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January 2010 (Revised March 2011)
Case

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter, Carolyn Daly and Andrew Peter Dervan

In 2009 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) had been recognized as the best children's hospital in the country for six years in a row; but leadership saw CHOP as more than the large main campus in western Philadelphia. Beginning in the 1990s, CHOP had created a... View Details

Keywords: Communication; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Networks; Integration; Health Industry; Philadelphia

Educators

1998
Book

The Multinational Traders

By: Geoffrey Jones

This book examines the history and theory of multinational trading companies. The essays in this volume demonstrate the importance of trading companies in trade and investment flows in the world economy from the nineteenth century to the present day. The empirical... View Details

Keywords: Company History; Trade; Globalization; Books; Organizational Structure; Perspective; Diversification; Theory; Asia; Europe; United States

January 1994
Case

National Convenience Stores, Inc.

By: Steven R. Fenster, Stuart C. Gilson and Roy Burstin

National Convenience Stores seeks to emerge from Chapter 11. Central to the nature of the reorganization plan is the company's determining enterprise value. The various constituencies (secured debt, unsecured debt, etc.) will seek to find an enterprise value that... View Details

Keywords: Capital Structure; Valuation; Restructuring; Strategic Planning; Borrowing and Debt; Food and Beverage Industry; Texas

Educators

January 2023
Teaching Note

MicroStrategy’s Investment in Bitcoin

By: C. Fritz Foley, Celine Chammas and Donal O'Cofaigh

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 222-048. View Details

Keywords: Bitcoin; Corporate Strategy; Acquisition; Investment Portfolio; Capital Structure; Equity

January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
Case

Hospital Corp. of America (A)

By: W. Carl Kester

HCAs ratio of debt to total capital is approaching 70%, jeopardizing its single-A bond rating. Students must determine an appropriate target debt ratio for HCA in light of its growth objectives, its acquisition strategy and its changing regulatory environment. View Details

Keywords: Situation or Environment; Capital Structure; Health Care and Treatment; Borrowing and Debt; Health Industry; Tennessee

Educators

February 2003
Case

Whitbread Hotel Company (B)

By: Michael Beer and James Weber

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Integration; Business or Company Management; Strategy

05 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

with discrete transfers. Structural Transformation: A Competitiveness-based View By: Ketels, Christian H.M. Abstract—Competitiveness research aims to enhance our understanding of the drivers of prosperity differences across locations and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2009
News

Setting the Legislative Agenda

shadow financial system. Create a new system for federal and state regulation of mortgages and other consumer credit products. Create executive pay structures that discourage excessive risk taking. Reform the credit rating system. Make... View Details

Keywords: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Sep 2010
News

Faculty Research Online

nature of the investors, the structure of the investments, and the performance of the firms. Their findings suggest that there are risks in combining banking and private equity investing. The results are consistent with many of the... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 1

primarily on substitutes but copied from rivals. Next, they actively tested their assumptions and made major resource commitments to the business model they identified as the most lucrative. Finally, they deliberately maintained a loosely View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2003
News

New Course on Leadership, Values, and Corporate Accountability

After nearly two years of review and deliberation about the structure and content of the MBA required curriculum, in February Senior Associate Dean and MBA Program Chair W. Carl Kester announced several changes that will be implemented... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

financing requirements—typically north of $500 million. Why study large projects? Because they offer clear examples into the process used by managers to make important financing and structuring decisions, he says. Another reason: Large... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

10 Oct 2018
Blog Post

6 Lessons Learned from a Summer of Entrepreneurship

divided up our responsibilities. This not only enabled us to accomplish more, but also helped us focus by creating structure. 2. Give structured feedback. While we were proactive about asking for feedback from one another, especially... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

2005
Chapter

Building Inter-Firm Collaborative Community: Uniting Theory and Practice

By: L. M. Applegate

Keywords: Business Ventures; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Cooperation

August 1985 (Revised March 1986)
Case

InteCom

Looks at the evolution of industry structure, the use of strategy to create competitive advantages, and the sustainability of competitive advantage. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Industry Structures