Coordinated Industry Structure - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2004 (Revised January 2006)
Case

Simon's Hostile Tender for Taubman (A)

Simon Property Group launched a hostile tender offer for upscale Taubman Centers. This case discusses issues of Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) valuation, financial policy, and corporate governance, as Robert Taubman and his company's independent directors must... View Details

Keywords: Capital Structure; Valuation; Investment; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Real Estate Industry

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12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

example, while Korea has a great education system, its industry structure is still rather inefficient. The Asian financial crisis induced a healthy shakeout, and now private equity firms are very active... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

31 Aug 2010
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scientists are much less likely to advise for-profit biotechnology companies. We also identify factors that contour this gender difference, including scientists' co-authorship network structure and the level of support for commercial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jan 2011
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students, and achieve top-quality research. Publisher Link: http://www.amazon.com/Building-World-Class-Universities-Asia/dp/1453707778 The Fund Industry: How Your Money Is Managed Authors:Robert Pozen and Theresa Hamacher Publication:John Wiley & Sons, forthcoming... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2007
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industrial ecology literature that highlights the environmental benefits of by-product synergy. By-product synergy is defined as the conversion of a firm's waste stream from a manufacturing process into valuable feedstock for another... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

that women often leave client service to work in industry where they experience better work/life quality but limit their ultimate career progression. Her team focuses on creating policies to influence the costs and benefits of those... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

September 1994 (Revised September 1994)
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Acer Group, The: Vision for the Year 2000

By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard C. Wei

In the early 1990s, Acer, Inc. set two goals: to be a top-five PC company worldwide in 1995 and to be a global consortium of companies by the year 2000. The company identified potential obstacles concerning capital, image, number of experienced international managers,... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Structure; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Experience and Expertise; Marketing Strategy; Production; Rank and Position; Business Strategy; Capital; Computer Industry; Japan

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10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

sells consumables including the 30,000 or so dollar stores in the United States. You only have to take a look at the UK supermarket space to see what is ahead for the US supermarket industry in this regard. Q: The book makes the case that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

25 Jan 2011
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technology holds promise after a long development phase, but the packaging is more expensive, and Wright and his team must convince the industry stakeholders of the packaging's value. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2010
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HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

therefore, to see how this law will be implemented in practice. In addition, there are likely to be some unintended negative consequences. Will the new derivatives rules pull in various industrial companies that will now have to use... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
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Enman Oil, Inc. (D)

By: David F. Hawkins

Company pursues ways to reduce its debt to equity ratio by resorting to off balance sheet debt transactions. View Details

Keywords: Energy Sources; Capital Structure; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United States

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September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
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Enman Oil, Inc. (B)

By: David F. Hawkins

Company pursues ways to reduce its debt to equity ratio by resorting to off balance sheet debt transactions. View Details

Keywords: Energy Sources; Capital Structure; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United States

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02 Jan 2008
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Most Popular Stories 2007

but can't get them to synchronize. Handicapping the Best Countries for Business India? South Africa? Russia? Which are the best countries for a firm to invest in? In a new book, Professor Richard Vietor looks at the economic, political, and View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Oct 2009
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Working PapersCapitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan (revised October 2009) Authors:Robert Dujarric and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Japan's industrial landscape is characterized by hierarchical forms of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Apr 2012
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be able to coordinate their actions when messages' arrivals at their destinations are sufficiently correlated events. Correlation serves to fill in information gaps that arise when players are uncertain of the source of message failure,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

flash sales industry was created using this idea as a cornerstone of its business strategy. In this paper, we identify and investigate a new reason why frequent assortment rotations can be valuable to a retailer, particularly for products... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2012
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Hill Country Snack Foods Co., Spreadsheet for Students (Brief Case) (CW)

By: W. Carl Kester and Craig Stephenson

Keywords: United States; Debt Management; Retail Trade; Risk Management; Food; Capital Structure; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Strategy; Retail Industry; United States

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09 Jan 2006
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Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

time MBAs pile into a field, it's a good contrarian indicator. Gallows humor aside, market pros see parallels, but no repeat of the 1989 crash. That optimism rests on the knowledge that the industry today bears little resemblance to the... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

07 Jan 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs

"The problem is that there is a reason why these industries have evolved with the structure they have," Khaire points out. Art-works have much more symbolic value than material value. "The... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

July 1994
Case

Microsoft: Multimedia Publications (A)

By: Marco Iansiti and Ellen Stein

Microsoft Corp. has built a highly successful business around computer software (both applications and system software) using a particular organizational structure. Now that the company has chosen to enter the consumer market with a CD-ROM product, how should Microsoft... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Organizational Structure; Applications and Software; Design; Expansion; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Washington (state, US)

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