Cases - Publications - Faculty & Research

April 2006 (Revised April 2020)
Case

"The Case of Leadership Inertia"

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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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

01 Jun 2015
News

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

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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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

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

September 2013
Teaching Note

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 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

22 Feb 2022
News

Case Study: Welcome Aboard

founder and former CEO of Ovia Health 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: Nix Courtesy Meridith Unger Cass Back in 2016, Meridith Unger Cass... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

15 Jun 2021
News

Diversifying HBS's Case Collection

Cases are a cornerstone of Harvard Business School’s pedagogy. In developing its Racial Equity Plan (REP), the School has recognized that, historically, too few of the protagonists in HBS’s case library come... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

06 Dec 2021
News

Case Study: Let’s Dance

classmates. It was as hard as finding a top-rated horror flick in a sea of streaming options, Liang realized. The dance world had a discovery problem too. Case Centennial See how HBS is celebrating 100 Years of View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2008
News

Goldman Supports Case Method

The Goldman Sachs Group will fund outreach and scholarships to bring a dozen or more senior faculty from leading Indian business schools to HBS this summer to participate in the School’s two programs that teach how to teach the case... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services