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- April 2010
- Teaching Note
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals: Spurring Scientific Creativity with Metrics
Teaching Note for [607008].
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- June 1997
- Supplement
MicroFridge: Robert Bennett, President and CEO, OPM Presentation
By: Norman A. Berg
Robert P. Bennett of MicroFridge discusses a number of topics including his philosophy, his company's market focus, the reorganization of the selling organization, reduction of overhead, the company's poor performance in the past year, its partnership with Sanyo, and...
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- April 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Teaching Note
Parmalat Uruguay (A) & (B)
By: Paul W. Marshall and Jim Sharpe
This teaching note is for cases Parmalat Urguguay A & B.
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- October 1997 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Asda (A)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
In the mid-1980s, Asda was one of the most successful retail companies in the United Kingdom. By 1991, the chain of 200 grocery stores had a lack of direction, a demoralized workforce, declining profits, rising debt, collapsing stock price, and was facing bankruptcy....
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Crisis Management;
Management Teams;
Business Strategy;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United Kingdom
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Asda (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-005, October 1997. (Revised January 2008.)
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
better public management," Domínguez says, "but you also begin to get more farsighted economic policies that allow business enterprises to invest and ordinary Brazilians to save." Then came what Domínguez calls the "happy accident" of...
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- August 2001 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Shinsei Bank (D)
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Perry Fagan
One year later, Yashiro and his management team can be proud of the young bank's first-year results, but face a set of difficult implementation issues.
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
Restructuring;
Management Systems;
Management Teams;
Success;
Banking Industry
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Perry Fagan. "Shinsei Bank (D)." Harvard Business School Case 302-039, August 2001. (Revised October 2001.)
- October 2016
- Case
Malenti Strings: Intrapreneurship within FLG, Inc.
By: David A. Garvin and Rachel Gordon
This case follows Jenica Fletcher as she rebuilds her company's guitar strings division from the ground up. Convinced that she could turn the division around if given complete independence from corporate headquarters, Fletcher relocated the group, rebranded it as...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Management Style;
Management Practices and Processes;
Restructuring;
Business Divisions;
Consumer Products Industry
Garvin, David A., and Rachel Gordon. "Malenti Strings: Intrapreneurship within FLG, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 917-513, October 2016.
- November 2010 (Revised April 2011)
- Case
Magna International, Inc. (A)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Yuhai Xuan
Magna International, Inc., a Canadian-based automotive parts manufacturer, is considering whether and how to unwind its dual-class ownership structure. A family trust controlled by the founder owns a 0.65% economic interest in the company but has 66% of the votes via a...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Restructuring;
Cost vs Benefits;
Governance Controls;
Ownership Stake;
Family Ownership;
Auto Industry;
Canada
Luehrman, Timothy A., and Yuhai Xuan. "Magna International, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 211-044, November 2010. (Revised April 2011.)
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Allan W.B. Gray, MBA 1965
William (MBA ’93), to establish Orbis Investment Management in Bermuda in 1990. Today William serves as president at Orbis, which controls about $20 billion in funds. The pair is restructuring Orbis and Allan Gray Limited to provide for...
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- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
include whether high-performance Asian companies can provide a business model for success in the region, the role of accounting infrastructure in transitional economies, restructuring diversified View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
new competitive era." Breaking the Code of Change Edited by Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria (Harvard Business School Press) With the restructuring and upheaval that has characterized life in the corporate...
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- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
315-060 The Basic LCA Framework No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315060-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-055 Restructuring JAL Hideo Seto, the...
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Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- January 2017 (Revised May 2020)
- Case
Sesame Workshop (A): Bringing Big Bird Back to Health
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ryan Raffaelli and Jonathan Cohen
Sesame Workshop was transforming in 2016. CEO Jeff Dunn had reorganized and shifted the iconic institution to respond to digital disruption and a consensus culture. This case examines his efforts to turn Sesame Workshop around. It notes Sesame's storied history and the...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership;
Information Technology;
Education;
Media;
Strategy;
Education Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, Ryan Raffaelli, and Jonathan Cohen. "Sesame Workshop (A): Bringing Big Bird Back to Health." Harvard Business School Case 317-094, January 2017. (Revised May 2020.)
- July 1995
- Teaching Note
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: MIS Reorganization (A) and Project ICON (A), (Abridged) TN
Teaching Note for (9-193-008).
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- February 2005 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
The Trustees of Reservations
By: Michael Chu
The executive director and chairman of the board of The Trustees of Reservations, one of the nation's oldest land conservation institutions, undertake a major governance restructuring. Reviews the forces leading to the change, the process by which its undertaken, and...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Governance Controls;
Performance Effectiveness;
Problems and Challenges;
Social Enterprise
Chu, Michael. "The Trustees of Reservations." Harvard Business School Case 305-078, February 2005. (Revised March 2005.)
- December 2000 (Revised December 2016)
- Technical Note
Valuing Companies in Corporate Restructurings: Technical Note
By: Stuart C. Gilson
This case provides a technical overview of different valuation techniques for use in valuing companies in corporate restructuring. Techniques covered include adjusted present value, WACC, capital cash flow, and discounted cash flow valuation. Specific numerical...
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Gilson, Stuart C. "Valuing Companies in Corporate Restructurings: Technical Note." Harvard Business School Technical Note 201-073, December 2000. (Revised December 2016.)
- August 2011 (Revised February 2015)
- Teaching Note
Global Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell (A) and (B)
By: Sandra J. Sucher
Teaching Note for 610-056 and 611-051.
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- June 2007 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
Reinventing Ericsson
By: Das Narayandas, Vincent Marie Dessain, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Anders Sjoman
Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of the Swedish telecom infrastructure company Ericsson, has to reorganize the recovering company in late 2003 after a major industry downturn. He is convinced that only a more market-orientated and customer-focused organization will be able to...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Marketing;
Organizational Structure;
Sales;
Competitive Advantage;
Telecommunications Industry;
Sweden
Narayandas, Das, Vincent Marie Dessain, Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Anders Sjoman. "Reinventing Ericsson." Harvard Business School Case 507-075, June 2007. (Revised February 2008.)
- March 2007 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Parmalat Uruguay (A)
By: Paul Marshall and Gustavo Herrero
Three young MBAs create a partnership to acquire the assets of Parmalat in Uruguay. Focuses on their analysis prior to submitting a bid and their plan for improving the operations once their bid is accepted. In addition to improving operations, they must negotiate with...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Restructuring;
Entrepreneurship;
Borrowing and Debt;
Negotiation;
Performance Improvement;
Uruguay
Marshall, Paul, and Gustavo Herrero. "Parmalat Uruguay (A)." Harvard Business School Case 807-103, March 2007. (Revised November 2012.)
- May 1998 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Komatsu and Dresser: Putting Two Plus Two Together
By: Ashish Nanda
In 1987, Komatsu Ltd., looking to expand its presence in the U.S. earth-moving equipment (EME) industry, enters into a 50-50 joint venture with Dresser. The management of the Komatsu Dresser joint venture faces difficulty in bringing the two halves together. The rift...
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Keywords:
Integration;
Machinery and Machining;
Restructuring;
Joint Ventures;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Construction Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Japan;
United States
Nanda, Ashish, and Georgia Levenson. "Komatsu and Dresser: Putting Two Plus Two Together." Harvard Business School Case 898-269, May 1998. (Revised October 1998.)