Publications

February 1989 (Revised October 1994)
Case

Asahi Breweries Ltd.

Focuses on competitive repositioning, organizational renewal, and personal leadership. Describes how Asahi Breweries was faced with a major capacity expansion decision after succeeding in increasing market share dramatically in the traditionally stable Japanese beer... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Leadership; Organizational Structure; Product Launch; Management Teams; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Mission and Purpose; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan

June 1988 (Revised August 1988)
Case

Air Canada: The Privatization Option

Keywords: Competition; Corporate Governance; Privatization; Air Transportation Industry; Canada

April 1987
Background Note

Deregulation in the Airline Industry: Implications for Industrial Governance

June 1986 (Revised September 1989)
Background Note

Note on Takeovers and the Corporate Commonwealth

June 1986
Supplement

Volkswagen Group (B)

25 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 25, 2008

asked to consider whether entry into web services by Amazon, which had established its brand in retail, represented a prudent move by the company. The case provides an opportunity to highlight the benefits... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 1998
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

capital markets and how entrepreneurial companies can access startup capital and growth financing; Professor Malcolm S. Salter will discuss the "modern industrial revolution" and the tools larger companies... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

AIR AND SPACE: GLF participants enjoyed cocktails and dinner at the popular Washington museum. PHOTOGRAPHS BY DANUTA OTFINOWSKI There has never been a time when there have been as many challenges facing this country as there are now, nor... View Details

05 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 5

and operations theory suggests that the longer people wait, the less satisfied they become; we demonstrate that due to what we term the labor illusion, when websites engage in operational transparency by signaling that they are exerting... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2001
Case

Regal Cinemas LBO (A)

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Daniel Green

This case describes one of the greatest LBO failures of the 1990s. It presents an overview of the difficulties two experienced buyout sponsors were forced to deal with. View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Corporate Governance; Failure

08 May 2015
News

A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks

lending rates and economic activity. Prevailing economic theory holds that the cost-of-capital effect is negligible in an ideal market. Malcolm P. Baker, the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration, has investigated this... View Details

July 2001
Case

Regal Cinemas LBO (B)

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Daniel Green

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Corporate Governance; Failure

June 2000 (Revised July 2000)
Case

ORIX KK

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Andrew Eggers

Describes the challenges facing a Japanese financial services company as it attempts to maintain its ability to attract and retain talented employees. The CEO's ideas of corporate governance and evidence from the competitive labor environment suggest the need for more... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Geographic Location; Financial Services Industry; Japan