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- 17 Mar 2020
- Cold Call Podcast
Is There a Winner in Huawei’s Digital Cold War with the US?
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Origins of CE Marking: Standards, Business, and the European Market in the 1980s–1990s
By: Grace Ballor
Many products—from consumer electronics to machinery to children’s toys—bear the CE Mark, the symbol of conformity to the ‘essential requirements’ of European standards governed by the process of CE Marking. This working paper traces the development of the system of... View Details
Keywords: Business And Government; Market Liberalization; Standards; Markets; Trade; Integration; Business History; Globalization; Business and Government Relations; Europe; European Union
Ballor, Grace. "The Origins of CE Marking: Standards, Business, and the European Market in the 1980s–1990s." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-142, June 2021.
- December 2003 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Malden Mills (A)
By: Nitin Nohria, Thomas R. Piper and Bridget Gurtler
CEO Aaron Feuerstein of Malden Mills decided to pay idled workers after a massive fire at his mill in 1995. Focuses on the decisions made post-fire and the rebuilding process and eventual bankruptcy of the company. Also outlines creditors' struggle to decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Wages; Situation or Environment; Ethics; Financing and Loans; Resignation and Termination; Employees; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Manufacturing Industry; Massachusetts
Nohria, Nitin, Thomas R. Piper, and Bridget Gurtler. "Malden Mills (A)." Harvard Business School Case 404-072, December 2003. (Revised August 2006.)
- 2001
- Book
Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups
By: Stuart C. Gilson
Gilson, Stuart C. Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups. John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
ICCP Group has offered its property, the World Trade Center Manila, one of the largest event facilities in the Philippines, to be converted into the first temporary health care COVID-19 facility with a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
Samuel B. Antill
Samuel Antill is an assistant professor of business administration in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Finance II course in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Antill’s research interests are in corporate... View Details
Professor Antill’s research interests are in corporate... View Details
- May 2013
- Supplement
To JV or Not To JV? That Is the Question (for XTech in China)
This is the Spreadsheet Supplement for To JV or Not To JV? That is the Question (for XTech in China) HBS Case 807118. Includes Exhibit 1. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Management; Growth Planning And Management; Partnerships; Supply Chain Management; Succession; Private Equity; International; International Business; International Expansion; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Management Succession; Joint Ventures; Trade; Manufacturing Industry; United States; China; Singapore
- June 1991 (Revised February 1993)
- Case
Cumberland Worldwide Corp. (A)
A company in financial distress must design a successful exchange offer or face Chapter 11. Covers valuation and negotiation issues related to financial distress and the decision to file under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. View Details
Moore, Ronald W. "Cumberland Worldwide Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 291-081, June 1991. (Revised February 1993.)
- August 2012 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Preem (A)
By: Bo Becker, Annelena Lobb and Aldo Sesia
High yield bond fund Proventus Capital Partners (PCP) has invested in underwater bonds issued by Preem, a large oil refinery. As maturity approaches, in the midst of financial crisis, Preem appear unlikely to be able to refinance. Meanwhile, Prreem has a complicated... View Details
Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Restructuring; Courts and Trials; Negotiation; Bonds; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; Europe
Becker, Bo, Annelena Lobb, and Aldo Sesia. "Preem (A)." Harvard Business School Case 213-008, August 2012. (Revised March 2013.)
- Article
The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions
By: Carlos Dobkin, Amy Finkelstein, Raymond Kluender and Matthew Notowidigdo
We use an event study approach to examine the economic consequences of hospital admissions for adults in two datasets: survey data from the Health and Retirement Study, and hospitalization data linked to credit reports. For non-elderly adults with health insurance,... View Details
Keywords: Personal Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Insurance; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Health Care and Treatment
Dobkin, Carlos, Amy Finkelstein, Raymond Kluender, and Matthew Notowidigdo. "The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions." American Economic Review 108, no. 2 (February 2018): 308–352.
- 1992
- Chapter
Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default
By: S. C. Gilson, J. Kose and L.H.P. Kang
Gilson, S. C., J. Kose, and L.H.P. Kang. "Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default." In Bankruptcy and Distressed Restructurings: Analytical Issues and Investment Opportunities, edited by Edward I. Altman. New York: Business One Irwin, 1992.
- 21 Oct 2015
- HBS Seminar
Shai Bernstein, Assistant Professor of Finance, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- 2006
- Chapter
My Policies or Yours: Do OECD Agricultural Policies Affect Poverty in Developing Countries?
By: Nava Ashraf, Margaret McMillan and Alix Peterson-Zwane
Keywords: Agribusiness; Policy; Government and Politics; Developing Countries and Economies; Trade; Poverty; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Ashraf, Nava, Margaret McMillan, and Alix Peterson-Zwane. "My Policies or Yours: Do OECD Agricultural Policies Affect Poverty in Developing Countries?" In Globalization and Poverty, edited by Ann Harrison. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. (Read the New York Times article citing this paper .)
- January 2005 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
Anne Mulcahy: Leading Xerox through the Perfect Storm (A)
By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
In 2000, Xerox faces bankruptcy amid a liquidity crisis, collapsed profitability, and an expanding SEC investigation. Traces the career and leadership development of Anne Mulcahy, a former sales executive unexpectedly named COO of the beleaguered company as a last... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Financial Liquidity; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Gender; Corporate Governance
George, William W., and Andrew N. McLean. "Anne Mulcahy: Leading Xerox through the Perfect Storm (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-050, January 2005. (Revised July 2010.)
- September 2014
- Article
Metropolitan Blueprints of Colonial Taxation? Lessons from Fiscal Capacity Building in British and French Africa, 1880-1940
By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
The historical and social science literature is divided about the importance of metropolitan blueprints of colonial rule for the development of colonial states. We exploit historical records of colonial state finances to explore the importance of metropolitan identity... View Details
Keywords: Colonial Administration; Quantitative Sources; Governance; Money; Taxation; Trade; History; Africa
Frankema, Ewout, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "Metropolitan Blueprints of Colonial Taxation? Lessons from Fiscal Capacity Building in British and French Africa, 1880-1940." Journal of African History 55, no. 3 (September 2014): 371–400.
- March 2011
- Supplement
H Partners and Six Flags (B)
By: Robin Greenwood and Michael Gorzynski
Rehan Jaffer, the founder of hedge fund H Partners, is considering what to do with his investment in Six Flags. H Partners had invested a significant amount of the firm's capital in the senior bonds of U.S.-based Six Flags, following that company's bankruptcy filing. View Details
Keywords: Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Price; Acquisition; Decisions; Borrowing and Debt; Investment Funds; Opportunities; Bonds; Investment Activism; Financial Services Industry; United States
Greenwood, Robin, and Michael Gorzynski. "H Partners and Six Flags (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 211-096, March 2011.
- May 2011 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village: America's Largest Foreclosure
By: Arthur I Segel, Gregory S. Feldman, James T. Liu and Elizabeth C. Williamson
In July 2010, William Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square, is considering a potential new opportunity: the acquisition of the distressed Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village ("ST /PCV") complex. The property had recently been abandoned by its owners and had come... View Details
Keywords: Property; Risk Management; Opportunities; Valuation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment; Outcome or Result; Acquisition; North and Central America
Segel, Arthur I., Gregory S. Feldman, James T. Liu, and Elizabeth C. Williamson. "Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village: America's Largest Foreclosure." Harvard Business School Case 211-106, May 2011. (Revised December 2011.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Local Shocks and Internal Migration: The Disparate Effects of Robots and Chinese Imports in the U.S.
By: Marius Faber, Andres Sarto and Marco Tabellini
Do local labor markets adjust to economic shocks through migration? In this paper, we study this question by focusing on two of the most important shocks that hit U.S. manufacturing since the 1990s: Chinese import competition and the introduction of industrial robots.... View Details
Faber, Marius, Andres Sarto, and Marco Tabellini. "Local Shocks and Internal Migration: The Disparate Effects of Robots and Chinese Imports in the U.S." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-071, December 2019. (Revised February 2023. Also appears in HBS Working Knowledge. Longer NBER working paper version here.)
- March 2001 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Charlene Barshefsky (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Rebecca Hulse
Describes the challenges former U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky faced while negotiating a trade agreement with China to improve its domestic intellectual property rights enforcement. After briefly describing Barshefsky's past experience with trade... View Details
Keywords: Trade; International Relations; Copyright; Negotiation Style; Negotiation Tactics; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; China; United States
Sebenius, James K., and Rebecca Hulse. "Charlene Barshefsky (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-421, March 2001. (Revised March 2016.)