Harvard Business Case Studies
Two Harvard Cases (6-8 pages each)
Financial Management
Harvard case study is more like “position paper“. You would review the literature (the case), list out the different options / approaches / alternatives, discuss & assess the strengths and weaknesses of each alternative, and then select your own approach / make a recommendation. The course website contains a sample case write-up on “Pine Street Capital” for your reference.
Harvard case study is more like “position paper“. You would review the literature (the case), list out the different options / approaches / alternatives, discuss & assess the strengths and weaknesses of each alternative, and then select your own approach / make a recommendation. The course website contains a sample case write-up on “Pine Street Capital” for your reference. You will be divided into project team consisting of 4-5 people.
Note that the emphases are on:
- Developing analytical and judgment skills
- Gain exposures to dynamic organizational and managerial situations
- Enhance your skills to analyze and defend your opinion as new information or perspectives become available.
- Incorporate computer modeling techniques (e.g. Macro, what-if analysis, business charting) and Excel spreadsheets where appropriate.
What to Expect in a Case:
- Critical issues are not explicit.
- Information may be incomplete or ambiguous.
- Some information may be redundant / irrelevant.
- There are no correct or wrong answers as long as you can justify / substantiate your positions.
