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Climate Solutions Lab Jim Matheson Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) (also listed under Finance) Richard Ruback Royce Yudkoff Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Field X (also listed...
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- January – February 2008
- Article
The Dangers of Wishful Thinking
By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben
Too many U.S. businesses (including tires, super-markets, and information technology) have been infected with the disease of denial. The answer? In Lincoln's words, “We must disenthrall ourselves.”
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Keywords:
Knowledge Acquisition;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Success;
Behavior;
Cognition and Thinking
Tedlow, Richard S., and David Ruben. "The Dangers of Wishful Thinking." The American: A Magazine of Ideas (January–February 2008).
- February 2004 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Apax Partners and Xerium S.A.
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
In 2002, Apax Partners had to decide whether to accept a less-than-perfect offer for one of its portfolio companies or to refinance it. This company, a maker of paper industry consumables with a global presence, had been purchased in 1999 and performed extremely well...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Borrowing and Debt;
Investment;
Cash Flow;
Pulp and Paper Industry
Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "Apax Partners and Xerium S.A." Harvard Business School Case 804-084, February 2004. (Revised September 2006.)
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
rational response, by faculty, to the overweighting of publications in these journals by university promotions and tenure committees. The ranking factors for academic journals, however, arose for a completely different purpose, to guide the journal View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
base. However, Leung knew that the current growth trajectory would not lead them to the milestones needed to receive an additional round of financing. Leung must decide whether to continue pursuing user acquisition experiments, explore...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
investment committee's agenda, Project Paris. Project Paris, a very different type of real estate transaction, is a hybrid mezzanine investment in the acquisition of a residential real estate services firm headquartered in France. The...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
The role of private equity in Japan is also explored and allows students to compare the Japanese merger and acquisition market to that of the U.S. and Europe. Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
effects (on the low bidder) and indirect effects (on others), and we show that most of the incremental revenue from setting reserve price optimally comes from indirect effects. Download the paper: http://www.benedelman.org/publications/optimalauction.pdf View Details
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Martha Lagace
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
pressured by higher student acquisition costs amid heightened competition from other online offerings. The School’s annual endowment distribution revenue for fiscal 2023 increased 9 percent year over year to $208 million, or 20 percent of...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
R&D lab, increased its mergers and acquisitions of companies that had synergies with the company’s businesses, and formed a small venture capital fund for exploratory investments. Komori also initiated a reorganization that created six...
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- June 2007 (Revised November 2008)
- Case
Nordic Telephone Company's Bid for TDC
Nordic Telephone Company, formed by a consortium of private equity firms, has made a public tender offer for Denmark's leading telecommunications company, TDC. TDC's board of directors approved the take-private transaction, and 88% of shareholders have accepted the...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Communication Technology;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Negotiation Offer;
Privatization;
Telecommunications Industry;
Denmark
El-Hage, Nabil N., Mark Lurie, and Leslie Pierson. "Nordic Telephone Company's Bid for TDC." Harvard Business School Case 207-122, June 2007. (Revised November 2008.)
- January 1998 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Viacom, Inc.: Carpe Diem (Condensed)
By: Joseph L. Bower and Thomas R. Eisenmann
Viacom has built a powerful position in the global entertainment industry through skillful and bold acquisitions. Now its expansion is challenged by the moves of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Different businesses within Viacom have contradictory positions on how to deal...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decisions;
Entertainment;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Bower, Joseph L., and Thomas R. Eisenmann. "Viacom, Inc.: Carpe Diem (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 398-086, January 1998. (Revised March 1998.)
- October 1988 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Maytag in 1984
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Highlights Maytag's unique position in the industry in 1984. Maytag, a much smaller player than its competitors has prior to 1984 been successful in producing high quality merchandise and charging a premium for it. By 1984 Maytag is also attempting expansion....
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Business or Company Management;
Production;
Quality;
Rank and Position;
Competition;
Expansion;
Electronics Industry
Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "Maytag in 1984." Harvard Business School Case 389-055, October 1988. (Revised December 1994.)
- May 1983 (Revised December 1987)
- Case
Technical Data Corp.
Describes a decision confronting the president of a small company about selling some or all of the shares in his company to another firm. Technical Data Corp. provides analytical services to professional bond market traders over a system of computer terminals operated...
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Keywords:
Stocks;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Internet and the Web;
Information Infrastructure;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Valuation;
Negotiation Tactics;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Corporate Strategy;
Horizontal Integration;
Information Industry;
Service Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Technical Data Corp." Harvard Business School Case 283-072, May 1983. (Revised December 1987.)
- April 1997
- Case
ABB Germany
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Describes Europe's most famous postwar multinational merger between Asea of Sweden and Brown Boveri of Switzerland. Gives background on both companies and focuses particularly on BBC's geographic organization, its corporate culture, and the relationship between its...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Goals and Objectives;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Improvement;
Geographic Location;
Rank and Position;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Sweden;
Switzerland;
Germany
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "ABB Germany." Harvard Business School Case 397-096, April 1997.
- January 2010
- Article
The Role of Experience in the Gambler's Fallacy
By: Greg Barron and Stephen Leider
Recent papers have demonstrated that the way people acquire information about a decision problem, by experience or by abstract description, can affect their behavior. We examined the role of experience over time in the emergence of the Gambler's Fallacy in binary...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Decision Making;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Outcome or Result;
Game Theory;
Prejudice and Bias
Barron, Greg, and Stephen Leider. "The Role of Experience in the Gambler's Fallacy." Special Issue on Decisions from Experience. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 23, no. 1 (January 2010).
- October 1988
- Case
Harris Seafoods Leveraged Buyout
Describes set of issues confronting Alison Lassiter, who is trying to help Charlie Harris arrange a leveraged buyout of the shrimp company he runs, a division of a publicly traded company, Katy Industries. Lassiter has prepared a memorandum discussing and analyzing the...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Equity;
Cost vs Benefits;
Negotiation Tactics;
Negotiation Preparation;
Financial Management;
Strategy;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Planning;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Industrial Products Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Harris Seafoods Leveraged Buyout." Harvard Business School Case 289-019, October 1988.
- September 2010
- Supplement
Using Regression Analysis to Estimate Time Equations (CW)
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
This note presents a simple way to estimate time equations using regression analysis in Excel. The note quickly outlines regression analysis, then presents a real-life case example from the natural gas industry that students can use to gain experience developing and...
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- March 2003
- Background Note
A Short Note on the AccuFlow Excel Model
By: Jay O. Light
Describes an Excel spreadsheet workbook that facilitates the analysis of AccuFlow, Inc.
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Keywords:
History;
Analytics and Data Science;
Cost of Capital;
Negotiation;
Capital;
Business Model;
Economic Systems;
Machinery and Machining;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Business Startups;
Equity
Light, Jay O. "A Short Note on the AccuFlow Excel Model." Harvard Business School Background Note 203-089, March 2003.
- December 2003 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Circon (A) (Abridged)
By: Brian J. Hall, Christopher Rose and Guhan Subramanian
In 1996, U.S. Surgical launched a hostile takeover bid against Circon Corp. CEO Richard Auhll recruited an old HBS friend, George Cloutier, to the Circon board to help him defend the company. Circon's primary defenses include a "poison pill" and a staggered board and...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Executive Compensation;
Trust;
Relationships;
Acquisition;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States
Hall, Brian J., Christopher Rose, and Guhan Subramanian. "Circon (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 904-023, December 2003. (Revised August 2004.)