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01 Dec 2004
News

A Case of Achievement

Hundreds of first-year students played a key role in this year’s Alumni Achievement Award ceremonies as they, along with this year’s five award winners, took part in a case discussion in Burden Hall in September. The case, “Rob Parson at... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

1982
Book

Business Policy: Text and Cases

By: C. Roland Christensen, Kenneth R. Andrews, Joseph L. Bower, Richard G. Hamermesh and Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Policy; Information; Cases

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September 2013
Case

The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2013

By: Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan Jr. and Elizabeth A. Meyer

Helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statements. This case consists of an exercise in which students are given balance sheet data in percentage form and other selected financial data for companies in 14... View Details

Keywords: Financial Management; Accounting Statements; Ratio Analysis; Financial Statements; Finance

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15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

Everyone talks about how quickly business changes, yet some HBS cases remain reliably relevant decades after they are written. We take a behind-the-scenes look at five cases that are at least twenty years... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

13 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

In trying to prevent discrimination and prejudice, many companies adopt a strategy of "colorblindness"—actively trying to ignore racial differences when enacting policies and making organizational decisions. The logic is simple: if we don't even notice race, then we... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

26 Oct 2021

Esperanza Mock Case Session

Join us for a mock case session featuring the case authors, weighing the pros and cons of pursuing an MBA. Registrants will receive the Esperanza case in advance and can look... View Details

July 1999 (Revised July 2007)
Background Note

Preparing Family Business Cases

By: John A. Davis

Advises students on how to prepare and discuss a family business case. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Business Education; Cases; Family Ownership; Research

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01 Dec 2013
News

Case Study: Citizen Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway, would no longer invest in newspapers "at any price." "Very smart people looked at Buffett's offer and wondered what he saw in the declining industry that others did not," notes Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor Benjamin Esty, the author, with... View Details

Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2004
News

A Case for Coffee

Another highlight of the trip was a stimulating case discussion on coffee production led by two local alumni, Thomas Dixon (MBA ’88) and Tim Piper (MBA ’88). Dixon and Piper both work for the Tanzania arm of TechnoServe, a global... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2024
News

Case Study: Testing the Waters

sugars. Rather than focus solely on athletes, Cure appeals to consumers as an everyday hydration product as well as for use cases that can lead to electrolyte imbalance, including pregnancy, illness, certain medical conditions, or even as... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

autumn 1998
Article

Case Study: Dell Online

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell

Keywords: Technology; Computer Industry

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November–December 1991
Article

The Case of AIDS

By: R. S. Tedlow and M. Marram

Keywords: Health Pandemics

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July 1990 (Revised March 2000)
Case

John M. Case Company

By: Samuel L. Hayes III

The owner of a small, privately held company decides to sell out, and a group of the company's top managers structures a leveraged buyout. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Management Teams; Business Exit or Shutdown

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