Deal Structuring - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Apr 2015
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http://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Rules-Timeless-Lessons-Gates/dp/0062373951/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1427236936&sr=8-1 April 2015 Harvard Business Review Leaders as Decision Architects: Structure Your Organization's Work to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

A New Model for Business: The Museum

many ways Facebook is taking over big chunks of what we used to do using more open technologies: web search, content consumption, even e-mail. Increasingly, Facebook is valuable to many people because it represents a more orderly alternative to the web. It's a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

2015
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The Business Model: Nature and Benefits

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and John Heilbron

This paper considers the nature of the business model and its strategic relevance to negotiations. We elaborate a substantive definition of the business model as decisions enforced by the authority of the firm; this definition enables the analysis of business models... View Details

Keywords: Business Models; Value Capture; Value-Based Business Strategy; Ambivalent Value; Business Model; Negotiation Deal

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The Business Model: Nature and Benefits

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and John Heilbron

This paper considers the nature of the business model and its strategic relevance to negotiations. We elaborate a substantive definition of the business model as decisions enforced by the authority of the firm; this definition enables the analysis of business models... View Details

Keywords: Business Models; Value Capture; Value-Based Business Strategy; Ambivalent Value; Business Model; Value; Negotiation Deal

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17 Oct 2023
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With Subscription Fatigue Setting In, Companies Need to Think Hard About Fees

structure also has to be ‘right’ in order to be successful.” Benefiting from subscriptions while guarding against subscription fatigue For companies, the benefits of the subscription model include more stable and predictable revenue... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Information; Information Technology

23 Jul 2007
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HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

Deletion" (AfD) review process if they believe the piece does not live up to those standards. After online debate about the worthiness of the piece, a Wikipedia administrator reviews the arguments and decides the fate of the article. The tension that they need to View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

22 Jul 2020
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Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club

INSPIRED BY RECENT EVENTS The protests against the unjust murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others since have mobilized the nation to take a stand in support of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and against the many policies that... View Details

24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

generated by the primary product to improve the process efficiency of the by-product. We also examine the market structure where two firms practice by-product synergy, as well as conditions under which the by-product becomes the primary... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 2006 (Revised April 2007)
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Endeca Technologies: New Growth Opportunities

By: Paul A. Gompers and Kristin Perry

Steve Papa, CEO of Endeca Technologies, must decide whether to expand into a new market with a new application of his company's technology. Endeca has experienced significant success with its information access software in the online retail industry, and in September... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Market Entry and Exit; Production; Organizational Structure; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry

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03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

structure and liquidity policies—for tax or agency reasons—appears to be a key driver of their decision to simultaneously raise and pay out capital. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48383 Online... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Jul 2022
HBS Case

How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

heights of dealing with Disney, to all the troubles that befell us years later, and ultimately to the bankruptcy. It comes from chasing that star and flying too close to the sun,” recalled Smith. A machine parts company from Oregon... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

09 Apr 2008
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The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

financial regulatory structures in order to make it viable. Before ARD could offer its stock, for instance, it had to obtain a number of exemptions under the Investment Company Act of 1940 from the Securities and Exchange Commission. ARD... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

12 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 12, 2008

firms' ownership structures affect their earnings quality and long-term performance. Focusing on a unique sample of private firms for which there is financial data available in the years before and after their initial public offering... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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III has spent his career in investment banking and private equity investing. He is president of Duncan Capital Management (DCM). DCM and related entities are active in structuring financing for, directly investing in, and providing... View Details

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Middle East & North Africa - Global

transitioning its 400 restaurants to Eat App's software. But first, Eat App needed to prove via a pilot that its software could create more value than Four Seasons’ current system (powered by OpenTable). Moreover, the co-founders had to carefully consider the pricing... View Details

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Value Creation Through Effective Boards

Design an optimal board structure and select the right directors Improve board dynamics and the board's interaction with management Lead constructive, consensus-building board meetings with time-efficient agendas Strengthen corporate... View Details

11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

suggests that the effect of distance should vanish over time, a hypothesis that we confirm in the data and that distinguishes technology from other flows like goods or investments. We then structurally estimate the model. The parameter... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

But in a world of constant layoffs and dying industries, it has become increasingly difficult to "plan" your way to success. So what is the solution? Well, when it comes to dealing with uncertainty, nobody handles it better than... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

performance trends forward—perhaps three to five years. The USA must deal with these issues now if we're going to maintain our competitive advantage. Thus, for example, the U.S. has a huge current account deficit. No matter what happens... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

May 2009 (Revised June 2011)
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Going to the Oracle: Goldman Sachs, September 2008

By: Clayton S. Rose and David Lane

On September 23, 2008, in the midst of an historic crisis in the U.S. financial markets, Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs. Goldman CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, said: "We are pleased that given our longstanding relationship, Warren... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Capital Structure; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Investment; Performance Capacity; Financial Services Industry; United States

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