Simulation - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607014 Asset Allocation I Harvard Business School Note 208-086 The goal of these simulations is to understand the mathematics of mean-variance optimization and the equilibrium... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2025
News

Step By Step

I started running at HBS, in the month between the end of classes and Commencement. I was born with asthma, so sports in general were never my forte, but the overwhelming nature of prepping cases and recruiting meant my physical condition had worsened. Once I’d made it... View Details

Keywords: Nikos Bartzoulianos; Illustration by Caroline Tomlinson

13 Nov 2020
News

Students craft their post-HBS lives

workshop—students bring their spouses or partners to class to work on how to have effective relationships. Crafting Your Life employs self-assessments, written exercises, workshops, and a simulation all developed specially for the course.... View Details

29 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

people imagining imminent death. Study 1 revealed that blog posts of near-death patients with cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis were more positive and less negative than the simulated blog posts of nonpatients—and also that the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2014
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The Power to Change

a world-travel adventure for a year. They were at a Disney resort in Tokyo—riding through a simulated volcano attraction of all things—when the catastrophic 2011 earthquake and tsunami struck. Wilcox says the terror of the moment, the... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Business and Environment Initiative; Scientific Research and Development Services

23 Jun 2015
Blog Post

What is SVMP?

SVMP alumni that I had met raved about the program, and it got me excited about being in a room full of young and motivated leaders who want to learn. What surprised you the most about it? I was most surprised by how much this week at HBS View Details

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Visionary, Innovator, Educator - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator W hen Doriot retired from HBS, Nathan Pusey, the president of Harvard, reflected on the professor's careers in education, the military, and industry: "I should like to add a personal word of appreciation in Harvard's name for the... View Details

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Supply Chain Management - Course Catalog

necessary, but by no means sufficient, for supply chain management. Grading Grading will be based on class participation, engagement, and a capstone project consisting of playing a week-long “Supply Chain Game” simulation and writing a... View Details

21 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle

calculated so that directional recommendations can be made. 'What if' analysis or simulations: A small number of marketing plans are considered by simulating their effects on sales and profit. The best plan can then be chosen from this... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1996
News

Four Professors to Retire

an integral part of their administrative and educational experience. With advisors from Apple Computer and other software vendors, Crum and his colleagues developed a networked client-server computer environment that produced HBS's first interactive digital video cases... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

integration. The fifth module looks at the frontiers of this practice including robo-investing and the evolution of large-scale financial institutions. Class Sessions: The course has approximately 14 cases, some of which include View Details

22 Feb 2019
News

Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders

World Congress Center in Atlanta for a program called JA BizTown, where students learn business concepts and skills through a simulated economy in which they create and run a company. “We had a very rewarding JA day,” says Tom Mallory... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2007
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James McKenney Remembered

full professor in 1968 and was named the John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration in 1989. He retired from the active faculty in 1996. McKenney introduced the first computer-based simulation exercise, the Business Game, to the... View Details

Keywords: Information

14 Apr 2016
Blog Post

What I Learned at SVMP

educational institutions, then the best is still to come for what I can offer the world. Ava Arroyo I quickly discovered that the case method is engaging, intense and fun. SVMP simulated case method classes for us during our time on... View Details

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Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar - Course Catalog

and a deeper understanding of eco-system of investment management. Students will be expected to present once during the semester. There will be a presentation mid-way through the semester to update the class on the project and their firm. Presentations will View Details

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Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog

among others. The course also features an online computer-gaming simulation that enables students to compete against one another as rival SaaS firms vying for users, market position, and capital investment. Case classes are organized into... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

real-life scenarios. These simulations build from the simple - two parties negotiating a one-shot price deal for headlamps - to the complex-- many parties in a long-term relationship seeking agreement on the myriad issues involved in a... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

31 May 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water

customers like his product. In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade The Strategic Brew computer simulation puts MBAs in charge of their own breweries, rising or sinking based on the popularity of their pseudo suds. Ramon... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Food & Beverage

22 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 22

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510032-PDF-ENG Carbon Trading Simulation: Black Cement Inc. Peter A. ColesHarvard Business School Supplement 911-053 This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the... View Details