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- August 2000 (Revised July 2002)
- Background Note
Fundamental Enterprise Valuation: Capital Expenditures (CAPEX)
A technical note that defines capital expenditures (CAPEX). View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Fundamental Enterprise Valuation: Capital Expenditures (CAPEX)." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-123, August 2000. (Revised July 2002.)
- December 2007
- Article
Why Do Firms Hold So Much Cash? A Tax-Based Explanation
By: C. Fritz Foley, Jay Hartzell, Sheridan Titman and Garry Twite
Foley, C. Fritz, Jay Hartzell, Sheridan Titman, and Garry Twite. "Why Do Firms Hold So Much Cash? A Tax-Based Explanation." Journal of Financial Economics 86, no. 3 (December 2007).
- 15 Nov 2006
- Keynote Speech
Profit in Purpose: Can Corporations Make the Connection?" Panelist. "Leading in the Age of Ambiguity
By: Lynn Paine
- March 1999 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Honda-Rover (B): Honda Draws the Line
By: Ashish Nanda, James K. Sebenius and Ron Fortgang
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Joint Ventures; Alliances; Knowledge Sharing; Strategy; Contracts; Negotiation Process; Change Management; Negotiation Tactics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Auto Industry; United Kingdom
Nanda, Ashish, James K. Sebenius, and Ron Fortgang. "Honda-Rover (B): Honda Draws the Line." Harvard Business School Case 899-224, March 1999. (Revised November 2001.)
- May 2019 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Mobike and ofo: Dancing with Titans (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Haibo Zhao
This case address pacing issues – how fast does a company need to scale? It also examines the role of investors in determining company strategy and exit.
Mobike and ofo were two dominant players in China’s emerging dockless bike-sharing market, that allowed users... View Details
Mobike and ofo were two dominant players in China’s emerging dockless bike-sharing market, that allowed users... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Competition; Value Creation; Governance; Economics; Business Startups; Strategy; Business Exit or Shutdown; Entrepreneurship; Infrastructure; Transportation; Bicycle Transportation; China
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Haibo Zhao. "Mobike and ofo: Dancing with Titans (A)." Harvard Business School Case 819-135, May 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
Nimi Katragadda
Harvard Business School. In 2017, Nimi was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Venture Capital. She is originally from California, and now calls New York her home with her husband Dave and daughters Ava... View Details
- March 2000 (Revised May 2000)
- Case
Spec's Music (A)
By: John A. Davis and Susan Harmeling
Presents the story of a music retailer in Miami which started in the late 1940s, grew throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and went public in 1985 before experiencing a deep industry crisis in the mid-1990s. At issue in 1996 is whether the company should attempt to sell... View Details
Keywords: History; Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown; Decision Choices and Conditions; Management Succession; Entrepreneurship; Crisis Management; Performance Improvement; Music Industry; Miami
Davis, John A., and Susan Harmeling. "Spec's Music (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-336, March 2000. (Revised May 2000.)
- March 1998 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
Concordia Electronic Systems Test
By: Thomas R. Piper
The management of an electronics company must decide whether to use a single hurdle rate for all projects or to move to a system of different hurdle rates for each of its two divisions. The divisions differ substantially in terms of risk and seem to have substantially... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Risk and Uncertainty; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Business Divisions; Electronics Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Concordia Electronic Systems Test." Harvard Business School Case 298-115, March 1998. (Revised March 2001.)
- March 2001 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
WingspanBank.com (B): Should This Bird Still Fly?
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus
WingspanBank.com is launched to critical acclaim, but its fate is hardly certain. Bank One's new CEO, Jamie Dimon, must decide what to do with what is now a second Web site for the bank's current and prospective customers. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Customers; Innovation and Management; Organizations; Complexity; Web Sites; Financial Services Industry
Sucher, Sandra J., and Stacy McManus. "WingspanBank.com (B): Should This Bird Still Fly?" Harvard Business School Case 601-071, March 2001. (Revised July 2002.)
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
high-tech-driven economy and his role as president of the Harvard Business School Club of Taiwan. "If you have a good idea, there is venture money available," he continued. "You don't have to come from a... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
path. It works for recruiting too, allowing companies in search of specific personality traits to find ideal workers. Today I talk with neuroscientist Frida Polli, cofounder and CEO of pymetrics, about what characteristics make for, say, a great consultant or a View Details
- September 2009
- Article
Structural Homophily or Social Asymmetry? The Formation of Alliances by Poorly Embedded Firms
By: Gautam Ahuja, Francisco Polidoro Jr. and Will Mitchell
Recent research shows that preexisting network structure constrains the formation of new interorganizational alliances. Firms that are poorly embedded in a network structure are less likely than richly embedded firms to form alliances, because they lack informational... View Details
Keywords: Interorganizational Networks; Interfirm Collaboration; Embeddedness; Networks; Joint Ventures; Alliances
Ahuja, Gautam, Francisco Polidoro Jr., and Will Mitchell. "Structural Homophily or Social Asymmetry? The Formation of Alliances by Poorly Embedded Firms." Strategic Management Journal 30, no. 9 (September 2009): 941–958.
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
development during World War II, spearheaded the construction of an HBS-like business school in France (INSEAD), and, perhaps most notably, launched the modern venture capital industry. His remarkable life... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
A Vision for Venture Capital: Realizing the Promise of Global Venture Capital & Private Equity by Peter A. Brooke (MBA ’54) with Daniel Penrice (New Ventures) This book chronicles the career of Peter Brooke,... View Details
- December 2010 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Back to the Future: Redeveloping Unilever House
By: A. Eugene Kohn, Arthur I Segel and Andrew Pierson Terris
Steve Williams, General Counsel of Unilever PIc, has two key decisions to make prior to commencing construction on the redevelopment of Unilever House - the company's London corporate headquarters. The purpose of the redevelopment is to reinvigorate the corporate... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Leasing; Sales; Restructuring; Leading Change; Financing and Loans; Decisions; Business Headquarters; Design; Projects; London
Kohn, A. Eugene, Arthur I Segel, and Andrew Pierson Terris. "Back to the Future: Redeveloping Unilever House." Harvard Business School Case 211-038, December 2010. (Revised June 2011.)
- February 1986 (Revised March 1990)
- Supplement
Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (C)
By: David A. Garvin
In the preceding case, Copeland had to choose between two alternative plant layouts for organizing its Sidney plant. Now it must get work force approval for a change in "bumping" rules before proceeding with the change. Management must decide how to proceed--to... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Production; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Labor and Management Relations; Restructuring; Decisions; Change Management; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio
Garvin, David A. "Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 686-090, February 1986. (Revised March 1990.)
- September 1974 (Revised January 1988)
- Case
Midwest Ice Cream Co.
Midwest Ice Cream (a disguised name) serves as an example to examine a planning and control system. Useful management information, which otherwise would not be apparent, is derived by preparing a basic profit variance analysis. This illustrates how the company is doing... View Details
Shank, John K., and Wm J. Rauwerdink. "Midwest Ice Cream Co." Harvard Business School Case 175-070, September 1974. (Revised January 1988.)
- July 1995 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Marion Boats, Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins
Two brothers start a boatyard. The case covers the start-up and initial operating period. View Details
Hawkins, David F. "Marion Boats, Inc. ." Harvard Business School Case 196-041, July 1995. (Revised May 2012.)
- December 2003 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
Building Hedge Funds at Prospero Capital
This case discusses the issues facing a relatively new and small equity hedge fund as it attempts to expand its investor base. View Details
Chacko, George C., Randolph B. Cohen, Andrew J. Blackburn, and Mei Hu. "Building Hedge Funds at Prospero Capital." Harvard Business School Case 204-007, December 2003. (Revised December 2004.)
- March 2001
- Case
Veltvest Corporation
The founder and president of the company find it difficult to relinquish control to the next generation. View Details
Tagiuri, Renato. "Veltvest Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 901-054, March 2001.