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- 2023
- Working Paper
State Employment as a Strategy of Autocratic Control in China
By: Jaya Y. Wen
This paper presents evidence that autocrats use state-owned firms to strategically pacify social unrest via employment provision, a role that may contribute to their favorable treatment and persistence across settings. I use variation in a regional conflict between... View Details
Wen, Jaya Y. "State Employment as a Strategy of Autocratic Control in China." Working Paper, January 2023.
- July 1999 (Revised July 2007)
- Background Note
Preparing Family Business Cases
By: John A. Davis
Advises students on how to prepare and discuss a family business case. View Details
Davis, John A. "Preparing Family Business Cases." Harvard Business School Background Note 800-021, July 1999. (Revised July 2007.)
- January 1994 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Ocean Spray Cranberries: Environmental Risk Management
Ocean Spray Cranberries, one of the nation's most successful agricultural cooperatives, faces some difficult environmental management problems associated with water usage and wetlands development. Because of federal and state wetlands laws, new bogs for expansion had... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Innovation and Invention; Risk Management; Cooperative Ownership; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Ocean Spray Cranberries: Environmental Risk Management." Harvard Business School Case 794-088, January 1994. (Revised August 1994.)
- 2012
- Chapter
The Role of Venture Capitalists in the Acquisition of Private Companies
By: Paul A. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan
Gompers, Paul A., and Yuhai Xuan. "The Role of Venture Capitalists in the Acquisition of Private Companies." In Research Handbook on International Banking and Governance, edited by James Barth, Chen Lin, and Clas Wihlborg. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012.
- January 2010 (Revised March 2010)
- Supplement
Delphi Corporation (B)
By: Rakesh Khurana and Melissa Barton
Delphi Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2005. Delphi finally emerged in July 2009 as a private company. View Details
- 2004
- Other Unpublished Work
The Role of Venture Capital in the Acquisition of Private Companies
By: P. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan
- January 2011
- Case
A Slice of the Pie: Ruby Collins and Tenants in Common
By: John D. Macomber and Kristian Peterson
A securitized small real estate investment vehicle fails and the many individual owners have to decide how to manage or dispose of the asset. This case follows Ruby Collins, a small investor, through the logic of Section 1031 Like Kind Exchanges as well as the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Instruments; Investment; Risk Management; Ownership Stake; Partners and Partnerships; Valuation; Real Estate Industry
Macomber, John D., and Kristian Peterson. "A Slice of the Pie: Ruby Collins and Tenants in Common." Harvard Business School Case 211-008, January 2011.
- February 1996
- Exercise
Free Cash Flow Valuation Problem Set
By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
Free cash flow valuation problems: 1) build a simple pro forma, 2) value a public company's stock, and 3) evaluate a proposed LBO. View Details
Sahlman, William A., and Andrew S. Janower. "Free Cash Flow Valuation Problem Set." Harvard Business School Exercise 396-269, February 1996.
- March 1995 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
UAL Corporation
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jeremy Cott
In the largest attempted employee-buyout in history, a large U.S. commercial airline seeks substantial wage concessions from its employees in return for 53% stake in the airline's commmon stock and guaranteed seats on the board of directors. Management must convince... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Governance; Labor; Wages; Management Teams; Employee Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Strategy; Value; United States
Gilson, Stuart C., and Jeremy Cott. "UAL Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 295-130, March 1995. (Revised April 1995.)
- October 23, 2013
- Article
Banyan Family Business Advisors On The Keys to Long-Term Resilience
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Family businesses have been found to excel in resilience during economic downturns compared to publicly-traded ones. This is attributed to their focus on resilience over performance. Key qualities of resilient family firms include managing low debt, practicing... View Details
Keywords: Performance Consistency; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Family Ownership; Family Business; Values and Beliefs; Business Strategy
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Banyan Family Business Advisors On The Keys to Long-Term Resilience." Family Wealth Report (October 23, 2013).
- August 2006 (Revised July 2007)
- Background Note
Governance of the Family Business Owners
By: John A. Davis
Reviews the principal ways in which the owners of a family business achieve their governance objectives of a suitable identity and sensible direction and the discipline to achieve these. Covers the responsibilities and rights of owners, plus governance procedures,... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Goals and Objectives; Family Ownership
Davis, John A. "Governance of the Family Business Owners." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-021, August 2006. (Revised July 2007.)
- August 2015 (Revised January 2016)
- Teaching Note
To Buy or What to Buy: Your First Home
By: Charles F. Wu and Daniel Woodbury
This is the teaching note to the case "To Buy or What to Buy: Your First Home." View Details
- December 1997 (Revised September 2014)
- Exercise
Discount and Hawkins Exercise: Confidential Instructions for Tenant
This simulation involves a negotiation between a real estate developer and a prospective anchor tenant in a proposed shopping center. Students are assigned roles, given confidential information, and asked to try to break the impasse over the "use, assignment, and... View Details
Wheeler, Michael A. "Discount and Hawkins Exercise: Confidential Instructions for Tenant." Harvard Business School Exercise 898-131, December 1997. (Revised September 2014.)
- March 27, 2013
- Article
Downton Abbey: Real Life Lessons for Trust & Estate Advisors
By: Josh Baron and Devin Bird
The article discusses how the TV series "Downton Abbey" reflects challenges and opportunities faced by business families. The show's storyline, centered around the aristocratic Crawley family and their estate, parallels real-world situations where business families... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Adaptation; Transition
Baron, Josh, and Devin Bird. "Downton Abbey: Real Life Lessons for Trust & Estate Advisors." Wealth Management (website) (March 27, 2013).
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Water, Water Everywhere
both domestically and in emerging markets, looks favorable. "This is a business that has been primarily government-controlled without significant economies of scale," Mark said. "The ownership and operation of assets to improve operating... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Porter's Paradox
in this country and abroad. With the proximity that clusters provide, companies can do things together without formal ownership or legal relationships. And this kind of flexibility opens up more possibilities for change and dynamism,... View Details
- March 2019
- Supplement
Koita Milk
By: Lynda M. Applegate, E. Ofek and Michael Norris
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Cash Flow; Food; Growth Management; Social Marketing; Ownership Stake; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Arab Emirates; Dubai
Applegate, Lynda M., E. Ofek, and Michael Norris. "Koita Milk." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 819-703, March 2019.
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
Working PapersThe Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Corporate Tax Avoidance Authors:Brad Badertscher, Sharon P. Katz, and Sonja Olhoft Rego Abstract This study investigates how private equity ownership... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2007
- Chapter
The Rationales and Performance of Public Venturing: Survey Evidence from Belgium and Finland
By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
Bozkaya, Ant, and William R. Kerr. "The Rationales and Performance of Public Venturing: Survey Evidence from Belgium and Finland." In Essays in Entrepreneurial Finance, by Ant Bozkaya, 95–139. Université libre de Bruxelles, 2007. (Reprinted in Entrepreneurial Finance: Financing of Young, Innovative Ventures (Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag, 2009), 95-139.)