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Teacher Workshops - Case Method Project

About Teacher Workshops 0ms Each fall, the Case Method Project hosts a workshop at Harvard Business School for high-school teachers interested in how to implement the case method in their classrooms.... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Case Study: Citizen Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway, would no longer invest in newspapers "at any price." "Very smart people looked at Buffett's offer and wondered what he saw in the declining industry that others did not," notes Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor Benjamin Esty, the author, with... View Details

Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

2013
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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 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

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What is the Case Study Method?

Overview Simply put, the case method is a discussion of real-life situations that business executives have faced. On average, you'll attend three to four different classes a day, for a total of about six hours of class time (schedules... View Details

15 Aug 2016
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Writing a Case as a Student at HBS

There is a lot to get used to during your first semester atHBS – attending class, making new friends, finding an internship, and doing homework again. While reading and preparing cases for each class may seem daunting and time-consuming... View Details

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

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

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April 1971
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J.I. Case (A), Supplement

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven

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May 1986
Case

Hi-Tech Corp., Software Case

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Technology Industry

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May 1986
Case

Chinon, S.A., Software Case

By: Thomas R. Piper

Keywords: Software

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2014
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Disease Surveillance, Case Study

By: Skyler Speakman, Sriram Somanchi, Edward McFowland III and Daniel B. Neill

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December 2022
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Freelancer, Ltd. Case Supplement

By: Christopher Stanton, Karim R. Lakhani, Jin Hyun Paik and Nina Cohodes

Over the course of the 2010s, the rapid advancement of mobile technologies and the rise of online freelancing platforms seemed to portend a radical transformation of labor markets into on-demand, flexible talent pools. Even though several Fortune 500 companies,... View Details