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- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
creation and growth. Studies suggest that sports organizations (rights-holders) often fail to exploit the full potential of such sponsorship partnerships. The aim of the case study reported here is to explore key dimensions of value View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
sauces for entrepreneurial ecosystems: the creation and the role angels play in funding companies. Technology-enabled crowdfunding provides entrepreneurs a wider access to capital. ©iStock/merznatalia There’s been relatively little work... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
something might be done to foster the creation of wealth (and jobs) in Mexico through the removal of structural barriers that inhibit entrepreneurial behavior. However, before action might be taken to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
specifically, we show how forgetting in a firm's ongoing rhetorical history-here, the bulletins' repeated omission of contradictory elements in the firm's past (i.e., structural omission) or attempts to neutralize them with valued... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2010
- Supplement
The Auction for Travelport (B)
By: Andrei Hagiu and Misha Sanwal
This short case presents the epilogue of The Auction for Travelport (A). Blackstone decided to bid on its own, acquired Travelport for $4.3 billion and subsequently went on to acquire another GDS, Travelspan, for $1.4 billion. It then merged the two GDSs and partially... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Private Equity; Mergers and Acquisitions; Industry Structures; Initial Public Offering; Capital Markets; Market Transactions; Change; Auctions; Travel Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, and Misha Sanwal. "The Auction for Travelport (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 710-475, April 2010.
- November 2019 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
United Technologies: Are the Parts Worth More Than the Whole?
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
After spending more than 50 years creating a diversified industrial conglomerate that Fortune magazine described as “arguably the most profitable conglomerate in America” in 2014, UTC’s CEO Greg Hayes was under pressure from activist investors (Dan Loeb and Bill... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Financial Management; Corporate Governance; Organizational Structure; Investment Funds; Value Creation; Aerospace Industry; Electronics Industry; Industrial Products Industry; United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel Fisher. "United Technologies: Are the Parts Worth More Than the Whole?" Harvard Business School Case 220-018, November 2019. (Revised April 2021.)
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
it is highly probable that the equipment placed in the car will become obsolete. Also, OnStar can only be used in the car, which may make it cumbersome for customers used to the easy accessibility of cell phones. 83 GM is also attempting to revamp its business View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
to pay the IOUs coming due." Financial markets can help that happen by offering mechanisms that enable capital to be allocated to companies and industries where it can be the most productive. The result is structural changes in the... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
the role of organization in regard to a business unit's success, or in the choice of which structure to use, is intertwined with a large number of other important factors. These include the strategy of the business, the quality of its... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
said Howson, who focuses on mergers and acquisitions, project finance, and capital markets in his firm's Beijing office. The creation of domestic capital markets, increasing access to foreign capital, legal changes in corporate... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- April 2022
- Teaching Note
Tempur Sealy International (A, B & C)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 718-422, 718-423, and 718-424. The cases explore the long-term relationship between Tempur Sealy (TPX, a mattress manufacturer) and Mattress Firm (MFRM, a bedding retailer and TPX's largest customer). For almost 20 years, the firms... View Details
Keywords: Porter's 5 Forces; Bargaining Power; Buyer Power; Customer Power; Supplier Power; Negotiations; Value Capture; Private Equity; Consumer Durables; Consumer Discretionary; Mattresses; B-2-B; Industry Dynamics; Leadership; Compensation; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Competition; Cooperation; Distribution; Negotiation; Industry Structures; Customers; Relationships; Distribution Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; South Africa
- September 2017 (Revised April 2022)
- Supplement
Tempur Sealy International (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
This case explores the long-term relationship between Tempur Sealy (TPX, a mattress manufacturer) and Mattress Firm (MFRM, a bedding retailer and TPX's largest customer). For almost 20 years, the firms enjoyed a mutually beneficial and commercially prosperous... View Details
Keywords: Porter's 5 Forces; Bargaining Power; Buyer Power; Customer Power; Supplier Power; Negotiations; Value Capture; Private Equity; Consumer Durables; Consumer Discretionary; Mattresses; B-2-B; Industry Dynamics; Leadership; Compensation; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Competition; Cooperation; Distribution; Negotiation; Industry Structures; Customers; Relationships; Distribution Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; South Africa
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
concentration and are correlated with differences in firm performance. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2363528 Return on Political Investment in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 By: Chen, Hui, Katherine Gunny, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
licenses grew in Colorado from 37 to 200, along with creation of 500 medical marijuana dispensaries. Most recreational buyers seemed to be casual users. In fact, for those six months, recreational marijuana accounted for 80 percent of the... View Details
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
publisher of Harvard Business School's NewBusiness, recently sat down with Tripsas to learn more about her research. Michael J. Roberts: How would you define the territory your work covers? Mary Tripsas: Essentially I look at the creation... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
the company's marketing department into an integral part of product development, product management, and strategic planning after years of relative neglect is considered. The role of Chief Executive Officer Jeff Immelt in initiating and overseeing that change is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
that accounting research would benefit from a greater focus on the study of causal mechanisms (or causal pathways), increased emphasis on structural modeling of the phenomena of interest, and more in-depth descriptive research. We argue... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
inputs to machine learning and the creation of artificial intelligence. Each of these related fields of activity and opportunity encompasses a wide swath of the economy. Together, they describe a sector that promises to dwarf, in terms of... View Details
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
encourage partners to collaborate across the firm to serve clients' increasingly global and complex needs. In 2007, under Smith's leadership, the partnership agreed to implement holistic change, which included shifting from geographical to sector View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
Gardner, N. Anand, and Tim Morris Publication:In The International Library of Critical Writings on Business and Management: Management Consultancy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishers, Ltd., forthcoming Abstract How do innovative knowledge-based View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne