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- February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
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Messer Griesheim (B)
By: Josh Lerner, Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Eva Lutz and Kerry Herman
In 2001, Allianz Capital Partners and Godlman Sachs acquired a majority stake in Messer Greisheim, a European industrial gas concern held by Hoeschst. The dealmakers faced several challenges, including delicate corporate governance issues due to partial family...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Private Equity;
Stock Options;
Stock Shares;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Controls;
Family Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Energy Industry;
Europe
Lerner, Josh, Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Eva Lutz, and Kerry Herman. "Messer Griesheim (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-057, February 2009. (Revised March 2013.)
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Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth - MBA
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Answering Your Questions About the HBS MBA Application - MBA
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2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018) - MBA
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- 16 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta
At the end of 2020—seven months after COVID-19 had sent the airline industry into a tailspin and five months after George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police provoked nationwide protests for racial justice—Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian...
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Bridging Science and Business: My Summer Internship at Eli Lilly - MBA
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- 2010
- Chapter
A Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism
By: Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra and Robert MacCulloch
We study the correlation between a belief concerning individualism and a measure of luck in the US during the period 1983-2004. The measure of beliefs is the answer to a question related to whether the poor should be helped by the government or if they should help...
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Keywords:
History;
Natural Environment;
Non-Renewable Energy;
Values and Beliefs;
Price;
Poverty;
Policy;
Economy;
United States
Di Tella, Rafael, Juan Dubra, and Robert MacCulloch. "A Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism." In The Natural Resources Trap: Private Investment without Public Commitment, edited by William Hogan and Federico Sturzenegger. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2010.
- August 2017
- Case
Hacking Heroin
By: Mitchell Weiss and Sarah Mehta
"Hacking Heroin" was the first hackathon that Annie Rittgers, founder of Cincinnati-based 17a, had organized or even attended. "There will continue to be a lot of preventable overdose deaths and wasted potential if the opioid crisis continues unabated," she said....
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Keywords:
Public Entrepreneurship;
Hackathon;
Heroin;
Opioids;
Crowdsourcing;
Public Sector;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Health Pandemics;
Public Administration Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Ohio;
Cincinnati
Weiss, Mitchell, and Sarah Mehta. "Hacking Heroin." Harvard Business School Case 818-010, August 2017.
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
areas such as streaming and esports, and more industry consolidation? Drawing on dozens of recent case studies, Professor Elberse walked participants through the likely future of the entertainment industry...
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Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2) - MBA
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Insights From Harvard Business School’s Peek Program - MBA
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- February 2015 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Poseidon Carlsbad: Desalination and the San Diego County Water Authority
By: John Macomber
Extreme drought conditions in California have significant impacts on the ability of the San Diego County Water Authority to provide adequate water for current users. Water shortfalls also could curtail the economic development of one of the fastest growing regions in...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Resource Allocation;
Public Sector;
Private Sector;
Environmental Sustainability;
Policy;
Infrastructure;
Green Technology Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
California
Macomber, John. "Poseidon Carlsbad: Desalination and the San Diego County Water Authority." Harvard Business School Case 215-057, February 2015. (Revised December 2016.)
- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could...
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OPM Renew
Summary Whether you attended the Owner/President Management (OPM) program at Harvard Business School last year or many years ago, the excitement of learning and growing at HBS—and collaborating and networking with other entrepreneurial business leaders—is tangible....
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My HBS Financial Aid Story: Why I Chose to Invest in My Future - MBA
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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Natural Gas (LNG) Cluster (2016) South Australia Wine Cluster (2010) Australia Renewable Energy (2008) Belgium Belgium Chocolate Cluster (2016) Wallonia Aeronautic Cluster (2013) Belgium Pharmaceuticals (2011) Botswana The Botswana...
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- January 2013 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
First Solar: CFRA's Accounting Quality Concerns
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Ian McKown Cornell
The case relates to accounting quality analysis conducted by the leading research firm Center for Financial Research and Analysis (CFRA) on companies in the solar industry with a focus on First Solar Inc. In 2009, CFRA was concerned that First Solar, like much of the...
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Accounting Quality;
Financial Accounting;
Financial Statement Analysis;
Accounting Fraud;
Accounting Red Flags;
Accounting Scandal;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Quality;
Earnings Management;
Valuation;
Crime and Corruption;
Financial Statements;
Energy Sources;
Green Technology Industry;
Accounting Industry;
Energy Industry
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Ian McKown Cornell. "First Solar: CFRA's Accounting Quality Concerns." Harvard Business School Case 113-044, January 2013. (Revised August 2013.)
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Myth Busting: Financial Aid for 2+2 Students - MBA
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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
authority on leadership — sees this phenomenon as a sign of the times. "The transition from the industrial age to the information age is a huge shift," he notes. "In all of human history, there have only been two other socioeconomic...
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Keywords:
Management
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
In "You Can't Enlarge the Pie," the authors argue that barriers to effective government decision making result in poor decisions about critical issues like the environment, organ transplants, and energy policy. Why? Because...
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