Bids and Bidding - Publications - Faculty & Research

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... View Details

Keywords: Finance

26 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

talking about. Imagine that you are looking to replace the fence around your backyard, as my wife and I were a couple of years ago. What do you do? You talk to several fence contractors, and you get View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

06 May 2019
Blog Post

2019-2020 Recruiting Calendar Available Now

CPD is excited to announce that the 2019-2020 recruiting calendar is now available. If you are ready to start thinking about how and when you want to engage with students for internship or full-time recruiting in 2019-2020, we are happy... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?

Some large consulting companies, such as Andersen Consuiting and Ernst & Young, have pursued a codification strategy. Over the last five years, they have developed elaborate ways to codify, store, and... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Nitin Nohria & Thomas Tierney; Consulting

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

29 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 29

the CEO of the African Capital Alliance (ACA), a private equity firm based in Nigeria. ACA has spent more than a year arranging a $500 million consortium bid to acquire and recapitalize Union Bank, Nigeria's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Selling Luxury to Everyone

Mercedes-Benz launched the super-premium auto brand after opting out of the bidding for Rolls Royce and Bentley in the 1990s. The company estimated there are 200,000 individuals in the United States with a... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products

10 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

create a partnership to acquire the assets of Parmalat in Uruguay. Focuses on their analysis prior to submitting a bid and their plan for improving the operations once their View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

Huntsman Corporation (A) In July 2007, after several failed attempts to acquire Huntsman Corporation, Hexion/Apollo prevailed in a bidding war for the company and signed a definitive merger agreement. Apollo... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

Fox News has influenced how companies disclose financial news. Legal analyst Gregg Jarrett on the set in 2016. Source: Wikipedia Commons, CC 3.0) The United States presidential election of 2000 took place in a simpler time. The internet was not yet a major news source,... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

March 2010
Teaching Note

Rosetree Mortgage Opportunity Fund (TN)

By: Victoria Ivashina and Andre F. Perold

Teaching Note for [209088]. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; Capital; Mortgages; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Bids and Bidding; Financing and Loans; Restructuring; Financial Markets; United States

Citation

Purchase

25 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

It's no secret that private equity firms have enjoyed massive profits in recent years. In Private Equity Finance, a course in the second-year MBA elective curriculum, students follow the life cycle of a deal in order to learn more about the complexities View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

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... View Details

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... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Making a Difference in the World

The City Solution: Facts and Figures p. 32 “half the world’s people ” U.N. Habitat report (“Cities and Climate Change – Global Report on Human Settlements”) March 2011 p. 33 “2 percent land mass most of its... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

28 Jun 2016
First Look

June 28, 2016

decrease in hospital operational performance both at the time of and in the months leading up to the cohort turnover. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49849 Harvard Business School Case 216-057... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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 View Details

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... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

18 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 18

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/609016-PDF-ENG Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum Harvard Business School Case 710-004 Maharashtra state is accepting bids to redevelop Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia. A real estate developer... View Details