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- August 1998 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Harbus Foundation, The
By: James E. Austin and Linda Carrigan
Describes the challenges faced by a group of HBS students as they create a foundation. Given surplus funds generated by the student-run newspaper, The Harbus leadership decides to find a meaningful use for the excess cash. Profiles both the entrepreneurial process used...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Asset Management;
Financial Institutions;
Investment Portfolio;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Problems and Challenges;
Social Enterprise;
Valuation;
Financial Services Industry
Austin, James E., and Linda Carrigan. "Harbus Foundation, The." Harvard Business School Case 399-031, August 1998. (Revised October 2002.)
- July 1998 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Community Wealth Ventures, Inc.
By: James E. Austin and Meredith D. Pearson
Share Our Strength, a successful anti-hunger nonprofit organization, created a for-profit subsidiary--Community Wealth Ventures (CWV)--to provide advisory services to companies and nonprofits on collaboration. Management is reviewing CWV's start-up experience.
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
For-Profit Firms;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Partners and Partnerships;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Consulting Industry
Austin, James E., and Meredith D. Pearson. "Community Wealth Ventures, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 399-023, July 1998. (Revised August 1998.)
- May 1998
- Article
Note, Using Capital Cash Flows to Value Dissenters' Shares in Appraisal Proceedings
Subramanian, Guhan. "Note, Using Capital Cash Flows to Value Dissenters' Shares in Appraisal Proceedings." Harvard Law Review 111, no. 7 (May 1998).
- April 1998 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (A), The
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Lori A. Flees and Mathew M Millett
On October 15, 1996, Virginia-based CSX and Pennsylvania-based Consolidated Rail (Conrail), the first and third largest railroads in the eastern United States, announced their intent to merge in a friendly deal worth $8.3 billion. This deal was part of an industry-wide...
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Esty, Benjamin C., Lori A. Flees, and Mathew M Millett. "Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 298-006, April 1998. (Revised July 2005.)
- April 1998 (Revised May 2001)
- Supplement
Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (B), The
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Lori A. Flees and Mathew M Millett
Eight days after CSX announced it was going to buy Consolidated Rail (Conrail) for $88.65 per share, Norfolk Southern made a hostile $100 per share bid for Conrail. Over the next several months, the potential acquirers upped their bids while exchanging criticism in the...
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Keywords:
Law;
Valuation;
Rail Transportation;
Bids and Bidding;
Governance Controls;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Finance;
Rail Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., Lori A. Flees, and Mathew M Millett. "Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (B), The." Harvard Business School Supplement 298-095, April 1998. (Revised May 2001.)
- January 1998 (Revised February 2006)
- Background Note
Creating Competitive Advantage
By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Jan W. Rivkin
A firm such as Schering-Plough that earns superior, long-run financial returns within its industry is said to enjoy a competitive advantage over its rivals. This note examines the logic of how firms create competitive advantage. It emphasizes two themes: First, to...
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Keywords:
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Management;
Business Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Innovation Strategy;
Management Practices and Processes;
Value Creation;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Creating Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 798-062, January 1998. (Revised February 2006.)
- September 1997
- Case
Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (A)
By: W. Earl Sasser, Josep Valor and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Information Technology Services Director Mohamed Muhsin planned to restructure the World Bank's information technology in response to President Jim Wolfensohn's call to build a knowledge bank. Several reorganization efforts taken by the bank in the 1980s led to a...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Information;
Knowledge Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Technology;
Public Administration Industry
Sasser, W. Earl, Josep Valor, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-053, September 1997.
- September 1997 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Automated Intelligence Corporation
By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
Precision Controls is a Minnesota-based manufacturer of electronic control devices. To enhance its product line, Precision would like to establish an artificial intelligence research group, either through internal development or, preferably, by merging with or...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Valuation;
Research and Development;
Stock Shares;
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Tactics;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Manufacturing Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Minnesota
Sebenius, James K., and David T. Kotchen. "Automated Intelligence Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 898-045, September 1997. (Revised May 1999.)
- September 1997 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Precision Controls, Inc.
By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
Precision Controls is a Minnesota-based manufacturer of electronic control devices. To enhance its product line, Precision would like to establish an artificial intelligence research group, either through internal development or, preferably, by merging with or...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Valuation;
Research and Development;
Negotiation Process;
Stock Shares;
Negotiation Tactics;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Manufacturing Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Minnesota
Sebenius, James K., and David T. Kotchen. "Precision Controls, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 898-046, September 1997. (Revised May 1999.)
- May 1997
- Case
Donna Karan International Inc.
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Sarayu Srinivasan
Designer Donna Karan takes her firm public. After eager anticipation from Wall Street, the stock loses 60% of its value. This case addresses the questions: Is Karan's company ready to undertake responsibilities of being public? Is the company's strategy sustainable?...
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Keywords:
Public Equity;
Stock Shares;
Financial Strategy;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Outcome or Result;
Going Public;
Business Strategy;
Valuation;
Fashion Industry
Palepu, Krishna G., and Sarayu Srinivasan. "Donna Karan International Inc." Harvard Business School Case 197-077, May 1997.
- March 1997 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Amazon.com (A)
Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, an Internet-based bookseller, has created one of the most successful ventures for electronic commerce on the Web. With revenue growing at a pace of 30% per month, Bezos attributes the success of Amazon.com to its value...
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Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Dickson Louie. "Amazon.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-128, March 1997. (Revised April 1998.)
- December 1996 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
USG Corporation
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Tara L. Nells
In 1988, USG was the world's largest gypsum producer and one of the world's largest building-products companies. On May 2, 1988, USG's board of directors announced a proposed leveraged recapitalization plan to thwart a hostile cash tender offer by Desert Partners. With...
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Keywords:
Capital Structure;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Corporate Governance;
Valuation;
Cash Flow;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Restructuring;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Tara L. Nells. "USG Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 297-052, December 1996. (Revised July 1997.)
- April 1996 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Netscape's Initial Public Offering
By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
In August 1995, Netscape's board of directors was confronted with a decision about what price to offer the company's shares in its initial public offering (IPO). Preliminary demand for shares was high, but the company had not generated any positive earnings at the time...
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Keywords:
Initial Public Offering;
Information Technology;
Problems and Challenges;
Valuation;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Information Technology Industry
Kester, W. Carl, and Kendall Backstrand. "Netscape's Initial Public Offering." Harvard Business School Case 296-088, April 1996. (Revised May 1997.)
- March 1996
- Case
Telmex PRIDES
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Mark Seasholes
The case examines an issue by a Mexican development bank of PRIDES written on Telmex stock. PRIDES are a dividend-enhanced security which are exchangeable into shares of the underlying stock. The focus is on pricing these instruments, which involve large...
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Keywords:
Financial Derivatives;
Securities;
International Finance;
Banks and Banking;
Financial Instruments;
Valuation;
Mexico
Froot, Kenneth A., and Mark Seasholes. "Telmex PRIDES." Harvard Business School Case 296-009, March 1996.
- February 1996 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
Chrysler Takeover Attempt, The
By: Richard S. Ruback and William DeWitt
On April 12, 1995, Kirk Kerkorian made an unsolicited offer to buy the outstanding shares of Chrysler Corp. This case analyzes the proposed deal and addresses the key contextual elements contributing to the takeover attempt.
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Keywords:
Valuation;
Negotiation Deal;
Negotiation Offer;
Acquisition;
Financial Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
United States
Ruback, Richard S., and William DeWitt. "Chrysler Takeover Attempt, The." Harvard Business School Case 296-078, February 1996. (Revised September 1996.)
- Article
Investing in Distressed Situations: A Market Survey
By: S. C. Gilson
The risks of investing in distressed companies—a practice popularly known as "vulture" investing—are highly firm specific and idiosyncratic. Investors who are adept at managing these risks, who understand the legal rules that must be followed in corporate bankruptcy,...
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Gilson, S. C. "Investing in Distressed Situations: A Market Survey." Financial Analysts Journal 51, no. 6 (November–December 1995): 8–27.
- March 1995
- Case
Donald Salter Communications, Inc.
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jeremy Cott
A new CEO is hired to manage the turnaround of a family-owned newspaper publisher. In a departure from previous management, he implements a new compensation scheme that explicitly ties executive pay to market-value-based measures of firm performance. Because the...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Transformation;
Asset Management;
Wages;
Balanced Scorecard;
Family Ownership;
Motivation and Incentives;
Valuation;
Journalism and News Industry
Gilson, Stuart C., and Jeremy Cott. "Donald Salter Communications, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 295-114, March 1995.
- October 1994
- Case
Bankers Trust: Global Investment Bank
By: Andre F. Perold and Kuljot Singh
In October 1992, Eugene Shanks, president of Bankers Trust New York Corp., and Brian Walsh, head of the Global Investment Bank (GIB) business unit, are considering a proposal for a large and complex financing involving the North Sea Oil Co. (NSOC). The financing...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Risk Management;
Value Creation;
Business History;
Capital Markets;
Financing and Loans;
Financial Markets;
Corporate Finance;
Banking Industry;
Energy Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Kuljot Singh. "Bankers Trust: Global Investment Bank." Harvard Business School Case 295-010, October 1994.
- May 1994 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
PepsiCo: A View from the Corporate Office
Describes the three business segments of PepsiCo (beverages, snack foods, and restaurants). It then explores the competitive environment within each segment and the response of PepsiCo's businesses. It seeks to show how PepsiCo CEO, D. Wayne Calloway, in a very...
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Change;
Governance Controls;
Management Style;
Organizational Structure;
Situation or Environment;
Competitive Strategy;
Value;
Food and Beverage Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Leonard A. Schlesinger. "PepsiCo: A View from the Corporate Office." Harvard Business School Case 694-078, May 1994. (Revised November 1994.)