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- June 2013
- Supplement
Hexcel Turnaround—2001 (Video Supplement)
This is the Video Supplement for Hexcel Turnaround - 2001(A), (B) and (C), HBS Cases 806099, 806100, 806101.
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Keywords:
Turnarounds;
Human Capital;
Organizational Change And Transformation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Management;
Leadership;
General Management;
Bankruptcy;
Bankruptcy Reorganization;
Financial Crisis Management;
Acquisitions;
Debt Crisis;
Debt;
Debt Management;
Crisis Management;
Financial Crisis;
Private Equity;
Public Ownership;
Resignation and Termination;
Restructuring;
Air Transportation Industry;
Communications Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States;
Europe
Sharpe, Jim. "Hexcel Turnaround—2001 (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 813-723, June 2013.
- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
Reorganize for Resilience: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business (Harvard Business Press). Gulati, whose research explores leadership and strategic challenges for building high growth organizations in turbulent markets, is the...
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- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
It is hard to imagine a more difficult and tragic trial by fire for a new leader. On September 4, 2001, Robert Mueller started his new job as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A mere week later, on September 11, al-Qaeda terrorists carried out...
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by Carmen Nobel
- November 2006 (Revised August 2012)
- Background Note
A Strategic Perspective on Bankruptcy
By: Bill George, Jim Sharpe and Andrew N. McLean
An overview of bankruptcy procedures in U.S. courts, recent filing data and a framework for evaluating a reorganization with creditors or considering opening a court-supervised reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Keywords:
Bankruptcy;
Financial Distress;
Turnarounds;
Legal Aspects Of Business;
Liquidation;
Boards Of Directors;
Hedge Funds;
Strategy;
Law;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Negotiation;
Crisis Management;
Policy;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Credit;
Financial Crisis;
United States
George, Bill, Jim Sharpe, and Andrew N. McLean. "A Strategic Perspective on Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Background Note 407-035, November 2006. (Revised August 2012.)
- June 1996 (Revised April 1997)
- Supplement
Andersen Consulting--EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organizational Change
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Ashish Nanda
Supplements Andersen Consulting - EMEA: Reorganization for Revitalization.
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Yoshino, Michael Y., and Ashish Nanda. "Andersen Consulting--EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organizational Change." Harvard Business School Supplement 396-375, June 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
- July 2019
- Article
Optimal Capital Structure and Bankruptcy Choice: Dynamic Bargaining vs Liquidation
By: Samuel Antill and Steven R. Grenadier
We model a firm’s optimal capital structure decision in a framework in which it may later choose to enter either Chapter 11 reorganization or Chapter 7 liquidation. Creditors anticipate equityholders’ ex-post reorganization incentives and price them into the ex-ante...
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Keywords:
Default;
Dynamic Bargaining;
Capital Structure;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Mathematical Methods
Antill, Samuel, and Steven R. Grenadier. "Optimal Capital Structure and Bankruptcy Choice: Dynamic Bargaining vs Liquidation." Journal of Financial Economics 133, no. 1 (July 2019): 198–224.
- February 2015
- Case
Transforming Verizon 2015: Going Above the Network
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Daniel Fox
In 2015, the Chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications reflects on his four years leading the company and considers strategic repositioning for the future. Meanwhile, a rising leader within the organization, Marni Walden, leads change with a new, company-wide product...
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Keywords:
Verizon;
Lowell McAdam;
Marni Walden;
Verizon Wireless;
Telecommunications;
Wireless Communications;
Organizational Change And Transformation;
Organizational Culture;
Corporate Strategy;
Corporate Structure;
Reorganization;
Positioning;
Transformation;
Leadership;
Managing Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Communication Technology;
Innovation Leadership;
Wireless Technology;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Daniel Fox. "Transforming Verizon 2015: Going Above the Network." Harvard Business School Case 315-068, February 2015.
- December 2004 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Delaware Worldwide Corporation
By: Ronald W. Moore
Discusses the bankruptcy reorganization process, with an emphasis on valuation and capital structure. Serves as the basis for a bankruptcy reorganization game that has been used for many years in Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring, a second-year finance...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Capital Structure;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Financial Strategy;
Valuation
Moore, Ronald W. "Delaware Worldwide Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 205-047, December 2004. (Revised July 2008.)
- November 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Celsius Network Inc.: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt in the Brave New World of Crypto Bankruptcy
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
In July 2022, Celsius Network filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. CEO Alex Mashinsky acknowledged that Celsius had grown its assets “faster than the Company was prepared to deploy [them]” and as a result had made “certain poor asset deployment decisions.” Two months after...
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Keywords:
Cryptocurrency;
Chapter 11;
Restructuring;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Asset Management;
Acquisition;
Borrowing and Debt;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "Celsius Network Inc.: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt in the Brave New World of Crypto Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Case 224-044, November 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
- July 2016 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Alphabet Eyes New Frontiers (A)
By: Juan Alcacer, Raffaella Sadun, Olivia Hull and Kerry Herman
In October 2015, Google restructured into Alphabet, a holding company, which analysts said would facilitate innovation among its diverse subsidiaries. But when news reports surfaced revealing struggles within Alphabet companies including Nest, the smart thermostat...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Conglomerates;
Corporate Restructuring;
Google;
Corporate Strategy;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Innovation Strategy;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Research and Development;
Diversification;
Financial Reporting;
Talent and Talent Management;
Technology Industry;
Computer Industry;
California;
United States
Alcacer, Juan, Raffaella Sadun, Olivia Hull, and Kerry Herman. "Alphabet Eyes New Frontiers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 717-418, July 2016. (Revised March 2024.)
- August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Kmart and ESL Investments (A)
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah Abbott
A major bankrupt retailer is poised to emerge from Chapter 11. Two activist hedge funds ("vulture investors") will own over 50% of reorganized Kmart's common stock, based on prior investments in Kmart's debt claims, and an infusion of new equity financing. The Chapter...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Capital Structure;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Investment;
Investment Activism;
Valuation;
Financial Services Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States
Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah Abbott. "Kmart and ESL Investments (A)." Harvard Business School Case 209-044, August 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- 18 Aug 2015
- News
Google's Alphabet move was brilliant
- September 1989 (Revised April 1991)
- Case
Pepsi-Cola U.S. Beverages (B)
Outlines the steps PepsiCo actually took in reorganizing its domestic soft drink business. Students are asked to analyze the pluses and minuses of the change.
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Pearson, Andrall E. "Pepsi-Cola U.S. Beverages (B)." Harvard Business School Case 390-035, September 1989. (Revised April 1991.)
- June 1991 (Revised May 1992)
- Case
Cumberland Worldwide Corp. (B)
Cumberland has been in Chapter 11 for 18 months and is trying to formulate a plan of reorganization that will satisfy a variety of claimants. Teaching objective: valuation and negotiation issues.
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Moore, Ronald W. "Cumberland Worldwide Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 291-082, June 1991. (Revised May 1992.)
- 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.
- Research Summary
Distress Investing
By: Arthur I Segel
Because of the economic crisis this past few years, I am interested in more work on debt restructuring and reorganization of real estate projects/companies.
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- July 1998
- Supplement
Organizational Change at Andersen Consulting - EMEAI
By: Ashish Nanda
Supplements Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Reorganization for Revitalization. An alternative to video Organizational Change at Anderson Consulting - EMEAI, Video.
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Nanda, Ashish. "Organizational Change at Andersen Consulting - EMEAI." Harvard Business School Supplement 899-035, July 1998.
- May 1997
- Case
CompUSA
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Sarayu Srinivasan
CompUSA was performing poorly until new management reorganized and redirected the business. Consequently, CompUSA became the top retailer in its industry. Management outlines its future plans.
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Change Management;
Finance;
Success;
Performance Evaluation;
Strategic Planning;
Business Strategy;
Computer Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States
Palepu, Krishna G., and Sarayu Srinivasan. "CompUSA." Harvard Business School Case 197-101, May 1997.
- October 2007 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Offering the Right Service in the Right Place: Growing Orthopedics at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner (BW/F) Hospitals
By: V.G. Narayanan, Michael G. Wilson and Rachel Gordon
After the merger of two local hospitals, hospital leaders much decide how to reorganize services to take advantage of newly created efficiencies. Focuses on the Orthopedics department at one of the hospitals.
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Keywords:
Cost Accounting;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Cost vs Benefits;
Service Operations;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Efficiency;
Competitive Advantage;
Health Industry
Narayanan, V.G., Michael G. Wilson, and Rachel Gordon. "Offering the Right Service in the Right Place: Growing Orthopedics at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner (BW/F) Hospitals." Harvard Business School Case 108-016, October 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
- October 1990 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
Changing the Culture at British Airways
By: John P. Kotter
In just 10 years, 1980-1990, British Airways turned around both its declining image and financial situation. Focusing on the paramount importance of customer service, British Airways went from "bloody awful" to "bloody awesome." Experiencing a financial crisis in 1981...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Problems and Challenges;
Customer Relationship Management;
Corporate Strategy;
Privatization;
Air Transportation Industry;
United Kingdom
Kotter, John P. "Changing the Culture at British Airways." Harvard Business School Case 491-009, October 1990. (Revised September 1993.)