Publications

August 2008 (Revised April 2012)
Case

Real Property Negotiation Game : Lender Case, Porus Bank

By: Arthur I Segel and John H. Vogel, Jr.

The Real Property Negotiation Game simulates the experience negotiating the sale, purchase, or financing of a property. The class competes as either a lender, buyer, or one of two groups of sellers, Raleigh, North Carolina and Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the lender case... View Details

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Negotiation; Property; Real Estate Industry

26 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Video: Students Foster Disability Awareness and Access

View Video MBA Class of 2024 students Landon Hollingsworth (MBA/MPA-ID 2024) and Teresa Danso-Danquah (MBA 2024) discuss forming and leading the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG), View Details

Research Summary

Working Papers

By: Dennis A. Yao

Anton, James J. and Dennis A. Yao (2011). "Delay as Agenda Setting."

Abstract: In this paper we examine a class of... View Details

19 Jul 2016
News

$14.7 Billion Volkswagen Settlement Will Not Deter Future White Collar Corporate Crime

Research Summary

Teaching Information Technology

Upton is also developing a tutorial and a case-based module for the MBA program, as well as external audiences. The objective of this work is to develop materials that provide general managers with sufficient knowledge of Information Systems to be effective in the... View Details

25 Apr 2013
HBS Seminar

Scott Page, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

April 1999 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Gerald Weiss

By: Brian J. Hall and Carleen Madigan

Gerald Weiss left Wall Street for the promise of a CFO position at a well-established corporation. He was given a 10-year options package with a guaranteed floor of $12 million and unlimited upside. To ensure the entire package would be worth at least $12 million after... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Resignation and Termination; Executive Compensation; Organizational Culture; Agreements and Arrangements; Stock Options; Conflict and Resolution; New York (city, NY)

22 May 2019
Blog Post

What is FIELD Global Immersion?

meet in person with their GP and local consumers. To maximize the experience, students are asked to travel to a city and country in which they have no significant prior work, travel or life experience. See members of View Details

21 Feb 2007
Op-Ed

What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish

As Ban Ki-moon begins his tenure as secretary-general of the United Nations, the world's poor continue to cry out for help and hope. One-sixth of the world's population lives... View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson

December 2006 (Revised November 2008)
Case

West Wacker Drive: To Build or Not to Build?

In 1980, Thomas J. Klutznick, president of a Chicago-based development company, was considering whether he should build a Class A building on a second-rate site outside the Central Loop or not. He had a promising design, but the economic conditions, concurrent... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Interest Rates; Geographic Location; Risk Management; Urban Development; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; Chicago

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01 Sep 2021
News

Why Vikram Gandhi, Creator of Harvard’s Impact Investing Course, Hopes to Stop Teaching It

August 2001 (Revised March 2008)
Case

NerveWire, Inc.

By: Nitin Nohria and Anthony Mayo

NerveWire, a management consulting and systems integration provider based in Newton, MA, was closing in on its second anniversary. In the beginning days of NerveWire, the major challenge was recruiting--finding the right people who embodied its values and business... View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Behavior; Internet; Newton

26 Mar 2013
Video

Booya Fitness, Inc. - Episode 1- Getting Guidance

25 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

student in the 1980s, I'm sure the whole class would have said to absolutely take the $4 billion." Yet in a visit to View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

Michael Joyce

Michael Joyce is a doctoral student in the Technology and Operations Management program at Harvard Business School (HBS).

Michael received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA and a... View Details

June 2010 (Revised August 2021)
Case

Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V. (VHSS): Valuing Ships

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert Sheen

After booming for more than five years, the global shipping (maritime) industry experienced a dramatic crash in late 2008 as the global financial system froze and the global economy slid into recession. Ship charter rates (revenue) fell by as much as 90% causing prices... View Details

Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Financial Crisis; Capital Markets; Financial Liquidity; International Finance; Globalized Markets and Industries; Valuation; Banking Industry; Shipping Industry; Germany

27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

billions of dollars invested in biotech in recent decades, most biotech companies do not turn a profit. He suggests that the industry needs a new "anatomy," one that... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

2003
Article

Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Course Overview

By: Josh Lerner

This paper describes a course exploring the private equity industry, "Venture Capital and Private Equity". The goals of this article are two-fold: to make the structure and content of the class available to a broader audience beyond the audience of MBAs and executives... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity