Publications

April 2006 (Revised April 2012)
Background Note

The Company Sale Process

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Lays out the steps, the timeline, and the process by which a company is sold. Focuses on the sale of companies with enterprise values greater than $100 million. These transactions are large enough to require the help of a financial adviser and attract both strategic... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Agreements and Arrangements; Sales

01 Sep 2003
News

Jonathan Mariner

negotiated as part of last year’s collective bargaining agreement will usher in a new era of fiscal responsibility. “Those measures — luxury taxes, revenue sharing, and debt limits — have teeth,” Mariner notes, “and a large part of my job... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

self-inflicted wounds, says Porter. While part of the argument for leaving has been that the UK can negotiate better free trade agreements on its own, the reality, says Porter, is that this is highly unlikely. The EU has been a leader in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

force in the Gulf. Had Bush first approached a deeply skeptical Congress, agreement on the use of force would have been unlikely. A negative vote would have stymied any subsequent American efforts to build an international coalition.... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

2002
Chapter

Institutions as Barriers and Enablers to Negotiated Agreements: Institutional Entrepreneurship and the Plum Creek Habitat Conservation Plan

By: John G. Troast, Andrew Hoffman, Hannah Riley and Max Bazerman

Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability

February 2011
Supplement

Carbon Trading Simulation: Black Cement Inc.

By: Peter A. Coles

This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the economics of carbon markets and permit trading. Each student has private role information about a company he or she manages. The student must make decisions about pollution-reducing... View Details

Keywords: Market Design; Pollutants; Investment; Price; Profit; Agreements and Arrangements; Decisions; Service Industry; Energy Industry

Article

Can the Virtuous Mouse and the Wealthy Elephant Live Happily Ever After?

By: James E. Austin and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard

What happens when small iconic socially oriented businesses are acquired by large corporations? Such mergers create significant opportunities for creating both business value and substantially expanded social value, but they also pose unusually difficult challenges... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Management Style; Agreements and Arrangements; Social Enterprise; Social Issues

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August 1992
Background Note

Note on the Use of Alliances

By: Robert B. Stobaugh

Describes advantages and disadvantages of alliances (including joint ventures and licensing agreements). View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Agreements and Arrangements; Alliances

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

saw—that's a ton of fun," he said. There was general agreement on this point, but land and buildings aren't always part of the equation when it comes to calculating the industry's appeal, added Vincent J. Constantini, founder and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

Forthcoming
Article

Weak Credit Covenants

By: Victoria Ivashina and Boris Vallée

Using novel data on 1,240 credit agreements, we investigate sources of contractual complexity in the leveraged loan market. While negative covenants are widespread, carve-out and deductible clauses that qualify them are as frequent. We propose simple and comprehensive... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Loans; Loan Contracts; Debt Covenants; Carve-out; Creditor Governance; LBO; Credit; Agreements and Arrangements; Leveraged Buyouts

trade agreements with China and other nations, and invested in research and development. He was also effective in streamlining the company’s operations during the recession of the seventies. View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

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November 2001 (Revised July 2002)
Case

Discount and Hawkins Critical Moments: Full Transcript

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris

This case presents a transcript of two professional negotiators of the Discount and Hawkins real estate negotiations. It highlights the challenges of creating value for both sides in the deal and provides a glimpse of how one set of professionals structured an... View Details

Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Value Creation; Problems and Challenges; Negotiation Participants; Real Estate Industry

November 1996 (Revised July 1997)
Case

Alexander Plaza

By: Arthur I Segel and William J. Poorvu

In May 1996, Henry Bower, an asset manager for a real estate adviser, Medcem, has to negotiate the details of a lease after signing a letter of intent with a high technology company, Defentek, Inc. Defentek, Inc. is a fast-growing company with limited net worth that is... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Preparation; Agreements and Arrangements; Risk and Uncertainty; Real Estate Industry; Financial Services Industry; District of Columbia

17 Sep 2014
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills

No business skill may be as important to success as negotiation. We negotiate everything: agreements with partners and vendors, in-scope/out-of-scope parameters around important projects, and our own compensation and job responsibilities,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Web

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11 Jan 2016
News

Guiding Students to Out-of-School Programs and Resources

became an online business, and seven to eight years later we’re the largest search engine for out-of-school enrichment for students in middle and high school. We have licensing agreements with national partners like Hobsons; we publish... View Details

February 2009
Teaching Note

Syndexa and Technology Transfer at Harvard University (TN)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

Teaching Note for [808073]. View Details

Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Commercialization; Science-Based Business; Research; Rights; Pharmaceutical Industry

February 1999 (Revised August 1999)
Case

Michael Brown: Negotiating Slots at Foxwoods (B)

By: James K. Sebenius

The approach taken by Michael Brown and Governor Lowell Weicker and the means by which the agreement's sustainability was enhanced in the face of attacks by other gaming operators are detailed. View Details

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Agreements and Arrangements; Government and Politics; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Connecticut