Exit Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

clients and suppliers but to all AmberCo’s “points of contact” including food delivery transport, entry and exit of suppliers, and contact with clients. Supervisors on the ground ensure guidance and compliance. The CEO encourages managers... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

to first dates, people frequently experience performance anxiety. And when experienced immediately before or during performance, anxiety harms performance. Across a series of experiments, we explore the efficacy of a common strategy that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

successful strategy of commercializing new technologies by using the learning and income from the previous set of successful innovations. Matsushita's story is different and unique. In 1952, Matsushita arranged to acquire the technical... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

September 2020
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Uber at a Crossroads (2017)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman

This case describes the history of Uber, its business model—including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry—and its competition with Lyft. The case is set in 2017, a year in which Uber was plagued by even more scandals than usual, though its... View Details

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05 Feb 2013
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response organizations to adopt very different leadership strategies if they are effectively to cope with the differential demands of these events. In this paper, we develop further ideas about leadership under crisis conditions,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Aug 2016
News

The Future of GE

General Electric, now 124 years old, is looking to the future, CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) recently told Vanity Fair. When Immelt took the helm of GE in 2001, it was a diverse conglomerate. Now, Immelt said, “we’ve exited almost all of... View Details

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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

Contract: Downrounds Part II Day 24: The Start-up vs. The Incumbent Module 4: Succession & Liquidity Day 25: Exit Strategies or Not Day 26: PE Exits Day 27: IPOs – Old and New... View Details

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

used the actual initial and current or exit valuation data of the companies, but constructed two hypothetical investment strategies. In scenario one, the team used a strategy that assumed an initial... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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HBS Course: Real Estate Private Equity - Research Resources

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PE data includes investments, portfolio company and firm profiles, exits and fundraising information. Moody’s Analytics CRE Search millions of real estate data points that cover every commercially... View Details

January 1974 (Revised October 1975)
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MRC, Inc. (B)

MRC, Inc. faces a decision regarding entry into the production of polyester fiber in competition with much larger firms. An updated version of an earlier case by J.H. McArthur. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Production; Market Entry and Exit; Manufacturing Industry

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November 2016
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Bayern Munich in China

By: Karim Lakhani, Sascha L. Schmidt, Michael Norris and Kerry Herman

In 2015, German football club Bayern Munich is considering how to enter the Chinese market. Should it build its own infrastructure or rely on third-party partnerships to reach this massive football fan base? View Details

Keywords: Football; Soccer; Bundesliga; Digital Technology; Market Entry; Sports; Global Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Online Technology; Sports Industry; Germany; China

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February 2000 (Revised July 2004)
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Ericsson in China: Mobile Leadership

Focuses on Ericsson in the Chinese mobile phone market--the company's largest single market, and one that is still growing at rates in excess of 50%. Permits comparison of two distinct ways of entering the Chinese market: by forming joint ventures with local... View Details

Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Advantage; Mobile Technology; Telecommunications Industry; China

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19 Apr 2017
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Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action

Applegate said. Steve Collens, CEO of MATTER, a health care startup incubator, and Kevin Willer, a partner at Chicago Ventures, agreed that entrepreneurial activity in Chicago really started to take off in 2010 and 2011, when a critical mass of companies that had made... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Emmanuel

15 Dec 2008
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The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

attractive strategy for the "mice"? A: A carefully executed acquisition—through a well-designed agreement—can have many advantages over other ways of going to scale. Compared to organic, self-funded growth, it can allow much... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

July 2006 (Revised March 2010)
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Symantec vs. McAfee: Competing in the Consumer Anti-virus Industry

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell

Symantec and McAfee hold 53.6% and 18.8% respectively, of the anti-virus software market as of 2006. While the market is concentrated with five firms controlling over 90%, Microsoft is on the eve of releasing a consumer security subscription packed called OneCare Live.... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Software; Information Technology Industry

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02 Jul 2001
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Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

like private equity fund managers, especially in terms of forming exit strategies at the time of business development; base decisions on an assumption of increasing competitive discontinuity and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2017
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Case Study: Moment in the Sun

couple of experiments should not be that much of a bandwidth killer. —Jacob Navon (MBA 1984) It’s critical to choose one and “own” it. Which one to choose is largely a function of the exit strategy. Owning one specific market will... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

January 2009
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Supersonic Business Jets

By: Dennis A. Yao and Julia Rozovsky

In the fall of 2002, Brian Barents, ex-CEO of Galaxy Aerospace, faced an important decision: whether or not to enter the supersonic business jet (SSBJ) industry. Supersonic flight-flight faster than the speed of sound-had long tantalized leaders of commercial aerospace... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Governance Compliance; Market Entry and Exit; Business Strategy; Cooperation; Aerospace Industry

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03 Apr 2018
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New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit By: Luca, Dara Lee, and Michael Luca Abstract—We study the impact of the minimum wage on firm exit in the restaurant industry, exploiting recent changes in the minimum wage at... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 1990 (Revised November 1991)
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Frost, Inc. (A)

In many ways Frost is an archetypal, small, dying manufacturing firm. With profits gone in a no-growth business and unable to diversify, Charles Frost bets the company on computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment to replace the existing 1940s era screw machines.... View Details

Keywords: Small Business; Diversification; Business Exit or Shutdown; Manufacturing Industry

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