collis

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Tools & Training - Alumni

Careers Tools & Training Careers Tools & Training No matter where you are in your career, professional development is an ongoing process. Use the tools below to explore... View Details

August 1985 (Revised February 1988)
Case

Detroit Tool Industries (A)

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01 Apr 2011
News

High-tech tools for change

16 Aug 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

The marketing analysis toolkits are a suite of analytical tools that managers can use to inform decision-making in marketing. Each toolkit includes a technical note that outlines the analysis technique, provides examples of how it is used... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

December 1952
Case

Sprague Machine Tool Co.

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April 1988 (Revised July 1989)
Case

Precista Tools AG (A)

A young woman manager in a Swiss family firm finds that her role as a managing director becomes bitterly unpleasant once her older brother decides to leave an engineering career and join the family business. That is what the father, who was head of the business had... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Gender Characteristics; Switzerland

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06 Jun 2016
News

Your Investment Tool Is Failing You

August 1985 (Revised July 1986)
Supplement

Detroit Tool Industries (B)

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Tools for Life's Major Transitions

To take charge of a major life transition, we must look beyond the numbers in a financial plan, we must look at our relationships and how they will change, assess our physical health and lifestyle and develop an understanding of how work and play will keep us mentally... View Details

10 Jun 2015
News

High-Tech Tools Won’t Automatically Improve Your Operations

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tools

What GIS resources are available to Harvard affiliates? Harvard provides access to several tools that allow you to map data: SimplyAnalytics: web-based mapping tool that incorporates market research data from Experian... View Details