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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • January 2003 (Revised January 2008)
    • Case

    The British Motorcycle Industry at a Crossroads

    By: Jan W. Rivkin
    By 1975, the collapse of the British motorcycle industry is nearly complete. Only one British manufacturer, NVT, remains in operation. In this setting, the British government commissions the Boston Consulting Group to identify and evaluate strategic alternatives for... View Details
    Keywords: Cost; Industry Structures; Business and Government Relations; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Consulting Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Great Britain
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    Improved Bounds on the Sizes of S.P Numbers

    By: Paul Myer Kominers and Scott Duke Kominers
    A number which is S.P in base r is a positive integer which is equal to the sum of its base-r digits multiplied by the product of its base-r digits. These numbers have been studied extensively in The Mathematical Gazette. Recently, Shah Ali... View Details
    Keywords: Mathematical Methods
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    • 30 Aug 2016
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    August 30, 2016

    architecture. In particular, we draw upon modular systems theory to develop and test a series of propositions about the impact of component coupling on the cost of IT change. Our methods make use of “Design Structure Matrices” (DSMs), a... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 18 Oct 2023
    • News

    Spreading the Words

    Shafiq Khan (MBA 1982) loves to solve problems. It’s what attracted him to the case study method at HBS and, after graduation, to consulting at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Then, at United Airlines, Khan encountered another challenge: The company was spending one-sixth of... View Details
    Keywords: April White
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    About the Center - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

    About the Center The C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning was established in 2004 to promote and support teaching excellence and innovation within Harvard Business School. It also provides leadership and expertise about View Details
    • 09 Jan 2024
    • Blog Post

    Insights From Harvard Business School’s Peek Program

    Peek is an annual online program for current undergraduate students that provides an opportunity to try out the HBS case method of study, join a leadership development discussion, gain an understanding of... View Details
    • 24 Mar 2015
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    First Look: March 24

    features. First, financiers engage in the costly but potentially profitable process of innovation: they can invent better methods for screening entrepreneurs. Second, every screening process becomes less effective as technology advances.... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 25 Jun 2013
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    First Look: June 25

    Network Methods to Map Product Architecture By: Baldwin, Carliss Y., Alan MacCormack, and John Rusnak Abstract—In this paper, we describe an operational methodology for characterising the architecture of technical systems and demonstrate... View Details
    Keywords: Anna Secino
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    Cold Calling - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

    Teaching by the Case Method Cold Calling Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings... View Details
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    Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care Value-Based Health Care Cases & Teaching Notes Key Concepts Key Stakeholders Publications Team Work With Us Presentations Key... View Details
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    Tools & Training - Alumni

    you for case interviews in consulting, product management, and product marketing. It deconstructs interviews into clearly defined skills and gives you the tools to help you master them. Learn how to approach View Details
    • 04 Sep 2013
    • What Do You Think?

    How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

    "What organizations need to do is break old habits of practicing planning as ceremonial processes that are conducted periodically. That'll probably happen Those that don't just won't survive." This led to the question of why managers have been reluctant to... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
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    Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

    Case | Faculty Research Education technology (edtech) company TagHive, founded in 2017, used a direct sales team and third-party distributors to sell its Class Saathi hardware and software solution to 300 clients, mainly primary and... View Details
    • 03 Apr 2007
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    First Look: April 3, 2007

    important Delaware case law created a difference in the standard of judicial review for the two basic methods of freezing out minority shareholders. While a freeze-out executed as a statutory merger is... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 13 Feb 2018
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    New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

    design of our establishment-level analysis, our methods for distinguishing between leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and other private equity transactions, bankruptcy rates among firms acquired in LBOs, their assertion that we undercount large... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 28 Mar 2018
    • Blog Post

    Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1

    Hosting a company recruiting event is a great way to build brand awareness and engage with HBS students. At the same time, we know that event planning requires a commitment from your team in preparing materials, securing speakers, advertising, and in many View Details
    Keywords: All Industries
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    Getting Started - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

    Teaching by the Case Method Getting Started Preparing to Teach Getting Started Developing Instructor Style Shaping the Learning Environment Knowing Your Students Planning a Class Session Leading in the... View Details
    • 02 Feb 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable

    case of United Airlines, many viral tweets about nationally recognizable companies are picked up in media outlets like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. These results also highlight that social media alone cannot substitute... View Details
    Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Technology
    • 15 Feb 2011
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    First Look: Feb. 15

    (forthcoming) Abstract Researchers have documented many cases in which individuals rationalize their regrettable actions. Four experiments examine situations in which participants go beyond merely explaining away their misconduct to... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne