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  • 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

ownership position (>50%) in the state-owned enterprise (SOE)—something that had not been done before; how much to pay for the stake; and how to ensure commercial, regulatory, and political approval for the deal. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

2015 Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book compares the effects of globalization on two Latin American... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • News

Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

Linda Katz (both MBA 1994) considered thirty different companies before buying Molded Dimensions, Inc., a manufacturer of rubber and polyurethane products located outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since purchasing the company in April 2001, the Katzes have concentrated on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Lasting Impressions

million per year in sales and employs more than 300 people. Holding 90 percent ownership of the company, he views it as "a family of entrepreneurs" but in recent years has also started a venture capital company that finances outside... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

companies quickly adopted the Balanced Scorecard giving us deeper and broader insights into its power and potential. During the next 15 years, as it was adopted by thousands of private, public, and nonprofit enterprises around the world,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

Dollar General Corporation's acquisition by private equity sponsor KKR, which took the company private in 2007. Although the proposed merger generated a 30% premium over the stock price at the time, and the enterprise value to EBITDA... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

negotiations in the 1980s that led to a significant and growing partnership between Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Wal-Mart. From the perspective of Lou Pritchett, P&G's Vice President of Sales and Customer Development, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

emphasis toward xerography characterized the Haloid Company in the 1950s. In 1961, in recognition of the spectacular growth of sales engendered by the first plain-paper copier, the firm was renamed the Xerox Corporation. In response to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

through a third previously unexamined effect: dynamic consumer segmentation. Our results, therefore, contradict prior static models: bundling can be profitable even when consumer valuations for components are highly correlated. In the absence of bundling, both hardware... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

vision and how onerous the terms would be. Would they push Jacobs to pursue a sale in an over-crowded health app market? Or would they decide that he was not the right person for the company? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

bearers of bad news is mitigated when recipients are made aware of the benevolence of the messenger’s motives. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55611 March 2019 Enterprise & Society Oral History and the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

etc.) to implement the new strategy. Purchase the case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109015 BMW's Project Switch (B): Importers vs. National Sales Companies Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008

addition to its traditional investment management business. The private equity industry is rapidly institutionalizing, with firms raising funds over $10 billion and some considering public offerings. A sale of WL Ross & Co. could help... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 1996
  • News

1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

Warnock, cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Adobe Systems, and Alan Taffel, vice president for marketing and sales at UUNET Technologies, discussed some of the most sweeping implications of today's information technology at a plenary session... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Alumni Books of 2016

Sharma (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Like other companies, family-run enterprises must develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills. But they must also manage family dynamics. The authors show how View Details
  • 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

Jorge Redmond, CEO of Chocolates El Rey, called a meeting with senior management to discuss the company's growth strategy. A relatively small firm with sales of around $14 million, El Rey produced top quality chocolate made with single... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace