Cases - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 1951
Background Note

1986
Book

Cases in Consumer Behavior

By: F. Stewart DeBruicker, John A. Quelch and Scott Ward

15 Jun 2021
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Illustration by Lu Zhang Amelia Lin (MBA 2016) grew up feasting on the stories her parents told about how they met and what it was like for them to leave China to start a new life in the United States. These narratives were central to Lin’s sense of self, but they were... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Jun 2013
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A Case For Fellowships

LEOPOLD At HBS we often say that fellowships are the lifeblood of the School. During my 20-plus years serving on the MBA Admissions Board—and the last 7 as its director—I have witnessed firsthand the truth of that statement. Fellowships, which are funded by gifts from... View Details

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

01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim

Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

01 Mar 2004
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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

March 2023
Supplement

Collab Capital Example Cases

By: Natalia Rigol

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May 1986
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Harrington Corp., Software Case

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May 1986
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Example Industries, Software Case

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May 2017 (Revised June 2017)
Teaching Note

ATH Technologies Case Series

By: Robert Simons and Jennifer Packard

Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 117-012, 117-013, 117-014, 117-015, 117-016, and 117-017. View Details

Keywords: Balancing Innovation And Control; Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Performance Management

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August 2004 (Revised March 2009)
Exercise

Your Own Case Study

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Sarah Marie Kauss

Designed to aid in the transfer and application of knowledge gained from the executive program to the live situation that program participants face in their jobs. Teaching Purpose: To bring practical relevance to executive education programs, permitting focused... View Details

Keywords: Executive Education; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management; Practice

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1997
Book

Case Problems in Finance

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

Keywords: Finance

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17 Jul 2019
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The Case For Monotasking

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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01 Jun 2015
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Case Study: Sneak Peak

Case Study features alumni and faculty offering advice on strategy to alumni who are leading businesses at a crossroads. Charles Philp (MBA 2006) started Colorado-based Sneakz Organic with his business partner in 2012 after a lightbulb... View Details

Keywords: Whole Foods; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

April 2006 (Revised April 2020)
Case

"The Case of Leadership Inertia"

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

The CEO of an international bank has raised the bank's performance by emphasizing a new culture of leadership that empowers people at all levels. Managers are rated both on their business results and their leadership—how they model new behaviors—but 12 senior managers... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Performance Evaluation; Employee Relationship Management

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2013
Working Paper

Management: Theory and Practice, and Cases

By: Richard L. Nolan

This working paper reports on a major Harvard Business School project designed to enhance MBA and practicing executives in case learning. The work is built on the foundation of HBS field cases employing the monomyth "hero's journey" classic story structure along... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; CIO; CEO; Hero's Journey; Monomyth; Management; Practice; Cases; Theory; Innovation and Invention

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01 Sep 2017
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Case Study: Confidence Builder

protected market share and revenue stream, at least in the beginning. —Lei Huang (PLDA 22, 2016) Got a case? To take part in a future “Case Study,” send an outline of your company’s challenge to bulletin@hbs.edu Case Study Update LovePop... View Details

Keywords: April White; Confi; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

June 1990 (Revised October 1991)
Case

Lake Pleasant Bodies Case (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Presents a classic dilemma in legal ethics--the conflict between an attorney's obligations as an attorney, in this case to protect a client's confidentiality, and his or her own moral obligations as a person. An attorney must decide how to respond to the father of a... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Moral Sensibility; Questionnaires; Attorney and Client Relationships; Social Psychology; Conflict Management; Legal Services Industry

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