Restructuring - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

viewpoints; Restructure the governing process by forming an independent commission to redesign congressional rules to greatly reduce two-party control over which bills are considered and how issues are addressed; Reduce the influence that... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609050 NEC Electronics Harvard Business School Case 209-001 Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC, trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016

Weeks later, a revolution erupted across the country as the Arab Spring swept through the region, and Azab spent the following years active in both the protests and in restructuring and expanding Hassab Labs. From 2011 to 2014, he opened... View Details

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

advice on how the social enterprise can restructure or redeploy its staff to be more effective. Preserving cash is the dominant issue. F. Warren McFarlan is the T.J. Dermot Dunphy Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

new applications, and second, to shift the mindset of an organization that has held the identity of an ‘imaging' company for decades." The case details how President and CEO Shigetaka Komori implements a restructuring of the company... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

called Edelnor that was in danger of becoming insolvent within months. Fernando had six months to restructure the company before it would become completely insolvent, and his headache was compounded by the fact that the process for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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 restructured... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016

from another company. Morrill had to clearly prioritize her financial and strategic decisions. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816073-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-006 Eastman Kodak Company: View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

restructured following the 2010 departures of three of its general partners. Life was good for Deshpande: his firm had distributed roughly $1 billion to its limited partners (LPs) over the past 18 months as four of its portfolio companies... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11

economies to land politics. Dalian, benefitting from early access to foreign capital, consolidated control over urban territory through the designation of a development zone, which realigned local economic interests and introduced dual pressures for enterprises to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

administrators and staff, Ensina!'s staff and board, despite some success and demonstrated impact, decide to suspend the program in January. Following this decision, Fabio Campos, the most recent CEO of Ensina!, contemplates the possibility of relauching a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

but would likely have to restructure to accommodate the new regulatory environment. The case allows students to consider the assumptions that underlie media regulation and to debate the role of media in society. It can also be used to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

research in a variety of industries, and filled with examples from companies including Cisco Systems, La Farge, Starbucks, Best Buy, and Jones Lang LaSalle, Gulati explores the five levers of resilience: 1) Coordination: connect, eradicate, or View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7

Fragmented upstream and downstream channels instead persist, with strong odds against upstream suppliers waging a successful defense of material interests. Such distinctive industrial structures, we show, were a direct result of whether the central government could... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Stuart Gilson

restructuring as the process through which a company radically changes the contractual relationships that exist among its creditors, shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders. The goal of restructuring... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

the airline to work with the court to restructure and unload a significant amount of its debt, giving an iconic company "a second bite of the apple," says Gilson. An unabashed advocate of Chapter 11 and debt restructuring,... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

September 1986
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Peter Browning and Continental White Cap, Video

Contains a presentation by Browning to a class of MBA students in March 1986, in which he describes how he handled the first year of his efforts to revitalize the Whitecap Division of Continental Can (1984-85). View Details

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April 1994 (Revised January 1995)
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Buck & Pulleyn

A woman CEO believes that industry and organizational conditions require for a reengineering/restructuring job her company. However, she wants to gain maximum commitment and buy-in form the entire company. She does this by setting up employee task forces and teams, but... View Details

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September 1989 (Revised April 1991)
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Pepsi-Cola U.S. Beverages (B)

Outlines the steps PepsiCo actually took in reorganizing its domestic soft drink business. Students are asked to analyze the pluses and minuses of the change. View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Food and Beverage Industry

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