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- July 2012
- Case
El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan
By: John Coates, Clayton Rose and David Lane
On October 16, 2011, El Paso agreed to sell itself to Kinder Morgan for just over $21 billion. Shareholders filed suit, arguing that the process was tainted by conflict and that a higher price could be obtained. Delaware Chancellor Leo Strine agreed with the plaintiffs... View Details
Keywords: El Paso; Kinder Morgan; Goldman Sachs; Leo Strine; Conflicts Of Interest; Corporate Governance; Relationships; Lawsuits and Litigation; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; United States
Coates, John, Clayton Rose, and David Lane. "El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan." Harvard Business School Case 313-021, July 2012.
- October 2012 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Altoona State Investment Board: July 2012
By: Josh Lerner and Nathaniel Burbank
Considers the decision faced by state pension fund manager Rod Calhoun as he decides whether to invest $200 million in Bain Capital's eleventh global buyout fund: Bain Capital Fund XI. For the fund, Bain was offering its limited partners a choice between three... View Details
Keywords: Management Fees; Bain Capital; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Banking Industry; Boston
Lerner, Josh, and Nathaniel Burbank. "Altoona State Investment Board: July 2012." Harvard Business School Case 813-100, October 2012. (Revised September 2015.)
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
many people. “There is a central tension in the case between the student feeling at once helpless against a corrupt system and surprisingly powerful given his novitiate status.” The case, Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania, was... View Details
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
facilities are more lenient when their organizational scope includes products and services, like selling cars, where enticing customer loyalty can enhance profits. On the other hand, compared with independent facilities, subsidiaries or... View Details
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
from the athenahealth practice management system and EHR task logs. Methods: We developed monthly measures of EHR use and delegation to support staff from task logs. Productivity was measured using work relative value units (RVUs). Using fixed effects models, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
Olson argued. "It became the dominant, unquestioned view," Trumbull says. Olson's beliefs have been popular with both liberals and conservatives, he observes. Liberals routinely believe that big banks and corporations control government... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
characterizations could be easily read to imply that one’s BATNA could not itself be a negotiated agreement. Second, and more seriously, common descriptions of one’s BATNA as the “best outside option, independent of the other side”... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
on the cadaver waiting list. “We deal with much more complicated games than the game theory usually deals with.” They sent the paper to several kidney surgeons. The medical director of the New England Organ Bank met with Roth to pursue... View Details
- August 1985 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Bankers Trust New York Corp.
By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Crane, Dwight B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Bankers Trust New York Corp." Harvard Business School Case 286-005, August 1985. (Revised July 1991.)
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
prompted a new research paper that starts to investigate ways to make these patents less volatile and more efficient—and makes the case for increased government involvement. "Standards are ubiquitous and necessary," says Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff... View Details
- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
Despite its name, the Great Wall of China began as a series of smaller, isolated defensive fortifications. Those structures grew and were later unified into the imposing structure that exists today. The Great Wall is a great metaphor for the Chinese economy. By... View Details
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
independent of the shortcomings in the regulatory system. Managers and boards of directors in scores of systemically important firms failed to protect employees, customers, or shareholders and placed the global financial system at risk. I... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
ability to exert leverage on suppliers is growing. Consider one firm we've worked with, an international consortium of independent gas companies. Recently, one of their valued global customers told them that dealing separately with their... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
concern. While operating in Chapter 11, the company pays no interest on its pre-petition debts, freeing up cash that can be reinvested in the business. Moreover, any new money that the company borrows during bankruptcy must be repaid ahead of most other debts, which... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
new world. Typical approaches used by legacy players such as using technology to improve efficiency, encouraging business units to do digital experiments, or launching independent units to spur innovation have met with limited success.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
incompetent entrepreneur that wants to steal from the better firm and distort the market is accountable only to his bank account and ethics. So we need someone capable enough to make sure markets remain free and fair an AI czar would work... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
and to avoid the larger economies of Spain and Italy becoming involved. The European financial system became strained. Banks were found to be undercapitalized and began to ration credit to the economy. The European View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light
penalties to infringement," says Cohen. Patent trolls bank that, in some cases, companies will settle rather than pay the time and monetary costs of fighting infringement lawsuits. In others cases, patent trolls seek sympathetic... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
they have an opportunity to outsource at equivalent or lower cost to a world-class independent food safety (company), that’s going to be a win-win,” Quelch says. “”They’ll save money and have more credibility with their tests.” Chipotle’s... View Details
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
both proprietary and shared platforms toward hybrid governance models characterized by centralized control over platform technology (i.e., closed sponsorship) and shared responsibility for serving users (i.e., an open provider role).... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace