Case Method - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

first case Moss, who came to HBS with a background and degrees in both history and economics, wrote in 1994: “Constructing a Nation: The United States and Their Constitution, 1763–1792.” His experience teaching that View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2023
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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

learning-in-the-field complement to the case method used in the classroom. This past May, more than 1,000 students in the Class of 2024, divided into faculty-led cohorts of some 70 students each, worked in... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2023
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A Continuum of Innovation

discussions that make the case method such a powerful learning experience. In a related step, for the first time this year, we are offering an RC course called Data Science for Managers to help students, as... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Oct 2021
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Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

private equity,” he says. Learning through the case method taught him how to analyze industries, recognize patterns, and make decisions with imperfect information, all skills he has used since he graduated,... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

considered part and parcel of leadership, especially when running a multibillion-dollar enterprise, Sant's quiet style is more Socratic. "I like grappling with ideas, not dictating what should be done," says the BYU graduate, who found HBS's View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

09 Jun 2015
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Yat-Pang (MBA 2000) and Helina Au

information networking. “I was a linear thinker,” he says. “After being exposed to the case method and a diverse group of peers, I began to think more broadly and understand the importance of relationships... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Catherine Kuehn Price (MBA 1986) and Malcolm Price (MBA 1987)

Malcolm, who was a practicing attorney in Australia when he decided to shift his focus to business. Now heading the Financial Sponsors Group at Credit Suisse in New York City, he views the case method as “an... View Details

25 Aug 2014
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Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981

engineering, and eventually, management. Dahod describes HBS’s case method as “a shock to my system,” and remembers a dark day in Aldrich Hall during his first year when he was called to open all three View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

12 May 2021
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The First Five Years: Sophie Bai (MBA 2020)

regarding clubs, classes, activities, career decisions, and anything else. BB: “From speaking with Sophie, I can truly feel how supportive the community is and how plentiful the resources are at HBS. She also talked about the benefits of the View Details

23 May 2018
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Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987

Rio as an academic after earning a PhD at the University of Chicago. HBS is one of the schools that inspires Insper’s business school, for example, and it uses the case method to teach students in classrooms... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2022
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Future Vision

teach by the case method in new and different modalities. These were huge lifts for our IT and operations teams and for our faculty and students, and we failed fast (and often) many times before we were... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2018
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Innovation Outside the Boundaries

introduced as part of the field method, which complements the School’s case method pedagogy. “As future leaders in a global business environment,” Thiry says, “MBAs need skills and insights informed by... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

recite whatever the professor was saying, and you could think on your own. I was told, ‘Your sentences are too long, you’re too poetic; just go straight to the point.’ That was refreshing, coming from a Francophone environment.” Why HBS? “I was attracted to the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

research is the basis for at least one case that Martínez-Jerez used in his class. "Teaching with the case method is extremely challenging," he comments. "I've learned... View Details

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