Publications

February 2005 (Revised November 2012)
Case

Chuck's Wagon Inc.

By: Paul W. Marshall and Derek Lewis

This case describes the experiences of an HBS student as he takes on the challege of transitioning from an intern to a president at a small consumer packaged goods firm in Southern Texas. This HBS student is confronted with the opportunity to perform an operational and... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Goods; Operations Strategy; Executive Development; Strategy; Small Business; Production; Transformation; Management Skills; Financial Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Texas

May 2003 (Revised June 2003)
Case

Revitalizing Philips (A)

Philips is a major science-based multinational that has been restructuring since the early 1970s. This case provides an historical perspective on earlier efforts as well as a detailed description of the one pursued under Cor Boonstra, CEO from 1996 to 2001, that... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Restructuring; Science-Based Business

November 1980 (Revised August 1986)
Case

Progressive Corp.'s Divisionalization Decision (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.

Describes a company that is considering whether to establish an experimental division as a relatively independent profit center under a general manager. Data relevant to this decision include the company's strategy, markets, products, current structure, size, and the... View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Decision Making; Data and Data Sets; Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Situation or Environment

Fast Answer

FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Ghana

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January 2020
Teaching Note

GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? (A) and (B)

By: Shai Benjamin Bernstein

This teaching note is meant to accompany “GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? (A),” HBS No. 820-041, and “GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? (B),” HBS No. 820-074. The cases follow Nitin Thakor, President... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Acquisition; Decision Making; Health Industry

October 1990
Article

Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default

By: S. C. Gilson, J. Kose and L. H. P. Kang

This study investigates the incentives of financially distressed firms to restructure their debt privately rather than through formal bankruptcy. In a sample of 169 financially distressed companies, about half successfully restructure their debt outside of Chapter 11.... View Details

Keywords: Theory; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Restructuring

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September 2015
Supplement

Hexion/Apollo's Courtship of Huntsman Corporation (B)

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Danielle V. Holland

To be used with “Hexion/Apollo's Courtship of Huntsman Corporation (A)” HBS No. 316-028. View Details

Keywords: Fiduciary Outs; Topping Rights; Revlon Duties; Solvency Opinions; Reverse Termination Fees; Litigation Strategy; Lawsuits and Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions

March 2011
Teaching Note

The CW: Launching a Television Network

By: Anita Elberse

Teaching Note for 507050. View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Product Launch; Television Entertainment; Telecommunications Industry

1988
Chapter

Capital and Ownership Structure: A Comparison of United States and Japanese Manufacturing Corporations

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Capital Structure; Ownership; Organizational Structure; Business Ventures; United States; Japan

2006
Chapter

The Corporation's Evolving Personality

By: Lynn Paine

Keywords: Business Ventures; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation

2005
Chapter

Building Inter-Firm Collaborative Community: Uniting Theory and Practice

By: L. M. Applegate

Keywords: Business Ventures; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Cooperation

Article

A Resource Based Analysis of Global Competition: The Case of the Bearings Industry

By: David J. Collis

Keywords: Global Range; Competition; Information; Business Ventures

February 1996 (Revised November 1998)
Case

Brown Group, Inc.--The Dividend Decision

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Restructuring; Investment Return

13 Jul 2017
News

Making Friends with Mother Nature

University before heading to HBS. His business thinking was influenced by faculty giants such as Georges Doriot, who taught industrial management and is widely considered the father of venture capital, and... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

21 Feb 2014
News

The First Five Years: Evelyne White (MBA 2010)

in my kitchen, it's great to have more space in a great location where the team can collaborate. Other milestones include taking home the runner-up prize at HBS's New Venture Competition in 2013 and closing our first seed round in... View Details

Keywords: Glocal; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

17 Jan 2020
News

A Wider Frame

Portraiture Project launched, Coit (with a successful career as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist behind him) was selected to be the project’s artist. Since then, he has contributed 26 portraits that more fully capture the full range... View Details

19 Aug 2016
News

Using Technology to Help Reclaim Lives from Addiction

“Lionrock is my revenge against addiction,” says Peter Loeb (MBA 1991), cofounder and chief executive of Lionrock Recovery, the largest online addiction recovery program in the US and Canada. “This venture is part of my healing.” A... View Details

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... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation

April 2002 (Revised October 2002)
Case

Andina Bottling Co.

By: V.G. Narayanan and Alberto Ballve

Andina Bottling develops an information system for monitoring the performance and operations of its various foreign and domestic subsidiaries. View Details

Keywords: Operations; Information Technology; Performance Evaluation; Decision Making; Business Subsidiaries; Measurement and Metrics; Business or Company Management; Distribution