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  • 16 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 16

the continued success of the multi-sourcing strategy, including restructuring the IT group, developing the skills of its staff, and starting a captive center. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815002-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

cumulation of abnormal returns. It then presents a framework for calculating deal NPVs based on the consideration paid, the work to be done, the value of the target, and the value created through restructuring or synergy. Concludes by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Mar 2023
  • News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

iStock The faculty, students, and staff of Harvard Business School are thinking about the people of Turkey and Syria who were impacted by the recent earthquake. We have all been touched by the loss of life, the hopeful stories of survival, and the rapid response of... View Details
  • December 2012 (Revised November 2014)
  • Case

W.R. Grace & Co.: Dealing with Asbestos Torts

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
A manufacturer of building products and specialty chemicals, W. R. Grace & Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 in response to a flood of lawsuits alleging that its products contained asbestos, and had caused hundreds of thousands of people to contract... View Details
Keywords: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Business Failures; Environmental Regulations; Class Action Lawsuits; Natural Environment; Valuation; Health Disorders; Capital Structure; Restructuring; Lawsuits and Litigation; Chemicals; Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Legal Liability; Construction Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
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  • 08 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

When Transnational Management was first published in 1992, the world was a different place. "The global economy was radically restructuring in the wake of an era of accelerating globalization in the 1980s," says Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 05 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

US courts due to its status as a territory. In 2016, the US Congress had intervened, passing the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (Promesa), which established an eight-member Oversight Board to manage the island’s fiscal planning and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 May 2019
  • News

A More Perfect Union

working with members of Congress to modernize the rules and processes on the internal side. It’s been about 20 years since we’ve had a commission in this country to look at restructuring the way Congress does its day-to-day business. One... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar
  • 29 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

Waves No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816063-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 410-139 Managing the Client Portfolio The German country managing partner of a global law firm must decide how to respond to a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Nov 2010
  • Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

decision by the Bush White House to provide more than $20 billion to GM, Chrysler, and their financial subsidiaries, the auto task force put together by President Obama managed a restructuring of both companies at a breathtaking pace.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto
  • 24 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 24, 2008

EU10 exhibit a pattern of geographical concentration close to a random distribution, i.e. the process of regional concentration and redistribution of industry is in a very early phase. If Europe is to build a more competitive economy, industrial View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

but would likely have to restructure to accommodate the new regulatory environment. The case allows students to consider the assumptions that underlie media regulation and to debate the role of media in society. It can also be used to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

research in a variety of industries, and filled with examples from companies including Cisco Systems, La Farge, Starbucks, Best Buy, and Jones Lang LaSalle, Gulati explores the five levers of resilience: 1) Coordination: connect, eradicate, or View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2009 (Revised March 2010)
  • Case

Nippon Steel Corporation

By: Srikant M. Datar and Akiko Kanno
Nippon Steel Corporation, the largest Japanese steel producer and second largest in the world faces challenges in pursuing strategy to become a true global player. Nippon Steel had long been the top Japanese company, however the emergence of a global player,... View Details
Keywords: History; Corporate Strategy; Problems and Challenges; International Accounting; Change Management; Restructuring; Competitive Strategy; Emerging Markets; Globalization; Global Strategy; Steel Industry; Japan
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  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

advantage of the other. The case shows how each is faced to restructure as its competitive advantage erodes. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/910410-PDF-ENG Playing with Fire at Sittercity (A) Noam Wasserman and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

County Hospital: Gastroenterology Care in Sweden Michael E. Porter, Jennifer F. Baron, and Martin RejlerHarvard Business School Case 710-469 Sweden's Highland District County Hospital, similar to a community hospital in the U.S., undertook a major View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

Fragmented upstream and downstream channels instead persist, with strong odds against upstream suppliers waging a successful defense of material interests. Such distinctive industrial structures, we show, were a direct result of whether the central government could... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2010
  • Teaching Note

Cisco Business Councils (2007): Unifying a Functional Enterprise with an Internal Governance System (TN)

By: Ranjay Gulati and Marlo Goetting
Teaching Note for 409062. View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; System; Business Units; Corporate Strategy; Infrastructure; Growth and Development; Decision Making; Restructuring; Resource Allocation; Information Technology Industry
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  • November 2008
  • Case

Malaysia Airlines (A)

In the first six weeks on the job, the new CEO of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has developed an ambitious turnaround plan, including aggressive job cuts and route eliminations, but MAS's largest shareholder, Khazanah Nacional, the sovereign wealth fund, is tasked with... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Economic Growth; Investment Funds; Sovereign Finance; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Air Transportation Industry; Malaysia
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  • September 2022 (Revised April 2023)
  • Case

Cesaro e Associati

By: Christina R. Wing and Amram Migdal
This case describes the leadership succession planning process at Cesaro e Associati (Studio Cesaro), founded in 1986 by Franco Cesaro in the northeastern Italian state of Veneto. In 2022, Franco was contemplating retirement and passing leadership of his firm, which... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Family Business; For-Profit Firms; Restructuring; Small Business; Change; Change Management; Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Entrepreneurship; Governance; Leadership; Leading Change; Management; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Ownership; Family Ownership; Private Ownership; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Family and Family Relationships; Consulting Industry; Europe; Italy
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  • 20 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 20, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/117111-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-012 Songy 2011: Restructuring to Survive (Or, Surviving to Restructure?) In 2011, Songy Partners, an Atlanta-based real estate developer, was facing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel