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- February 2013
- Article
Daily Horizons: Evidence of Narrow Bracketing in Judgments from 9,000 MBA Admission Interviews
By: U. Simonsohn and F. Gino
Many professionals, from auditors and lawyers, to clinical psychologists and journal editors, divide a continuous flow of judgments into subsets. College admissions interviewers, for instance, evaluate but a handful of applicants a day. We conjectured that in such...
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Simonsohn, U., and F. Gino. "Daily Horizons: Evidence of Narrow Bracketing in Judgments from 9,000 MBA Admission Interviews." Psychological Science 24, no. 2 (February 2013): 219–224.
- Article
The Business of Business Schools: Restoring a Focus on Competing to Win
By: Robert Simons
As business leaders worry about the decline of American competitiveness, business schools are responding by changing their curriculums. But are the topics and approaches taught in today's business schools part of the solution or part of the problem? In this paper, I...
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Keywords:
Business Schools;
Purpose Of Business Schools;
Management Education;
Business School Curriculum;
Strategy Execution;
U.S. Competitiveness;
Capitalism;
Management Profession;
Innovation;
Competing To Win;
Integrated Corporate Reporting;
Trends;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decision Making;
Design;
Business Education;
Curriculum and Courses;
Innovation and Management
Simons, Robert. "The Business of Business Schools: Restoring a Focus on Competing to Win." Art. 2. Capitalism and Society 8, no. 1 (January 2013).
- January 2013
- Supplement
EverTrue: Mobile Technology Development (B)
By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
Brent Grinna has one customer signed up for his alumni-networking mobile app, and is now trying to choose among three possibilities for a CTO. He decided to contract with a friend's company, Dashfire, to create a prototype of the app, and has signed up Brown University...
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Keywords:
Start-up;
Mobile App;
CTO;
Hiring;
Scaling;
Business Startups;
Decisions;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development;
Mobile Technology;
Technology Industry;
Massachusetts;
Boston
Kerr, William R., and Alexis Brownell. "EverTrue: Mobile Technology Development (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 813-123, January 2013.
- January 2013
- Teaching Note
INNOVA-MEX's Bid for ENKONTROL (TN)
By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
In their second year, two Mexican HBS MBAs joined forces to start a search fund based in Mexico City. They had raised money to acquire an existing private company in Mexico with an initial enterprise value between $5 million and $15 million. Just seven months after...
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- December 2012 (Revised July 2015)
- Supplement
Nalli Silk Sarees (B)
By: V.G. Narayanan, Namrata Arora and Vidhya Muthuram
Presents the company's perspective using an interview format. Ramnath K. Nalli, vice chairman of Nalli Silk Sarees Private Limited, and his daughter, Lavanya Nalli (HBS MBA 2011), the fifth generation entrepreneur to be involved in the family business, discuss customer...
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Narayanan, V.G., Namrata Arora, and Vidhya Muthuram. "Nalli Silk Sarees (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 113-048, December 2012. (Revised July 2015.)
- December 2012 (Revised May 2014)
- Case
Hotel Ivory
By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas P. Retsinas and Jonathan Lo
Cheick Sanankoua is an MBA student who believes that he has found the perfect investment property, a small, independently owned hotel, on the Ivory Coast. However, he has had trouble raising money for the investment beyond friends and family. Through contacts in the...
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Keywords:
Real Estate;
Emergent Countries;
Investing;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Debts;
Cash Flow;
Quantitative Analysis;
Financing;
Development Stage Enterprises;
Small & Medium-sized Enterprises;
Africa;
Ivory Coast;
Venture Capital;
Emerging Markets;
Property;
Investment;
Accommodations Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
Africa
Segel, Arthur I., Nicolas P. Retsinas, and Jonathan Lo. "Hotel Ivory." Harvard Business School Case 213-050, December 2012. (Revised May 2014.)
- December 2012
- Case
Delwarca Software Remote Support Unit
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Paul E. Morrison
Delwarca Software provides business software to large corporate clients around the world. The firm serves customers who prefer to assemble corporate solutions using a combination of software programs from various suppliers rather than implementing a single enterprise...
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Keywords:
Service Operations;
Service Delivery;
Mathematical Methods;
Applications and Software;
Problems and Challenges;
Customer Satisfaction;
Information Technology Industry
Shapiro, Roy D., and Paul E. Morrison. "Delwarca Software Remote Support Unit." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-541, December 2012.
- 2012
- Comment
The Balanced Scorecard: Comments on Balanced Scorecard Commentaries
By: Robert S. Kaplan
This paper provides the author's insights about five papers written in this volume about his published work on the balanced scorecard (BSC). The author finds that academic commentary on the BSC often ignores its role in strategy execution. The paper discusses how the...
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Keywords:
Strategy Execution;
Performance Management;
Strategy;
Public Sector;
Balanced Scorecard;
Performance
Kaplan, Robert S. "The Balanced Scorecard: Comments on Balanced Scorecard Commentaries." Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 8, no. 4 (2012): 539–545.
- June 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
Driving Towards a Disruption?
By: Willy Shih and William Noble
As Clayton Christensen drove to the studio to deliver an online executive education class, he pondered the future of management education. How big a threat did online degree programs, corporate universities, and other innovations in the delivery of management training...
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Keywords:
Disruptive Technology;
Performance Trajectories;
Disruptive Innovations;
Business Education;
Business School;
Internet And Online Services Industries;
Disruptive Innovation;
Higher Education;
Corporate Strategy;
Internet;
Performance;
Education Industry;
Boston
Shih, Willy, and William Noble. "Driving Towards a Disruption?" Harvard Business School Case 612-101, June 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
- December 2011
- Article
Economics Education and Greed
By: Long Wang, Deepak Malhotra and J. Keith Murnighan
The recent financial crisis, and repeated corporate scandals, raise serious questions about whether a business school education contributes to what some have described as a culture of greed. The dominance of economic-related courses in MBA curricula led us to assess...
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Wang, Long, Deepak Malhotra, and J. Keith Murnighan. "Economics Education and Greed." Academy of Management Learning & Education 10, no. 4 (December 2011): 643–660.
- October 2011 (Revised August 2012)
- Case
INNOVA-MEX's Bid for ENKONTROL
By: Ramana Nanda, William R. Kerr and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In their second year, two Mexican HBS MBAs joined forces to start a search fund based in Mexico City. They had raised money to acquire an existing private company in Mexico with an initial enterprise value between $5 million and $15 million. Just seven months after...
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Keywords:
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Investment Funds;
Corporate Finance;
Mexico City
Nanda, Ramana, William R. Kerr, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "INNOVA-MEX's Bid for ENKONTROL." Harvard Business School Case 812-008, October 2011. (Revised August 2012.)
- March 2011
- Case
Valuation of AirThread Connections
By: Erik Stafford and Joel L. Heilprin
This case can be used as a capstone valuation exercise for first-year MBA students in an introductory finance course. A senior associate in the business development group at American Cable Communications, one of the largest cable companies in the U.S., must prepare a...
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Keywords:
Communication;
Present Value;
Tax Accounting;
Capital Costs;
Synergy;
Telephony;
Wireless Technologies;
Communication Technology;
Assets;
Cost of Capital;
Valuation;
Cash Flow;
Capital Structure;
Accounting;
Wireless Technology;
Communications Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Stafford, Erik, and Joel L. Heilprin. "Valuation of AirThread Connections." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-263, March 2011.
- 2011
- Article
Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads
By: Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin and Patrick Cullen
The paper seeks to examine major challenges facing MBA programs and to argue that they will have to reconsider their value proposition. It aims to explore effective curricular and programmatic responses as opportunities for MBA programs to innovate. The paper also aims...
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Keywords:
Business Education;
Curriculum and Courses;
Innovation and Invention;
Problems and Challenges;
Value Creation
Datar, Srikant M., David A. Garvin, and Patrick Cullen. "Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads." Journal of Management Development 30, no. 5 (2011): 451–462.
- December 2010 (Revised March 2011)
- Background Note
Strategic Marketing in Creative Industries
By: Anita Elberse
A note for educators describing an elective course for second-year MBA Students at Harvard Business School, "Strategic Marketing in Creative Industries." which focuses on strategic marketing challenges for firms in the creative industries, defined as industries that...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy
Elberse, Anita. "Strategic Marketing in Creative Industries." Harvard Business School Background Note 511-011, December 2010. (Revised March 2011.) (Course Note, Instructor Only.)
- September 2010 (Revised October 2010)
- Case
HBS Class of 2009: All Talk As They Prepare to Walk?
By: Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria and Dalia Rahman
Max Anderson, HBS Class of 2009, founded the MBA Oath Initiative. The oath was a voluntary pledge "to create value responsibly and ethically." Anderson and a team of students and faculty worked to launch the first MBA Oath Ceremony conducted on campus during Harvard...
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Keywords:
Business Education;
Higher Education;
Values and Beliefs;
Leadership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Issues;
Value Creation;
Education Industry;
Massachusetts
Khurana, Rakesh, Nitin Nohria, and Dalia Rahman. "HBS Class of 2009: All Talk As They Prepare to Walk?" Harvard Business School Case 411-024, September 2010. (Revised October 2010.)
- July 2010 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
Erik Peterson at Biometra (A)
By: John J. Gabarro, Thomas DeLong and Jevan Soo
Describes the problems facing a recent MBA graduate in his job as general manager of a medical device company owned by a parent corporation. Raises issues of corporate divisional relationships and the difficulties facing an inexperienced manager who seems to be...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Leadership;
Managerial Roles;
Product Launch;
Organizational Structure;
Problems and Challenges;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Gabarro, John J., Thomas DeLong, and Jevan Soo. "Erik Peterson at Biometra (A)." Harvard Business School Case 411-031, July 2010. (Revised June 2016.)
- July 2010
- Technical Note
Note on the Asset Management Industry
By: Clayton S. Rose and Scott Waggoner
This note provides an overview of the structure and function of the asset management industry, with a primary focus on the U.S. It was designed to support the HBS MBA course "Managing the Financial Firm."
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Business or Company Management;
Industry Structures;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Rose, Clayton S., and Scott Waggoner. "Note on the Asset Management Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 311-013, July 2010.
- July 2010
- Technical Note
Note on the Banking Industry
By: Clayton S. Rose and Scott Waggoner
This note provides an overview of the structure and function of the banking industry, with a primary focus on the U.S. It was designed to support the HBS MBA course "Managing the Financial Firm."
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Keywords:
Banks and Banking;
Business or Company Management;
Industry Structures;
Banking Industry;
United States
Rose, Clayton S., and Scott Waggoner. "Note on the Banking Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 311-011, July 2010.
- July 2010
- Technical Note
Note on the Insurance Industry
By: Clayton S. Rose and Scott Waggoner
This note provides an overview of the structure and function of the Insurance industry, with a primary focus on the U.S. It was designed to support the HBS MBA course "Managing the Financial Firm."
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Keywords:
Insurance;
Business or Company Management;
Industry Structures;
Insurance Industry;
United States
Rose, Clayton S., and Scott Waggoner. "Note on the Insurance Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 311-012, July 2010.
- June 2010 (Revised October 2010)
- Course Overview Note
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise
By: Willy C. Shih
This Module Note for Instructors outlines the structure and content of the Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise MBA second year elective course at the Harvard Business School. The course focuses on giving students a solid grounding in the construction of...
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