Publications

November 2011 (Revised September 2012)
Case

Underwater Engineer at Intel Corporation

By: E. Scott Mayfield

Molly Miller, an Intel employee and shareholder, must decide whether to vote FOR or AGAINST Intel's proposed 2009 option exchange program. Given recent declines in Intel's stock price, more than 99% of Intel's outstanding employee stock options are "underwater," and... View Details

Keywords: Stock Options; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Semiconductor Industry

Educators

December 2010
Article

Changing Landscapes: The Construction of Meaning and Value in a New Market Category Modern Indian Art

By: Mukti Khaire and R. Daniel Wadhwani

Stable category meanings act as institutions that facilitate market exchange by providing bases for comparison and valuation. Yet little is known about meaning construction in new categories or how meaning translates into valuation criteria. We address this gap in a... View Details

Keywords: Change; Valuation; Auctions; Market Transactions; Arts; Agreements and Arrangements; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; India

September 1995
Teaching Note

Constructing a Nation: The United States and Their Constitution, 1763-1792 TN

By: David A. Moss

Teaching Note for (9-795-063). View Details

Keywords: United States; Great Britain; Washington (state, US)

25 Jul 2013
News

An Engine of Education Innovation

organization functions as an "an engine of innovation," working to define the nature of good teaching, determine the role of technology in education, and influence change in the country's graduate schools of... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

05 May 2014

HBS Engineers in Industry Webinar

This online event will feature a panel of students who have engineering degrees and have spent time working in industry prior to joining the MBA Program at HBS. The panelists will share their perspectives on... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Construction Begins on New Exec Ed Building

Visual Appeal: The lower two floors of Tata Hall will be wrapped in glass, opening views into and through the building and establishing a visual connection between HBS and the... View Details

Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings

August 2023
Teaching Note

Newlab: Scaling an Innovation Engine

By: Tarun Khanna and Felicia Belostecinic

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 723-364. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social and Collaborative Networks; Global Range; Partners and Partnerships; Networks; Growth and Development Strategy; Opportunities; Brooklyn

17 Jul 2017
Blog Post

Podcast: Should You Consider the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program?

Last month, HBS and SEAS announced the launch of a new MS/MBA joint degree. As a prospective student, you might be wondering what the benefit is of pursuing both degrees. The founding professors of the MS/MBA: View Details

December 2022
Article

'Just Letting You Know…': Underestimating Others' Desire for Constructive Feedback

By: Nicole Abi-Esber, Jennifer E. Abel, Juliana Schroeder and Francesca Gino

People often avoid giving feedback to others even when it would help fix a problem immediately. Indeed, in a pilot field study (N=155), only 2.6% of individuals provided feedback to survey administrators that the administrators had food or marker on their faces.... View Details

Keywords: Feedback; Helping; Prosocial Behavior; Misprediction; Relationships; Interpersonal Communication; Perspective

August 1996 (Revised December 1996)
Case

Veraguas (B): Engine of Change

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Change Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Development Economics; Panama

13 Jan 2023
Blog Post

Video: Introduction to the Harvard MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences

View Video TRANSCRIPT Robert D. Howe: The MS/MBA program is a dual degree program. So in two years, you'll earn an MBA from Harvard's Business School and a Master of Science in engineering from Harvard's... View Details

04 Jan 2021
Blog Post

The First Alumni of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

In May 2020, the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences program graduated its first cohort of students, growing the program’s alumni base from 0 to 28. These alumni joined the program’s existing 32 Alumni Advisors - a group of entrepreneurs, VCs,... View Details

March 1992 (Revised May 1992)
Teaching Note

Allegheny Ludlum: Research and Engineering Resource Allocation, Teaching Note

By: Dorothy A. Leonard

Teaching Note for (9-692-027). View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry; Technology Industry

June 2018
Supplement

Linda Rabbitt at rand* construction (Video Supplement)

By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Julia Kelley

2019
Flash Talks

Constructing a Counternormative Identity within Your Own Community

25 Mar 2011
HBS Seminar

David Weitz, Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

1996
Book

Staying Afloat in the Construction Industry: Economic and Political Trends for the 1990s

By: D. Q. Mills

Keywords: Construction; Business History; Construction Industry

January 2003 (Revised June 2005)
Case

Multinationals as Engines of Growth?

By: Geoffrey G. Jones

Reviews the issues surrounding estimating the impact over time of multinationals on host economies. Uses a series of short historical case studies, including the role of United Fruit in the "banana" republics of Central America, oil and banking in Iran before the... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Trade; Growth and Development; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Iran; United States; Malaysia; Japan

December 1985 (Revised January 1989)
Case

Cummins Engine Co.: Black Friday

A new regional manager for Cummins Venezuela faces Black Friday, Venezuela's massive currency devaluation and a weak distribution system. The manager must find a way to collect $1.4 million in receivables due from distributors and reestablish a viable distribution... View Details

Keywords: Distribution; Multinational Firms and Management; Crisis Management; Venezuela