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- February 1997
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Transportation Displays, Incorporated (D): Exiting from a Successful Restructuring
By: Stuart C. Gilson, Vincent Hemmer, Eric Rahe, David Shorrock and Stephen Voorhis
Following a successful corporate turnaround and, more recently, a leveraged recapitalization, management of a highly profitable, fast--growing outdoor advertising company must consider alternative ways to harvest cash flow from the company without jeopardizing the... View Details
Gilson, Stuart C., Vincent Hemmer, Eric Rahe, David Shorrock, and Stephen Voorhis. "Transportation Displays, Incorporated (D): Exiting from a Successful Restructuring." Harvard Business School Case 297-085, February 1997.
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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
and develop a deeper appreciation of how legal systems operate and how to operate within the boundaries of legal systems. In response to increased student interest in private equity, a module of the course focuses on contracts and... View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
would advocate a discontinuation of operations after attempting unsuccessfully to resist meeting government demands for private information. Some suggested more complex strategies. Among those in favor of... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform
difficult challenges ahead, he said, will be persuading people around the world that their trust in the private sector, rather than the government, could be well placed. "It becomes a lot more difficult when internal documents show... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Fast Answer
Managing & Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">India -- Politics and government -- 21st century Social entrepreneurship -- India Add additional topic keywords, date ranges, and/or limit... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
An increasing number of inner city residents own computers and have online access, but government agencies and private companies need to do more to bridge the digital divide that still exists among income... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
and the distribution of farm sizes remained extremely unequal. We identify two primary causes for the slow progress of reform: first, the high cost of implementing these programs was a major factor in reducing take-up. On the other hand, the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
government has the resources necessary to address the magnitude of the market imbalance that exists." Gould, who was the director of two homeless shelters before enrolling at HBS, was vividly reminded of that imbalance at the recent... View Details
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
cost, but is also a function of the competitiveness of the upstream economy. Moreover, the presence of a gray market competitor may cause unintended social welfare consequences when domestic governments mandate the use of arm's length... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop competitive View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
is taking tangible but slow steps towards embracing private entrepreneurship, a big departure from the past. India is continuing to struggle with making things easier for multinationals. So the differences are arguably narrowing; but our... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
private governance of working conditions, initiated and implemented by companies, labor unions, and non-governmental activist groups. Whether these codes represents a substantive or merely symbolic approach... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Meeting China’s Need for Management Education
great change in recent years has been in China itself. The state-owned enterprises have realized the realities of competition and the need to improve costs and quality significantly. Furthermore, the government has allowed multiple... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
limited ability to scale up and have broad-based impact. Vikram Gandhi (MBA 1989) is working to change that by creating investments that can be self-sustaining. “India has 400 million people within the poverty line,” says Gandhi. “While the View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore
Portnet a global standard, particularly as the state-run corporation expands overseas. It now has about ten port ventures in seven countries. Khoo reckons that within the next six years, more than a third of PSA’s business will come from outside Singapore. PSA is to be... View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
to predict rain and droughts.) “There is a huge public need here, which is potentially a great opportunity for business" —Rebecca M. Henderson "The next big revolution is going to have to happen in food production," said Anand Shah, CEO of Piramal Water... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Apr 2020
- News
Patriots Plane Delivers a Million Masks from China
worsened on March 18, when an order of 3 million masks that the state had negotiated to buy were impounded by the federal government in the Port of New York and New Jersey, Baker said in an interview with the Boston Globe. At that point,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Living Social
I think of social enterprise broadly: applying business principles to solve social problems, across the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. People still frame “entrepreneurs” and “social entrepreneurs” as two distinct groups, but more... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel Abstract As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between regulators and industry, novel government programs are encouraging firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
reach all of the 50 million patients who use the government primary care system in Tanzania. He also sees opportunity in other countries in the region such as Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria, as well as in working with View Details
Keywords: April White