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April 2019 (Revised January 2022)
Teaching Note

Coup or Crime? The Case of Carlos Ghosn

By: Aiyesha Dey and Jonas Heese

Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-096. View Details

Article

Strategic Disclosure: The Case of Business School Rankings

By: Michael Luca and Jonathan Smith

We empirically analyze disclosure decisions made by 240 MBA programs about which rankings to display on their websites. We present three main findings. First, consistent with theories of countersignaling, top schools are least likely to disclose their rankings, whereas... View Details

Keywords: Voluntary Disclosure; Shrouded Attributes; Information Unraveling; Rankings; Higher Education; Corporate Disclosure; Rank and Position

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1997
Book

Instructor's Manual to Accompany Case Problems in Finance

By: W. C. Kester, W. E. Fruhan, Jr., T. R. Piper and R. S. Ruback

September 2004 (Revised November 2006)
Teaching Note

Evolution of Treatment, The: The Case of Diabetes

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer

Teaching Note to (9-302-023). View Details

Keywords: Health Disorders; Nutrition

October 1983 (Revised May 1986)
Case

Newtoys, Inc.: New Product Problem (B), Software Case

1999
Case

Entrepreneurial Insights Case Video (Matrix) - Full Version

By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

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September 1974
Article

Repeated Games of Incomplete Information: The Symmetric Case

By: Elon Kohlberg and Shmuel Zamir

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Information

06 Feb 2013
News

Case Study: In Search of a Second Act

28 May 2024
News

Harvard Professor Scott Kominers on NFT Use Cases

16 Jan 2018
News

Facebook, BlackRock, and the Case for Purpose-Driven Companies

March 2018 (Revised June 2022)
Background Note

Background Note: Examining the Case for Sustainable Investing

By: Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi and Caitlin Reimers Brumme

Educators

30 Sep 2021
News

HBS Case Night: The Black New Venture Competition

04 Dec 2019
News

Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes “It really comes down to putting your money where your mouth is. Part of it is this unconscious bias. But we just need more women to feel comfortable writing checks.” “It really comes down to putting... View Details

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Course Research: Using the Case Method to Build and Teach Management Theory

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Paul R. Carlile

Some in the Academy have questioned the usefulness of case studies in teaching sound management theory (Shugan 2006). Our research and experience suggests exactly the opposite-that case studies can unite the development of theory with the teaching of it in a single... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Teaching; Cases; Research; Theory

16 Jul 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Visualizing and Measuring Enterprise Architecture: An Exploratory BioPharma Case

Keywords: by Robert Lagerstrom, Carliss Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & David Dreyfus

13 Nov 2023

Military Explore the HBS Case Method with Professor Jim Matheson

You've seen videos of what it is like to be in an HBS Classroom. You've heard stories about cold calls, sky deck, and protagonist surprises. Now is your chance to experience the case method live. Join Professor Jim Matheson, Faculty... View Details

27 Jan 2015
Working Paper Summaries

College Admissions as Non-Price Competition: The Case of South Korea

Keywords: by Christopher Avery, Alvin E. Roth & Soohyung Lee; Education

October 1990 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Taxing Situations: Two Cases on Income Taxes and Financial Reporting

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Two whimsical situations are described to provide illustrations of situations where income taxes paid differ from the income tax expense that might be included in financial reports. In addition to illustrating that financial reported income may differ from taxable... View Details

Keywords: Taxation; Accounting Audits; Financial Statements; Financial Reporting; Decisions; Accounting Industry; Financial Services Industry

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