Publications

December 2005
Article

Functional Change and Bank Strategy in German Corporate Governance.

By: Dwight B. Crane and Ulrike Schaede

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Strategy; Corporate Governance; Change; Germany

September 2005 (Revised April 2007)
Case

Spyder Active Sports - 2004

By: Belen Villalonga, Dwight B. Crane and James Quinn

David Jacobs founded a high-end ski apparel company in 1978. He successfully built and grew the company, establishing a major international brand that appealed to ski racers and other active skiers. In 1995, he sought external financing to support further growth of the... View Details

Keywords: Private Ownership; Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Business Exit or Shutdown; Valuation; Brands and Branding; Wealth; Family Business; Financing and Loans; Globalization; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry; Colorado

June 2005
Supplement

Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (DVD)

By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane, Kelly Mulderry and Jay W. Lorsch

Keywords: Forest Products Industry; Real Estate Industry

June 2005
Supplement

Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (VHS Video)

By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane and Jay W. Lorsch

Keywords: Forest Products Industry; Real Estate Industry

January 2005 (Revised June 2005)
Supplement

Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (C)

By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane and Kelly M. Mulderry

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Forest Products Industry; Real Estate Industry

January 2005 (Revised June 2005)
Supplement

Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (B)

By: John A. Davis and Dwight B. Crane

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Forest Products Industry; Real Estate Industry

October 2004 (Revised July 2005)
Case

Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Dwight B. Crane and Ashley Robertson

Raises issues about how the nature and function of a board changes as a company moves from ownership by its employees, including the founder, to ownership by a private equity firm, Fremont Partners, culminating in a highly successful IPO. Gives students the opportunity... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Governing and Advisory Boards; Initial Public Offering; Behavior; Organizations; Employee Ownership; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; United States

September 2004 (Revised June 2005)
Case

Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (A)

By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane and Kelly M. Mulderry

After inheriting the leadership of their family's land and lumber companies, Matt and Kevin Hancock struggled with how to revise their internally focused governance system. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Governance; Leadership Style; Growth Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation

May 2004 (Revised April 2006)
Case

Ultra: The Quest for Leadership (A)

By: Dwight B. Crane and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

Ultra is one of a small group of competing Brazilian petrochemical companies, each of which buys raw material and is a minority owner of Copene, a "cracking" company that provides ethylene and other materials. Because of an industry restructuring, an auction of shares... View Details

Keywords: Capital; Capital Budgeting; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Industry Structures; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Bids and Bidding; Economy; Ownership Stake; Chemical Industry; Brazil

May 2004 (Revised August 2004)
Case

Ultra: The Quest for Leadership (B)

By: Dwight B. Crane and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Brazil

May 2004 (Revised August 2004)
Case

Ultra: The Quest for Leadership (C)

By: Dwight B. Crane and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Brazil

February 2004 (Revised November 2012)
Exercise

Capital Investment Analysis

By: Dwight B. Crane and Josh Lerner

Teaches techniques of evaluating investment alternatives. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise. View Details

Keywords: Financial Management; Investment Return

2003
Other Unpublished Work

Capital Market Intermediaries: Summary Observations on a Workshop Held at Harvard Business School

By: D. B. Crane, J. O. Light, K. G. Palepu and A. F. Perold

Keywords: Capital Markets

February 2003 (Revised December 2005)
Case

Susan Griffin: Formulation of a Long-Term Investment Strategy

By: Dwight B. Crane and Julia Stevens

Susan Griffin, owner and cofounder of a small manufacturing company, is formulating a long-term investment strategy. Griffin plans to sell her $10 million company and invest the revenue. She must decide how to allocate her investment so that she can rely entirely on... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Business Exit or Shutdown; Investment

January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
Case

VendQuest (A): The Business Idea

By: Dwight B. Crane and David Foster

A potential founder of a company is considering whether to start up a new enterprise that would link parts distributors with customers in the construction industries via the Internet. This case describes the industry and the potential advantages to distributors and... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Corporate Strategy; Business Model; Distribution; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Business Plan; Customer Relationship Management; Business Ventures; Construction Industry

January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
Case

VendQuest (B): Building the Management Team

By: Dwight B. Crane and David Foster

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Construction Industry