Publications

27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

Business School Case 207-092 How should creditors pursue their claims in a multi-jurisdiction bankruptcy? David Butters, Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, negotiates a restructuring of Navigator Gas... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

October 2011 (Revised November 2011)
Case

Verengo Solar Plus!

By: William A. Sahlman, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Liz Kind

In the three years since Bishop and Button purchased Verengo in a leveraged buyout (LBO), the company had gone through dramatic changes. Initially a residential windows and insulation firm, after the economic recession of 2008 the company switched gears and began... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Growth Management; Restructuring; Renewable Energy; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Product Development; Energy Industry; California

01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016

embodiment of virtual capitalism into the modern world. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50918 Harvard Business School Case 717-418 Alphabet Eyes New Frontiers In October 2015, Google View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015

share prices prior to turnover are not. A corollary is that a firm with poor stock market performance cannot, or will not, raise new capital unless the current CEO is replaced. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50062 November 2015 Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

P&G Harvard Business School Case 706-435 In 2000, Procter & Gamble Co. introduced Crest Whitestrips, a new, revolutionary product that allowed consumers to whiten their teeth at home. With Whitestrips, P&G created an entire... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

factors: business operations, venture financing, technology, suppliers, people to recruit, and customers. The structure and composition of CIC floors has only a modest influence on these immigrant versus native differences. Download... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 May 2008
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First Look: May 6, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsApple Inc., 2008 Harvard Business School Case 708-480 In January 2007, three decades after its incorporation, Apple Computer shed the second word in its name and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 24, 2006

Course MaterialsCellular Service Harvard Business School Case 707-424 Background on cellular service technology and "friends and family" plans as foundation for discussing network effects. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 24

incentives of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/note-on-the-leveraged-loan-market/an/214047-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-035 Oaktree and the View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11

PublicationsIndispensable: When Leaders Really Matter Author:Gautam Mukunda Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2012 Abstract Will your next leader be insignificant-or indispensable? The importance of leadership and the impact of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010

had received? What was possible? Looking back, how should the company's restructuring be assessed? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/809165-PDF-ENG Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. Victoria Ivashina and David... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2017 (Revised March 2017)
Case

Royal DSM: From Continuous Transformation to Organic Growth

By: William W. George, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Amram Migdal

Royal DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma was pondering the challenges of shifting DSM’s global organization from the constant transformations of the past 100 years to creating organic growth. When Sijbesma took the helm as CEO in 2007, he further pushed and completed the company’s... View Details

Keywords: Organic Growth; Organizational Change; M＆A; Mergers And Acquisitions; Divestment; Business Ventures; Business Divisions; Business Growth and Maturation; Restructuring; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Engineering; Chemicals; Mining; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Capital Markets; Financial Markets; Food; Globalization; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health; Nutrition; History; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Ownership; Public Ownership; Performance; Strategy; Adaptation; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Value; Value Creation; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Mining Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Europe; Netherlands

13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/gray ward norton.pdf What Makes Analysts Say 'Buy'? Authors:Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, Nitin Nohria, and George Serafeim Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 11 (November 2012) Abstract An... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2022 (Revised April 2023)
Case

Cesaro e Associati

By: Christina R. Wing and Amram Migdal

This case describes the leadership succession planning process at Cesaro e Associati (Studio Cesaro), founded in 1986 by Franco Cesaro in the northeastern Italian state of Veneto. In 2022, Franco was contemplating retirement and passing leadership of his firm, which... View Details