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- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
was based in Alabama and had shipping and docking rights in prime eastern port cities. Buying Pan-Atlantic for $7 million, McLean noted that the acquisition would "permit us to proceed immediately with plans for construction of... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality
By: Alvin J. Silk and Charles King III
This paper analyzes changes in concentration levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services (A&MS) industry using publicly released data that have been largely ignored in past discussions of the industrial organization of this industry, namely those available... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Mergers and Acquisitions; Revenue; Analytics and Data Science; Surveys; Marketing; Measurement and Metrics; Rank and Position; Competition; Advertising Industry; Service Industry; United States
Silk, Alvin J., and Charles King III. "Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-044, September 2008.
- September 2024 (Revised December 2024)
- Case
Sona Comstar and Blackstone: Unlocking Value Through Business Transformation
By: Ranjay Gulati and Kanika Jain
Private equity firm Blackstone’s majority investment in automotive systems manufacturer Sona Comstar had culminated in the largest IPO in the Indian auto components industry in 2021, with stellar returns for all involved. This EV supplier was the result of a 2019... View Details
- 08 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers?
jobs across the country and a slew of mergers and acquisitions as companies struggle to regain financial footing. As of 2015, 78 percent of US print media firms with a daily circulation of over 50,000 were using a digital subscription... View Details
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
enough about the general practice of management that they can communicate effectively with the management team. A lawyer who can't read an income statement or understand the rudiments of strategy is far less able to help the non-lawyers... View Details
- January 2001 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
BP Amoco (B): Financing Development of the Caspian Oil Fields
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
British Petroleum and Amoco were the two largest members of the Azerbaijan International Oil Consortium (AIOC), an 11-firm consortium that was spending $10 billion to develop oil fields in the Caspian Sea. As of March 1999, AIOC had completed a $1.9 billion development... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Policy; Capital Budgeting; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; United Kingdom; Europe
Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "BP Amoco (B): Financing Development of the Caspian Oil Fields." Harvard Business School Case 201-067, January 2001. (Revised May 2010.)
- 26 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener
period. “The demand for social skills is increasing in every category of the economy,” says Sadun, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at HBS. “[But] it’s not about schmoozing.” Instead,... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- Web
Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) (also listed under Finance) Richard Ruback , Royce Yudkoff Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Field X (also listed under Finance) Randolph Cohen Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0... View Details
- January 2019 (Revised February 2024)
- Teaching Note
Hubble Contact Lenses: Data Driven Direct-to-Consumer Marketing
By: Ayelet Israeli
Teaching Note for HBS No. 519-011. As its Series A extension round approaches, the founders of Hubble, a subscription-based, social-media fueled, direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand of contact lenses, are reflecting on the marketing strategies that have taken them to a... View Details
Keywords: DTC; Direct To Consumer Marketing; Health Care; Mobile; Attribution; Experimentation; Experiments; Churn/retention; Customer Lifetime Value; Internet Marketing; Big Data; Analytics; A/B Testing; CRM; Advertising; Marketing; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Media; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Digital Marketing; Acquisition; Growth and Development Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Consumer Behavior; Social Media; E-commerce
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
and practice are discussed. Download the revised paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-080.pdf PublicationsShould You Invest in the Long Tail? Author:Anita Elberse Periodical:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July-August 2008): 88-96... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
align managers’ interests with those of shareholders), a reduction in the defenses against hostile takeovers (that typically increase short-term value for owners of the acquired company), increased merger and acquisition activity,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- April 2011
- Article
The Emotional Impact and Behavioral Consequences of Post-M&A Integration: An Ethnographic Case Study in the Software Industry
By: David Ager
This ethnographic case study has focused in depth on one type of acquisition, that of two small, young firms (each with less than 2,000 employees and less than ten years in operation) acquired by one company in the software development industry based in the United... View Details
Keywords: Integration; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Behavior; Groups and Teams; Mergers and Acquisitions; Emotions
Ager, David. "The Emotional Impact and Behavioral Consequences of Post-M&A Integration: An Ethnographic Case Study in the Software Industry." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 40, no. 2 (April 2011): 199–230.
- June 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Creating World-Class Board Governance at SECO
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Emer Moloney
In Spring 2023, SECO CEO Massimo Mauri had the ambition to grow the €200 million revenue technology company to a €1 billion company by 2030. Founded in Italy in the 1970s, the family-owned company had gone through a period of growth and internationalization,... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Business Model; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Engineering; Governance; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Going Public; Strategic Planning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Value Creation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Italy; Europe; Germany; United States; China
Palepu, Krishna G., and Emer Moloney. "Creating World-Class Board Governance at SECO." Harvard Business School Case 123-082, June 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
come first. The authors have identified six common barriers to change: (1) unclear direction on strategy and values, which often leads to conflicting priorities; (2) senior executives who don't work as a team and haven't committed to a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Supplement
Eaton Corporation: Portfolio Transformation and The Cost of Capital
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher
In 2000, Eaton Corporation was a broadly diversified industrial conglomerate. But its strategy was evolving and its focus was narrowing around “power management” and more recently on “intelligent power,” the use of digitally enabled products and services designed to... View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
developing his strategy for Zensar against a backdrop of a rapidly changing IT industry. Kishore, a strong proponent of digitizing business processes in order to increase productivity and revenue, wants to execute his idea to make Zensar... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
company Excara and switched to selling enterprise software for managing product content. In 2002, he started two nonprofits in response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. He is currently acting VP of Product Strategy for... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
4+2 = Sustained Business Success
percent between 1990 and 2000. (We confirmed our findings in the five years following the study period.) Both companies' performance was directly linked to whether or not they adhered to the 4+2 formula. In the strategy practice, for... View Details
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309042 Israeli Special Forces: Selection Strategy Harvard Business School Case 409-041 Ron Guntz, commander of recruiting for Israel's Special Forces, had been instructed by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Pet Project
Maev recently launched an Amazon option for one-off orders (as opposed to Maev’s subscription plan), with the strategy of using Amazon as an awareness channel rather than for actual distribution. But how should the entrepreneur think... View Details