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Tools | New Venture Competition

Solara provides an on-demand solar irrigation service to Indian farmers, increasing their access to affordable, reliable, and clean irrigation. Team: Rea Savla, MBA 2024; Vishesh Mehta Play Video duration: 1:32 2024 New Venture... View Details

Henry W. Bloch

Bloch diversified H & R Block by purchasing Personnel Pool of America, CompuServe, and Hyatt Legal Services. By the mid-1980s, H & R Block was spending at least $20 million a year on advertising. By 1992, Bloch had expanded the... View Details

Keywords: Services

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Lavinia Teodorescu | MBA

and undocumented individuals can live safely during these difficult times. As a founding member of ImmigrationHelp, I was able to provide access to humanitarian legal services for low-income people, using... View Details

01 Aug 2002
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HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive

track, defined as any organization whose core activities address social issues. Each winning team received $10,000 in cash as well as $10,000 in in-kind accounting and legal services to get its venture up... View Details

13 May 2019
Working Paper Summaries

The Changing Landscape of Auditor Litigation and Its Implications for Audit Quality

Keywords: by Colleen Honigsberg, Shivaram Rajgopal, and Suraj Srinivasan; Legal Services; Legal Services

17 Jul 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Tort Reform and Innovation

Keywords: by Alberto Galasso and Hong Luo; Legal Services; Legal Services

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

In the high-tech industry, it's common practice for a governing body to develop technical standards for any given technology. The goal is to promote widespread adoption and compatibility among various devices. The Bluetooth standard lets a Nokia headset communicate... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Legal Services

July 2011
Teaching Note

Addleshaw Goddard LLP (TN)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano

Teaching Note for 409056. View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Corporate Strategy; Leadership Development; Business Units; Price; Contracts; Training; Competency and Skills; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Advantage; Mission and Purpose; Legal Services Industry; United Kingdom

December 2011
Article

How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance

By: Julie Wulf and Harbir Singh

The resource-based view argues that acquisitions can build competitive advantage partially through retention of valuable human capital of the target firm. However, making commitments to retain and motivate successful top managers is a challenge when contracts are not... View Details

Keywords: Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Acquisition; Equity; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Contracts; Performance; Governance; Legal Services Industry

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January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
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Uría Menéndez (B) (Abridged)

By: Robert G. Eccles

This one-page case, to be handed out in class, briefly lists the three major strategic options facing Uria Menendez. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Law; Geographic Location; Expansion; Strategic Planning; Legal Services Industry; Iberian Peninsula

January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
Case

Uría Menéndez (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles

Uria Menendez, the pre-eminent law firm in Iberia, is at a critical point in its long and distinguished history. Its newly appointed second generation co-managing Partners are facing some critical strategic decisions concerning how the firm should position itself in... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Networks; Selection and Staffing; Work-Life Balance; Compensation and Benefits; Decision Making; Expansion; Legal Services Industry; Iberian Peninsula

October 2006 (Revised October 2006)
Case

DLA Piper: Becoming a Global Firm

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak

Focuses on DLA Piper, a global law firm resulting from the merger of the combined U.S. firm Piper Rudnick Gray Cary and the British firm DLA. At the time of the merger, the firms had similar strategies for the future and approaches to clients. While figuring out some... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Global Strategy; Leadership; Alignment; Expansion; Legal Services Industry; United States

2007
Chapter

Prologue: Emerging Modern Law Firms

By: John J. Gabarro

Keywords: Legal Services Industry

February 2001 (Revised October 2006)
Case

McDuffy, Arms & Ginsberg

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Describes the musings of the managing partner of a law firm as he returns from an executive education program. He thinks about the many issues confronting him and his firm. Teaching Purpose: To prepare executive education participants to return to their companies and... View Details

Keywords: Executive Education; Leadership; Management; Legal Services Industry

April 2000 (Revised February 2002)
Case

Venture Law Group (B)

By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Legal Services Industry

September 1983
Case

Bennett, Strang & Farris

A law firm must decide how to split partnership profits among the partners. Issues of seniority versus performance, performance evaluation, and lack of consensus of values dominate the discussions. View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Profit Sharing; Legal Services Industry