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- May 1976 (Revised April 1978)
- Background Note
Writing a Case and Its Teaching Note
Bennett, John B. "Writing a Case and Its Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 376-243, May 1976. (Revised April 1978.)
- May 1992
- Teaching Note
Lake Pleasant Bodies Case (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-390-212) and (9-390-216). View Details
Keywords: Legal Services Industry
- June 1984 (Revised October 1988)
- Background Note
Introduction to Cases
Introduces students and executives to the case method and provides a generalized approach to cases. View Details
Keywords: Cases
Shapiro, Benson P. "Introduction to Cases." Harvard Business School Background Note 584-097, June 1984. (Revised October 1988.)
- 1985
- Book
The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: Case Commentary and Teaching Technique
By: R. S. Tedlow
Tedlow, R. S. The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: Case Commentary and Teaching Technique. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1985.
- November 1993 (Revised July 1994)
- Background Note
Adjusted Present Value Method for Capital Assets, The
By: Steven R. Fenster and Stuart C. Gilson
This case provides an explanation of the adjusted present value method for valuing capital assets. The authors believe this approach is generally simple and better for the complicated and changing capital structure found in restructuring. View Details
Fenster, Steven R., and Stuart C. Gilson. "Adjusted Present Value Method for Capital Assets, The ." Harvard Business School Background Note 294-047, November 1993. (Revised July 1994.)
- April 2015
- Background Note
Key Elements for Excellence in Classroom Cases and Teaching Notes
Austin, James, James Heskett, and Christopher Bartlett. "Key Elements for Excellence in Classroom Cases and Teaching Notes." Harvard Business School Background Note 915-417, April 2015.
- August 1988 (Revised September 1995)
- Background Note
Case Teaching at Harvard Business School: Some Advice for New Faculty
Applegate, Lynda M. "Case Teaching at Harvard Business School: Some Advice for New Faculty." Harvard Business School Background Note 189-062, August 1988. (Revised September 1995.)
- January 1995 (Revised April 1996)
- Background Note
Choreographing a Case Class
Compares four different approaches to case teaching: lecturing, theorizing, illustrating, and choreographing a case. Argues the advantages of the "choreography" method from the point of view of students' learning. Concludes with a description of that method and some... View Details
Keywords: Cases
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Choreographing a Case Class." Harvard Business School Background Note 595-074, January 1995. (Revised April 1996.)
- 2000
- Manual
Globalization and Growth: Cases in National Economic Strategies - Teaching Manual
By: Robert E. Kennedy and Richard H. K. Vietor
Kennedy, Robert E., and Richard H. K. Vietor. Globalization and Growth: Cases in National Economic Strategies - Teaching Manual. Fort Worth: Dryden Press, 2000.
- 08 Oct 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Developing Theory Using Machine Learning Methods
- 2006
- Article
Schumpeter's Plea: Historical Methods in the Study of Entrepreneurship
By: Rohit Daniel Wadhwani and Geoffrey Jones
This paper outlines the case for why and how historical methods are important to the study of entrepreneurship. We show that research in entrepreneurship has displayed declining attention to historical context since the field first emerged in the 1940s. We discuss why... View Details
Wadhwani, Rohit Daniel, and Geoffrey Jones. "Schumpeter's Plea: Historical Methods in the Study of Entrepreneurship." Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (2006).
- February 1991 (Revised December 1992)
- Teaching Note
Smoke Wars: The Case for and Against the Cigarette Industry, Teaching Note
- May 1992
- Teaching Note
Smoke Wars: The Case for and Against the Cigarette Industry, Teaching Note
- 2017
- Book
Democracy: A Case Study
By: David Moss
Democracy: A Case Study invites readers to experience American history anew and come away with a deeper understanding of the greatest strengths and vulnerabilities of the nation’s democracy as well as its resilience over time. The book adapts the case method to... View Details
Keywords: Democracy; Political Economy; Constitution; Productive Tension; Culture Of Democracy; E Pluribus Unum; United States; History; Government and Politics; Governance; Economic Systems; United States
Moss, David. Democracy: A Case Study. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
- June 2016
- Article
Task Segregation as a Mechanism for Within-Job Inequality: Women and Men of the Transportation Security Administration
By: Curtis K. Chan and Michel Anteby
What could explain inequality within a given job between groups of workers, particularly between women and men? Extant workplace inequality scholarship has largely overlooked as a source for inequality the job’s work content—the actual tasks workers perform. It is... View Details
Keywords: Inequality; Work; Mechanisms And Processes; Stratification; Labor Process; Qualitative Methods (General); Case Method; Field Research; Equality and Inequality; Working Conditions; Gender; Labor; Labor and Management Relations; Air Transportation Industry
Chan, Curtis K., and Michel Anteby. "Task Segregation as a Mechanism for Within-Job Inequality: Women and Men of the Transportation Security Administration." Administrative Science Quarterly 61, no. 2 (June 2016): 184–216.
- 25 Oct 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Management: Theory and Practice, and Cases
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
time. To try to understand why these cases are so successful, we spoke with the professors who originally wrote them and with those who still teach them. In so doing, we sprang a cold call on the professors,... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- September 2023
- Module Note
Live Case Exercise for Financial Reporting
By: Tatiana Sandino and Marshal Herrmann
Harvard Business School employs the case method as a cornerstone of its pedagogy, providing students with opportunities to engage in discussions related to difficult or contentious decisions confronted by real-world organizations. In this “live case,” we depart from... View Details