Publications

December 2003 (Revised February 2006)
Case

Jamie Dimon and Bank One (B)

By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga

To distribute only after discussion of HBS case 9-804-107. Describes the decisions made by Jamie Dimon as the new CEO in July 2000 and summarizes the progress of his turnaround over the next three years. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Management Succession; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

2003
Casebook

Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements: Text and Cases

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Paul M. Healy and Victor L. Bernard

Keywords: Theory; Valuation; Finance; Reports; Cases; Information

October 2003 (Revised February 2004)
Case

Dividend Policy at Linear Technology

By: Malcolm P. Baker and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld

In 1992, Linear Technology, a designer and manufacturer of analog semiconductors, initiated a dividend. The firm increased its dividend by approximately $0.01 per share each year thereafter. In fiscal year 2002, Linear experienced its first significant drop in sales... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Return; Financial Condition; Taxation; Initial Public Offering; Financial Management; Semiconductor Industry

October 2003
Article

The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering

By: Malcolm Baker and Paul Gompers

This paper describes board size and composition and investigates the role of venture capital in a sample of 1,116 firms' initial public offerings. First, firms backed by venture capital have fewer insider and instrumental directors and more independent... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Managerial Roles; Power and Influence

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September 2003
Teaching Note

City of New York, The (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-198-030). View Details

Keywords: New York (city, NY)

August 2003
Teaching Note

CUC International, Inc. (A) (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-192-099) View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

August 2003
Teaching Note

United Parcel Service's IPO (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-103-015). View Details

Keywords: Distribution Industry

August 2003
Teaching Note

Computer Associates International Inc.: Governance and Investor Communication Challenge (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-103-007). View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry

August 2003
Teaching Note

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-103-018). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; New York (city, NY)

August 2003
Teaching Note

Valuation Ratios in the Airline Industry (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-103-002). View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Air Transportation Industry

July 2003
Article

How the Quest for Efficiency Corroded the Market

By: Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Performance Efficiency; Markets

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Article

The Fall of Enron

By: Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Crime and Corruption

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March 2003 (Revised January 2004)
Case

CDC Capital Partners: December 2002

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

Paul Fletcher, CEO of CDC Capital Partners, a private equity group investing in the world's poorest countries, is wrestling with questions raised by the imminent reorganization of the firm. Previously an arm of the United Kingdom's international aid agency, CDC is... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Privatization; Venture Capital; Business and Government Relations; Emerging Markets; Infrastructure; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; United Kingdom

March 2003 (Revised November 2009)
Case

Hudson Manufacturing Company

By: Paul A. Gompers and Vanessa del Valle Broussard

Concerns the decision by Brett Keith and Owen Colligan to purchase Hudson Manufacturing, a maker of heaters and air filtration units for the military. Keith and Colligan have organized a search fund and identified Hudson as a potential buyout. The decline in the... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Pollutants; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry

Article

The Role of Lockups in Initial Public Offerings

By: Alon Brav and Paul A. Gompers

In a sample of 2,794 initial public offerings (IPOs), we test three potential explanations for the existence of IPO lockups: lockups serve as (i) a signal of firm quality, (ii) a commitment device to alleviate moral hazard problems, or (iii) a mechanism for... View Details

Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Quality; Moral Sensibility; Compensation and Benefits; Venture Capital; Problems and Challenges; Stock Shares; Going Public