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- 5 Oct 2018
- Other Presentation
Voting Trusts and Antitrust in Illinois: Rethinking the Role of State Corporation Law in Competition Policy
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer and Naomi R. Lamoreaux
- March 1998
- Case
Bumper Acquisition (A2), A: Confidential Information for Medallion Capital, Inc.
By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
Located in Mundelein, IL, Thermo-Impact, Inc. is a rapidly growing, private firm that manufactures automotive bumpers. In 1995, a number of large automotive supply companies and a private equity investment firm offer to buy Thermo-Impact. The cases in this series focus... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Valuation; Negotiation Participants; Decision Making; Negotiation Process; Entrepreneurship; Negotiation Offer; Acquisition; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Illinois
Sebenius, James K., and David T. Kotchen. "Bumper Acquisition (A2), A: Confidential Information for Medallion Capital, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 898-199, March 1998.
- January 1984
- Supplement
Chicago-Midway (A), Supplement
Keywords: Chicago
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Chicago-Midway (A), Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 384-153, January 1984.
- November 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Mellody Hobson at Ariel Investments
By: Francesca Gino and Lakshmi Ramarajan
In 2018, Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Investments, the largest minority-owned investment firm in the United States, was considering how best to divide her time and use her position and personal characteristics to push for positive change at her firm and in... View Details
Keywords: Female Protagonist; African-American Protagonist; Investment Management; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Work-Life Balance; Financial Services Industry; Chicago
Gino, Francesca, and Lakshmi Ramarajan. "Mellody Hobson at Ariel Investments." Harvard Business School Case 419-041, November 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
- June 2008
- Teaching Note
Threadless: The Business of Community (TN)
By: Karim R. Lakhani
Teaching Note for 608707 View Details
- April 1984 (Revised October 1984)
- Teaching Note
Chicago-Midway (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Keywords: Chicago
- January 2023 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Learning Resources: Driven by Purpose
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Mehta and Heather Poco
In January 2023, CEO Rick Woldenberg must make several strategic decisions for his family-owned toy company Learning Resources. View Details
Keywords: Change; Change Management; Ownership; Family Ownership; Leadership; Decisions; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Chicago; Illinois
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah Mehta, and Heather Poco. "Learning Resources: Driven by Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 423-053, January 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
- October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
- Supplement
Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
By many measures the largest health-club chain in the United States in the early 2000s, Bally Total Fitness sold most of its remaining fitness clubs to 24 Hour Fitness in 2014 and disappeared from the industry top 100 rankings. After Bally was bedeviled by accounting... View Details
Keywords: Bally Total Fitness; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Business Earnings; Revenue Recognition; Financial Statements; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; For-Profit Firms; Crime and Corruption; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Capital Structure; Cash; Cash Flow; Public Equity; Financial Condition; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; Investment Activism; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Business History; Executive Compensation; Resignation and Termination; Annual Reports; Contracts; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Health Industry; Accounting Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-422, October 2016. (Revised January 2017.)
- October 2023
- Supplement
Rheaply: Circularity For Every Business Supplement 1
By: Rembrand Koning and Alicia Dadlani
Pitch deck explaining the early vision of the company that was presented by the CEO to potential investors. View Details
- 14 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions
detailed in Cohen’s new working paper, The Impact of Forced Migration on Modern Cities: Evidence from 1930s Crop Failures, co-written by HBS finance professor Christopher J. Malloy and Quoc Nguyen, an assistant finance professor at the University of View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- December 2013 (Revised December 2014)
- Case
Reform in the Chicago Public Schools
By: Matthew Weinzierl and Katrina Flanagan
In 2012, the Chicago Teachers' Union went on strike over proposed reforms by the city's mayor, Rahm Emanuel. At the heart of the reforms, and the strike, was frustration over many decades of underperformance in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and a surge of... View Details
Keywords: Public Education; Public Goods; Samuelson Rule; Externalities And Pigouvian Corrections; Tiebout Sorting And Efficiency; Education; Labor Unions; Public Administration Industry; Education Industry; Chicago
Weinzierl, Matthew, and Katrina Flanagan. "Reform in the Chicago Public Schools." Harvard Business School Case 714-027, December 2013. (Revised December 2014.)
- 2008
- Working Paper
From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American... View Details
- May 1998
- Case
Diamond in the Rough (B)
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Catherine M. Conneely
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Going Public; Crisis Management; Finance; Consulting Industry; Chicago
DeLong, Thomas J., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Diamond in the Rough (B)." Harvard Business School Case 898-151, May 1998.
- 2006
- Teaching Note
Managing the Chicago Public Schools, Teaching Note
By: Allen Grossman, Richard Elmore and Caroline King
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
Business School. “They need to cut expenses to the bone to ride out this crisis.” Stanton worked with HBS colleagues Michael Luca and Zoe Cullen; Harvard University economics professor Ed Glaeser; and Alex Bartik of the University of View Details
- 14 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides
women break through the glass ceiling. "If this solution is working, it's moving at a glacial pace," said Michelle Duguid, an assistant professor at Washington University's Olin Business School who conducted research with Denise Lewin Lloyd, an associate professor at... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?
developing in-house advertising capabilities, especially in technology-oriented and creative industries. Working with Silk on the study were Sharon Horsky of Bar-Ilan University and Steven C. Michael (HBS PhDBE '93) of the University of View Details
- August 1995 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Futures on the Mexican Peso
By: Kenneth A. Froot, Matthew McBrady and Mark Seasholes
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange needs to decide how to design, and whether and when to introduce, a futures contract on the Mexican peso. View Details
Keywords: Exchange Rates; Money Markets; Futures Market; Country Analysis; International Finance; Financial Markets; Futures and Commodity Futures; Financial Services Industry; Chicago; Mexico
Froot, Kenneth A., Matthew McBrady, and Mark Seasholes. "Futures on the Mexican Peso." Harvard Business School Case 296-004, August 1995. (Revised October 1996.)
- March 1997 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Stone Container in Honduras (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Hannah Bowles
Chicago-based Stone Container Corp., a leading producer of cardboard containers and paper bags, proposes a large-scale pine forest management and utilization program in the La Mosquitia region of Honduras. A framework agreement with the government is strongly endorsed... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Types; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict of Interests; Globalized Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Government and Politics; Manufacturing Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Honduras; Chicago
Sebenius, James K., and Hannah Bowles. "Stone Container in Honduras (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-172, March 1997. (Revised October 1999.)
- February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital
By: Lauren Cohen and Sophia Pan
Anthony (Tony) Pritkzer, Paul Carbone, and the Pritzker Private Capital (PPC) team wondered how to approach the firm’s next phase of growth. PPC was a private equity firm that offered a differentiated approach to the family capital market. Back in 2016, the partners... View Details
Keywords: Family Office; External Financing; Succession; Leadership Transition; Family Business; Private Equity; Investment; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Business Model; Private Sector; Financial Liquidity; Risk Management; Organizational Structure; Competitive Advantage; Venture Capital; Management Succession; Financial Services Industry; Chicago; Illinois; United States
Cohen, Lauren, and Sophia Pan. "Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital." Harvard Business School Case 224-078, February 2024. (Revised June 2024.)