Publications

2019
Chapter

The Case Method

By: Joseph L. Bower

The case method was developed concurrently with the emergence of business schools as a way of teaching future executives evidence-based problem solving in the classroom. Harvard Business School faculty led in developing the method. A particular challenge in the writing... View Details

Keywords: Case Method; Case Studies; Case Teaching; Problem-based Learning; Cases; Learning; Teaching

April 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

Comparative Advantage

By: Matthew Weinzierl

The theory of comparative advantage is a factor in international trade. In this note, we introduce the basic economics of comparative advantage and study its key implications. View Details

Keywords: Comparative Advantage; Economics; International Trade; Trade; Cooperation; Business and Government Relations

Educators

October 2015
Article

Case Study: Is a Promotion Worth Hiding Who You Are?

By: Karthik Ramanna

A manager decides whether he should hide his sexual orientation for an overseas assignment. View Details

Keywords: Case Studies; Career Advancement; Leadership Development; Globalization; Technology Industry; Korean Peninsula; United States

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2006
Conference Presentation

Exploitation Frameworks: A Comparative Study

By: Frank Nagle, Jeff Berg and Adam Zeldis

Winter 2013
Article

Mandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability

By: Francois Brochet, Alan Jagolinzer and Edward J. Riedl

This study examines whether mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) leads to capital market benefits through enhanced financial statement comparability. UK domestic standards are considered very similar to IFRS (Bae et al., 2008),... View Details

Keywords: IFRS; Comparability; Private Information; Insider Trading; Ethics; Standards; Financial Statements

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2017
Book

Democracy: A Case Study

By: David Moss

Democracy: A Case Study invites readers to experience American history anew and come away with a deeper understanding of the greatest strengths and vulnerabilities of the nation’s democracy as well as its resilience over time. The book adapts the case method to... View Details

Keywords: Democracy; Political Economy; Constitution; Productive Tension; Culture Of Democracy; E Pluribus Unum; United States; History; Government and Politics; Governance; Economic Systems; United States

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

The issue of control is examined, as is the related question of the "stickiness" of knowledge within large international firms. The discussion draws on a case study of the Anglo-Dutch consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

Teaching Interest

Yum! Brands Case Study

Case Study Sessions, Summer 2016 and Summer 2017
Program for Research in Markets & Organizations View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Global Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; China

2010
Working Paper

Developing Negotiation Case Studies

By: James K. Sebenius

While a great deal of excellent advice exists for producing case studies on managerially relevant topics in general, negotiation cases have distinctive aspects that merit explicit treatment. This article offers three types of tailored advice for producing cases on... View Details

Keywords: Debates; Cases; Goals and Objectives; Negotiation; Perspective

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2008
Case

Great Negotiator Case Study Package

By: James K. Sebenius, Jeswald Salacuse, Daniel Curran, Rebecca Hulse and Kristin Schneeman

This special curriculum package includes the following case studies in the Great Negotiator Case Study Series, each of which features a past recipient of PON's Great Negotiator Award:

2000 PON Great Negotiator: "To Hell with the Future, Let's Get... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation

January 2011
Article

Developing Superior Negotiation Case Studies

By: James K. Sebenius

While a great deal of excellent advice exists for producing case studies on managerially relevant topics in general, negotiation cases have distinctive aspects that merit explicit treatment. This article offers three types of tailored advice for producing cases on... View Details

Keywords: Education; Cases; Negotiation

5 Jul 2011 - 6 Jul 2011
Other Presentation

Liberia: A Case Study

By: Eric D. Werker and Jasmina Beganovic

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2014
Chapter

Disease Surveillance, Case Study

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

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

5 May 1999
Conference Presentation

A Comparative Study of Product Development Process Design

By: Alan MacCormack

Keywords: Product Development; Production; Design

August 2004
Teaching Note

Your Own Case Study (TN)

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Sarah Marie Kauss

Teaching Note to (9-405-037). View Details

Keywords: Learning; Problems and Challenges; Programs

April 2009 (Revised July 2009)
Exercise

Bringing AMP Home: Personal Case Study

By: Michael L. Tushman

This exercise helps AMP participants build their own personal case study. They develop a gap statement, do formal root cause analysis, and action planning. This exercise is done for each participant and each phase is shared with living group colleagues. View Details

Keywords: Cases; Personal Development and Career; Education; Management