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  • 01 Jun 1999
  • News

Winning Combinations

Photos by Steve Boljonis As HBS bids adieu to the last MBA class of the century, the Bulletin offers a window onto the Class of '99 with profiles of six graduating students. Like many of their classmates, these individuals sparkle with... View Details

    Harold L. Stuart

    with utility mogul Sam Insull, Stuart’s resilience and support of the competitive bidding movement allowed Halsey, Stuart to regain its previous position of prestige. The firm sponsored $723 million in new issues in 1950, the most of any... View Details
    Keywords: Finance
    • 15 Mar 2010
    • HBS Case

    Developing Asia’s Largest Slum

    When the case opens, a fictitious developer, Rance Hollen, is at a critical juncture: Weighing the cost of capital, construction, and expected market prices for developed units, should Hollen meet the government's minimum bid for one of... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate
    • June 2005 (Revised November 2005)
    • Case

    The Harrison and HIA

    By: Jay O. Light
    A large East Coast insurance company is thinking of selling its investment management subsidiary. Several Eurobanks are thinking of acquiring this subsidiary. View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Business Subsidiaries; Investment; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation; Valuation; Insurance Industry
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    • 22 Sep 2016
    • News

    Building a Green Energy Grid

    who cofounded the first aerial tramway in Costa Rica’s rainforest and made a quixotic bid in 2008 for US Congress. He is committed to helping the country attain a 30 percent reliance on renewable energy, with Clean Line Energy playing a... View Details
    • 23 Dec 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: December 23, 2008

    http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809052 PepsiCo's Bid for Quaker Oats (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 209-078 Second in a series on PepsiCo's bid for... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 01 Mar 2010
    • News

    The Heart of the Deal

    BURKE: Behind a complicated deal, some high-profile HBSers and cloak-and-dagger secrecy. Stephen Chernin/Getty Images Comcast’s bid for a controlling stake in NBC Universal was a complex deal that featured many HBS alumni in starring,... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2002
    • News

    East Side Story

    and the United Nations and oversee $1.5 billion of new construction planned for the UN's Manhattan headquarters. “The ornate Senate chamber at the state Capitol rang with accolades for the patrician legislator,” the Daily News reported, as colleagues View Details
    • 01 Sep 2003
    • What Do You Think?

    To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

    corporate managers and directors must first be accountable to and for the satisfaction of customers, the loyalty and opportunities for growth of employees [and others] ..." How does this play out in the consideration of bids for a... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • June 2010 (Revised December 2013)
    • Case

    Hang Lung Properties and the Chengdu Decision (A)

    By: John D. Macomber, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Chi-Ho Wong
    A residential real estate developer competes in a heated auction for a prime retail development site in the interior of China during the 2009 boom. Total project cost might be in excess of $1 billion U.S. for over 4,000,000 square feet of building. Hang Lung Properties... View Details
    Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment Return; Geographic Location; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Infrastructure; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; Chengdu
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    • Portrait Project

    Joan Cheng

    hadn't actually tried my hardest. At HBS we're taught to play to our strengths. But in my life I've found humor in being a horrible skier (ask my friends!), a lesson in my failed bid for a promotion, and peace in being unable to make that... View Details
    • 25 May 2016
    • News

    FIELD 3: Taking Down Barriers

    Biederman, who now runs HourlyNerd with two cofounders. Today, the Boston-based firm has raised three rounds of venture funding, has 45 full-time employees, and works with some 14,000 “nerds”—MBA graduates from a variety of top institutions—who View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Emad Nadim

    I leave people behind.   “Hey, I am leaving Dubai. But I’ll be back.” “Dude, I am leaving Lahore. See you when I’m back.” “Mate, I am taking a break from London. Be back in a bit.”   I was only nineteen days old when I first moved from one country to another. I... View Details
    • April 2008
    • Supplement

    Ti-Tech (B)

    By: Benson P. Shapiro and John T. Gourville
    This case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity... View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Production; Performance Capacity; Marketing Strategy; Bids and Bidding; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry; United States
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    • 01 Dec 2001
    • News

    Passing the Torch

    Jeffrey Immelt In the closest thing to a royal succession business has had in many a year, last September Chairman Jack doffed his crown, bid farewell to his subjects, and ceded rulership of the kingdom of GE to his handpicked successor,... View Details
    Keywords: Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade
    • 01 Mar 2010
    • News

    Slum for Sale

    Hollen, is at a critical juncture: Weighing the cost of capital, construction, and expected market prices for developed units, should Hollen meet the government’s minimum bid for one of five development contracts, submit a proposal well... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government
    • 24 Apr 2014
    • News

    Tackling the data dilemma

    In 2008, Meg Whitman (MBA 1979) was among those the New York Times identified as Most Likely to Be First Female US President. After a foray into politics—a gubernatorial bid in California—Whitman became president and CEO of... View Details
    • July 2005
    • Article

    Price Improvement in Dealership Markets

    By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
    Price improvement refers to the practice whereby dealers order executions that improve on quoted prices. Why are these improvements given? Standard thinking is that competition causes dealers to give better prices to customers with less information. This paper... View Details
    Keywords: Price; Markets; Competition; Information; Customers; Negotiation; Mission and Purpose; Practice; Theory; Performance Improvement; Bids and Bidding; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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    • 14 Feb 2007
    • Op-Ed

    Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant

    industry, also had a sorry ending. So, it is perhaps worth reflecting why Tata-Corus might be different. I believe it will be. Here's why. First, CNOOC's bid collapsed amid Washington intrigue. The Chinese proved to be babes-in-the-wood... View Details
    Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
    • 22 Apr 2019
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Government Technology Policy, Social Value, and National Competitiveness

    Keywords: by Frank Nagle