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  • Summer 2019
  • Article

The Price Effects of Cross-Market Mergers: Theory and Evidence from the Hospital Industry

By: Leemore S. Dafny, Katherine Ho and Robin S. Lee
We consider the effect of mergers between firms whose products are not viewed as direct substitutes for the same good or service but are bundled by a common intermediary. Focusing on hospital mergers across distinct geographic markets, we show that such combinations... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Markets; Geographic Scope; Price; Outcome or Result; Insurance; Health Industry
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  • October 2009 (Revised February 2010)
  • Supplement

Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (B)

By: Ryan D. Taliaferro, Clayton S. Rose and David Lane
[Continuation of "A" case.] Less than a month after the close of the merger between The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial, managers at the two firms realized that plans for combining their asset servicing businesses – and realizing the $180 million of annual cost... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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    The Growth of Finance

    The U.S. financial services industry grew from 4.9% of GDP in 1980 to 7.9% of GDP in 2007. A sizeable portion of the growth can be explained by rising asset management fees, which in turn were driven by increases in the valuation of tradable assets, particularly... View Details
    • March 2023 (Revised June 2025)
    • Case

    Close Concerns: Diabetes Research and Advocacy

    By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Brian L. Walker
    This case describes the Exit considerations of Kelly Close, HBS MBA, and founder of the primary distributor of diabetes newsletters. It is part of the fourth module in the Innovating in Health Care HBS MBA course, which contains cases of other health care firms that... View Details
    Keywords: Diabetes; Health; Health Care; Health Care And Treatment; Health Care Outcomes; Health Care Industry; Knowledge Dissemination; Outcome or Result; Equality and Inequality; Business Model; Entrepreneurship
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    • March 2020
    • Article

    Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-family Narrative as a Social Defense Against 24/7 Work Culture

    By: Irene Padavic, Robin J. Ely and Erin M. Reid
    It is widely accepted that the conflict between women’s family obligations and professional jobs’ long hours lies at the heart of their stalled advancement. Yet research suggests that this “work-family narrative” is incomplete: men also experience it and nevertheless... View Details
    Keywords: 24/7 Work Culture; Hegemonic Narrative; Social Defense; Work-family Conflict; Systems-psychodynamic Theory; Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Organizational Culture
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      Roy D. Shapiro

      Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

      • March 2011 (Revised June 2013)
      • Case

      Next Street, LLC

      By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
      Next Street Financial, LLC was a modern merchant bank that provided high quality advisory services and capital to small- and mid-sized inner city businesses. Next Street was a for-profit business that aimed to increase the growth, profitability and success of its... View Details
      Keywords: Development Economics; Entrepreneurship; Capital; Commercial Banking; Investment Funds; Urban Development; Financial Services Industry
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      • April 2014 (Revised October 2015)
      • Case

      Texas Teachers and the New Texas Way

      By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Luis M. Viceira, John D. Dionne and Nathaniel Burbank
      In 2011 Britt Harris, the Chief Investment Officer for the $107.4 billion Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS), was considering whether to pursue strategic partnerships with a group of large private equity firms. After spending four years aggressively moving the... View Details
      Keywords: Texas; TRS; Texas Teachers; Private Equity; Texas
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      • 20 Jul 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

      open up for innovation, it transforms itself from a strictly product or service business into a platform business. Depending on the type of platform business model (integrated, product, or two-sided), the host View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
      • October 1994 (Revised April 1995)
      • Case

      Visionary Design Systems: Are Incentives Enough?

      By: George P. Baker III and Karin B Monsler
      A compensation case about Visionary Design Systems (VDS), a small, high-tech full service systems integration firm based in Silicon Valley with eleven offices throughout the country. All employees, including engineers, administrators, and receptionists, received a... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Compensation and Benefits; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; San Francisco
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      • January 2024
      • Article

      Investing with the Government: A Field Experiment in China

      By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Bo Li and Ernest Liu
      We study the demand for government participation in China’s venture capital and private equity market. We conduct a large-scale, non-deceptive field experiment in collaboration with the leading industry service provider, through which we survey both capital investors... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Business and Government Relations; Entrepreneurship; China
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      • 21 Apr 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

      In order to garner the capital necessary to foot the bill for social change, nonprofits need to think less about traditional grants and more in terms of innovation--and so do the organizations that fund them. This was a key message from View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
      • 12 Jan 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career

      performance-oriented. Moreover, success in professional sports is thought to be especially dependent on the talent of individual performers, since there is no special product technology or other long-lived advantages on which the team can... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Sports
      • October 2018
      • Case

      Accomplice: Scaling Early Stage Finance

      By: Ramana Nanda, Raffaella Sadun and Olivia Hull
      Accomplice, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Boston, is raising its second fund in November 2017. Since 2009, the firm has followed a seed-led investment model, investing in tech companies at the earliest stages, often when products and business models are... View Details
      Keywords: Early Stage Finance; Seed Finance; Scouts; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Partners and Partnerships; Networks; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Technology; Financial Services Industry; Massachusetts; Boston; Cambridge; United States
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      • April 1998 (Revised June 1998)
      • Case

      Road Well Traveled, The (Condensed)

      Presents the conclusions of a 1992 mail survey of Harvard MBAs who started their own businesses. Questions focused on 4 areas: 1) development of the business concept, 2) sales and marketing, 3) finance, and 4) building a staff. The entrepreneurs surveyed include 24 in... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship
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      • April 1996
      • Case

      The Road Well Traveled: A Note on the Journeys of HBS Entrepreneurs

      Based on a 1992 mail survey of Harvard MBAs who started their own businesses. Questions focused on 4 areas: 1) development of the business concept, 2) sales and marketing, 3) finance, and 4) building a staff. The entrepreneurs surveyed include 24 in consulting, 17 in... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship
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      • February 2019
      • Teaching Note

      Talent@Tencent

      By: Tarun Khanna
      Late in 2016, two senior human resources (HR) executives at Tencent Holdings (Tencent), China’s leading Internet services firm, are assessing the effectiveness of the company’s talent management practices in responding to Tencent’s sustained hypergrowth. Over the... View Details
      Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Employees; Retention; Entrepreneurship; Employee Relationship Management; Web Services Industry; China
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      • April 2023
      • Case

      Drive Capital: A New Road for Venture

      By: Paul A. Gompers and Alicia Dadlani
      Founded by two former Sequoia Capital partners, Columbus-Ohio-based Drive Capital’s mission was to build a world-class venture capital firm in the middle of the U.S., an area historically overlooked by VCs. Drive faced early challenges of attracting investors, sourcing... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States; Ohio
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      • May 2016 (Revised August 2022)
      • Case

      RegionFly: Cutting Costs in the Airline Industry

      By: Susanna Gallani and Eva Labro
      RegionFly is a small, private airline specializing in ultra-premium services. Founded shortly after the "Golden Age of airline travel," RegionFly's financial performance had been strong for several decades. More recently, however, the results have taken a downward... View Details
      Keywords: Recession; Downsizing; Profitability; Cost Management; Profit; Luxury; Competitive Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Divisions; Logistics; Decision Making; Strategic Planning; Air Transportation Industry
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      • January 2024 (Revised October 2024)
      • Case

      DO & CO: Crafting Luxury in the Fast Lane (A)

      By: Juan Alcácer, Esel Cekin, Michael Lee and Noah Roberson
      In July 2023, Attila Dogudan, the chairman of DO & CO, a renowned international catering firm, found himself in a deep conversation with his two sons about a potential new venture: catering for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, a significant step beyond their 31-year history... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Health Pandemics; Opportunities; Corporate Strategy; Luxury; Food and Beverage Industry; Las Vegas
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