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By: Shikhar Ghosh
I am focused on exploring the human side of developing early stage entrepreneurial ventures. These enterprises are characterized by the pursuit of opportunity, shortage of resources to pursue their goals and uncertainty at every step of the journey. Some of the...
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- October 2022 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Century Bank: Closing Time?
By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Bill Kwon
Barry Sloane, second-generation Chairman, President, and CEO of his family’s bank, Century Bank, weighed whether to sell to Eastern Bank. As a small regional bank, Century faced a number of challenging trends, such as digitization and market share decline in the coming...
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Keywords:
Family Office;
Business Exit;
Banking;
Family;
Massachusetts;
Boston;
United States;
Acquisition;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Family Business;
Family and Family Relationships;
Interpersonal Communication;
Decision Making;
Finance;
Banks and Banking;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Emotions;
Banking Industry;
Boston;
Massachusetts;
United States
Cohen, Lauren, Grace Headinger, and Bill Kwon. "Century Bank: Closing Time?" Harvard Business School Case 223-040, October 2022. (Revised January 2023.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Bringing Science to Market: Knowledge Foundations and Performance
By: Justine Boudou and Maria Roche
Possessing unique knowledge is widely considered a critical source of competitive advantage. In this paper, we examine the relationship between the extent to which founders exploit their own technologically unique knowledge and subsequent new venture performance. Using...
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Keywords:
Firm Performance;
Knowledge Foundations;
Exits;
Academic Startups;
Competitive Advantage;
Value Creation;
Research;
Information Publishing;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship
Boudou, Justine, and Maria Roche. "Bringing Science to Market: Knowledge Foundations and Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-021, October 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
- Article
The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy
By: Marco Di Maggio and Marcin Kacperczyk
We study the impact of the zero lower bound interest rate policy on the industrial organization of the U.S. money fund industry. We find that in response to policies that maintain low interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier...
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Keywords:
Quantitative Easing;
Money Market Funds;
Reaching For Yield;
Risk Taking;
Fund Exit;
Unconventional Monetary Policy;
Investment Funds;
Interest Rates
Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk. "The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy." Journal of Financial Economics 123, no. 1 (January 2017): 59–80.
- June 2013
- Teaching Note
Wayne Ferrari: iAutomation at a Crossroads
By: Jim Sharpe and Michael Norris
This is the teaching note associated with HBS Case #813120.
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- February 2018 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
SoulCycle: The Road Ahead
By: Ashish Nanda, Eric Van den Steen and Jeffrey Boyar
Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler founded SoulCycle, an indoor cycling studio chain, in 2006 as more than a health club; they wanted it to become a lifestyle brand that would “empower riders in an immersive fitness experience.” By early 2015, SoulCycle had grown to 38...
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Keywords:
Fitness;
Fitness Industry;
Exercise;
Cycling;
Boutique Fitness;
Exit Strategy;
Growth;
Bicycles;
Retail;
Pricing;
Community;
SoulCycle;
Vision;
Health;
Leadership;
Strategy;
Marketing;
Decision Making;
Health Industry;
United States
Nanda, Ashish, Eric Van den Steen, and Jeffrey Boyar. "SoulCycle: The Road Ahead." Harvard Business School Case 718-499, February 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
- June 2013
- Supplement
Wayne Ferrari: iAutomation at a Crossroads (Video Supplement)
This is the Video Supplement for Wayne Ferrari: I Automation at a Crossroads (HBS Case #813120).
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurs;
Private Equity Exit;
Pricing;
Pricing Policies;
Pricing Strategy;
Pricing Structure;
Distribution;
Channels Of Distribution;
Acquisitions;
Integration;
Growth;
Salesforce Management;
Price;
Private Equity;
Manufacturing Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Electronics Industry;
United States
Sharpe, Jim. "Wayne Ferrari: iAutomation at a Crossroads (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 813-704, June 2013.
- January 2010 (Revised April 2010)
- Case
Google in China (A)
By: John A. Quelch
In January 2010, Google threatened in a public statement to stop censoring its search results on its google.cn website, as required by Chinese authorities. Should Google exit China? Or attempt a compromise with the Chinese government?
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Keywords:
Crisis Management;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business and Government Relations;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology Industry;
China
Quelch, John A., and Katherine Jocz. "Google in China (A)." Harvard Business School Case 510-071, January 2010. (Revised April 2010.)
- June 2013
- Article
Vacancies in Supply Chain Networks
By: John William Hatfield and Scott Duke Kominers
We use the supply chain matching framework to study the effects of firm exit. We show that the exit of an initial supplier or end consumer has monotonic effects on the welfare of initial suppliers and end consumers but may simultaneously have positive and negative...
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Hatfield, John William, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Vacancies in Supply Chain Networks." Economics Letters 119, no. 3 (June 2013): 354–357.
- April 2018 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Shanda Family Office
By: Christopher Malloy, Lauren Cohen and Essie Alamsyah
Tianqiao Chen, founder and CEO of Shanda Group, has set up his family office in the U.S. in 2016 after exiting from Shanda's Internet games business in China in 2014, again pioneering an unconventional approach to the management of a family office.
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Management;
Strategy;
Investment;
Goals and Objectives;
China;
United States
Malloy, Christopher, Lauren Cohen, and Essie Alamsyah. "Shanda Family Office." Harvard Business School Case 218-102, April 2018. (Revised September 2019.)
- 23 Jun 2015
- Video
Innovation and the Retailization of Health Care
- June 2001
- Case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (F): The Fall of 3DO
Outlines the events leading up to 3DO's exit from the home video game licensing business. 3DO's business model is considered flawed because of its incompatibility with industry structure and economics.
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Coughlan, Peter J., and Deborah Freier. "Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (F): The Fall of 3DO." Harvard Business School Case 701-096, June 2001.
- 17 May 2021
- News
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
- September 2018
- Case
Advent International: Kroton Investment
By: Victoria Ivashina, Ruth Kostas and Priscilla Zogbi
Keywords:
Private Equity;
Acquisition;
IPO;
Valuation;
Education;
Distance Learning;
Turnaround;
Growth;
Exit;
PE;
Buyer;
Middle-class;
Low Income;
K-12;
Entrepreneur;
Family Business;
University;
College;
Consolidation;
Fragmentation;
Penetration;
Value;
Shares;
Control;
Negotiation;
Equity;
Transaction;
Board;
Majority;
Minority;
Post-secondary;
Leverage;
Campus;
Deal;
Shareholder;
Tag Along;
Brazil;
Latin America
Ivashina, Victoria, Ruth Kostas, and Priscilla Zogbi. "Advent International: Kroton Investment." Harvard Business School Case 219-035, September 2018.
- May 2022
- Case
Grupo Big Exit: Options for Advent and Walmart
By: Victoria Ivashina, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo
After conducting an impressive turnaround in Walmart’s subsidiary in Brazil, Private Equity firm Advent International has to decide how to exit this investment: through an IPO or selling the business to Carrefour.
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Ivashina, Victoria, Ruth Costas, and Pedro Levindo. "Grupo Big Exit: Options for Advent and Walmart." Harvard Business School Case 222-086, May 2022.
- October 2011
- Case
Patricia Gottesman at Crimson Hexagon
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Mary Beth Findlay
After successful capital raises and significant progress in gaining market acceptance of its tools for analyzing public opinion, Crimson Hexagon's CEO prepares to address the company's investors on the question of exit strategy.
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Keywords:
Corporate Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Policy;
Information Industry;
Web Services Industry
Goldberg, Lena G., and Mary Beth Findlay. "Patricia Gottesman at Crimson Hexagon." Harvard Business School Case 312-068, October 2011.
- September 1984 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Federated Industries (A)
By: Robert J. Dolan
The market leader in an overcapacity industry with a commodity product is trying to restore industry price levels. Price cutting has hurt overall industry price levels and the leader must determine whether (and how) to bring up price levels or exit the market.
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Keywords:
Supply and Industry;
Market Entry and Exit;
Price;
Goods and Commodities;
Competition;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Dolan, Robert J. "Federated Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 585-104, September 1984. (Revised December 1992.)
- February 2014 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Aldi: The Dark Horse Discounter
By: Eric Van den Steen and David Lane
In 2013, Aldi—the world's 8th largest retailer—planned to accelerate its US expansion. Aldi was a German-based hard discounter that sold a limited assortment of private-label groceries and household items in barebones stores. Despite its presence with 1200 stores in 32...
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Van den Steen, Eric, and David Lane. "Aldi: The Dark Horse Discounter." Harvard Business School Case 714-474, February 2014. (Revised December 2016.)
- February 2012 (Revised August 2014)
- Supplement
Poles Apart on PZU (C)
By: Francesca Gino, Vincent Dessain, Karol Misztal and Michael Khayyat
After a decade-long dispute with the Polish State Treasury, in October 2009 the Dutch insurer Eureko agreed to exit PZU in exchange for compensation. Who was the biggest beneficiary of the settlement: Eureko, the Treasury, or PZU itself?
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Gino, Francesca, Vincent Dessain, Karol Misztal, and Michael Khayyat. "Poles Apart on PZU (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 912-015, February 2012. (Revised August 2014.)
- January 2012 (Revised November 2012)
- Supplement
Ultimate Fighting Championship: License to Operate (B)
By: George Serafeim and Kyle Welch
The case describes the financial performance and business development of UFC after the change in ownership that happened in 2000, until 2004, when the owners are considering exiting the business.
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Serafeim, George, and Kyle Welch. "Ultimate Fighting Championship: License to Operate (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 112-081, January 2012. (Revised November 2012.)