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- February 2000 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
Women.com
By: Myra M. Hart and Sarah S. Khetani
Entrepreneurs Ellen Pack and Marleen McDaniel have founded a women's online network and watched it grow from an online subscription service in 1992 to one of the best known, widely visited women's networks on the web in 1999. While the company's vision has remained...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Entrepreneurship;
Internet and the Web;
Partners and Partnerships;
Initial Public Offering;
Networks;
Transition;
Web Services Industry
Hart, Myra M., and Sarah S. Khetani. "Women.com." Harvard Business School Case 800-216, February 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- January 2000 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
StarMedia: Launching a Latin American Revolution
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jon K Rust
By the fall of 1999, StarMedia had sprinted to a sizable lead in the race to acquire Latin American Internet users. Its pan-regional, horizontal portal was the first to target Spanish- and Portuguese-language speakers on the Internet, registering 1.2 billion page views...
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Keywords:
Private Ownership;
History;
Risk Management;
Business Cycles;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Infrastructure;
Media;
Emerging Markets;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Web;
Information Technology Industry;
Web Services Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Jon K Rust. "StarMedia: Launching a Latin American Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 800-166, January 2000. (Revised April 2000.)
- September 1999 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
The Goldman Sachs IPO
Addresses the proposed IPO and raises questions regarding how agency costs may rise or fall as Goldman converts from a private partnership to a public limited corporation.
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Keywords:
Initial Public Offering;
Going Public;
Corporate Governance;
Agency Theory;
Transformation;
Financial Services Industry
Nanda, Ashish, Malcolm S. Salter, Boris Groysberg, and Sarah Matthews. "The Goldman Sachs IPO." Harvard Business School Case 800-016, September 1999. (Revised July 2022.)
- March 1999
- Case
Australia's Telstra Corporation (A): Going Public
By: W. Earl Sasser, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
Frank Blount is named CEO of Telstra, Australia's state-owned telecommunications giant. In preparation for its 1997 IPO, he must reorganize the company from an inefficient public entity into a lean, customer-driven organization.
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Initial Public Offering;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
State Ownership;
Performance Effectiveness;
Privatization;
Telecommunications Industry;
Australia
Sasser, W. Earl, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Australia's Telstra Corporation (A): Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 899-209, March 1999.
- February 1999 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
Investitori Associati: Exiting the Savio LBO (A)
By: Josh Lerner, Dino Cattaneo and Giampiero Mazza
Investitori Associati seeks to exit a leveraged buyout investment. Choosing the appropriate way in which to undertake their exit-an initial public offering or sale of the firm-proves problematic.
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Lerner, Josh, Dino Cattaneo, and Giampiero Mazza. "Investitori Associati: Exiting the Savio LBO (A)." Harvard Business School Case 299-048, February 1999. (Revised June 1999.)
- January 1999 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
AMB Consolidation, The
By: William J. Poorvu and Daniel J. Rudd
Anne Shea, assistant vice president at the Curators' Fund (The Fund), is responsible for investing roughly $80 million in real-estate assets. Less than three years ago, Anne invested $40 million into a commingled fund run by AMB Institutional Realty Advisors, Inc., a...
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Keywords:
Private Ownership;
Conflict of Interests;
Industry Structures;
Property;
Investment;
Public Ownership;
Real Estate Industry
Poorvu, William J., and Daniel J. Rudd. "AMB Consolidation, The." Harvard Business School Case 899-144, January 1999. (Revised March 2004.)
- January 1999 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
Asia Property Limited
By: William J. Poorvu and Daniel J. Rudd
On October 23, 1998, Bud Lake leafed through his files on property markets in Asia. Lake was responsible for real-estate investments at an aggressive and eclectic investment fund with total assets of $1.5 billion--up from $400 million at its start in 1994. As the fund...
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Keywords:
Private Ownership;
Entrepreneurship;
Investment Funds;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Public Ownership;
Real Estate Industry;
Asia;
United States;
Europe
Poorvu, William J., and Daniel J. Rudd. "Asia Property Limited." Harvard Business School Case 899-145, January 1999. (Revised August 1999.)
- November 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Background Note
Business as Stakeholder in Public Education: A History of Business Efforts to Improve Public Schools in the United States
Explores seven roles businesses and business leaders have played with respect to U.S. public education reform historically and today: "owners" helping set the agenda; "investors" donating funds; "customers" hiring graduates; "experts" contributing management know-how;...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Education;
Performance Improvement;
Business and Community Relations;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Business as Stakeholder in Public Education: A History of Business Efforts to Improve Public Schools in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 399-062, November 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
- October 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
CRA Managed Care, Inc. (B)
By: Myra M. Hart and Susan Harmeling
An entrepreneur's transition from chairman/CEO of a large privately held company, to chairman of a public company, to leadership in several large nonprofit organizations is chronicled.
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career
Hart, Myra M., and Susan Harmeling. "CRA Managed Care, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 899-069, October 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
- October 1998
- Case
CRA Managed Care, Inc. (C)
By: Myra M. Hart and Susan Harmeling
Chronicles an entrepreneur's transition from chairman/CEO of a large privately held company, to chairman of a public company, to board member, to president of several major nonprofit boards, to founder of a new nonprofit for women business owners and founder of a new...
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Keywords:
Transition;
Leadership;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career;
Gender;
Management Skills;
United States
Hart, Myra M., and Susan Harmeling. "CRA Managed Care, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 899-070, October 1998.
- October 1998 (Revised December 1999)
- Case
Lockheed Martin IMS: Making a Contribution and a Profit
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Courtney Purrington
Examines Lockheed Martin's attempt to move from its traditional reliance on defense/aerospace contracts into providing outsourced government services in the social sector. The protagonist reflects on the past 24 years of rapid growth in the company and the myriad...
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise;
Partners and Partnerships;
Diversification;
Performance Effectiveness;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Welfare;
Private Ownership;
Public Ownership;
Privatization;
Strategic Planning;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Courtney Purrington. "Lockheed Martin IMS: Making a Contribution and a Profit." Harvard Business School Case 399-018, October 1998. (Revised December 1999.)
- September 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Integral Capital Partners
By: Andre F. Perold and Markus Mullarkey
Integral Capital Partners is a small firm with a very distinctive approach to investing in high-technology stocks. The firm invests privately in small start-ups as well as in publicly traded companies, and it develops important financial and advisory relationships with...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Value Creation;
Venture Capital;
Asset Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Public Sector;
Private Sector;
Business Startups;
Corporate Finance;
Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Markus Mullarkey. "Integral Capital Partners." Harvard Business School Case 299-019, September 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
- July 1998
- Supplement
Bell Atlantic in Union City
In this pioneering project to wire a school for the Internet and put computers in students' homes, Bell Atlantic combined its need for a beta site for a technology trial with the school reform efforts of the Union City, New Jersey public schools, under the leadership...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Social Enterprise;
Internet and the Web;
Education;
Business and Community Relations;
Education Industry;
New Jersey
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Bell Atlantic in Union City." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-501, July 1998.
- May 1998
- Background Note
Note on the Retailing Industry
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Presents a survey discussion of retailing and current issues. Examines the impact of changing consumer attitudes on the industry and outlines the industry's response: consolidation, adoption of technology, use of brands and private labels, and changing relationships...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Debates;
Customers;
Surveys;
Partners and Partnerships;
Attitudes;
Adoption;
Consolidation;
Retail Industry
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Note on the Retailing Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 598-148, May 1998.
- 1998
- Working Paper
Public Risk Management and the Private Sector: An Exploratory Essay
By: David A. Moss
- January 1998 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Sideco Americana S.A. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
This case focuses on a decision the Sideco management team faces when customers of its newly acquired and privatized water and sewer company neglect to pay its bills. Describes the effort to transform an old-style Argentine construction and engineering company into a...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Transformation;
Business or Company Management;
Values and Beliefs;
Argentina
Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Sideco Americana S.A. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-081, January 1998. (Revised February 1998.)
- January 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Fojtasek Companies and Heritage Partners, The: March 1995
By: Samuel L. Hayes III and Josh Lerner
The Fojtasek Companies, a family business, faces several financing choices to address generational succession issues. Several buyouts have expressed interest in acquiring the firm outright; an investment bank has proposed a leveraged recapitalization; and a private...
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Keywords:
Family Ownership;
Financing and Loans;
Private Equity;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Investment Banking;
Partners and Partnerships;
Management Succession;
Capital Structure;
Financial Strategy
Hayes, Samuel L., III, and Josh Lerner. "Fojtasek Companies and Heritage Partners, The: March 1995." Harvard Business School Case 297-046, January 1997. (Revised November 1997.)
- December 1996
- Supplement
Cleveland Turnaround: Leadership in Action
By: James E. Austin, Jaan Elias and Andrea L Strimling
Consists of three separate parts. Part 1, The Cleveland Turnaround, describes Cleveland's decline until its bankruptcy in 1978. This is followed by the remedial actions taken by community leaders, starting with the election of a new mayor, the formation of new...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Business Cycles;
Development Economics;
Urban Development;
Social Issues;
Business and Community Relations;
Cleveland
Austin, James E., Jaan Elias, and Andrea L Strimling. "Cleveland Turnaround: Leadership in Action." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 797-501, December 1996.
- February 1996 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
A new administration in the City of Indianapolis is initially determined to privatize many municipal services. Before taking this action, however, the city managers want to know the current cost of performing these services with the municipal workers. Existing...
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Keywords:
Cost Management;
Public Sector;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Service Delivery;
Privatization;
City;
Indianapolis
Kaplan, Robert S. "Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 196-115, February 1996. (Revised November 2003.)
- November 1995 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Acme Investment Trust
By: Josh Lerner
Acme Investment Trust is considering investing in a private equity partnership that is seeking only 15% of the profits, instead of the standard 20%. The management fee requested, however, is higher than in its earlier fund. The pension managers must consider the...
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Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits;
Private Equity;
Organizations;
Investment Funds;
Motivation and Incentives;
Financial Services Industry
Lerner, Josh. "Acme Investment Trust." Harvard Business School Case 296-042, November 1995. (Revised October 2000.)