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  • January 2000
  • Case

Selecting a New Name for Security Capital Pacific Trust

A methodology for selecting a new corporate brand name is explored, highlighting different types of names, criteria and hurdles in securing new names, and legal implications. Brand identity consultancy Lippincott & Margulies guided a real estate investment trust... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Financial Services Industry
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  • 28 Aug 2010
  • News

Paul Allen's Company Files Broad Lawsuit Over Patents

  • 07 Jul 2017
  • News

Can money buy happiness?

  • April 2021
  • Case

Zeynep Ton: The Good Jobs Strategy

By: Francesca Gino and Frances X. Frei
The link to this multimedia case should be provided to students in advance as preparation for classroom case discussion.

In Zeynop Ton’s 2014 book The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Selection and Staffing; Compensation and Benefits; Operations; Performance Effectiveness
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  • October 2013
  • Article

Corporate Venturing

By: Josh Lerner
For decades, large companies have been wary of corporate venturing. But as R&D organizations face pressure to rein in costs and produce results, companies are investing in promising start-ups to gain knowledge and agility. The logic of corporate venturing is... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Knowledge Acquisition; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention
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  • April 2017
  • Article

Private Equity and Industry Performance

By: Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen and Per Stromberg
The growth of the private equity industry has spurred concerns about its potential impact on the economy more generally. This analysis looks across nations and industries to assess the impact of private equity on industry performance. Industries where PE funds have... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Markets; Entrepreneurship; Performance; Economy
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  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

http://hbr.org/product/Google-Inc--in-2014/an/915004-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-520 Investing in Online Marketplaces Simon Rothman had recently been promoted from executive-in-residence to partner at esteemed venture capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Initiatives & Projects - Faculty & Research

research, study, and practice. Health Care The Health Care Initiative serves as a gateway for health care research, educational programs, and collaboration across all sectors of the health care industry. Impact Investments The Project on... View Details
  • September 2008
  • Article

What T. R. Took: The Economic Impact of the Panama Canal, 1903-1937

By: Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu
The Panama Canal was one of the largest public investments of its time. In the first decade of its operation, the canal produced significant social returns for the United States. Most of these returns were due to the transportation of petroleum from California to the... View Details
Keywords: History; Development Economics; International Relations; Investment Return; Negotiation Deal; Panama; United States
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  • January 2010 (Revised March 2010)
  • Supplement

The Congressional Oversight Panel's Valuation of the TARP Warrants (B)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
The Congressional Oversight Panel wants to value the warrants issued to the government in connection with the TARP investments of 2008, in order to increase the transparency of options repurchases. The case describes the methodology used to value the warrants. This... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Investment; Public Opinion; Valuation; Banking Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
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  • September 1998
  • Case

Anheuser-Busch and the U.S. Brewing Industry

Presents an analytical report on the company's competitive position and on the industry structure in 1991. Used to show how a company can generate value through steady, incremental investment over a long period in a business model tailored to the industry context. Also... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Industry Structures; Growth and Development Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • March 1991 (Revised May 1991)
  • Case

New York Life Insurance Co.: Pension Department

By: Robert J. Dolan
Analyzes competition in the pension fund industry. In particular, New York Life must decide whether to compete head-to-head with mutual fund giants by offering record-keeping services or to just continue to focus on selling investment products. Presents the results of... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Financial Instruments; Insurance Industry; Financial Services Industry
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  • 08 Jul 2021
  • Video

Peter Wharton-Hood

Peter Wharton-Hood, a former senior executive at Standard Bank and Deutsche Bank in South Africa, discusses how a failed takeover attempt prompted Standard Bank in South Africa to invest in a range of new banking technologies, including an internet banking system which... View Details

    Jill J. Avery

    Dr. Jill Avery is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School. She is a respected authority on branding and brand management, customer relationship... View Details

    Keywords: consumer products; arts; advertising; automobiles; retailing; fashion; hotels ＆ motels; food; beverage
    • March 2008 (Revised May 2008)
    • Case

    The Blackstone Group's IPO

    By: Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
    Steven Schwarzman, Chairman of the Blackstone Group, has just learned that an investment group associated with the government of China wants to buy the majority of Blackstone's leveraged IPO. As he considers how to respond to this offer, Schwarzman reviews the firm's... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Ownership Stake; Business and Stakeholder Relations
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    • March 2001 (Revised April 2003)
    • Case

    Chase's Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan (A)

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
    In late 1999, the Walt Disney Co. and the Hong Kong government agreed to develop Hong Kong Disneyland, a HK$28 (U.S.$3.6) billion theme park and resort complex planned to open in late 2005. As part of the total financing package, the sponsors decided to raise HK$3.3... View Details
    Keywords: Working Capital; Project Finance; Relationships; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Tourism Industry; Hong Kong
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    • 14 Sep 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: September 14, 2010

    http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/IPRImit.pdf Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector Authors:Shikhar Ghosh and Ramana Nanda Publication:In America's Energy Innovation Problem Abstract We examine the extent to which venture... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • November 2008 (Revised January 2009)
    • Case

    Arcapita - 2002

    In 2002, Arcapita Bank, B.S.C., then known as First Islamic Investment Bank, or FIIB, faced a liquidity crunch. Aracapita offered Islamic-compliant private equity, real estate, and venture capital products. In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack, however, Islamic... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Investment; Globalized Firms and Management; National Security; Religion; Financial Services Industry
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    • 23 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers

    by Willis Towers Watson found that 40 percent of employees desire family-related assistance, with preference for expanded family leave, bereavement leave or assistance, and additional maternity leave. Companies can attract and retain talent by View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin