Publications

Article

Exchange Rates Changes and the Distribution of Industry Value

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Change; Distribution; Business Ventures; Value

March 2021 (Revised December 2023)
Case

Capitalism and the Party-State: The People's Republic of China at 70

By: Meg Rithmire and Courtney Han

In 2019, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) turned seventy-years-old and became the longest active authoritarian regime in recent history. By then, China was the world’s second largest economy by GDP (after the United States), and a high-technology industrial... View Details

Keywords: Party-state; Economic Systems; Business and Government Relations; Economy; Society; International Relations; China

January 1989 (Revised September 1995)
Supplement

Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (B3)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julie H. Hertenstein

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Manufacturing Industry

January 1989 (Revised September 1995)
Case

Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budget Process (A)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julie H. Hertenstein

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Electronics Industry

fall 2001
Article

When Industries Change: The Future of Higher Education

By: David J. Collis

Keywords: Business Ventures; Change; Higher Education

July 2021
Teaching Note

Eaton Corporation: Portfolio Transformation and the Cost of Capital

By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 221-006 and 221-070. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Cost of Capital; Corporate Finance; Value; Valuation; Industrial Products Industry; United States; Denmark; Republic of Ireland

July 2021
Teaching Plan

Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism

By: Brian Trelstad, Wendy Smith and Natalie Slawinski

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 320-098. In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island’s economy. Like so many rural communities, Fogo Island’s fate was tied... View Details

Keywords: Place Making; Non-profit; Hotel; Economic Development; Tourism; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Development Economics; Economic Systems; Tourism Industry; Canada

April 2020 (Revised May 2025)
Case

Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism

By: Brian Trelstad, Wendy Smith and Natalie Slawinski

In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island’s economy. Like so many rural communities, Fogo Island’s fate was tied directly to one primary resource—in this case... View Details

Keywords: Place Making; Non-profit; Hotel; Economic Development; Tourism; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Development Economics; Economic Systems; Tourism Industry; Canada

17 Apr 2017
News

Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry

his success last year, when Friendly’s owner Sun Capital Partners put him in charge of the Johnny Rockets retro burger-and-shakes chain. Maguire said Shaich kept the Panera team laser-focused on three goals: hiring great people, offering... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

January 2000
Case

Selecting a New Name for Security Capital Pacific Trust

A methodology for selecting a new corporate brand name is explored, highlighting different types of names, criteria and hurdles in securing new names, and legal implications. Brand identity consultancy Lippincott & Margulies guided a real estate investment trust... View Details

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Financial Services Industry

June 2006 (Revised January 2012)
Supplement

Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (B)

By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

Keywords: Capital; Pharmaceutical Industry

28 Oct 2021
News

Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

failure in the startup and tech ecosystems. I think the HBS community is particularly well-suited to be a problem-solver here. We have so many leaders in VC, startups, and entrepreneurship. Our alumni network literally runs the largest View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

the cutting edge. However, venture capital is only a piece of the puzzle. We invest relatively small amounts of capital into solutions that can be revolutionary, but may not be... View Details

July 1989 (Revised March 1992)
Case

Cooperative Company Friesland: A Cooperative Joint Venture in Condensed Milk

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Cooperative Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry

1976
Chapter

Costs and Capital Requirements for Transporting Alaskan Natural Gas

By: James K. Sebenius

Keywords: Cost; Non-Renewable Energy; Capital; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Alaska

29 Mar 2017
News

Effie Epstein Hired As COO of Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures

2023
Working Paper

LALIGA—From a Soccer Competition Organizer to a Global Player in the Sports and Entertainment Industry

By: Stephen A. Greyser, Kenneth Cortsen and Juan Fuentes Fernández

LALIGA, the first- and second-tier professional soccer league (known as “football” outside of the U.S. and Canada) in Spain, enters its 100th soccer season later this decade. The most popular game in the world (Giulianotti, 2012) has gone through many changes since... View Details

Keywords: Soccer; ＂Sports Organizations,; Business History; Strategy; Brands and Branding; Technology Adoption; Sports Industry