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- October 1997 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Asda (A)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
In the mid-1980s, Asda was one of the most successful retail companies in the United Kingdom. By 1991, the chain of 200 grocery stores had a lack of direction, a demoralized workforce, declining profits, rising debt, collapsing stock price, and was facing bankruptcy.... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Asda (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-005, October 1997. (Revised January 2008.)
- October 2012 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Innova Capital: The Transition
By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
The partners at Innova Capital, a leading mid-market private equity investor in Poland, must negotiate a transition of power between the two ex-patriate founders and three talented young Polish partners. If they fail to find an accomodation, the entire firm will... View Details
Keywords: Firm Structure; Career Management; Emerging Market; Succession; Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Negotiation; Investment; Restructuring; Transition
Lerner, Josh, and Ann Leamon. "Innova Capital: The Transition." Harvard Business School Case 813-064, October 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
In this uncertain economic climate, downsizing and layoffs are a sadly frequent occurrence. Although bad news is always painful to deliver and to hear, the process of conducting "necessary evils"—such as layoffs or firings—can be managed in a way that is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- November 2007 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
OppenheimerFunds and Take-Two Interactive (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Andrew Hill and Kaitlyn Simpson
Describes the dilemma faced by Emmanuel Ferreira, a fund manager at OppenheimerFunds. As the largest shareholder and a long-time investor in software publisher Take-Two Interactive, Ferreira contemplates whether or not to get involved with other investors in trying to... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations
Lorsch, Jay W., Andrew Hill, and Kaitlyn Simpson. "OppenheimerFunds and Take-Two Interactive (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-074, November 2007. (Revised March 2009.)
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Learning from the Past
led it back to profitability during the oil boom of the 1970s. By 1983, however, boom had turned to bust. After restructuring the company to a more suitable size, Strassler cashed out and helped his brother launch a family-run investment... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- April 2017
- Teaching Note
Sesame Workshop: Bringing Big Bird Back to Health (Abridged)
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ryan Raffaelli, Ai-Ling Jamila Malone and Jonathan Cohen
Sesame Workshop was in the middle of a turnaround in 2016. CEO Jeff Dunn had reorganized and shifted the iconic institution to respond to digital disruption and a consensus culture. This Teaching Note helps instructors teach the abridged and full-length versions of... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; NGO; Non-profit; Organization Alignment; Managing Change; Philanthropy; Media; Television; Reorganization; Talent; Innovation; Risk Aversion; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Restructuring; Identity; Transformation; Education Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
quarterly earnings reports, reflecting the complexity of corporate restructurings and other long-term growth strategies. There are important implications of these differences for public company boards, even though they operate with a... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies
business through a successful restructuring and financial turnaround that has transformed it into Lucent's second-largest global operation. Asked about her strategy for personal success, Russo replies, "I like opportunities that are new... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
tight coupling of the "real" market (business) with the "expectations" market (the stock market). Using the analogy of the NFL's strict separation of actual games from betting, he shows how to reverse this situation, including View Details
- August 2017
- Supplement
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion: Video Supplement
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Evan Siddall, newly appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, a governmental organization focused on the residential housing market, is charged with leading change at the organization. The case follows this process of change step by step and looks at the... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Organization Behavior; Government; Performance; Leadership; Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Nonprofit Organizations; Government Administration; Restructuring; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Canada
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion: Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 418-701, August 2017.
- July 2010
- Teaching Note
Chrysler's Sale to Fiat (TN)
By: C. Fritz Foley and Lena G. Goldberg
Teaching Note for 210022. View Details
- October 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Weight Watchers Mexico
By: David J. Arnold, Myra M. Hart and Susan Harmeling
Weight Watchers must decide how to react to the Mexican financial crisis. Options include exiting, reducing investment, or continuing previous operations. View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Restructuring; Volatility; Economy; Investment; Marketing; Problems and Challenges; Mexico
Arnold, David J., Myra M. Hart, and Susan Harmeling. "Weight Watchers Mexico." Harvard Business School Case 500-010, October 1999. (Revised January 2000.)
- September 2008
- Class Lecture
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
By: Michael L. Tushman and Charles O'Reilley
Executives who return from campus-based executive programs ready to make changes often find employees resistant to new ideas. The Leading Change and Organizational Renewal multimedia resource was created to ease transitions and empower the teacher as leader. This... View Details
- April 2002
- Case
Paula Evans and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (C)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Supplements the (A) case and Bobbie D'Alessandro and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Strategy; Secondary Education; Restructuring; Leadership; Education Industry; Cambridge
Hill, Linda A., and Kristin Doughty. "Paula Evans and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (C)." Harvard Business School Case 402-005, April 2002.
- February 1986 (Revised November 1989)
- Case
Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (A)
By: David A. Garvin
Describes the evolution of a company's manufacturing strategy over an eight-year period. Copeland had pursued a strategy of building freestanding focused plants devoted to single processes or product lines, and then moving products from the home plant at Sidney, Ohio... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Product; Production; Strategy; Restructuring; Geographic Location; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio
Garvin, David A. "Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 686-088, February 1986. (Revised November 1989.)
- 2007
- Chapter
Labor Market Regulations and European Restructuring: Evidence from Private Equity Investments
By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
Keywords: Labor; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Restructuring; Private Equity; Investment; Europe
Bozkaya, Ant, and William R. Kerr. "Labor Market Regulations and European Restructuring: Evidence from Private Equity Investments." In Essays in Entrepreneurial Finance, by Ant Bozkaya, 151–189. Université libre de Bruxelles, 2007. (Reprinted in Entrepreneurial Finance: Financing Young, Innovative Ventures, (Saarbrüken, Germany: VDM Verlag, 2009), 140-176.)
- February 2001
- Case
Bang Networks, Inc.
By: Paul A. Gompers and Sergio Rattner
Bob Rosin, president and CEO of Bang Networks, must decide how much debt financing to take on. The company is a raw start-up and is considering taking on $10 million in debt. The firm has six offers and needs to identify the best one. View Details
Gompers, Paul A., and Sergio Rattner. "Bang Networks, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 201-074, February 2001.
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
easier for me to approach Japanese companies. However, a small number of companies in the midst of restructuring declined to become the case site and said that they would like us to write cases when their companies' performance has... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Women Negotiating in the New Millenium
accept. The new responsibility could become an opportunity - after Jane restructures it, that is, by making it clear that she deserves a shot in the future on more high-profile, "rainmaker" assignments, and will receive the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
A New Case at Harvard Business School Highlights the Real-World Issues for Latinx Considering an MBA
sessions, or when we were walking down the hallway after a presentation. We knew these were issues on everyone's minds, so we asked ourselves how we could restructure the dialogue.” A case about these doubts and questions, they realized,... View Details