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- April 2005 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
Berkshire Partners: Bidding for Carter's
By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn
A five-member team from Berkshire Partners must recommend a final bid and financial structure for a leveraged buyout of William Carter Co., a leading producer of children's apparel. Investorcorp, a global investment group, has put the company up for auction. Goldman...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Capital Structure;
Private Equity;
Financing and Loans;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Valuation;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Baker, Malcolm P., and James Quinn. "Berkshire Partners: Bidding for Carter's." Harvard Business School Case 205-058, April 2005. (Revised August 2011.)
- June 2004
- Case
TechnoServe and the Tanzanian Specialty Coffee Industry
In 2003, TechnoServe, a U.S.-based, international, nonprofit organization, was deciding how to structure the capital investments required for Tanzanian business groups to acquire coffee bean central pulperies. This case explores the challenges of capital budgeting and...
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Keywords:
Small Business;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Cash Flow;
Emerging Markets;
Financing and Loans;
Capital Budgeting;
Tanzania
Hecht, Peter A., and Salim Haji. "TechnoServe and the Tanzanian Specialty Coffee Industry." Harvard Business School Case 204-153, June 2004.
- December 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
CUC and HFS: Corporate Identity for a "Merger of Equals"
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Robert J. Crawford
In the wake of a major $20 billion market capitalization "merger of equals," two large consumer service firms must determine a new name for the new entity. Neither CUC nor HFS is well known among consumers. The CUC Services (e.g., shopping, travel, credit card...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Capital;
Brands and Branding;
Identity;
Customization and Personalization;
Value;
Service Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and Robert J. Crawford. CUC and HFS: Corporate Identity for a "Merger of Equals". Harvard Business School Case 598-028, December 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- March 2016 (Revised November 2020)
- Case
Tableau
By: Boris Vallee
Matrix Capital Management, a long-short equity hedge fund based in Waltham, Massachusetts, is assessing its investment in Tableau, a data visualization company. Tableau, which conducted an IPO a few years ago, has been experiencing substantial growth as it aims at...
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Keywords:
Hedge Fund;
Long-short Equity;
Growth Investing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Investment;
Valuation;
Technology;
Technology Industry;
Waltham
Vallee, Boris. "Tableau." Harvard Business School Case 216-045, March 2016. (Revised November 2020.)
- March 2001 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Chase's Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
In late 1999, the Walt Disney Co. and the Hong Kong government agreed to develop Hong Kong Disneyland, a HK$28 (U.S.$3.6) billion theme park and resort complex planned to open in late 2005. As part of the total financing package, the sponsors decided to raise HK$3.3...
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Keywords:
Working Capital;
Project Finance;
Relationships;
Financing and Loans;
Financial Strategy;
Tourism Industry;
Hong Kong
Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Chase's Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 201-072, March 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
- 2015
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Howard Fischer, Eric Jacobsen, and Gratitude Railroad's Impact Investing
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Daniel Lennox-Choate
In 2013, Howard Fischer (hedge fund founder) and Eric Jacobsen (serial entrepreneur and private equity investor) established Gratitude Railroad as a community of impact investors in nine different "tracks." Each track represented a different concept for using...
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Keywords:
Impact Investing;
Environmental And Social Sustainability;
Social Change;
Sustainable Business And Innovation;
Investment;
Social Issues;
Environmental Sustainability;
Venture Capital;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Leadership;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Daniel Lennox-Choate. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Howard Fischer, Eric Jacobsen, and Gratitude Railroad's Impact Investing." Harvard Business Publishing Case 316-047, 2015.
William A. Sahlman
William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details
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Charlotte L. Robertson
Charlotte Robertson is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches BGIE in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Robertson conducts research on the history of financial...
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- December 1990 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Anheuser-Busch and Campbell Taggart
In 1984, the SEC accused Paul Thayer and eight others of insider trading. Some of Thayer's inside information came from his position on the board of Anheuser-Busch, where he had learned about Busch's 1982 merger with Campbell Taggart before the merger was publicly...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Capital Markets;
Manufacturing Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Sirri, Erik R. "Anheuser-Busch and Campbell Taggart." Harvard Business School Case 291-020, December 1990. (Revised November 1992.)
- January 2011 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
Marvel Enterprises, Inc. (Abridged)
By: Anita Elberse
The management team of Marvel Enterprises, known for its universe of superhero characters that includes Spider-Man, the Hulk, and X-Men, must reevaluate its marketing strategy. In June 2004, only six years after the company emerged from bankruptcy, Marvel has amassed a...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Intellectual Property;
Rights;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Elberse, Anita. "Marvel Enterprises, Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 511-097, January 2011. (Revised January 2011.)
- 13 Oct 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Pricing Liquidity: The Quantity Structure of Immediacy Prices
- March 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Background Note
A Note on Microeconomics for Strategists
By: Kenneth S. Corts and Jan W. Rivkin
Summarizes the core ideas about the microeconomics of markets that are most relevant to business strategy. Sections I and II develop two basic building blocks of any market, demand and supply. Section II discusses how demand and supply interact to determine the...
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Keywords:
Microeconomics;
Cost;
Cost of Capital;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy
Corts, Kenneth S., and Jan W. Rivkin. "A Note on Microeconomics for Strategists." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-128, March 1999. (Revised January 2000.)
- December 2021 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy to Drive Shareholder Value
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel W. Fisher
At one time, Bed Bath & Beyond was one of the most successful specialty retailers in the United States—its growth and profit margins far exceeded both peer retailers in the home goods market as well as many other discount retailers. But in 2014, its stock price peaked,...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Value Creation;
Diversification;
Corporate Governance;
Leading Change;
Performance Evaluation;
Valuation;
Investment Activism;
Retail Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel W. Fisher. "Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy to Drive Shareholder Value." Harvard Business School Case 722-408, December 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
- March 1989 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Avon Products
Avon Products announced both a change in its business focus and a reduction of its dividend in June 1988. To offset the likely stock price effect of the dividend reduction, Avon announced at the same time an unusual exchange offer, under which it would take up to 25%...
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Tiemann, Jonathan. "Avon Products." Harvard Business School Case 289-049, March 1989. (Revised August 1994.)
- September 2004 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Catastrophe Bonds at Swiss Re
In 2002, Swiss Re, the world's second--largest insurance company, is considering securitizing parts of its risk portfolio in the capital markets. This would be a first for the company that, until then, had never transferred risk off its balance sheet. Peter Giessmann,...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Bonds;
Natural Disasters;
Insurance;
Capital Markets;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry;
Insurance Industry;
Switzerland
Chacko, George C., Peter A. Hecht, Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Catastrophe Bonds at Swiss Re." Harvard Business School Case 205-006, September 2004. (Revised January 2006.)
- February 1984 (Revised February 1986)
- Case
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide
By: W. Carl Kester, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr. and Stacy S. Dick
Disequilibrium in the $350 million TiO2 market has prompted Du Pont's Pigments Department to develop two strategies for competing in this market in the future. The growth strategy has a smaller internal rate of return than the alternative strategy due to large capital...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Cash Flow;
Investment Return;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Projects;
Chemical Industry
Kester, W. Carl, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr., and Stacy S. Dick. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide." Harvard Business School Case 284-066, February 1984. (Revised February 1986.)
- November 2018 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
The Reinvention of Kodak
By: Ryan Raffaelli and Christine Snively
The Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) was a name familiar to most Americans. The company had dominated the film and photography industry through most of the 20th Century and was known for making affordable cameras (and the “Kodak Moment”) and supplying the movie industry...
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Keywords:
CEO;
Leadership;
Asset Management;
Transformation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Competitive Strategy
Raffaelli, Ryan, and Christine Snively. "The Reinvention of Kodak." Harvard Business School Case 419-012, November 2018. (Revised August 2020.)
- January 2023 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Veeva Systems and the Transformation to a Public Benefit Corporation
By: Ranjay Gulati and Allison M. Ciechanover
Peter Gassner, the co-founder and CEO of Veeva Systems, steered the company through rapid scaling from its launch in 2007 to 2022. Year after year, the company had exceeded expectations, with its market capitalization reaching $50 billion at its peak. By 2022, the...
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- 2021
- Chapter
Building Small Business Utopia: How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Can Increase Small Business Success
By: Karen G. Mills and Annie Dang
Small business lending has remained unchanged for decades, laden with frictions and barriers that prevent many small businesses from accessing the capital they need to succeed. Financial technology, or “fintech,” promises to change this trajectory. In 2010, new fintech...
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Keywords:
Big Data;
Fintech;
Artificial Intelligence;
Small Business;
Financing and Loans;
Capital;
Success;
AI and Machine Learning;
Analytics and Data Science
Mills, Karen G., and Annie Dang. "Building Small Business Utopia: How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Can Increase Small Business Success." In Big Data in Small Business, edited by Carsten Lund Pedersen, Adam Lindgreen, Thomas Ritter, and Torsten Ringberg. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.
- May 2022
- Case
Byte
By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Julia Kelley
In January 2021, Byte co-founders Scott Cohen and Blake Johnson reflected on how far their Los Angeles-based direct-to-consumer (DTC) orthodontics company had come since launching its clear aligners just a little over two years earlier. Cohen and Johnson were both...
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