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Capitalism: Business and Big Problems General Management, Strategy, Accounting & Management Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Richard Ruback Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Spring...
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- October 2018
- Case
SeatGeek
By: Robert F. Higgins and Sarah Mehta
In late 2016, Russ D'Souza and Jack Groetzinger, co-founders of the online event ticketing platform SeatGeek, faced some difficult decisions. In the company's seven-year history, SeatGeek had positioned itself primarily as an aggregator, facilitating ticket...
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Keywords:
Event Ticketing;
Sports Ticketing;
Acquisition;
Business Model;
Decision Making;
Cost vs Benefits;
Digital Platforms;
Sports;
Strategy;
Information Technology;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Digital Platforms
Higgins, Robert F., and Sarah Mehta. "SeatGeek." Harvard Business School Case 819-013, October 2018.
- April 1991 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Southland Corp. (A)
Examines the Thompson's $4.9 billion leveraged buyout of the Southland Corp. in 1987. As the original founders of Southland, the Thompsons were concerned about losing control over the company upon learning of the Belzberg family's acquiring interest. The teaching...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Governance Controls;
Corporate Governance;
Bids and Bidding;
Valuation;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Strategy;
Cash Flow
Ruback, Richard S. "Southland Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 291-038, April 1991. (Revised December 1997.)
- February 2019 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
Quiksilver Inc. and Oaktree Capital Management
By: Kristin Mugford and Mike Harmon
Sports lifestyle company Quiksilver filed for bankruptcy in September 2015. Oaktree is considering an additional investment in the company to facilitate the restructuring.
Students must consider whether Oaktree should invest given the risks of the turnaround...
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Keywords:
Bankruptcy;
Bankruptcy Reorganization;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Acquisition;
Restructuring;
Debt Securities;
Transformation;
Decision Making;
Borrowing and Debt;
Investment Return;
Crisis Management;
Negotiation;
Retail Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
France;
United States
Mugford, Kristin, and Mike Harmon. "Quiksilver Inc. and Oaktree Capital Management." Harvard Business School Case 219-097, February 2019. (Revised January 2021.)
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
automobiles; it was up to Huber to figure out what that meant. Primarily the GM leadership was looking to justify GM's earlier multibillion-dollar acquisitions of Hughes Aircraft (which included commercial satellites) and Electronic Data...
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- September 2023 (Revised September 2023)
- Technical Note
Measuring and Managing Social Impact
By: Brian Trelstad, Gerald Chertavian and Susan Pinckney
A brief overview of how to measure social impact at nonprofits, social organizations, and impact investments.
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Keywords:
Analysis;
Change;
Transformation;
Decision Making;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Decisions;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Public Sector;
Entrepreneurship;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Fairness;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Policy;
Innovation and Management;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Management Practices and Processes;
Resource Allocation;
Measurement and Metrics;
Standards;
Strength and Weakness;
Mission and Purpose;
Success;
Performance;
Performance Evaluation;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Strategic Planning;
Programs;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Social Enterprise;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Social Issues;
United States
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
that it would merge with American Airlines to create the world’s largest airline. Doug Parker, the CEO of US Airways, would become CEO of the new American Airlines Group (AAL). The case describes a number of critical decisions Parker made and actions that he took in...
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- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
Managing such a firm in the era of globalization posed enormous challenges. The book covers the company's strategies and provides compelling evidence of its decision making, marketing, brand management, innovation, acquisition strategies,...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
success of this particular business is still untested, it's clear that company management is on a transformative course that does not center entirely on the imaging business. To implement Komori's strategy, Fuji established a centralized R&D lab, increased its...
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- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
the computer industry. Throughout the 1970s, Xerox completed several acquisitions in order to further its project for an "architecture of information." Unfortunately, in assembling these noncopier companies and opening PARC,...
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by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
in the prior year, primarily reflecting higher customer acquisition costs amid increased competition in the educational technology market. Total enrollment grew to 40,667 participants, 5 percent higher than the prior year. Although down...
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
companies seemed really intriguing, but we had a hard time looking past the current portfolio of challenged companies to see that there might be some big winners in these particular sectors. Data Domain went on to an IPO and then an View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
9/11, Jeff Immelt had already built an impressive nineteen-year career at GE in its plastics, appliance, and medical systems divisions. With revenues in 2007 of $173 billion and more than 300,000 global employees, GE has seen significant change under Immelt, including...
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- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53092 April 2017 Stanford Law Review The New Look of Deal Protection By: Subramanian, Guhan, and Fernan Restrepo Abstract—Deal protection in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) evolves in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
acquisition of Motorola by Google, the Microsoft-Nokia alliance, the rise of Samsung, and the extensive patent wars-each raised questions about how HTC could continue its upward trajectory. In a rapidly evolving and increasingly...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
snacks are the company’s most recent innovations.) By mid-1994, Dreyer’s fulfilled its dream of becoming the leading premium ice-cream brand in the United States — a mixed blessing. “As we approached a billion dollars in sales, it was clear that we were a plump target...
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- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Group between 2015 and late 2017 when it grew rapidly through global acquisitions to become 170 on the 2017 Fortune 500 list. A firm that had begun as a provincial airline in China was now a giant global conglomerate and suddenly the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
Working PapersA Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions Authors:Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract The use of judgmental anchors or reference points in valuing corporations affects several basic aspects of...
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Martha Lagace
- March 1985 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
Precision Parts, Inc. (A)
Contains a description of a decision confronting two entrepreneurs in mid-1981. They are considering purchasing a small manufacturer of precision electromechanical parts. Among the issues in the case are the following: 1) Should Taylor and Grayson buy Precision Parts,...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Cost vs Benefits;
Investment Return;
Strategy;
Management Practices and Processes;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Outcome or Result;
Manufacturing Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Precision Parts, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-131, March 1985. (Revised November 1988.)
- April 2010 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
The Auction for Travelport (A)
By: Andrei Hagiu and Misha Sanwal
A senior Blackstone director is deciding how aggressively to bid for Travelport, a travel distribution business containing several key services and platforms. Travelport's most important properties were Galileo, one of the top 3 global distribution systems (GDSs),...
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Keywords:
Value Creation;
Product Positioning;
Cost vs Benefits;
Private Equity;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Competitive Advantage;
Auctions;
Industry Structures;
Travel Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, and Misha Sanwal. "The Auction for Travelport (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-474, April 2010. (Revised March 2011.)