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- June 2015 (Revised January 2016)
- Case
To Buy or What to Buy: Your First Home
By: Charles F. Wu, Steven Hirsch, Beatrice Liem, Kevin Ryan and Derrick Snyder
Peter and Kate Rose are a young couple looking to buy their first home in the Boston area. They have narrowed down a target list to three homes, but are also considering whether it makes sense to buy a home in the first place. They must make decisions regarding which... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; Real Assets; Investing; Personal Investing; Brokerage; Housing; Property; Private Ownership; Investment; Real Estate Industry; United States; Boston; New England; Massachusetts; North America
Wu, Charles F., Steven Hirsch, Beatrice Liem, Kevin Ryan, and Derrick Snyder. "To Buy or What to Buy: Your First Home." Harvard Business School Case 215-080, June 2015. (Revised January 2016.)
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
Barron's Business Terms, FDI is "investment in a country by foreign citizens, often involving majority stock ownership of an enterprise." Huang is looking deeper into how and why FDI played quite different roles in these four... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- December 2012 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Pemex (A): In a Free Fall?
By: Noel Maurer and Aldo Musacchio
Keywords: Turnarounds; Oil Prices; State-owned Enterprises; Oil Companies; National Oil Companies; Energy; Privatization; State Ownership; Corporate Governance; Energy Industry; Mexico; North America
Maurer, Noel, and Aldo Musacchio. "Pemex (A): In a Free Fall?" Harvard Business School Case 713-051, December 2012. (Revised January 2013.)
- September 2010
- Teaching Note
HNA Group: Moving China's Air Transport Industry in a New Direction (TN)
Teaching Note for 309029. View Details
- November 2000 (Revised January 2001)
- Case
Commercial Capital SA (A)
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Laure Mougeot Stroock
Keywords: Agribusiness; Privatization; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry; Greece; Romania
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Laure Mougeot Stroock. "Commercial Capital SA (A)." Harvard Business School Case 901-005, November 2000. (Revised January 2001.)
- October 1998 (Revised December 1999)
- Case
Lockheed Martin IMS: Making a Contribution and a Profit
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Courtney Purrington
Examines Lockheed Martin's attempt to move from its traditional reliance on defense/aerospace contracts into providing outsourced government services in the social sector. The protagonist reflects on the past 24 years of rapid growth in the company and the myriad... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Partners and Partnerships; Diversification; Performance Effectiveness; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Welfare; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Privatization; Strategic Planning; United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Courtney Purrington. "Lockheed Martin IMS: Making a Contribution and a Profit." Harvard Business School Case 399-018, October 1998. (Revised December 1999.)
- 06 Jan 2020
- News
Home Grown
Granite Equity, a nontraditional private investment and holding company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, aims to find and support local, family businesses and grow them right where they are. The firm looks for companies that value employee... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- Web
Orbis | Baker Library
Orbis A global private company comparison database containing millions of company data points. Read More ORBIS, a global company database, is unique in breadth of geographies and extent of companies covered as well as the availability of... View Details
- June 2010
- Supplement
Digital Link (B)
The Digital Link (A) and (B) cases present the struggles of a small public technology company to get and maintain analyst and investor attention during the "dot-com boom" of the 1990's. The case can be used in MBA or Executive Education classes. The (A) case takes... View Details
Shanthikumar, Devin M. "Digital Link (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 110-094, June 2010.
- Web
FactSet | Baker Library
FactSet Financial data analysis platform to analyze data from global equity and fixed income markets. Read More Coverage includes data and information on ownership and private equity and venture capital... View Details
- June 1998
- Case
MSE, Inc. Privatization: August 1997
By: Paul A. Gompers and Alexander Tsai
Gompers, Paul A., and Alexander Tsai. "MSE, Inc. Privatization: August 1997." Harvard Business School Case 298-135, June 1998.
- June 1995 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Welsh Water (A): General Information
This is a four-player negotiation simulation in which a newly-privatized British water utility must deal with contentious unions and national collective-bargaining agreements. Explores the question of coalitions and multi-lateral negotiations, and the value of... View Details
Robinson, Robert J. "Welsh Water (A): General Information." Harvard Business School Case 895-040, June 1995. (Revised February 1998.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Can Digitalization Improve Public Services? Evidence from Innovation in Energy Management
By: Robyn C. Meeks, Jacquelyn Pless and Zhenxuan Wang
This paper examines how digitalization impacts public service provision through a study of the U.S. power sector. We exploit the staggered timing of electric utilities’ investments in “smart” meters and find that electricity losses per unit sold decrease by 3.6%. This... View Details
Keywords: Electric Utility; Energy Management; Smart Meters; Energy; Climate Change; State Ownership; Private Ownership; Technology Adoption; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; United States
Meeks, Robyn C., Jacquelyn Pless, and Zhenxuan Wang. "Can Digitalization Improve Public Services? Evidence from Innovation in Energy Management." MIT CEEPR Working Paper Series, No. 2023-22, December 2023.
- January 1999 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
AMB Consolidation, The
By: William J. Poorvu and Daniel J. Rudd
Anne Shea, assistant vice president at the Curators' Fund (The Fund), is responsible for investing roughly $80 million in real-estate assets. Less than three years ago, Anne invested $40 million into a commingled fund run by AMB Institutional Realty Advisors, Inc., a... View Details
Keywords: Private Ownership; Conflict of Interests; Industry Structures; Property; Investment; Public Ownership; Real Estate Industry
Poorvu, William J., and Daniel J. Rudd. "AMB Consolidation, The." Harvard Business School Case 899-144, January 1999. (Revised March 2004.)
- April 1992 (Revised February 1994)
- Case
Czechoslovakia's Privatization: The Fund Phenomenon
Hayes, Samuel L., III. "Czechoslovakia's Privatization: The Fund Phenomenon." Harvard Business School Case 292-124, April 1992. (Revised February 1994.)
- December 2000 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Victor Semenov: A Journey From the Plan to the Market
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Pavel Sorokin
Goldberg, Ray A., and Pavel Sorokin. "Victor Semenov: A Journey From the Plan to the Market." Harvard Business School Case 901-018, December 2000. (Revised December 2001.)
- June 1995 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
Welsh Water (F): Postscript
This is a four-player negotiation simulation in which a newly-privatized British water utility must deal with contentious unions and national collective-bargaining agreements. Explores the question of coalitions and multi-lateral negotiations, and the value of... View Details
Robinson, Robert J. "Welsh Water (F): Postscript." Harvard Business School Case 895-045, June 1995. (Revised April 1996.)
- August 2012
- Teaching Note
Messer Griesheim (A) (Abridged) and (B) (TN)
By: Josh Lerner and Eva Lutz
Teaching Note for 813-018 and 809-057 View Details
- October 1999
- Case
Argentina's YFP Sociedad Anonima (E): A New Era
By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
In June 1999, Spain's former state-owned oil giant Repsol, acquired 97% of YPF, despite opposition from YPF management. The case describes the status of the two companies at the time of the acquisition and highlights concerns expressed by industry analysts on the deal. View Details
Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; State Ownership; Acquisition; Decisions; Profit; Privatization; Corporate Strategy; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; Argentina; Spain
Yoshino, Michael Y., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Argentina's YFP Sociedad Anonima (E): A New Era." Harvard Business School Case 300-028, October 1999.
- Editorial
Greece Bailout Includes a €50 Billion Asset Fund. Here's How to Avoid Wasting It
By: George Serafeim
Keywords: Europe; Eurozone; Investing; Governance; Privatization; Investment; Corporate Governance; European Union; Europe
Serafeim, George. "Greece Bailout Includes a €50 Billion Asset Fund. Here's How to Avoid Wasting It." The Conversation (July 14, 2015). (Editorial.)