Publications

February 2011 (Revised February 2018)
Case

Greg Mazur and the Purchase of Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Greg Mazur decided to purchase a small business after graduating from the Harvard Business School. The case explores his decision about whether or not he should finalize his deal to purchase Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods, Inc. ("GEPP"). It gives students the... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Preparation; Strategic Planning; Valuation

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Help - Alumni

prospective student to campus to see what the case method is like. Please review the Visit Campus page for the latest on visiting campus. While in-person classes may not always be available for observation, you may explore the HBS Case... View Details

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

people in the area regained confidence that life was returning to normal. Niinami’s company also donated lunch to Soma City elementary school students for three days in April before the school could get lunch service going again. When he... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Marketing - Faculty & Research

Marketing Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students Featured Publication Frontiers: Can an AI Algorithm Mitigate Racial Economic Inequality? An Analysis in the Context of Airbnb By: Shunyuan... View Details

June 1987 (Revised September 1997)
Case

Mebel, Doran & Co.

By: Samuel L. Hayes III

Puts the student in the position of a senior official of a major New York investment bank who discovers that information has leaked to the market on a confidential takeover plan that was being developed by a corporate client. The official has to decide how to deal with... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions; Crisis Management; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry

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MBA Experience - Business & Environment

student-led clubs which can help you get to know students who share your interests, explore career paths, and deepen professional networks. Events A list of events for current MBA students. Funding Opportunities Learn about different... View Details

July 2009 (Revised June 2015)
Case

Citigroup's Exchange Offer

By: Robin Greenwood and James Quinn

Citigroup faced considerable distress in early 2009. In late 2008, the bank had accepted $45 billion in preferred equity from the United States government via the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Yet, the stock had continued to slide in early 2009. In late... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital Markets; Banks and Banking; Stocks; Price; Globalized Markets and Industries; Financial Services Industry

08 Mar 2019
Blog Post

“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off

are many ways to build a business," Wiegele explains. "You typically think of people [starting their own venture] as doing it full-time, but we've just done it our own way that allows us to make money and pay off our student... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Turning Point: Where Credit Is Due

from HBS, the reality of the financial burden dawned on me. The HBS fellowship I received was generous but not enough to cover the entire tuition. Consequently, I turned to Mongolia’s government-sponsored education loan fund. I... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

June 1990 (Revised August 1990)
Case

Sun Microsystems, Inc.--1987 (A)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

An integrated sequence of three cases on the financing of a technical workstation manufacturer. This case focuses on Sun's competitive strategy which requires an inordinately high rate of growth (over 20% per quarter) and commensurate amounts of working capital.... View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Competitive Strategy; Financing and Loans; Capital; Financial Strategy; Public Equity; Corporate Finance; Information Technology Industry

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Podcast - Business & Environment

the company while he was a Masters’ student at Harvard and has spent the last 15 years scaling a national logistics and digital infrastructure platform for resale. In this episode James describes why the company decided to handle physical... View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Mortgage Convexity By: Samuel G. Hanson Most home mortgages in the United States are fixed-rate loans with an embedded prepayment option. When long-term rates decline, the effective duration of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) falls due... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

Technology & Operations Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2025 Working Paper Designing Consent: Choice Architecture and Consumer Welfare in Data Sharing By: Chiara Farronato ,... View Details

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FAQs - Alumni

Saturday. A limited number of wheelchairs may be available for courtesy loan on a first come, first served basis. If available, wheelchairs may only be used on campus and must be operated by the individual or their companion. When you... View Details

29 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 29

of innovations in educational technology in the classroom including adequate teacher training, funding, and technology infrastructure. The note also highlights several challenges, risks, and criticisms common to the edtech sector, such as the evolving role of teachers,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers

offer the short-term loans to consumers. And it’s no wonder: Consumers using the payment method often spend more than they would with a credit card, according to new research by Harvard Business School professors Marco Di Maggio and Emily... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Financial Services; Technology

April 2002 (Revised February 2003)
Module Note

Teaching Project Finance: An Overview of the Large-Scale Investment Course

By: Benjamin C. Esty

Large-Scale Investment is a case-based course about project finance for second-year MBA students. Project finance involves the creation of a legally independent project company financed with nonrecourse debt for the purpose of investing in a single-purpose industrial... View Details

Keywords: Projects; Financing and Loans

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Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Lehman Brothers Timeline Sept-Oct 2008 Video-Coverage of the Financial Crisis Download the Exhibition Catalog (PDF) Lehman Brothers Archives Lehman Brothers Deal Books Search Exhibition Lehman Brothers - Introduction 1840s – 1880s General... View Details

September 2019
Supplement

Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future? (B)

By: Ariel D. Stern and Sarah Mehta

This case provides an update to the (A) case, which introduces students to adaptive platform trials, an ambitious, more efficient type of clinical trial that increases access to therapies. The (A) case centers on Dr. Brian Alexander’s efforts to launch an adaptive... View Details

Keywords: Clinical Trials; Drug Trials; Drug Testing; Cancer Trials; Glioblastoma; Platform Trials; Adaptive Trials; Adaptive Platform Trials; Health Testing and Trials; Health Care and Treatment; Financing and Loans; Business Strategy; Health Industry; United States