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- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
co-founded Constructeo, a maker of online collaboration tools for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry, with fellow HBS alumnus Bertrand Dumazy (MBA 1999). The mixed success of the company's product offerings led to a View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
108-092 An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) refocusing process, and 5) takeover by new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508095 Ti-Tech (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 508-096 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase the supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508096 PublicationsInvestor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
a palliative care program. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/615052-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case PEL-073 Between Compliance and Support: The Role of the Commonwealth in District Takeovers No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands
by investors and government regulators for hyping stocks and other questionable practices. The last CEO spent over one million dollars to redecorate his office and pushed through $3.6 billion in executive bonuses the day before he agreed to a View Details
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
if not the competence, of the workers in that facility. Are such efforts appropriate, even in situations in which disclosure can exacerbate the very problem for which a solution is sought? When should the takeover happen: (1) immediately,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
excess costs, which was a good thing. But many CEOs saw how much people were making in these takeovers and raiding attempts and thought they should be well compensated too. They started to get very large rewards for eliminating costs and... View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
enter the market for financial products using its exchange model. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717517-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-518 Betfair (C) Prompted by a takeover bid from CVC, Betfair... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
acquisition activity in the healthcare sector invariably occurs with scant regard for the impact on public health or the end consumer. Pfizer’s attempted takeover of the British company, AstraZeneca, in 2014 was criticized widely for... View Details
- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
one project ($5.4 billion for Peter Cooper Village, also in New York City) and now the second largest LBO ever after TXU ($39 billion takeover of commercial property owner Equity Office Properties Trust). Investors are witnessing... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
negotiation, Sebenius cites the case of Kennecott Copper Corporation. Faced with a possible government takeover of its mines in Chile a number of years ago, Kennecott knew it had to renegotiate its long-term, low-royalty agreement. A... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
were paralyzed by fear of a Chinese takeover of the world. Google didn't exactly leave China or prevail in the face-off over government-banned content. The BP oil spill debacle in the U.S. Gulf region didn't destroy the company, didn't... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
culminates in a violent takeover of the mine in May 2005, whereupon BHP Billiton staff are forced to shut down operations, abandon the mine site, and devise a new strategy for winning back local support. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
management friendly provisions, we identify the economic determinants of the resulting trade-offs for shareholder value. Consistent with the theory, our empirical analysis shows that provisions that allow managers to delay takeovers have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
antitrust, intellectual property, product approval processes, and technical standards. When governments review applications for mergers and acquisitions or hear legal cases concerning intellectual-property rights or takeover disputes,... View Details
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
of managers and shareholders. Takeovers were favored as a means of enforcing the urgency of such alignment. At about this time, according to Khurana, deregulation came along that both made it possible and more tempting for agents to act... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
(The nature of those proposals varied, but most frequently they focused on executive compensation and issues related to corporate takeover efforts.) Among those, the researchers identified 155 proposals that would have been automatically... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
valuation, corporate governance, shareholder activism, takeover deal tactics, and the Japanese market for corporate control. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/209065-PDF-ENG Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007
disciplining role of banks and bank debt in the market for corporate control, focusing on takeovers between 1992 and 2005. We find that relationship bank lending intensity and bank client network (the number of firms that the bank deals... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
executives with whom he has successfully worked for decades? Or should he establish a new team with roughly equal representation from both airlines? Parker’s choice will send important signals to employees about the extent to which the transaction will be viewed as a... View Details