Ownership - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

with the task of executing the merger of these two entities. First, all parties must agree to the economic terms of this merger; a process that is challenging due to the complex ownership structures of these banks. Second, Civil and his... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

participation by everyday folk in the capital markets was all but unheard of; Wall Street remained an exclusive investment preserve (some would say playground) for America's financial elite. But by making the ownership of securities easy... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

March 2024
Case

Nomad: A License to Bank

By: Paul A. Gompers and Pedro Levindo

In late 2023, Lucas Vargas, CEO and co-founder of Nomad, a fintech that offered financial services in the United States for Brazilian residents, had to decide what to do to ensure the company’s continued expansion. Nomad launched its first product, a U.S. digital bank... View Details

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December 1998 (Revised June 1999)
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STT Aerospace

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Jeremy Dann

Experienced entrepreneur Charles Damon conducted a "roll-up" from 1987-1994 within the commercial airliner interior products industry. Damon's company, STT Aerospace, took advantage of an industry-wide recession in the early 1990s by buying when asset prices were low.... View Details

Keywords: Retention; Business Strategy; Selection and Staffing; Entrepreneurship; Financial Crisis; Growth and Development Strategy; Compensation and Benefits; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Acquisition; Product Development; Aerospace Industry

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June 2009
Article

Highbrow Films Gather Dust: Time-inconsistent Preferences and Online DVD Rentals

By: Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers and Max H. Bazerman

We report on a field study demonstrating systematic differences between the preferences people anticipate they will have over a series of options in the future and their subsequent revealed preferences over those options. Using a novel panel data set, we analyze the... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Film Entertainment; Demand and Consumers; Renting or Rental; Power and Influence; Prejudice and Bias; Online Technology; Motion Pictures and Video Industry

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May 2004 (Revised November 2005)
Case

Turkey: Securing Stability in a Rough Neighborhood

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Emily Thompson

After suffering years of volatility and crises, Turkey desperately sought macroeconomic and political stability in an ever-worsening region of the world. In the short term, Turkey had to repay its debt, which amounted to more than 80% of GDP. By January 2004, Turkey... View Details

Keywords: Public Sector; Inflation and Deflation; Macroeconomics; Borrowing and Debt; Banks and Banking; International Finance; Privatization; Religion; Turkey; European Union

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19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

the United States and use this list to analyze the relationship between insider ownership and firm value. Our data have two useful features. First, since dual-class stock separates cash-flow rights from voting rights, we can separately... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

Authors:Eric J. Van den Steen Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a theory of the firm in which a firm's centralized asset ownership and low-powered incentives give the manager, as an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

social scientific work on entrepreneurship and weigh their value to business history research. First, we consider how scholars can employ research on entrepreneurial cognition to understand the historical ownership advantages of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Course: Startup Operations Studio (SOS) Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2025 Q3Q4 1.5 ^ back to top B Course Title Area Term Quarter Credits Joseph Badaracco The Moral Leader General Management Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Josh Baron Leading a Family Business (LFB) Strategy... View Details

July 2021
Teaching Plan

Aligning Mission and Margin at Southern Bancorp

By: Rebecca Henderson, Brian Trelstad and Eren Kuzucu

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 321-099. In October 2020, after spending almost a decade to turnaround Southern Bancorp, an Arkansan bank founded with the mission to provide financial services to rural, underserved communities, CEO Darrin Williams is wondering how... View Details

Keywords: Racial Wealth Gap; Banks and Banking; Growth and Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Going Public; Investment Return; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States; Arkansas

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May 2008
Supplement

Tribune Company, 2007 (CW)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

This case describes the proposed acquisition of Tribune Company by Sam Zell in 2007. Tribune Company is one of the largest newspapers and broadcasting companies in the United States. Zell's proposed acquisition is unusual in several respects. It is two-tiered, employs... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Credit; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Employees; Markets; Market Transactions; Negotiation Deal; Business and Shareholder Relations; Sales; Perspective; Journalism and News Industry; United States

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July 2007 (Revised July 2008)
Case

The Beijing Dream

By: Arthur I Segel, Voon Siang Lee, Jialei Tian and Ying Laura Wang

The purchase of a single-family home is generally the major investment for most young couples in China. Shows in detail the process that a young couple goes through in late April 2007 to find, finance, and close on an apartment in Beijing within what they believe to be... View Details

Keywords: Property; Investment; Cost; Emerging Markets; Financing and Loans; Acquisition; Activity Based Costing and Management; Internet and the Web; Management Practices and Processes; Real Estate Industry; Beijing; United States

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29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015

traces the evolution of the Internet from government ownership to privatization to the commercial Internet we know today. This is a story of innovation from the edges. Greenstein shows how mainstream service providers that had... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

and Finance Hypothesis Pass the Test of History? Authors:Musacchio, Aldo, and John D. Turner Publication:Business History Abstract For the body of work known as the law and finance literature, the development of financial markets and the concentration of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2024
Supplement

National Public Broadcasting (B)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Pre-abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details. Abstract: This (B) case supplement is designed for use by faculty only to support classroom instruction in conjunction with "National... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Media; Ownership; Strategy; Advertising; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

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30 Jun 2020
What Do You Think?

Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?

Blacks. My concern is Hispanics which wield significantly more economic buying power, land ownership It seems to me that everywhere I look Hispanics are being left out.”), and more systematic mentoring (Paul, a graduate of HBS,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

22 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism

about state ownership of companies—both in theory and on a practical level for those competing against them around the world. "It's wrong to think of these state-owned enterprises as the dinosaurs of the past," he says. "It's very... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

Sharing News That Might Be Bad

together to control your destiny and give your reports some ownership of the solution. "If there are numbers to hit, improvements to make, etc., let him help you. Maybe you need him to help keep morale up in the short-term until the... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

November 1994
Case

VideoGuide, Inc. (A)

By: William A. Sahlman and Jason Green

VideoGuide is emerging from a development stage start-up and requires a significant capital infusion to commercialize its product. Various financing options are considered including going public, venture capital, private placement, or a strategic partner. Given the... View Details