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  • June 2010 (Revised July 2012)
  • Case

Dubai: Debt, Development, and Crisis (A)

By: Aldo Musacchio, Andrew Christopher Goodman and Claire K. Qureshi
On November 25, 2009, the city state of Dubai stunned markets by announcing that Dubai World, its flagship state holding company, would seek a six-month "standstill" on at least $4 billion U.S. dollars of its $26 billion in debt obligations. This case describes Dubai's... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Decision Choices and Conditions; Development Economics; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Strategy; State Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Dubai
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  • 16 Aug 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Christina Lubinski; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • 03 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

life into the shipping industry. Though McLean had resigned from the presidency of McLean Trucking and placed his ownership in trust, seven railroads accused him of violating the Interstate Commerce Act. The accusers attempted to block... View Details
Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace
  • Web

Curriculum - Business & Environment

Government and the International Economy Pakistan at 75: When Will the "Nazuk Mor" End? Singapore: "From Third World to First" Thailand: Red Shirts, Yellow Shirts, and a Green Revolution Data Science for Managers Arla Foods: Decarbonizing... View Details
  • February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
  • Case

Mobile Energy Services Company

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
When Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap became CEO of the Scott Paper Co., the company owned a large, vertically integrated production facility in Mobile, Alabama. Dunlap sold part of the production facility, a cogeneration power plant (later known as Mobile Energy Services Co.), to... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Risk and Uncertainty; Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Investment; Projects; Vertical Integration; Energy Sources; Bonds; Ownership; Restructuring; Energy Industry; Alabama
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  • June 2010 (Revised July 2012)
  • Supplement

Dubai: Debt, Development, and Crisis (C)

By: Aldo Musacchio, Andrew Christopher Goodman and Claire K. Qureshi
On November 25, 2009, the city state of Dubai stunned markets by announcing that Dubai World, its flagship state holding company, would seek a six month "standstill" on at least $4 billion U.S. dollars of its $26 billion in debt obligations. This case describes Dubai's... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Investment; Emerging Markets; Trade; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Development Economics; Financial Crisis; State Ownership; Sovereign Finance; Business Strategy; Dubai
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  • Web

Historical Data Visualization - Business History

& Economics Per Capita GDP in Constant Dollars Trends Over Time Managing Distance Personal Computers: Density by Country Trends Over Time Commodities Petroleum Exports by Country Trends Over Time Politics & Economics Political Governance... View Details
  • Web

Events - Business History

Loss in the Caribbean, 1960-1990" Organized by Geoff Jones and Kwelina Thompson Seminar meets on Zoom. Oct 30 30 Oct 2023 Business History Seminar: Business, Society, and the Environment Naomi Oreskes (Harvard University), "The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us... View Details
  • 09 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 9

the international financial architecture; and the formal rules and informal norms of international organizations. Book link: http://www.tobinproject.org/twobooks/pdf/New_Perspectives_Full_Text.pdf Government as Risk Manager Authors:Tom... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

is set at the close of the annual meeting in May 2008, when shareholders have voted against all incumbent board members. Steel Partners must act quickly. The case serves as an overview of corporate governance issues in Japan, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Research Summary

The Value of Family Ownership, Control, and Management

In collaboration with Professor Raphael Amit of Wharton, Belén Villalonga is investigating how family ownership, control, and management affect firm value. Their forthcoming Journal of Financial... View Details

  • 16 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 16

had full access to corporate archives and executives and provides us with a unique insight into the workings and strategies of one of the world's oldest and largest multinationals. Capitalism: Its Origins and Evolution As a System of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2000
  • Working Paper

The Logic of the First Amendment

By: Clifford G. Holderness, Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
We develop a framework that is applicable to all freedom of expression disputes. Our framework is based on the meaning of freedom which is based on the meaning of scarcity, and which, in turn, is based on the existence of physical incompatibilities. To maximize... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Courts and Trials; Judgments; Property; Conflict and Resolution; United States
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  • 11 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 11

dependence theory can be used to analyze the dependence of SOEs on other state actors, such as government ministries and government agencies that have ownership and control... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Prize for the Best Paper Published in the Journal of Financial Economics in the Area of Corporate Finance and Organizations for "The Ownership and Trading of Debt Claims in Chapter 11 Restructurings" (February 2016) with Benjamin Iverson... View Details
  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

was the high cost of implementing these programs, together with political constraints that prevented the government from subsidizing land reforms to a greater degree. The second was the reluctance of the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

that both effects are operative. Instrumental variables analysis indicates that plausibly exogenous changes in payout policy result in shifting institutional ownership patterns. Similarly, exogenous changes in the tax code indicate that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 2007 (Revised June 2011)
  • Case

ISS A/S (A)

By: Clayton S. Rose
Provides the opportunity to examine the nature and extent of a company's responsibilities to its bondholders, and to develop an enhanced understanding of the challenges in managing contractual obligations, and circumstances under which business leaders might agree to... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Bonds; Contracts; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Privatization; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Borrowing and Debt; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Europe
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Business, Government & the International Economy Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Business and Geopolitics Jeremy Friedman Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Business of Ideas Caroline Elkins Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 Capitalism... View Details
  • 12 Mar 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO

Editor's note: This is part of a series of occasional columns on managing the family business written by Senior Lecturer John A. Davis. In this article, Davis discusses when to make changes at the top. No one needs convincing that the right CEO matters, and that... View Details