Publications

March 2003
Case

Compaq's Struggle

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and David Lane

In 1997, Compaq Computer was locked in price competition with industry leader Dell. Although Compaq sought to escape difficulty by acquiring Digital Equipment Corp. ,a maker of more lucrative servers and minicomputers, in 1998 the simultaneous effort to remain a... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Asset Pricing; Alliances; Competitive Strategy; Computer Industry

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

invests significant resources in software such as Java and Linux that IBM does not own in order to integrate many companies' products and services for IBM's customers. Intel invests significant resources in university research (which it does not own) and in start-ups... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2019
News

Capitalizing the Corner Shop

to macro shocks in the global economy, and there were few places to turn to for financial support. “There’s not much venture capital now, and for sure there wasn’t much venture capital back then,” he adds.... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

19 Nov 2024

HBS Information Session at UC Berkeley

Wondering where an MBA can take you? Explore the flexible career opportunities at HBS, including the 2+2 Program, which lets current students gain two years of work experience before starting their MBA. Join us to learn about other programs for college students, like... View Details

November 2019
Other Article

Corrigendum to "Multilateral Matching"

By: Keisuke Bando, Toshiyuki Hirai, John William Hatfield and Scott Duke Kominers

We identify an error in the claim by Hatfield and Kominers (2015) that every stable outcome in the setting of multilateral matching with contracts is efficient. We then show that the result can be recovered under a suitable differentiability condition. View Details

Keywords: Matching; Stability; Competitive Equilibrium; Networks; Joint Ventures; Balance and Stability

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August 2003 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Waltz on the Danube

By: Arthur I Segel, Vincent Dessain and Anais Loizillon

Describes the intricate parts of an early real estate deal from the standpoint of the developer including feasibility analysis, market choice, acquisition of land, project development, design and construction issues, investment returns, and equity financing issues.... View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Management; Property; Project Finance; Real Estate Industry; Germany; Hungary

20 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs

Successful businessmen told a roomful of students that ultimately, the world outside the classroom will be their best teacher in entrepreneurship. "If you are taking an entrepreneurship class, you want to be a venture... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2012
News

Social Investing Pioneers

simple enough. Investors fund nonprofit social ventures whose interventions result in a measurable social benefit as well as a financial savings to the government. (Government saves money, for example, when fewer people are homeless or... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

Profile

Max Wibaux

other influences, Max has been "led organically toward early-stage venture capital and growth equity in the food and beverage space," a functional transition that would allow him to combine his previous experience with freshly... View Details

Keywords: CPG

Web

Field Course: Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

consumer-based innovations, or medical technology. Educational Objectives Additional field-based experience in creating a business plan for innovating new health care/life science ventures on topics chosen by the students or from those... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary

myself. That sounds very simple, but it’s actually very difficult to do in China.” In addition, the top executives have a stake in the venture through stock options — another innovation. “That’s a very significant step for a Chinese state... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

company could hope to offer any customer. Beyond the daunting technology, Bronner's notion also depended on persuading national partners to direct their marketing budgets toward this kind of unproven customer reward. And meeting both those challenges meant the new... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

1994
Chapter

Takeovers: Their Causes and Consequences

By: Michael C. Jensen

Keywords: Acquisition

SSRN

1988
Comment

Characteristics of Hostile and Friendly Takeover Targets

By: Michael Jensen

Keywords: Acquisition

5 Jun 1997
Lecture

Ethics in Tomorrow's Company." Guest speaker. "Best Practices Forum

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Business Ventures; Ethics

January 1994
Case

Transportation Displays, Incorporated (B)

Transportation Displays, Inc. has gone through a series of restructurings. This case describes the last few stages, which substantially reduced debt and increased the ownership of management. View Details

Keywords: Restructuring

February 1993 (Revised October 1993)
Case

Brent Walker Group PLC,The

The Brent Walker Group completed the largest out-of-court restructuring in the United Kingdom. After overexpansion in the 1980s, the company pursued a large acquisition financed with debt and then encountered falling asset prices. With the assistance of the Bank of... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; United Kingdom

September 1992
Case

Star Cablevision Group (E): Voluntary Restructuring

By: William A. Sahlman

Fifth case in a series of six cases. This case describes the company during voluntary restructuring. View Details

Keywords: Restructuring

July–August 1983
Article

End-Game Strategies for Declining Industries

By: Kathryn Rudie Harrigan and M. E. Porter

Many companies are faced with declining product demand beyond their control. A study of the strategies of over 95 companies that confronted declining markets suggests that companies can often be very successful if they analyze all the characteristics that shape... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Business Ventures