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By: Malcolm P. Baker
I currently teach Finance 1 in the required curriculum. In the past, I have taught Finance 2, I have taught in the elective curriculum - Investment Strategies and Behavioral Finance - and I have taught in executive courses, including Finance for Senior Executives and... View Details
- December 2016
- Background Note
Reaching Beyond Your Organization: Empowering Innovation
By: William R. Kerr
Forward-thinking established companies utilize new routes for external innovation with start-ups and crowds. The reading reviews strategic partnerships, strategic investments, strategic acquisitions, and crowd-based collaborations. Case examples include Google, SK... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Corporate Innovation; Collaboration; Partnerships; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy
Kerr, William R. "Reaching Beyond Your Organization: Empowering Innovation." Harvard Business School Background Note 817-044, December 2016.
- October 2000 (Revised April 2003)
- Background Note
Project Finance Research, Data, and Information Sources
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Fuaad Qureshi
Documents the major sources of project finance research and data. It is to be a reference guide for MBA students writing for the elective curriculum course, Large-scale Investment, and for others interested in the field of project finance. View Details
Esty, Benjamin C., and Fuaad Qureshi. "Project Finance Research, Data, and Information Sources ." Harvard Business School Background Note 201-041, October 2000. (Revised April 2003.)
- June 2003
- Case
Memphis City Schools
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Kevin Morris
Associate Superintendent Marieta Harris needs a plan for continuing the momentum of systemic change in this urban school district while facing shifts of leadership and curriculum philosophy, uneven progress on reforms, new tests that put a high proportion of schools on... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Overview
I currently teach an Elective Course on Capitalism and the State, and recently developed a module for the Required Curriculum on the Social Purpose of the Firm. Earlier I developed Managing International Trade and Investment, and have also taught BGIE and Strategy in... View Details
- 2014
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Marketing Reading: Sales Force Design and Management
By: Doug J. Chung and Das Narayandas
This Core Curriculum Reading introduces students to (1) the importance of sales force design in implementing organizational strategy, and (2) the role of sales force management in linking structures and processes to behaviors. The material combines theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Sales Budget; Sales Compensation; Sales Cycle; Sales Force Management; Sales Forces; Sales Management; Sales Operations; Sales Organization; Sales Planning; Sales Strategy
Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas. "Marketing Reading: Sales Force Design and Management." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8213, 2014.
- Teaching Interest
Overview
By: Benjamin C. Esty
I created and teach a course called Strategies for Value Creation (SVC). It is designed to be a capstone course in the Elective Curriculum (EC or second year of the MBA program) that integrates and further develops concepts developed in several Required Curriculum (RC... View Details
- March 2023 (Revised March 2025)
- Module Note
LCA Module Overview: Society
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
Leadership and Corporate and Accountability (LCA) is a required course in the first-year MBA curriculum at Harvard Business School to help managers determine and deliver on their economic, legal, and ethical responsibilities. This note summarizes the cases and outlines... View Details
Hsieh, Nien-hê. "LCA Module Overview: Society." Harvard Business School Module Note 323-096, March 2023. (Revised March 2025.)
- March 2006
- Course Overview Note
Consumer Marketing: Rethinking the Core
By: Youngme E. Moon
Outlines the structure and content of an advanced MBA course entitled Consumer Marketing: Rethinking the Core. The course, which is part of the second-year curriculum at the Harvard Business School, focuses on a reexamination of several fundamental marketing paradigms... View Details
- October 2018 (Revised August 2019)
- Module Note
Supply Chain Management
By: Willy C. Shih
This note on supply chain management provides background for the seven class supply chain module in the Technology & Operations Management required curriculum course taught at the Harvard Business School. This module includes four broad topics: sourcing and supply... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Information; Supply ＆ Demand; Supply Chain Industries; Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry; United States; Asia; Europe; Japan; China
Shih, Willy C. "Supply Chain Management." Harvard Business School Module Note 619-023, October 2018. (Revised August 2019.)
- Teaching Interest
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By: Debora L. Spar
I currently teach an Elective Course on Capitalism and the State (CATS), and serve as Course Head for a new Required Curriculum course on the Social Purpose of the Firm (SPF). Previously, I developed and taught Managing International Trade and Investment (MITI) in the... View Details
- Teaching Interest
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Technology and Operations – MBA Required Curriculum
This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes... View Details
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Paige served as the Head Teaching Fellow for the Technology and Operations Management MBA Required Curriculum course in 2024 and as a junior Teaching Fellow in 2023, supporting more than 900 first-year MBA students each year. In these roles, she developed problem set... View Details
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I teach an MBA course in the elective curriculum called Managing and Innovating in Financial Services. I focus on key functions of the financial system including credit, liquidity, insurance and payments provided by a variety of financial intermediaries including... View Details
- 2017
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Financial Accounting Reading: Basic Accounting Concepts and Assumptions
By: David F. Hawkins
Core Curriculum Readings in Financial Accounting cover the fundamental concepts in financial accounting. The objective of this reading is to enhance the student's understanding of the nature of the information that general purpose financial reports provide. This goal... View Details
Keywords: Accounting
Hawkins, David F. "Financial Accounting Reading: Basic Accounting Concepts and Assumptions." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Harvard Business Publishing 5060, 2017.
- Research Summary
The Evolving Role of the CIO
The Internet 'bubble' magnified the ups and downs of IT managers' fortunes into a roller coaster ride. Post-crash, the role of senior IT management is uncertain in many companies, and in need of redefinition. This project aims to define a role for CIOs and IT managers... View Details
- July 1997
- Teaching Note
First Year Marketing Module Summary: Evolution of Marketing TN
By: John A. Deighton
Describes the organization of a four- or five-case module that concludes the Marketing Management course in the First Year curriculum at Harvard Business School and offers a look to the future. Covers introductory remarks to students at the start of the module, some... View Details
- 2018
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Financial Accounting Reading: Shareholders' Equity
By: Suraj Srinivasan
Core Curriculum Readings in Financial Accounting cover the fundamental concepts in financial accounting. Many readings include videos and Interactive Illustrations to help students master complex concepts.
This is a standalone reading designed to introduce... View Details
This is a standalone reading designed to introduce... View Details
Srinivasan, Suraj. "Financial Accounting Reading: Shareholders' Equity." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 5075, 2018.
- Research Summary
Agency Conflicts in Private Equity Transactions
Professor El-Hage has led the development of the Elective Curriculum course, Private Equity Finance. in this course, El-Hage studies private equity transactions, with particualr focus on agency conflicts in this business that prides itself on "alignment of... View Details
- February 2011
- Module Note
Business Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization
By: Diego A. Comin
Business Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization is one of the core modules in Business Government and the International Economy (BGIE), a course for the required curriculum of the Harvard Business School. BGIE teaches the economic, political and historical... View Details
Keywords: Fluctuation; Business Cycles; Trade; Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Capital; Cash Flow; Globalization; Problems and Challenges; China
Comin, Diego A. "Business Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization." Harvard Business School Module Note 711-064, February 2011.