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- July 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Teaching Note
Restructuring Bulong's Project Debt (TN)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
Teaching Note for (9-203-027). View Details
- July 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Restructuring Bulong's Project Debt
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
Preston Resources, a small Australian gold mining company, bought the Bulong nickel mine for A$319 million in November 1998 and financed the acquisition by issuing a US$185 million (A$294 million) project bond. At the time, mining had been underway for several months,... View Details
- May 2002
- Case
Venture Capital Fund Restructuring Vignettes (Abridged)
By: Paul A. Gompers
This case examines the changes in fund structures proposed by four venture capital firms in 2002: Accel Partners, Battery Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The venture capital market has experienced a major downturn, and these... View Details
- May 2002 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
Garanti Bank: Transformation in Turkey (Abridged)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Daniel Galvin and Maximilian Martin
Discusses the complete transformation and turnover in every division of Garanti Bank. Describes the multiple change projects managed and cross-cultural issues confronted during the 1990s and the organizational challenge of transforming Garanti Bank into one of Turkey's... View Details
- April 2002
- Case
Paula Evans and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (C)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Supplements the (A) case and Bobbie D'Alessandro and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. View Details
- April 2002
- Case
In vivo to in vitro to in silico: Coping with Tidal Waves of Data at Biogen
By: Juan Enriquez-Cabot, Gary P. Pisano and Gaye Bok
Biogen is a successful biotech company facing a critical juncture. CEO John Mullen ponders how technological changes introduced into the research function will shape larger corporate decisions. This world in which biotechnology companies operated had changed... View Details
- March 2002 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
EMCF: A New Approach at an Old Foundation
By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran
Michael Bailin, president of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF), embarked on a three-year effort to transform the foundation's grant-making in theory and practice. This case details his efforts to move from an "initiatives-based" approach in philanthropy to a... View Details
- March 2002 (Revised January 2010)
- Case
BP and the Consolidation of the Oil Industry, 1998-2002
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and David J Hanson
Examines the economics of the oil and gas industry with a focus on 1998 through 2001. Discusses the rationale behind using a growth in scale as a means to increase profitability and to gain competitive advantage. Also examines the classic strategic implications of... View Details
- December 2001 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company: The Conoco Split-off (A)
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Perry Fagan
After taking 30% of its Conoco oil and gas subsidiary public in the largest domestic initial public offering (IPO) in U.S. history, management of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DuPont) is considering divesting its remaining interest in Conoco. This goal is to be... View Details
- December 2001
- Case
Cybersettle
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
Cybersettle's management faced a dilemma: How could they turn their company, which provided confidential online settlement services for insurance claims, into a profitable enterprise? Having started during the heady days of Internet "dot-com fever," the company now had... View Details
- September 2001 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Buenos Aires Embotelladora S.A. (BAESA): A South American Restructuring
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Gustavo A. Herrero
In 1998, BAESA, PepsiCo's largest bottler and distributor outside North America, experienced severe financial difficulty and had to restructure its debt and business operations to avoid bankruptcy or liquidation. Based in Argentina, with operations throughout South... View Details
- August 2001 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Shinsei Bank (D)
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Perry Fagan
One year later, Yashiro and his management team can be proud of the young bank's first-year results, but face a set of difficult implementation issues. View Details
- July 2001
- Case
Paula Evans and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (A)
By: Linda A. Hill, Kristin Doughty and Ellen Pruyne
Paula Evans is in her second year as principal of the only high school in Cambridge, MA. Her mandate when she arrived was to redesign the high school so that long-standing inequities in academic achievement rates across race and socioeconomic class were removed. In her... View Details
- July 2001
- Case
Paula Evans and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (B)
By: Linda A. Hill, Kristin Doughty and Ellen Pruyne
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- June 2001
- Case
NESWC (A)
Documents attempts to restructure a public-private partnership between the operator of a $200 million trash-to-energy cogeneration plant and a consortium of two dozen Massachusetts municipalities. Describes the process that led to a one-sided agreement, as well as the... View Details
- April 2001 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Zaplet, Inc.
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey
Start-up Zaplet, Inc., has radical software, prestigious venture capital funding, and a multitude of business opportunities. New CEO Alan Baratz must select a strategy and redesign the organization to deliver. This case describes the roles and philosophies of the... View Details
- February 2001
- Case
Bang Networks, Inc.
By: Paul A. Gompers and Sergio Rattner
Bob Rosin, president and CEO of Bang Networks, must decide how much debt financing to take on. The company is a raw start-up and is considering taking on $10 million in debt. The firm has six offers and needs to identify the best one. View Details
- February 2001 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
Apax Partners and Dialog Semiconductor: March 1998
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner, Antonio Alvarez-Cano and Borja Martinez
Apax Partners is considering a complex buyout of a semiconductor manufacturer. The firms must assess in a compressed timeframe the complex technological, financial, and operational risks that the proposed transaction poses. View Details