Publications

October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
Case

Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (A)

By: Joseph Pacelli, ZeSean Ali and Tom Quinn

Fund manager Janet Curie asked for a recommendation about the pharmaceutical company Catalent. The company seemed like a solid investment. However, a pair of research reports issued over the previous two months complicated this narrative. GlassHouse Research, a short... View Details

August 2010
Teaching Note

Flash Memory, Inc. (Brief Case)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr. and Craig Stephenson

Teaching Note for 4230. View Details

Keywords: Forecasting; Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting

September 1990 (Revised June 1994)
Case

Catawba Industrial Co.

By: Francis Aguilar

A department general manager has to decide whether or not to add a lightweight compressor to the line, what price to charge, and what volume to produce. The analysis requires maximizing contribution in a situation where one factor is constrained. As such, it takes into... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Capital Budgeting; Business Earnings; Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Asset Pricing

Web

Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

process and deadlines: Harvard Business School Financial Aid Harvard Kennedy School Financial Aid Harvard Kennedy School Fellowships Student Budgets Harvard Business School Student View Details

08 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Education Sector Opportunities at HBS

skills and experiences: Courses and Independent Projects The required curriculum truly does prepare you with the foundation to enter any field, but there is some metacognitive work to be done to apply what... View Details

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Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

Admissions & Financial Aid JD / MBA Admissions Prospective students interested in the JD/MBA joint degree program apply to Harvard Law School (HLS) and Harvard Business School (HBS) separately and must be... View Details

September 2010
Teaching Note

New Heritage Doll Company (Brief Case)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Heide Abelli

Teaching Note for 4212. View Details

Keywords: Forecasting; Resource Management; Resource Allocation; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

from the core business who has demonstrated a record of success? An outsider who has started and grown a successful company? The school-of-experience view suggests that both of these managers might be risky hires. The internal candidate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Raynor

10 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 10

as the team had already made significant design progress. The team was also working under a tight budget and delivery deadline. However, the aesthetics would appear to be greatly improved by changing the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 1999 (Revised September 2001)
Case

Penelope's Personal Pocket Phones

By: Paul A. Gompers

Provides students with an opportunity to use simple real options analysis to value a startup. Penelope Phillips is deciding whether to start a company to make wireless phones. Students get experience using traditional discounted cash flow valuation and a real options... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Capital Budgeting; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry

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Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

destination) students must send an email to se@hbs.edu detailing the changes and the reason(s) for the request prior to incurring the expense. You will be notified by email about the status of your request within a week of the application... View Details

25 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’

of higher education are in the process of slow-motion self-destruction. The University of California system, once the greatest system of public higher education in the world, has been weakened and made increasingly dysfunctional due to... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby & F. Warren McFarlan; Education; Technology

March 2007
Teaching Note

Understanding Customer Profitability at Charles Schwab (TN)

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez

Teaching note to 106002. View Details

Keywords: Customers; Profit; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Decision Making; Cost; System; Transformation; Budgets and Budgeting; Performance Evaluation; Financial Services Industry; Web Services Industry

24 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Growing the Seeds of an Early-Stage Startup

process tasks that could be outsourced. At Brass Roots, the team and I are the only resources. We do whatever it takes to complete the tasks and find workarounds when budget... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail

May 1996
Case

Conglomerat National - European Container

By: Samuel L. Hayes III

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Cost of Capital; Europe