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  • 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

to be the most efficient. The central insight of the theory is that each method offers a different way of aligning decision-making authority with valuable "specific knowledge" inside the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • March 1991 (Revised August 1994)
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Berkshire Partners

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery
Berkshire Partners is a limited partnership engaged in the acquisition of companies valued between $25 million and $250 million. The purpose of the case is to examine the resources of the firm and discuss the firm's competitive advantage vis-a-vis other types of... View Details
Keywords: Working Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Advantage; Acquisition; Corporate Finance
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Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Berkshire Partners." Harvard Business School Case 391-091, March 1991. (Revised August 1994.)
  • 19 Sep 2014
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Peter Thiel on Why Monopolies Matter

Keywords: Paypal; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises
  • 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

extremely encouraging, questions about raising his next venture round and the overall environment has made him question the wisdom of this plan. This case provides students an opportunity to explore the true View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Brent Brown

Brent (HBS '02) has experience in private equity/venture capital, investment banking, and real estate, consumer products and digital media industries and currently serves on the boards of numerous private companies. Work Experience: US... View Details
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  • November 1995 (Revised April 1998)
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National Insurance Corporation

The case visits the catastrophe insurance business at an interesting time in the history of the insurance markets. A major reinsurer, National Insurance, is taking a look at the new insurance derivatives being traded on the Chicago Board of Trade with a view to using... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Insurance; Capital Markets; Insurance Industry; United States
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Das, Sanjiv R., and Nils C. Haugestad. "National Insurance Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 296-036, November 1995. (Revised April 1998.)
  • November 2000
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UPromise

By: Michael J. Roberts and William A. Sahlman
Describes the development of UPromise, a company that has developed a loyalty program through which corporate partners can contribute to funds that finance the education of consumers' children. Presents the accomplishments prior to the company's second round of... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Markets; Programs
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Roberts, Michael J., and William A. Sahlman. "UPromise." Harvard Business School Case 801-321, November 2000.
  • 01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell

Peter Wendell In 1982, with almost a decade of experience at IBM under his belt, Peter Wendell went "searching for the country's next IBMs," as he puts it. Enlisting the help of some friends (including... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan; Finance
  • 10 May 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups

out if this new strategy has paid off for investors and their portfolio companies. Nanda and colleagues present their findings in a paper scheduled to appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services; Information Technology
  • 08 Dec 2009
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to be coupled with very low life satisfaction. Thus, people may work hard to maintain or increase their income in part because they overestimate the hedonic costs of earning low levels View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • October 2007 (Revised May 2009)
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Offering the Right Service in the Right Place: Growing Orthopedics at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner (BW/F) Hospitals

By: V.G. Narayanan, Michael G. Wilson and Rachel Gordon
After the merger of two local hospitals, hospital leaders much decide how to reorganize services to take advantage of newly created efficiencies. Focuses on the Orthopedics department at one of the hospitals. View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost vs Benefits; Service Operations; Organizational Structure; Performance Efficiency; Competitive Advantage; Health Industry
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Narayanan, V.G., Michael G. Wilson, and Rachel Gordon. "Offering the Right Service in the Right Place: Growing Orthopedics at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner (BW/F) Hospitals." Harvard Business School Case 108-016, October 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
  • 01 Mar 2007
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Private Equity under Investigation

efficiency of capital markets, the opaqueness of the groups’ operations, and the abuse of inside information. It is hard not to feel that history... View Details
Keywords: Josh Lerner; syndication; antitrust enforcement; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • July 2004 (Revised May 2005)
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Pfizer's Virtual CIO (Abridged)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey
Discusses the IT organization and IT strategy issues facing Pfizer, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. Managing over $1 billion of IT expense, the company has a committee approach for handling all critical IT decisions, an approach that is consistent... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Cost Management; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Information Technology; Pharmaceutical Industry
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McFarlan, F. Warren, and Brian DeLacey. "Pfizer's Virtual CIO (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 305-018, July 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
  • 30 Jan 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

of the future coming? What do you think? Original Column The decade of the 1980s saw widespread subscription to the notion that there were two “generic competitive strategies” aimed at achieving industrywide... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services
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Pushkala Prasad presents at the 2022 Gender and Work Symposium

  • 24 Sep 2019
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Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?

of intellectual property theft by foreign competitors grows and secrecy becomes a more attractive strategy for firms to protect and capitalize on their innovations, this question is becoming increasingly... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • January 2000 (Revised May 2007)
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Dressen

By: Thomas R. Piper and Jeremy Cott
Divisional management must decide whether to support a leveraged buyout by a private equity group and, if so, what percent of ownership should go to the various partners involved. The appropriateness of the financing structure and the value of the equity depend on the... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Capital Structure; Valuation; Ownership Stake; Forecasting and Prediction
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Piper, Thomas R., and Jeremy Cott. "Dressen." Harvard Business School Case 200-041, January 2000. (Revised May 2007.)
  • September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
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Note on Corporate Venture Capital, A

By: Josh Lerner
Provides an overview of corporate venture investment. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry
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Lerner, Josh. "Note on Corporate Venture Capital, A." Harvard Business School Background Note 201-036, September 2000. (Revised March 2001.)
  • February 2006 (Revised August 2006)
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Auctioning Morningstar

By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn
Morningstar, a publisher of data and ratings for mutual fund investors, is considering an auction-based approach to the company's upcoming IPO, with management weighing the risks and benefits of the auction approach vs. a traditional underwritten offering. View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Stock Shares; Cost vs Benefits; Strategy; Auctions; Business or Company Management; Conflict of Interests; Publishing Industry
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Baker, Malcolm P., and James Quinn. "Auctioning Morningstar." Harvard Business School Case 206-023, February 2006. (Revised August 2006.)
  • December 2002 (Revised November 2003)
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Tympani Board, The

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Mike Tarkington, a partner at Reality Venture Partners, must recommend a course of action to his colleague, Steve Bonhomme. Bonhomme is trying to decide whom he should put on the board of a company that is acquiring one of Reality's portfolio companies. Reality will... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Making; Equity; Venture Capital; Governing and Advisory Boards; Finland; United States
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Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Tympani Board, The." Harvard Business School Case 803-105, December 2002. (Revised November 2003.)
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