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January 2010 (Revised March 2013)
Teaching Note

Western Union: Our World, Our Family® (TN)

By: Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason

Teaching Note for [410050]. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Financial Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Diversity; Financial Services Industry

February 1999 (Revised November 2009)
Case

Michael Brown: Negotiating Slots at Foxwoods (A)

By: James K. Sebenius

The issues of the impending negotiation between the CEO of Foxwoods and the governor of Connecticut over lifting the ban on slot machines at Foxwoods are presented. Reviews the gaming business in the United States, the special history of Indian gaming, the Pequot... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Policy; Negotiation Deal; Business and Government Relations; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Connecticut

January 2008 (Revised May 2009)
Case

Restructuring at Delphi Corporation (A)

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott

Delphi Corporation, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has filed a plan of reorganization with the court, under which a consortium of hedge funds led by Appaloosa Management will invest up to $2.6 billion in new equity. Also participating in the plan is... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment Funds; Labor and Management Relations; Auto Industry; Auto Industry

September 2009
Supplement

Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (B)

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull and Akiko Kanno

As the regulatory environment for consumer lending evolves, CFJ has to decide how to respond. View Details

Keywords: Personal Finance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Risk Management; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Japan

15 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions

to close. Sales at restaurants—one of the hardest-hit industries in the US—fell by 30 percent in March and another 34 percent in April, according to the Census Bureau. This led some policymakers and economists to conclude that the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage

06 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market

Khaire is a good barometer for such estimations, having deeply researched how value and markets are constructed around creative industries and products. In studying the modern Indian art market, for example, which was just starting to... View Details

04 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

operations. We finance these industries with private capital, set national and local regulations, encourage competition and discourage cartels in order to lower prices and increase quality (i.e., driving safety up and environmental impact... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology

01 Feb 2000
News

The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

will soon move from HTML programming language to XML. Ballmer stated that this shift would alter the current Internet balance of power in which consumers are in a reactive position as they relate to company (or "publisher's") Web sites.... View Details

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

into IR. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=505016 IR at BP: Investor Relations and Information Reconnaissance Harvard Business School Case 107-026 BP's IR director has begun a program to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2006 (Revised March 2008)
Case

Changan Automobile Co., Ltd.

By: Dennis Campbell and Donglin Xia

Chairman Yin Jiaxu must communicate that the company's extraordinary reported performance in 2002 reflects Changan's unique strategy within the competitive dynamics of China's automobile industry. Changan's 2002 annual report demonstrated an extraordinary level of... View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Media; Business and Shareholder Relations; Auto Industry; China

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July 2002 (Revised March 2003)
Case

North East Medical Services

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Wendy Carter

Sophie Wong, president and CEO of North East Medical Services, a health care organization dedicated to serving the underprivileged Asian American community in San Francisco, must decide how to reposition the organization to serve patients from multiple income levels... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Human Resources; Leadership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Health Industry; San Francisco

18 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm and then discuss three theoretical aspects of sociality View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

and expenditures on accounting information in privately governed hospitals but no relation in publicly governed hospitals. Finally, we find differences in the use of accounting information within the privately governed hospitals, based on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

January 2021 (Revised June 2021)
Case

Hester Pharmaceuticals (A): A Pricing Dilemma

By: Dante Roscini and John Masko

In August 2019, the leadership of Hester Pharmaceuticals (Hester) had a problem. Italy promised to be a key market for their new breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab, but for almost two years, its single-payer healthcare system had been unable to agree with Hester on a... View Details

Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade; Price; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health Care and Treatment; Patents; Monopoly; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Human Needs; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy

February 2003 (Revised January 2006)
Case

AIT Group Plc

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

A U.S. venture capital firm has just learned that the deal structure for purchasing an illiquid U.K. software firm is unacceptable to institutional investors. The group must decide if it still wants to go through with the deal. This decision hinges on whether the... View Details

Keywords: Price; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital; Financial Condition; Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; United States; United Kingdom