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- June 2007 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Bert Twaalfhoven: The Successes and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur
Bert Twaalfhoven (70; HBS '54) is faced with two offers to acquire the manufacturing holding company he had built up over 40 years. Despite the attractive price, which would net Twaalfhoven and his family $70 million, he is reluctant to sell the company because his... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Management Succession; Manufacturing Industry
Isenberg, Daniel J., and Mark Rennella. "Bert Twaalfhoven: The Successes and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 807-165, June 2007. (Revised July 2009.)
- December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
- Case
Alltech
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
Alltech was a Lexington, Kentucky–based producer of supplements for animal feed, with revenues of over $2 billion (projected to reach $3 billion in 2018), sales in 120 countries, 5,000 employees, and 100 manufacturing plants worldwide. For nearly four decades, Alltech... View Details
Keywords: Alltech; United States; Agribusiness; Agriculture; Animal; Animal Agriculture; Animal Feed; Livestock; Family Business; Vertical Integration; Strategy; Growth; Feed Additives; Feed Supplements; Kentucky; Growth Strategy; Family Businesses; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Change Management; Trends; Governance; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Intellectual Property; Leadership; Management; Markets; Organizational Culture; Private Ownership; Science; Quality; Risk and Uncertainty; Research; Sales; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Kentucky; Brazil; China
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Alltech." Harvard Business School Case 518-001, December 2017. (Revised January 2018.)
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
executive in the advertising business in New York City. A devoted wife and mom of three sons, she spent 25 years as a caregiver for her husband, who suffered two serious strokes, and remained fiercely... View Details
- Web
Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen - Coin and Conscience
Engraving by Wolfgang Kilian (1581–1662). [Augsburg, ca. 1620]. 15 x 11 cm F g2 A member of the powerful German family of merchant princes descended from Hans Fugger, a fourteenth century weaver. The Fugger dynasty acquired its fortune... View Details
- 26 Oct 2021
- Video
Fireside Chat with Terrill Drake and members of the HBS Affinity Groups
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
spiritual rebirth in the modern era. Through the works of artists such as Raphael, Duccio, Rembrandt, Monet, and Picasso, you will discover how various themes and motifs of man’s struggle to find God occur,... View Details
- September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
From Beirut With Love (A)
By: Christina R. Wing, Esel Y. Cekin and Samer Al-Rachedy
This case describes how Robert Fadel, CEO and chairman of ABC, one of Lebanon’s leading retail and real estate groups, professionalized the family business. Robert was the second son of the company’s founder, Maurice Fadel, who had run it single-handedly. Concerned... View Details
Keywords: Family Conflicts; Sibling Rivalry; Second-generation; Foundation; Trust; Work-life Balance; Succession Planning; Corporate Culture; Shareholders; Board Of Directors; Retail; Department Store; Shopping Mall; Real Estate; Growth; Non-executive Chairman; Sustainability; Family Business; Conflict Management; Management Succession; Governance; Leadership; Transformation; Leading Change; Organizational Structure; Management; Growth and Development; Retail Industry; Real Estate Industry; Lebanon; Middle East
Wing, Christina R., Esel Y. Cekin, and Samer Al-Rachedy. "From Beirut With Love (A)." Harvard Business School Case 619-024, September 2018. (Revised November 2018.)
- 09 Jun 2011
- News
The Comparing Trap
- October 2016 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Succession Planning at Samsung: The Merger Formula of Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T
By: Gwen Yu and Tim Gray
A merger deal of two Samsung group companies becomes a center of a corruption scandal. The merger of Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T was seen as a crucial step to transfer power to Lee Jae Yong, the heir of Samsung group. The deal was criticized to purposefully... View Details
Yu, Gwen, and Tim Gray. "Succession Planning at Samsung: The Merger Formula of Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T." Harvard Business School Case 117-036, October 2016. (Revised April 2017.)
- Article
Renegotiation and the Form of Efficient Contracts
By: Jerry R. Green and J. J. Laffont
Two parties may agree to a mutually binding contract that will govern their behavior after an uncertain event becomes known. As there is no agent who can both observe this uncertain outcome and enforce the contract, contingent agreements are precluded. However, the... View Details
Green, Jerry R., and J. J. Laffont. "Renegotiation and the Form of Efficient Contracts." Annales d'économie et de statistique, nos. 25-26 (January–June 1992): 123–150.
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
like that. Maybe it’s making you navigate through a store in a way that’s not linear, making you linger and pause and consider, rather than an easy search-and-grab. If you think about the origins of... View Details
- 27 Aug 2020
- News
The value of talking to strangers — and nodding acquaintances
- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
can include small “lifestyle” businesses, multi-generational family businesses, high-growth, venture funded technology businesses, and new ventures designed to commercialize breakthrough discoveries in life... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
by unloading to and confiding in and trusting your fellow officers and your men.” Advice and exercises for leaders While the entire world is... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 2012
- Book
The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup
By: Noam Wasserman
Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: Should they go it alone or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Partners and Partnerships; Social Psychology; Outcome or Result
Wasserman, Noam. The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup. Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Princeton University Press, 2012. (Academy of Management award - One of Top Five Business Books of the Year
Independent Publishers Association - Top Business Books of the Year, Entrepreneurship category (Axiom-Silver award))
- February 2009 (Revised June 2010)
- Background Note
Note on Measuring Controlling Shareholder's Ownership, Voting, and Control Rights
Founders and their families can raise equity without relinquishing control of their companies through the use of mechanisms such as dual-class stock, pyramidal ownership, voting agreements, and disproportionate board representation. The use of these mechanisms in... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Measurement and Metrics; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation
Villalonga, Belen. "Note on Measuring Controlling Shareholder's Ownership, Voting, and Control Rights." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-109, February 2009. (Revised June 2010.)
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
How to avoid the traps that produce loneliness and isolation
- 19 Oct 2012
- News
Past and Present
something that people have always enjoyed doing but that very few have had the resources or time to pursue,” Sullivan says. ”By leveraging technology, the Internet, and network-effect scale, we’ve sparked mainstream interest in View Details
- June 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Sorelle Bakery and Cafe
Two sisters begin a bakery/cafe and have difficulties organizing the work and defining their roles. The case is written from the mother's perspective as she tries to figure out how to keep the business from falling apart. View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurship; Family and Family Relationships; Retail Industry
Barnes, Louis B. "Sorelle Bakery and Cafe." Harvard Business School Case 493-003, June 1992. (Revised June 1993.)