Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2016/17
| No. 20 Bestselling Case Author 2016/17 |
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| David's top bestselling cases |
Paul Levy: Taking Charge of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (B)
Harvey Golub: Recharging American Express |
| Meet David |
Professor Garvin's research interests lay in the areas of general management and strategic change. He was especially interested in business and management processes, organisational learning, and the design and leadership of large, complex organisations. He was also deeply interested in case method teaching. He was the author or co-author of ten books and a three-time winner of the McKinsey Award, given annually for the best article in Harvard Business Review. He has been cited in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Economist, Business Week, Fortune, and Fast Company. David sadly passed away on 30 April 2017. Read our obituary. |
David A. Garvin was the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He joined the Business School faculty in 1979 and taught courses in leadership, general management, and operations in the MBA and Advanced Management programmes. He also taught in executive education programmes and consulted for over 50 organisations around the globe, including Gillette, L. L. Bean, 3M, Mitsubishi, Morgan Stanley, Mueller, and Novartis.| Key quote |
“I can sum up the secret of my own case writing success in a single word: curiosity. I'm fascinated by the workings of organisations and the people who manage and lead them and tend to ask lots and lots of questions. It took me several years to harness that curiosity and attach it to a disciplined case development process, which I learned through a combination of apprenticeship and trial and error. “For me, the three main factors that are essential to writing a successful case are a core concept, framework, or theory that one can build the case around; a decision or question that lacks an easy, obvious right answer; and a compelling context, business, or set of characters that will draw students in.”~ David A. Garvin |