Publications

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

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

Educators

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

Article

A Case for Contextual Intelligence

By: Tarun Khanna

In this perspective, I make a case for entrepreneurs and academics alike to focus on what I have referred to elsewhere as Contextual Intelligence, the ability to understand the limits of our knowledge, and to adapt that knowledge to a context different from the one in... View Details

Keywords: Contextual Intelligence; Institutional Voids; Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Situation or Environment; Developing Countries and Economies; Entrepreneurship

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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

25 Jan 2023
News

The Rituals of Case Method Teaching

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

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

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

Educators

01 Sep 2017
News

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

July 2001
Teaching Note

Developing a Teaching Case (TN) (D)

By: Michael J. Roberts

Describes several teaching plans that were developed for the Virtualis Systems case. Intended for use in training and development programs aimed at novice case writers. View Details

Keywords: Training; Cases

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

March 2023
Supplement

Collab Capital Example Cases

By: Natalia Rigol

May 1986
Case

Harrington Corp., Software Case

May 1986
Case

Example Industries, Software Case

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

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