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- 16 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business School Experience
respond, and actively avoiding being the center of attention. I list these out because 1) many of them seem to be in direct contradiction with the case method style of learning, and 2) I’ve found that... View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
strong interaction between financing choices for innovation and changing external conditions, especially reduced experimentation costs. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2519572 Cases & Course Materials Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
of accounting research papers draws causal inferences notwithstanding the well-known difficulties in doing so with observational data. While a minority of papers seeks to use quasi-experimental methods to draw inferences, there are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007
method patents that were litigated compared to patents that were not litigated offer empirical evidence supporting the hypotheses. Cases & Course MaterialsThe AtekPC Project Management Office Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Initiatives & Projects - Faculty & Research
interdisciplinary perspectives. Case Method Project The Case Method Project is bringing case View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6
policies designed to combat corruption. These policies are accompanied by lower subsequent allegations of corruption and lower, but more profitable, sales growth in high corruption countries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-077.pdf View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 2010 (Revised August 2012)
- Supplement
Assistant Professor Jo Worthington (B)
A professor teaching a case discussion based on numeric analysis is pleased that a student finally "cracks" the case--but the numbers differ from her own. The instructor has to decide how to handle the discrepancy. View Details
Leonard, Dorothy A. "Assistant Professor Jo Worthington (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 911-405, July 2010. (Revised August 2012.)
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Student Performance - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Teaching by the Case Method Student Performance Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Providing Assessment & Feedback Judging Success Student Performance Instructor Performance Sample Class Student... View Details
- 26 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way to Go to Market
network needs to act as a "channel steward" who looks out for the interests of all players and customers. In this interview, Rangan discusses his concept of channel stewards and why companies need them. Q: You note in the book that in most View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Video Blog: Why I Decided to Pursue an MBA at HBS
into these amazing people's lives. And I've developed really incredible friendships that I think I'll carry on for years and years to come. So people is definitely number one. Number two, I would have to say the case method, for sure. The... View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20
quantitative insight on the link between a firm's business model choices and their ultimate profit consequences. We apply the method to Walmart. Using evidence from annual reports, research papers, case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2007
- Case
The AtekPC Project Management Office
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil and John Hupp
Presents one company's efforts to implement a project management organization, or PMO, and the challenges they faced in doing so. Issues brought out in the case include defining the PMO's purpose and mission, the structure and governance of the PMO, and how to... View Details
Keywords: Projects; Goals and Objectives; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Mathematical Methods; Consulting Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, Mark Keil, and John Hupp. "The AtekPC Project Management Office." Harvard Business School Case 308-049, October 2007.
- Summer 2012
- Article
Epistemic Contests and the Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: The Brazil–USA Cotton Dispute and the Incremental Balancing of Interests
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
The World Trade Organization (WTO) features prominently in studies of international institutions, often cast either as a tool of rich-world domination over the poorer South or as a neutral mediator facilitating a tariff-free world of economic prosperity. This article... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Trade; Conflict and Resolution; Consumer Products Industry; Brazil; United States
Daemmrich, Arthur A. "Epistemic Contests and the Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: The Brazil–USA Cotton Dispute and the Incremental Balancing of Interests." Special Issue on Dispute Settlement at the WTO. Trade, Law and Development 4, no. 1 (Summer 2012): 200–240.
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-061.pdf Cross Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales & Operations Planning Authors:Rogelio Oliva and Noel Watson Author's Abstract In 2002, Leitax, a niche... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
Microfinance—essentially small loans that help impoverished individuals create jobs, small businesses, and stronger communities—may offer a window on new methods for widening access to healthcare for the poor. Led by Harvard Business... View Details
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Configurations of Rank-40r Extremal Even Unimodular Lattices (r=1,2,3)
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Zachary Abel
We show that if L is an extremal even unimodular lattice of rank 40r with r=1,2,3 then L is generated by its vectors of norms 4r and 4r+2. Our result is an extension of Ozeki's result for the case r=1. View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Zachary Abel. "Configurations of Rank-40r Extremal Even Unimodular Lattices (r=1,2,3)." Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux 20, no. 2 (2008): 365–371.
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17
benefits of incremental (operational) planning, and decreases the benefits of comprehensive (strategic) planning. The Growth Opportunity That Lies Next Door Author:Geoffrey Jones Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2012) Abstract This article... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 2009 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
By: Anette Mikes
This case motivates a debate on the role of staff functions, such as risk management: what does it mean for them to be independent, and at the same time, to partner the business lines? The case describes the risk assessment process in the corporate banking arm of... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Credit; Banks and Banking; Governance Controls; Risk Management; Mathematical Methods
Mikes, Anette. "Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: All That Glitters Is Not Gold." Harvard Business School Case 110-011, July 2009. (Revised January 2012.)