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- December 2019 (Revised January 2021)
- Supplement
The Leveraged Buyout of TXU: (B) Energy Future Holdings
By: Trevor Fetter, Erik Snowberg and Rebecca M. Henderson
This case is designed to support a lively discussion about the relative merits of shareholder vs. stakeholder perspectives in the context of a company that provides a vital public service that has important environmental implications. The 2007 purchase of TXU, the... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Transformation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Environmental Sustainability; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Energy Generation; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Texas
Fetter, Trevor, Erik Snowberg, and Rebecca M. Henderson. "The Leveraged Buyout of TXU: (B) Energy Future Holdings." Harvard Business School Supplement 320-065, December 2019. (Revised January 2021.)
- August 2008
- Case
The Chubb Corporation in China
By: Li Jin, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Aldo Sesia
The Chubb Corporation, headquartered in the U.S., was the holding company for a number of property and casualty insurance companies which operated in 29 countries. In 1979, the Chinese government, as part of its "reform and open" policy invited a delegation of Chubb... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Insurance Industry; China; United States
Jin, Li, Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Aldo Sesia. "The Chubb Corporation in China." Harvard Business School Case 209-021, August 2008.
- December 1999
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A5): Solaris 7: Rich Green on Product Strategy and Culture Change
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
Solaris, Sun Microsystems' version of the UNIX operating system, was an amorphous collection of capabilities that had accumulated over the years, a product the company vaguely wished it could market and sell better. Developing and marketing Solaris 7 would help... View Details
- 22 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make
Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, and Olivia Jung, a doctoral student at HBS. Co-authors on the paper, which was published in The Joint Commission... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Gifts Create Frist Financial Aid Fund
area of for-profit hospital management and the company that established the HCA Foundation. HBS has many ties to the Frist family: Thomas F. Frist III (MBA ’97), William R. Frist (MBA ’01), Julie Damgard... View Details
- February 2012
- Article
A 'Core Periphery' Framework to Navigate Emerging Market Governments—Qualitative Evidence from a Biotechnology Multinational
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, James Geraghty and Tarun Khanna
We build on the emerging literature of influence-based models to study how multinational firms can navigate host governments. Our "core-periphery" framework posits that the actions that an MNC takes with actors in what we call the "periphery"—comprised of state,... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence; Framework; Biotechnology Industry; Massachusetts; Brazil; China; Costa Rica; France; India
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, James Geraghty, and Tarun Khanna. "A 'Core Periphery' Framework to Navigate Emerging Market Governments—Qualitative Evidence from a Biotechnology Multinational." Global Strategy Journal 2, no. 1 (February 2012): 71–87.
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
Publications Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance Author: Gary P. Pisano Publication: Harvard Business Review Press, in press. (due October 2012) Abstract For years-even decades-in response to intensifying... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Bridging the ESG Data Gap
sector though, and she planned to pursue a post-HBS career at a Midwest company to test her thesis that tech-led growth could revitalize the region’s battered economy. Her pivot to entrepreneurship began while looking for View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 26 May 2022
- HBS Case
Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?
expectation that a company will have a position on social and political issues." A Harvard Business School case study and its revision, Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (A) and (B), illustrates the complex... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 08 Dec 2014
- Blog Post
A New Way to Recruit
When I was a student at HBS, I spent a lot of time discussing my career with classmates who were interested in learning about my experiences working in venture capital, or as a summer intern at a start-up. HBS coffee chats are a great way... View Details
- 13 Jul 2023
- News
The Network Effect
Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Dina Model and Karan Mathur (both MBA 2015) met through mutual friends during their first year at HBS, neither was envisioning a... View Details
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
PublicationsSelling to Many Countries—Within the U.S. Authors:Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Wong Publication:MIT Sloan Management Review 52, no. 1 (fall 2010) Abstract In pursuing growth, many companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2024 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Amperity: First-Party Data at a Crossroads
By: Elie Ofek, Hema Yoganarasimhan and Alexis Lefort
In the summer of 2023, Amperity management was facing a critical decision on its future direction. Given the dramatic changes occurring within the digital advertising ecosystem, as concerns over consumer privacy placed limits on the ability to engage in third-party... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Business Strategy; Digital Marketing; Price; Product; Business or Company Management; Advertising Industry
Ofek, Elie, Hema Yoganarasimhan, and Alexis Lefort. "Amperity: First-Party Data at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 524-017, March 2024. (Revised May 2024.)
- Web
Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Business Track Runner-Up Improves the efficiency of supply chain management for mid-size and small manufacturing companies eBricks Tawfik Hammoud Nikitas Koutoupes Enrique... View Details
- 25 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?
business leaders. Those who had until then been willing to either support Trump or at least mute their criticisms clearly felt that his responses to the protests and violence made that stance no longer... View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda
- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
Editor’s note: Concerns about data falsification and fabrication in a study conducted by Francesca Gino as part of this article have been shared by Harvard Business School with the publishing journal’s editor, along with a request that... View Details
- Blog
Reinventing the GMP Experience
Attending a program at Harvard Business School Executive Education requires stepping away from responsibilities—both in the office and at home—to fully immerse yourself in the learning experience. Recognizing that this can be particularly... View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics
that have ignited her confidence over the years. Now she is sharing that confidence boost with others by using 20 years of experience, a lot of grit, and a heart full of passion to build a company and life that she loves. Embracing a... View Details
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
dishes. That's also what makes growth issues harder—it's much more cumbersome to re-create. But anything less than the Noma experience would have to be called something else. As a business manager in these... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
businesses outperform both single-unit firms and multi-unit firms composed of unrelated businesses. Explanations for this relationship between focus and firm performance have largely centered on economies of scope achieved by sharing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace