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Influence and Inefficiency in the Internal Capital Market
By: Julie Wulf
I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital budgets in their favor. Corporate headquarters receives two types of signals about investment opportunities: private signals that can be...
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- January 2015
- Case
Brentwood Associates: Exiting Zoës Kitchen
By: Joan Farre-Mensa and Stephanie Siu
The case discusses the trade-offs associated with the different exit options that private equity firm Brentwood Associates contemplated for its investment in Zoës Kitchen during the summer of 2013: an IPO, a sale to a strategic or financial acquirer, or waiting a few...
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Farre-Mensa, Joan, and Stephanie Siu. "Brentwood Associates: Exiting Zoës Kitchen." Harvard Business School Case 815-102, January 2015.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Investor Influence on Media Coverage: Evidence from Venture Capital-Backed Startups
By: Brian K. Baik and Albert Shin
We examine the role of investors on the media coverage of their private firm investments. Specifically, we survey VC investors and find that 78% of the respondents take active steps to increase their portfolio companies’ media coverage. The survey results also...
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Baik, Brian K., and Albert Shin. "Investor Influence on Media Coverage: Evidence from Venture Capital-Backed Startups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-073, May 2024.
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Monarchs versus managers
- December 2002 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (A): A Global Merger
By: Ashish Nanda
French IT consulting giant Cap Gemini is poised to purchase the consulting arm of Ernst & Young, a U.S.-based Big 5 accounting firm. In doing so, many differences need to be resolved, including negotiating with Ernst & Young entities all over the world as well as...
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Keywords:
Negotiation;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Information Technology Industry;
Consulting Industry;
France
Nanda, Ashish, Bertrand Moingeon, Lisa Haueisen Rohrer, and Guillaume Soenen. "Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (A): A Global Merger." Harvard Business School Case 903-056, December 2002. (Revised February 2005.)
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
Market Governments—Qualitative Evidence from a Biotechnology Multinational Authors:Prithwiraj Choudhury, James Geraghty, and Tarun Khanna Publication:Global Strategy Journal 2, no. 1 (February 2012) Abstract We build on the emerging literature of influence-based models...
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Sean Silverthorne
- January 2022
- Background Note
Common Prosperity? China Shifts Left
By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been mistrustful of entrepreneurs and the private sector that operates outside the government’s authority. In its first decades under Mao Zedong, the CCP...
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Keywords:
Market Reform;
Gdp;
Government Administration;
Government and Politics;
Private Sector;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Economy;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Entrepreneurship;
Business and Government Relations;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Social Issues;
Society;
Economic Growth;
China
- February 2003 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Safe to Say at Prudential Financial
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Corey B. Hajim
The CEO initiated a cultural change process at Prudential Financial to support a major business reorientation. Prudential, historically a privately held ("mutual") insurance company, went public in 2001. The cultural change was intended to prepare the organization to...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Private Ownership;
Going Public;
Transformation;
Organizational Culture
Edmondson, Amy C., and Corey B. Hajim. "Safe to Say at Prudential Financial." Harvard Business School Case 603-093, February 2003. (Revised March 2007.)
Robert F. White
Bob White is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School where he teaches courses in the MBA program (Required and Elective curricula) and the Executive Education program. Courses taught include Entrepreneurial... View Details
- November 2012 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Talking Strategy at Greighton Partners
By: Boris Groysberg and Kerry Herman
Since its inception, London-based private equity firm Greighton Partners had managed over $15 billion in investor capital. The firm employed about 150 professionals around the globe and had completed over 175 company acquisitions since its founding. Started with a...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Asia;
Europe
Groysberg, Boris, and Kerry Herman. "Talking Strategy at Greighton Partners." Harvard Business School Case 413-031, November 2012. (Revised March 2013.)
- May 2017
- Teaching Note
Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Partners Group (PG), a Swiss-based PE manager, initiated a series of strategic shifts and evolved from a predominately fund-of-funds manager into a large, multi-asset class PE firm focused on direct investments. PG was the first PE firm to go public in 2006. A number...
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- August 2006 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland
By: Jeffrey Fear, Christian H.M. Ketels and Claudia Linsenmeier
As part of the privatization in Eastern Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dow Chemical made a major investment in the Halle-Leipzig region, one of the largest chemical industry sites in Europe. The executive in charge of Dow's operations in the region, Bart...
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Keywords:
Industry Clusters;
Development Economics;
Privatization;
Chemicals;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Management Teams;
Private Sector;
Competitive Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Market Participation;
Chemical Industry;
Germany
Fear, Jeffrey, Christian H.M. Ketels, and Claudia Linsenmeier. "Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland." Harvard Business School Case 707-004, August 2006. (Revised May 2016.)
- October 2009
- Article
Influence and Inefficiency in the Internal Capital Market
By: Julie Wulf
I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital budgets in their favor. Corporate headquarters receives two types of signals about investment opportunities: private signals that can be...
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Keywords:
Capital Markets;
Resource Allocation;
Business Processes;
Capital Budgeting;
Business Headquarters;
Investment;
Opportunities;
Cost;
Value;
Motivation and Incentives;
Equity
Wulf, Julie. "Influence and Inefficiency in the Internal Capital Market." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 72, no. 1 (October 2009): 305–321.
- November 2014
- Case
Ardian—The Sale of Diana
By: Paul A. Gompers and Michael Roberts
The case focuses on a European private equity firm—Ardian—and the process it uses to sell one of its portfolio companies, and the decisions around that sale. Key issues include the choice of an auction or acceptance of a pre-emptive bid, and the role of the portfolio...
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Gompers, Paul A., and Michael Roberts. "Ardian—The Sale of Diana." Harvard Business School Case 215-033, November 2014.
- November 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Wallbox
By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui and Max Hancock
Enric Asunción co-founded Wallbox, a private EV charger company, in Spain in 2015. As CEO, Asunción transformed the company from a small start-up, focused on the European market, to a multimillion dollar enterprise with offices on three continents. In 2021, a private...
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- September 2018
- Case
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice at 40
By: Josh Lerner, Abhijit Tagade and Terrence Shu
In 2018, private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice celebrated its 40th anniversary and its 20th year under the leadership of CEO Don Gogel. In those decades, CD&R showed solid portfolio performance and generated strong returns for its investors - accomplishments...
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Keywords:
Finance;
Succession;
Buyout;
Leveraged Buyout;
Turnaround;
Operations;
Private Equity;
Management Succession;
Business Model;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Trends;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Lerner, Josh, Abhijit Tagade, and Terrence Shu. "Clayton, Dubilier & Rice at 40." Harvard Business School Case 819-055, September 2018.
- 10 Dec 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
State Owned Entity Reform in Absence of Privatization: Reforming Indian National Laboratories and Role of Leadership
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by Prithwiraj Choudhury & Tarun Khanna
- August 2021 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Danaher Corporation (Abridged)
By: Bharat Anand, David J. Collis and Sophie Hood
Between 1985 and 2007, Danaher has been one of the best-performing industrial conglomerates in the U.S. This case examines the corporate strategy of this diversified, global corporation. It describes the firm's portfolio strategy and the Danaher Business System—a...
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Keywords:
Business Conglomerates;
Global Strategy;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Value Creation;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Competitive Strategy
Anand, Bharat, David J. Collis, and Sophie Hood. "Danaher Corporation (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 722-370, August 2021. (Revised March 2024.)