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- 2008
- Chapter
The Evidence Does Not Speak for Itself: Expert Witnesses and the Organization of DNA-Typing Companies
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
During the past 15 years, new biotechnology companies have promoted DNA typing as a sophisticated criminal and paternity identification technique. Private testing laboratories produce results that link individuals with crime scenes and fathers to their children....
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- July 2004 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
Hines Goes to Rio
By: Arthur I Segel and Ricardo Reisen De Pinho
The Torre Almirante office tower, Hines' newest project in Rio de Janeiro, was a 36-story, Class AA office tower with an adjoining 420-stall parking structure and a preserved 14-story historic facade. It was completely different from anything that had previously been...
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Keywords:
Property;
Design;
Construction;
Buildings and Facilities;
Risk Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Real Estate Industry;
Brazil;
New York (city, NY)
Segel, Arthur I., and Ricardo Reisen De Pinho. "Hines Goes to Rio." Harvard Business School Case 805-001, July 2004. (Revised July 2020.)
- February 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Atlantic Energy/Delmarva Power & Light (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Mathew M Millett and Tracy Aronson
Delmarva Power & Light and Atlantic Energy are neighboring electric utilities based in Delaware and New Jersey, respectively. In early 1996, they entered into merger negotiations, but were unable to reach an agreement on price because they could not agree on what...
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Keywords:
Valuation;
Negotiation Offer;
Government Legislation;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Contracts;
Utilities Industry;
Delaware;
New Jersey
Esty, Benjamin C., Mathew M Millett, and Tracy Aronson. "Atlantic Energy/Delmarva Power & Light (A)." Harvard Business School Case 298-034, February 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
- January 2007 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
NatuRi Corporation
By: Robert F. Higgins and Virginia Fuller
NatuRi Corporation was a start up, founded in 2005, aiming to manufacture a cholesterol-lowering drug made from the byproducts of rice bran oil production. With operations split between Chennai, India and Boston, Massachusetts, NatuRi faced several challenges,...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Equity;
Investment Funds;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Chennai;
Boston
Higgins, Robert F., and Virginia Fuller. "NatuRi Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 807-027, January 2007. (Revised August 2008.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
From Bench to Board: Gender Differences in University Scientists' Participation in Commercial Science
This paper examines gender differences in the participation of university life science faculty in commercial science. Based on theory and field interviews, we develop hypotheses regarding how scientists' productivity, co-authorship networks, and institutional...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
For-Profit Firms;
Gender Characteristics;
Higher Education;
Entrepreneurship;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Science-Based Business;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Biotechnology Industry
Ding, Waverly W., Fiona Murray, and Toby E. Stuart. "From Bench to Board: Gender Differences in University Scientists' Participation in Commercial Science." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-014, August 2010.
- November 2006
- Article
The Flattening Firm: Evidence from Panel Data on the Changing Nature of Corporate Hierarchies
By: Raghuram G. Rajan and Julie Wulf
Using a detailed database of managerial job descriptions, reporting relationships, and compensation structures in over 300 large U.S. firms, we find that firm hierarchies are becoming flatter. The number of positions reporting directly to the CEO has gone up...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Change;
Business Ventures;
Compensation and Benefits;
Rank and Position;
Wages;
Motivation and Incentives;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Jobs and Positions;
United States
Rajan, Raghuram G., and Julie Wulf. "The Flattening Firm: Evidence from Panel Data on the Changing Nature of Corporate Hierarchies." Review of Economics and Statistics 88, no. 4 (November 2006): 759–773.
- May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
In 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation (“EFC”), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate...
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Keywords:
Cross Border;
Energy Markets;
Infrastructure Finance;
Infrastructure Development;
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Cycles;
Macroeconomics;
Energy Generation;
International Finance;
Project Finance;
Government and Politics;
Demand and Consumers;
Infrastructure;
Utilities Industry;
Energy Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Argentina;
Latin America
Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 218-041, May 2018. (Revised October 2018.)
- Web
Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Financial Stability Project, founded at Harvard Business School, supports research collaborations between faculty and students across Harvard University to understand, predict and prevent financial instability. The BFFS project also...
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- January 2014 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Mittal Steel's Pursuit of Arcelor (A)
By: Paul M. Healy and Penelope Rossano
Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of Mittal Steel, a UK-based company with Indian roots, took advantage of a weakened Arcelor that had successfully won a bidding war for Canadian steel company Dofasco, with an unsolicited bid to buy the company. Mittal's plans for acquiring Arcelor...
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Keywords:
Fiduciary Duty;
Steel;
India;
Europe;
Governance;
Mergers;
Board Decisions;
White Knight;
Strategy;
Negotiation;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Corporate Governance;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Steel Industry;
Canada;
United Kingdom;
Russia;
India
Healy, Paul M., and Penelope Rossano. "Mittal Steel's Pursuit of Arcelor (A)." Harvard Business School Case 114-056, January 2014. (Revised September 2015.)
- November 1990 (Revised June 1991)
- Case
Final Voyage of the Challenger
Provides a summary of technical and organizational details that led to the decision to launch the Challenger Space Shuttle, and to the ensuing accident. Details of design and testing milestones of the Space Shuttle, with a focus on the Solid Rocket Booster, offer...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Risk Management;
Ethics;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Business Processes;
Aerospace Industry;
United States
Hauptman, Oscar. "Final Voyage of the Challenger." Harvard Business School Case 691-037, November 1990. (Revised June 1991.)
- March 2011 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
Harmonic Hearing Co.
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Craig H. Stephenson
Harmonic is a small, privately held manufacturer of hearing aids. Harriet Burns and Marc Davis, two employees at Harmonic, have an opportunity to purchase the company from the founder. As well-informed insiders who understand the industry, Burns and Davis believe the...
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Keywords:
Debts;
Quantitative Analysis;
Financing;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Development Stage Enterprises;
Small & Medium-sized Enterprises;
Small Business;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Cash Flow;
Mathematical Methods;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Borrowing and Debt;
Equity;
Manufacturing Industry
Stevenson, Howard H., and Craig H. Stephenson. "Harmonic Hearing Co." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-271, March 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
- 2012
- Case
Qingdao TGOOD Electric Corporation
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming, Chen Hao and Hong Zhang
Founded in 2004, TGOOD is now the largest specialized developer and producer of cubicle-type transformation and distribution equipment in China, with the main products of outdoor cubicle-type power equipment supplemented by indoor switchgear cabinets, offered mainly to...
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McFarlan, F. Warren, Zheng Xiaoming, Chen Hao, and Hong Zhang. "Qingdao TGOOD Electric Corporation." Tsinghua University Case, 2012.
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Faculty & Research - MBA
Play Games That Tech Giants Can't Win By: Feng Zhu 20 Aug 2024 Deals: The Economic Structure of Business Transactions 19 Mar 2024 Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
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- 2013
- Working Paper
Management: Theory and Practice, and Cases
By: Richard L. Nolan
This working paper reports on a major Harvard Business School project designed to enhance MBA and practicing executives in case learning. The work is built on the foundation of HBS field cases employing the monomyth "hero's journey" classic story structure along... View Details
Keywords:
Innovation;
CIO;
CEO;
Hero's Journey;
Monomyth;
Management;
Practice;
Cases;
Theory;
Innovation and Invention
Nolan, Richard L. "Management: Theory and Practice, and Cases." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-026, September 2013.
- 26 Sep 2023
- Book
Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target
providing firms with a wide variety of strategic solutions. The book was coedited by Feng Zhu, the MBA Class of 1958 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, along with Carmelo...
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- January 2001 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Pharmacyclics: Financing Research & Development
By: Malcolm P. Baker, Richard S. Ruback and Aldo Sesia
Pharmacyclics (NASDAQ: PCYC), a pharmaceutical company that manufactures products that will improve existing therapeutic treatments for cancer, arteriosclerosis, and retinal disease, was considering a $60 million private placement in February 2000. The company had more...
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Keywords:
Valuation;
Cash Flow;
Financing and Loans;
Business Startups;
Financial Strategy;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Health Industry
Baker, Malcolm P., Richard S. Ruback, and Aldo Sesia. "Pharmacyclics: Financing Research & Development." Harvard Business School Case 201-056, January 2001. (Revised July 2003.)
- 14 Sep 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Ethnic Innovation and US Multinational Firm Activity
Keywords:
by C. Fritz Foley & William R. Kerr
- September–October 2023
- Article
What Does 'Stakeholder Capitalism' Mean to You?: A Guide to the Four Main Types
By: Lynn S. Paine
Business leaders are being urged to adopt a multistakeholder approach to governance in place of the shareholder-centered approach that has guided their work for several decades. But through hundreds of interviews with directors, executives, investors, governance...
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Keywords:
Stakeholder Capitalism;
Corporate Governance;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Organizational Structure;
Trust
Paine, Lynn S. "What Does 'Stakeholder Capitalism' Mean to You? A Guide to the Four Main Types." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 5 (September–October 2023): 108–119.
- 14 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide
bad guy" Harvard Business School professors Dennis Campbell and Tatiana Sandino took notice, suspecting a clash of corporate cultures was at work. Their forthcoming case study discusses the limits of trying to force one culture or...
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- October 2007
- Background Note
Price Formation
By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford
Investigates how prices are formed in competitive capital markets. Focuses on a single security called AOE. Students compete with computer traders and each other for market making and informed trading profits. Participants receive a variety of public news in the form...
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