Publications

01 Dec 2008
News

Business at the Summit

address market failures in global health-care delivery and education. Gates Champions Creative Capitalism Seated in comfortable armchairs, keynote speaker Bill Gates continued on the theme of cross-sector cooperation in an informal... View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

27 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 27

that agents experience reduced demand for service failures due to stockouts, but not for service failures due to network downtime, suggesting that consumers differentially ascribe responsibility for service... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Real Estate Investing - Course Catalog

important part of this section. Success and Failure The last module will reflect an investment committee style organization highlighting key decision-making characteristics that may lead to success or failure. Pedagogical Mix Real estate... View Details

Portrait Project

Jialei Tian

Live in fear of failure – unable to wholeheartedly realize my potentials and relentlessly pursue my dream. My first experience of failure took place when I was in the third grade. Two weeks after winning a... View Details

November 2012 (Revised June 2013)
Case

The Facebook IPO Litigation

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Annelena Loeb

Despite its success in the social-networking space, Facebook Inc.'s May 2012 IPO was largely considered a failure. Facebook faced multiple lawsuits and its share price had dropped significantly. Adversaries contended that Facebook had misled investors and violated... View Details

Keywords: Social Networking; IPO; Litigation Risk; Initial Public Offering; Ethics; Lawsuits and Litigation; Failure; Consumer Products Industry; Information Technology Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States

December 1989
Supplement

People Express Decline: Interview with Don Burr, Video

By: Michael Beer

Presents an interview with Don Burr, CEO, as he reviews his account of how and why People Express failed as a corporation and was ultimately sold to Continental Airlines. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Failure; Business Exit or Shutdown; Air Transportation Industry

Portrait Project

Matthew Mahoney

failure and invite them along for endless adventures. The Dalai Lama's right of course. When we create, we grow. When we grow, we're happy. I want to take growing further, push it beyond me. Chances are I won't be the one who invents the... View Details

16 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 16

Michael Norton Publication:Journal of Consumer Research (forthcoming) Abstract We show that people non-normatively infer event causes from event consequences. For example, people inferred that a product failure (computer crash) had a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2001
Case

Regal Cinemas LBO (B)

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Daniel Green

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Corporate Governance; Failure

December 1999 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Introducing New Coke

On April 23, 1985, the Coca-Cola Co. announced a decision that would rock the world. The old Coke formula would be taken off the market and replaced with a smoother, sweeter taste. The reaction of the American people was immediate and violent, causing three months of... View Details

Keywords: Failure; Product Development; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

04 Aug 2014
Op-Ed

Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering

more tentative for small firms than for large firms. Regarding points of access to capital, community banks have long been crucial to small business lending. But community bank failures have been high and few new ones have started up.... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

May 2000 (Revised July 2000)
Case

World Trade Organization, The: After the Seattle Protests

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.

Representatives of the World Trade Organization (WTO) met in Seattle to plan the next round of trade negotiations, only to face protestors and fail to reach agreement on an agenda. This case discusses the evolution of the WTO, its rules, and some of the controversy... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Agreements and Arrangements; Failure; Northwestern United States