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  • November 2013
  • Article

The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

By: John Beshears
I use data on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico to measure how a corporate alliance—a group of firms that jointly develops an offshore tract—performs relative to a solo firm. I employ a regression discontinuity strategy based on bids in first-price sealed-bid... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Form; Corporate Alliances; Oil And Gas Production; Lease Auctions; Regression Discontinuity; Alliances; Organizational Structure; Auctions; Performance; Energy Sources; Leasing; Energy Industry
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  • 01 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

solo. He found it in a unique set of data: leases for oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Firms competing to drill in the region have historically bid on 5,000-acre tracts, submitting sealed bids with View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities
  • 05 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

Hybrid Locomotive project. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907048 Leasing Computers at Persistent Learning Harvard Business School Case 108-014 Newly public Persistent Learning is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

booking process. Zumper Anthemos Georgiades Business Track Runner-Up Zumper allows tenants to search for and close annual apartment leases in a much more transparent manner. Social Enterprise Track, 2012 eTransitions (now Careport Health)... View Details
  • 28 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

powerful tools to fix the business. One of these is the automatic stay, discussed previously. Companies in Chapter 11 can also reject unfavorable leases and supply agreements (under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code); sell assets in a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking
  • 29 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’

that is so assured that it no longer requires conspicuous display. They lease their cars, rent other people's holiday homes, and would happily outsource other aspects of their lifestyles. They reject the marketer's continual pressure to... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 25 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

changes that have revolutionized their use in practice. He contends that both serve the US economy by helping troubled companies stay viable by giving them time to find new financing, renegotiate unfavorable leases and supply contracts,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services
  • 21 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

players have agreed to autograph baseballs that we can auction off for fundraising," the officer told Lucci. "Could you could contribute a couple dozen?" "Absolutely," said Lucci. "By the way, Officer, could... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

jointly develops an offshore tract-performs relative to a solo firm. I employ a regression discontinuity strategy based on bids in first-price sealed-bid auctions for the rights to develop leases. By focusing on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

Fashionable Opportunity Harvard Business School Case 209-012 Roberto Charvel is a young MBA graduate making his first personal real estate investment in his native Mexico City. Charvel is planning to purchase and renovate a nine-unit apartment building. Is the market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 25

(revised) Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Benjamin G. Edelman, and Hoan Lee Abstract We model competing auctions for online advertising, with attention to the participation costs that limit advertisers' interest in using small ad platforms. When... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

America Harvard Business School Case 908-004 Describes the auction of Cable & Wireless America (CWA), a bankrupt subsidiary of the British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless. While an initial "stalking-horse"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace