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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public
Commencement has always marked a time of promise and possibility, but this year's festivities seem especially charged with anticipation. Not only is the Class of 2000 the first to set forth into a new century, but it graduates into what is widely viewed as the... View Details
- April 2002
- Case
Knoll Furniture: Going Public
By: Paul A. Gompers and Jon Asher Daniels
This case examines the decisions of John Lynch, president and CEO of Knoll Furniture, to go public in early 1997. Knoll went private in an LBO in 1996 and Warburg Pincus, the LBO sponsor, wants Lynch to take Knoll public. Lynch needs to weigh the positive and negative... View Details
Gompers, Paul A., and Jon Asher Daniels. "Knoll Furniture: Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 202-114, April 2002.
- October 2014 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
Globant: Going Public
By: Paul Gompers and Natee Amornsiripanitch
Gompers, Paul, and Natee Amornsiripanitch. "Globant: Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 215-021, October 2014. (Revised April 2015.)
- August 1985
- Case
CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (C)
Contains a description of some issues confronting management of CML Group. They have decided to go public, have selected an underwriting team, and must make final decisions about the size, composition and pricing of the issue. Because stock prices have fallen since the... View Details
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Going Public; Problems and Challenges; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry
Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (C)." Harvard Business School Case 286-009, August 1985.
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Going public with philanthropy
Jonathan Nelson (MBA 1983) believes that philanthropy is one of America’s great traditions. He went public with his commitment to give away much of his wealth to counteract negative perceptions of business leaders’ financial success.... View Details
- July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)
Describes a series of decisions confronting Charles Leighton, co-founder and chairman of the CML Group. CML is a successful participant in the leisure time industry with two lines of business: specialty retailing and recreational consumer products. The key issues in... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Going Public; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Investment Banking; Financing and Loans; Planning; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-003, July 1984. (Revised September 1986.)
- May 2001
- Case
Omni Industries: Going Public
By: Carin-Isabel Knoop, Paul W. Marshall and Suma Raju
Keywords: Going Public
Knoop, Carin-Isabel, Paul W. Marshall, and Suma Raju. "Omni Industries: Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 801-469, May 2001.
- April 1985 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (B)
Contains a description of some issues confronting management of CML Group as the company progresses toward making an initial public offering. Among the issues and topics addressed in the case are: considerations in choosing an underwriting team, the initial public... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Initial Public Offering; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Planning; Cost vs Benefits; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry
Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (B)." Harvard Business School Case 285-092, April 1985. (Revised September 1986.)
- March 1999
- Case
Australia's Telstra Corporation (A): Going Public
By: W. Earl Sasser, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
Frank Blount is named CEO of Telstra, Australia's state-owned telecommunications giant. In preparation for its 1997 IPO, he must reorganize the company from an inefficient public entity into a lean, customer-driven organization. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Initial Public Offering; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customer Focus and Relationships; State Ownership; Performance Effectiveness; Privatization; Telecommunications Industry; Australia
Sasser, W. Earl, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Australia's Telstra Corporation (A): Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 899-209, March 1999.
- March 1991 (Revised October 1991)
- Supplement
EASEL Corp.: Going Public (D)
Timmons, Jeffry A. "EASEL Corp.: Going Public (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 291-044, March 1991. (Revised October 1991.)
- March 1991 (Revised April 1992)
- Supplement
EASEL Corp.: Going Public (B)
Timmons, Jeffry A. "EASEL Corp.: Going Public (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 291-042, March 1991. (Revised April 1992.)
- March 1991 (Revised October 1991)
- Supplement
EASEL Corp.: Going Public (C)
Timmons, Jeffry A. "EASEL Corp.: Going Public (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 291-043, March 1991. (Revised October 1991.)
- March 1991 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
EASEL Corp.: Going Public (A)
Timmons, Jeffry A. "EASEL Corp.: Going Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 291-041, March 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
- Article
Does Going Public Affect Innovation?
By: S. Bernstein
Bernstein, S. "Does Going Public Affect Innovation?" Journal of Finance 70, no. 4 (August 2015): 1365–1403. (Brattle Prize Winner for Best Paper in the Journal of Finance.)
- 07 Feb 2013
- News
The unexpected cost of going public
- April 1994
- Article
Venture Capitalists and the Decision to Go Public
By: Josh Lerner
Lerner, Josh. "Venture Capitalists and the Decision to Go Public." Journal of Financial Economics 35, no. 3 (April 1994): 293–316. (Reprinted in Vol. 1 of Small Firms and Economic Growth, pp. 650-673, edited by Zoltan Acs. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1996; and in Empirical Corporate Finance, edited by Michael J. Brennan. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2002.)
- October 1993
- Teaching Note
CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (B & C) TN
Teaching Note for (9-285-092) and (9-286-009). View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- News
Carlyle Group files SEC documents so it can go public
- October 1998 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
Amazon.com--Going Public
By: William A. Sahlman and Laurence E. Katz
Amazon.com, an early pioneer in electronic commerce, prepares its initial public offering in the face of turbulent market conditions. Joy Covey, Amazon.com's CFO and the case protagonist, discusses the risks and opportunities of going public and the nature of... View Details
Keywords: Going Public; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Model; Financial Strategy; Business Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Electronics Industry; Retail Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Laurence E. Katz. "Amazon.com--Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 899-003, October 1998. (Revised August 1999.)
- September 2017 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
Public Entrepreneurs? Picking a Path
By: Mitchell Weiss and Matthew Segneri
Direct entry into government remained an uncommon post-HBS path, with only 1%–2% of recent classes going directly into the public sector. But, for public-minded MBAs, government wasn’t the sole province for public problem-solving. MBAs could join or launch companies... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Careers; Tri-sector Athlete; Job Searching; Government Innovation; Govtech; CivicTech; Civic Technology; Civic Innovation; Government Technology; MBA Class Of 2017; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Government Administration; Job Search; Jobs and Positions; Innovation Leadership; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
Weiss, Mitchell, and Matthew Segneri. "Public Entrepreneurs? Picking a Path." Harvard Business School Case 818-005, September 2017. (Revised January 2019.)