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  • April 2016
  • Supplement

Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield
In December 2015, Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) has just made its third bid to acquire Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), one of the largest railroads in the United States. Having rejected the prior offers, NSC’s CEO James Squires and the NSC board must now value... View Details
Keywords: Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Financial Strategy; Investment Activism; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Offer; Corporate Strategy; Rail Transportation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Transformation; United States; Canada
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    Best-selling and New Cases by Ben Esty

    Best-Selling (MOST POPULAR) Cases:  

      1) Eaton: Portfolio Transformation & Cost of... View Details

    • 19 Jul 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

    For the most part, this requires management to look closely at the roles of various parts of the business and alter the way employees interact. Increasing the pace of business innovation almost always requires reallocating decision rights... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader
    • December 2018 (Revised March 2019)
    • Case

    iyzico: Fundraising in Emerging Markets (A)

    By: Marco Di Maggio and Gamze Yucaoglu
    The case opens in 2016 as Barbaros Ozbugutu, co-founder and CEO of the Istanbul-based payment technology start-up iyzico, contemplates the offers the company received for its Series C round. The case then describes iyzico’s origins and provides a detailed overview of... View Details
    Keywords: Iyzico; Fundraising; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Management; Information Technology; Growth Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Negotiation Offer; Decision Making; Turkey
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    • 02 Feb 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

    capital firms, the boards of directors, and the outcomes of these start-ups. “One lesson that emerges from our analysis is to find an experienced (and successful) partner!” One current project examines the value of boards of directors in... View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
    • June 2000 (Revised February 2003)
    • Case

    Must Zee TV

    By: Bharat N. Anand and Tarun Khanna
    Explores issues related to (1) the vertical boundaries of the firm in an emerging-economy context, especially the effects of lack of intellectual property rights and lack of contract enforcement on both industry structure and boundaries of the firm; and (2) the extent... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Copyright; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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    • 06 Feb 2014
    • HBS Seminar

    Karthik Ramanna, Harvard Business School

    • Article

    MIT Roundtable on Corporate Risk Management

    By: Robert C. Merton

    Against the backdrop of financial crisis, a distinguished group of academics and practitioners discusses the contribution of financial management and innovation to corporate growth and value, along with the pitfalls and unintended consequences of such innovation.... View Details

    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Market Participation; Finance; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Value; Distribution; Capital Structure; Risk Management; Business Ventures; Business Model; Strategy
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    • Web

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    3% Entertainment / Media 3% Health Care 6% Investment Banking 5% Investment Management / Hedge Fund 6% Manufacturing 5% Nonprofit / Government 5% Other Financial Services 4% Private Equity 19% Retail 2% Services 3% Technology 16% Venture... View Details
    • 29 Jan 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: Jan. 29

    at the individual level. We discuss the implications of our results for the study of learning as well as for providers and consumers of outsourced services. Preference Heterogeneity and Optimal Capital Income Taxation Authors:Golosov,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 30 Jun 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: June 30

    offered high returns over the past decade. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15014 Buy Local? The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion Authors:Henry Chen, Paul Gompers, Anna... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 25 Apr 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    Adjusting the Fit for Government

    productivity revolution due to the loss of skills in society. "The other key underpinning is education," he continued. "In South Africa in particular, the legacy of apartheid was extremely destructive, and human capital... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • Article

    Czech Mate: Expropriation and Investor Protection in a Converging World

    By: Mihir A. Desai and Alberto Moel
    This paper examines the expropriation of a foreign investor by a local partner and the subsequent resolution of that case through international arbitration in favor of the investor. Despite the investor's 99% interest in joint venture, the local partner managed to... View Details
    Keywords: Joint Ventures; Capital Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Geographic Location; Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Courts and Trials; Rights; Czech Republic; United States
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    • July 2020 (Revised July 2023)
    • Case

    Live Nation and Pharrell Williams

    By: Anita Elberse and Kate Christensen
    “We’re in business together, and whether we lose a few million dollars or make a few million dollars, let’s do this. If you think you can pull it off, I’m behind you.” Michael Rapino, chief executive officer of Live Nation, the world’s leading live entertainment... View Details
    Keywords: Music; Entertainment; Superstars; Talent; Labor Economics; General Management; Music Entertainment; Media; Talent and Talent Management; Joint Ventures; Marketing; Strategy; Music Industry
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    Faculty & Research

    potential downsides. Featured Case Setting a CEO Agenda: Ole Rosgaard at Greif By: Krishna Palepu and Kerry Herman Since taking over as CEO of industrial packaging giant Greif, Ole Rosgaard has focused on growing the company and improving the perception of its value by... View Details
    • October 2018
    • Case

    Zenefits Board of Directors (A)

    By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
    In early 2018, the time seemed right for Zenefits investor and director Lars Dalgaard to reflect on whether Zenefits had the right board of directors to shepherd the company through its next stages of growth. For the company whose name combined the words “benefits,”... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Business Model; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leadership; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
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    • 03 Apr 2019
    • Book

    Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

    PayPal, and Square developed lending operations, and American Express and Capital One entered the field. Now there is a wide array of large and small companies investing deeply in tech, all centered around recreating the lending... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services
    • 01 Jun 2009
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation

    Education program called Managing Breakthroughs—From Science to Enterprise. "Wall Street has conventional and not always accurate measures of a company's value." Take Bank of America, which just renewed a $25 million, five-year collaboration with the MIT... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Auto; Pharmaceutical
    • October 1997 (Revised November 1997)
    • Case

    NAACP, The

    By: James E. Austin, Paul Barese, Stephanie L. Woerner and Elaine V. Backman
    In February 1995, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the largest civil rights organization in the United States, was in the midst of a crisis. The executive director had been fired due to financial improprieties amid charges of... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Capital; Governance Controls; Resignation and Termination; Selection and Staffing; Rights; Leadership; Management; United States
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    • 20 Dec 2006
    • Op-Ed

    Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting

    goal. Profits reported to tax authorities and to capital markets were essentially the same. Over time, well-considered exceptions—expensing of investments, for example—were introduced to advance policy goals such as stimulating... View Details
    Keywords: by Mihir Desai