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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
Ivashina, Victoria, and Abhijit Tagade. "Analytical Tools in Private Equity: Return Bridge." Harvard Business School Background Note 220-019, August 2019. (Revised September 2021.) (Prof. Ivashina is using this note for course this semester.)
- April 1988 (Revised April 1989)
- Case
Kingsbury Machine Tool Corp.
By: David J. Collis
Collis, David J. "Kingsbury Machine Tool Corp." Harvard Business School Case 388-110, April 1988. (Revised April 1989.)
- November 1986 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
Machine Tool Industry (A)
By: David J. Collis
Collis, David J. "Machine Tool Industry (A)." Harvard Business School Case 387-087, November 1986. (Revised September 1987.)
- August 1985 (Revised February 1988)
- Case
Detroit Tool Industries (A)
Klein, Janice A. "Detroit Tool Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 686-016, August 1985. (Revised February 1988.)
- December 1952
- Case
Sprague Machine Tool Co.
Hunt, Pearson. "Sprague Machine Tool Co." Harvard Business School Case 252-003, December 1952.
- 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
Barnes, Louis B. "Precista Tools AG (A)." Harvard Business School Case 488-046, April 1988. (Revised July 1989.)
- 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
- August 1985 (Revised July 1986)
- Supplement
Detroit Tool Industries (B)
Klein, Janice A. "Detroit Tool Industries (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 686-017, August 1985. (Revised July 1986.)
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Hampton Machine Tool Company TN
By: Thomas R. Piper
Teaching Note for (9-280-103). View Details
- August 2013 (Revised August 2014)
- Technical Note
Population Health Management—Techniques and Tools
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Kyle Bertke
Companion note to "Amil and the Health Care System in Brazil," Harvard Business School Case No. 312-029, January 2014 View Details
- 2001
- Chapter
Monetary Analysis: Tools and Applications
By: Huw Pill
Pill, Huw. "Monetary Analysis: Tools and Applications." Chap. 1 in Monetary Analysis: Tools and Applications, edited by Hans-Joachim Klöckers and Caroline Willeke, 11–30. Frankfurt: European Central Bank, 2001.
- February 1987 (Revised February 1988)
- Technical Note
Machine Tool Industry, Technical Note
Jaikumar, Ramchandran. "Machine Tool Industry, Technical Note." Harvard Business School Technical Note 687-062, February 1987. (Revised February 1988.)
- March 1995 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
The Black & Decker Corporation (A): Power Tools Division
By: Robert J. Dolan
Presents Black & Decker's performance against a Japanese competitor and others in the power tools market. Black & Decker is anxious to regain its market share leadership in particular segments of the market. View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Competition; Globalization; Construction Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Dolan, Robert J. "The Black & Decker Corporation (A): Power Tools Division." Harvard Business School Case 595-057, March 1995. (Revised March 2001.)
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
JOANN: Joannalytics Inventory Allocation Tool
By: Kris Ferreira
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 621-055. View Details
- Article
Political Forecasting as a Management Tool
By: James E. Austin and David Yoffie
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Government and Politics; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
Austin, James E., and David Yoffie. "Political Forecasting as a Management Tool." Journal of Forecasting 3, no. 4 (October–December 1984).
- September 1972 (Revised August 1989)
- Background Note
Simple Economic Tools for Strategic Analysis
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Simple Economic Tools for Strategic Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 373-094, September 1972. (Revised August 1989.)
- October 2006
- Article
The Tools of Cooperation and Change
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Matt Marx and Howard H. Stevenson
Christensen, Clayton M., Matt Marx, and Howard H. Stevenson. "The Tools of Cooperation and Change." Harvard Business Review 84, no. 10 (October 2006).
- November 1987 (Revised March 1988)
- Case
Searching for Trade Remedies: The U.S. Machine Tool Industry--1983
By: David B. Yoffie
In 1983 the National Machine Tools Builder Association was predicting a declining market for the United States and rising imports. Machine tool manufacturers had to decide if they should ask the U.S. government for help, and if they did, which administrative channels... View Details
Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Machinery and Machining; Government and Politics; Law; Production; Business and Government Relations; Competition; Manufacturing Industry; Japan; Germany; United States
Yoffie, David B. "Searching for Trade Remedies: The U.S. Machine Tool Industry--1983." Harvard Business School Case 388-071, November 1987. (Revised March 1988.)
- November 1986
- Case
Machine Tool Industry (B): United Kingdom
By: David J. Collis
Collis, David J. "Machine Tool Industry (B): United Kingdom." Harvard Business School Case 387-088, November 1986.