Publications

07 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

August 2018 Negotiation and Conflict Management Research Raiffa Transformed the Field of Negotiation—and Me By: Bazerman, Max Abstract—Howard Raiffa was a role model, friend, and inspiration. He transformed the field of negotiation, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

February 1991 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Ross Perot and General Motors

By: Jay W. Lorsch

In December, 1986 the General Motors Board of Directors must decide whether to accept the buyout agreement between GM and Ross Perot, a director of GM and its largest stockholder. The agreement called for GM to purchase all of Perot's GM shares in exchange for his... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Stock Shares; Resignation and Termination; Business or Company Management; Agreements and Arrangements

July 2021
Teaching Note

The Carlyle Group: Carving Out Atotech

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 321-153. On January 31, 2017, The Carlyle Group ("Carlyle") closed its $3.2 billion acquisition of Atotech, an international Specialty Chemicals and Equipment company. In Carlyle's Washington, DC headquarters, the US-based deal... View Details

Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Deal; International Acquisition; International; Acquisition; Negotiation; Negotiation Deal; Transformation; Chemicals; Markets; Bids and Bidding; Globalized Markets and Industries; Standards; Chemical Industry; United States; Europe; Asia; Germany

17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

SchmidtHarvard Business School Case 612-082 Merck is known for its commitment to investing in basic R&D. Are Merck's long-term investments justifiable when the firm faces extreme earnings pressure? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/612082-PDF-ENG View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 May 2016
First Look

May 31, 2016

significant investment in bio-similars as a way to differentiate itself from its generic drug industry peers, has to negotiate with its parent company and the innovative pharma division on how best to commercialize its bio-similar... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 24

the People's Republic of China; the easing of geopolitical tension with the Soviet Union, symbolized by the signing of the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty ("SALT I"); and the mediation of the agreement on Sinai disengagement between Egypt and Israel.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

development interests on asset management, risk management for global investment, and negotiation and deal structuring. He also served in a variety of leadership roles: as chair of the Finance Unit (1986-88); as senior associate dean,... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

03 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 3

regulators to industry, and the importance of considering Type I and Type II errors and status quo bias when contemplating whether to evoke the precautionary principle. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/610043-PDF-ENG A 'Rich-vs.-King' Approach... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

directors had conflicts of interest because they were involved with the CEO's non-Friendly business activities. In 2003, Blake filed a lawsuit against the CEO and the company. In 2006, Sardar Biglari, a hedge fund manager who had invested in Friendly, entered into... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 1979
Article

An Impossibility Result Concerning n-Person Bargaining Games

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Negotiation; Games, Gaming, and Gambling

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May 1981 (Revised May 1989)
Case

Congoleum Corp.

Describes the development and terms of the largest leveraged buyout up to the date of the case. The main problem is to value the positions of the various participants: lenders, equity holders, investment bankers, and management. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Leveraged Buyouts

November 1985 (Revised March 1987)
Case

DEC--Confidential Instructions

Confidential information for students assigned the role of the Division of Environment Conservation. See Riverside and DEC--General Information. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Environmental Sustainability; Pulp and Paper Industry

February 1982 (Revised June 1994)
Case

Boston Gas Co.: Winter 1980-81

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Keywords: Negotiation; Forecasting and Prediction; Utilities Industry

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09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

responded to this news coverage. The researchers looked closely at firms that were located in areas where FNC was broadcast. The structure of the cable industry made it a useful component to the study, Heese explains. While cable providers are regionally or nationally... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

recognize that e-business requires systemic changes in many ways of working. Connect new e-ventures to the company mainstream. That's where the synergies are, but that's also where the obstacles are. Without good relationships, without diplomats who can View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

benefits to both members and nonmembers, negotiating advertising and product standards. "French consumer groups cultivated membership not by providing selective benefits, but by emphasizing their public purpose," Trumbull writes. French... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

03 Oct 2005
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?

and continues to be a lack of good leadership! . . . The politics of international labor interaction are extremely complex and will require tremendous leadership ability to negotiate win-win deals across countries so that employees of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
Case

Mobile Energy Services Company

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia

When Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap became CEO of the Scott Paper Co., the company owned a large, vertically integrated production facility in Mobile, Alabama. Dunlap sold part of the production facility, a cogeneration power plant (later known as Mobile Energy Services Co.), to... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Risk and Uncertainty; Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Investment; Projects; Vertical Integration; Energy Sources; Bonds; Ownership; Restructuring; Energy Industry; Alabama