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  • 06 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 6, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708480 Cadbury Schweppes: Capturing Confectionery (A) Harvard Business School Case 708-453 In late 2002, global confectionery and beverage maker Cadbury Schweppes needed to decide whether or not to make an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
  • 08 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 8, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608080 Bidding on Martha's Vineyard (A) Harvard Business School Case 908-044 To buy a desirable Martha's Vineyard property, Robert and Sally Franklin must craft a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
  • 18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008

religious norms. We report on a field experiment that examines when auction participants will respond to an appeal to continue bidding for secular charitable causes. The results reveal that religious individuals are more likely than... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 8

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811034-PDF-ENG Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Carin-Isabel KnoopHarvard Business School Case 811-013 In January 2007, Hazem Ben-Gacem, managing director and co-head... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

enter the market for financial products using its exchange model. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717517-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-518 Betfair (C) Prompted by a takeover bid from CVC, Betfair... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2004
  • News

Class of 2004 Gives Fellowship

When members of the Class of 2004 earned their MBAs and bid adieu to Soldiers Field, they left behind a gift for their successors. With 52 percent of the class participating (455 students), the class raised $19,130 to create a fellowship... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • 01 Apr 2000
  • News

The World at a Click

hotel room, or car rental. The suppliers of such services then decide whether or not they can meet that price. Priceline currently holds several patents on demand collection technology and has expanded to offer customers a chance to bid... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelly
  • 19 Dec 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

the chicken-and-egg challenge of how companies can attract their first customers. Donald Trump’s Winning Marketing Manual Donald Trump's upset election win offers six lessons for marketing professionals, says John A. Quelch. When Negotiating a Price, Never View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

Meditations on the Bottom Line

about Kripalu's search for an executive director, she jumped at the opportunity - and not a moment too soon. "The search process was almost over," she says. Despite her eleventh-hour bid for the job and a blizzard that nearly prevented... View Details
  • 02 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 2, 2007

America Harvard Business School Case 908-004 Describes the auction of Cable & Wireless America (CWA), a bankrupt subsidiary of the British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless. While an initial "stalking-horse" View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2018
  • News

Action Plan: Horse Sense

In Thoroughbred racing, no one knows for sure how to pick a champion. But after decades in the business, Terry Finley (OPM 45, 2014) is probably a better guesser than most. As president and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, New York, Finley finds... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; horse racing
  • 08 Dec 2017
  • News

Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits

expected to announce a bid for lieutenant governor in Georgia; and Mitt Romney (MBA 1974), who is anticipated to announce a run for the US Senate in Utah. “The interest really built on itself as people started to see that they could be... View Details
Keywords: politics
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Charting the Year Ahead

Alumni Relations team in Boston for their outstanding organization and attention to every detail. As we head into the 2006–2007 academic year, we welcome twelve new alumni board members and bid farewell and thanks to those retiring for... View Details
Keywords: Peter Cooper; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

218-001 Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelez International’s Australia and New... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

example of cutting-edge practice in private equity. The first of a two-part series on the Hertz LBO, adopts the perspective of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the leader of a private equity consortium bidding to buy Hertz from Ford in an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 15

case concerns the negotiations of a deal by HgCapital, a UK-based private equity firm, to buy Visma, ASA, a Norwegian software company. Visma has received an offer from Sage Group, a strategic acquirer. HgCapital must determine if it wants to View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Acquirers

M&A research examined topics such as how structured credit impacted the buyout boom and bidding strategies of private equity firms, little focus had been placed on the competition between acquiring companies themselves. In earlier... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services
  • 03 May 2016
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First Look, May 3, 2016

116-007 Dollar General Bids for Family Dollar In spring 2015, Dollar General's CEO Rick Dreiling was looking ahead to retiring at year's end but worried about ensuring continued growth for the company he had built since 2008 into a market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne