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- September 2003
- Case
Driving Change at Seagate
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Douglas A Raymond and Lyn Baranowski
A new CEO, Steve Luczo, together with COO Bill Watkins, have led a turnaround of Seagate, raising productivity dramatically and increasing innovation through teamwork, cross-functional collaboration, and other transformations in the culture of this manufacturer of disk...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development;
Transformation;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Groups and Teams;
Performance Productivity;
Initial Public Offering;
Going Public;
Information Technology Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Douglas A Raymond, and Lyn Baranowski. "Driving Change at Seagate." Harvard Business School Case 304-002, September 2003.
- September 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Bharti Tele-Ventures
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Ingrid Vargas
Following the liberalization of India's telecommunications service industry in the early 1990s, Bharti Tele-Ventures grew from a small entrepreneurial telephone equipment importer and manufacturer to become India's largest private-sector telecommunications service...
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Keywords:
Private Sector;
Growth and Development;
Customers;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Competition;
Public Ownership;
Profit;
Partners and Partnerships;
Rank and Position;
Telecommunications Industry;
India
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Ingrid Vargas. "Bharti Tele-Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 704-426, September 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- July 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Background Note
M&A Legal Context: Standards Related to the Sale or Purchase of a Company
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Constance E. Bagley and James Quinn
Introduces students to the legal standards affecting officers and directors when selling or purchasing a company. Provides a practical understanding of the Revlon Standard, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 10b-5, and the legal criteria for a cause of...
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Keywords:
Laws and Statutes;
Law Enforcement;
Government Legislation;
Acquisition;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Corporate Governance;
Going Public;
Courts and Trials
Baldwin, Carliss Y., Constance E. Bagley, and James Quinn. "M&A Legal Context: Standards Related to the Sale or Purchase of a Company." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-004, July 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- March 2003 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Bertelsmann AG
By: Bharat N. Anand, Michael G. Rukstad and Christoph Kostring
On July 28, 2002, Bertelsmann announced the firing of its CEO, Thomas Middelhoff, in a move that surprised industry observers, analysts, and many employees. Bertelsmann, a privately held company headquartered in Germany, was one of the largest global media...
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Keywords:
Business Conglomerates;
Corporate Strategy;
Entertainment;
Media;
Change Management;
Integration;
Resignation and Termination;
Private Ownership;
Initial Public Offering;
Business Units;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Publishing Industry;
Music Industry;
Germany
Anand, Bharat N., Michael G. Rukstad, and Christoph Kostring. "Bertelsmann AG." Harvard Business School Case 703-405, March 2003. (Revised November 2005.)
- March 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
3i Group plc
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Brian Larcombe, CEO of 3i Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms and one of the few publicly listed ones, is deciding how best to use his firm's international network to deliver superior returns to shareholders. This case presents 3i's history and...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Networks;
Private Equity;
Growth Management;
Global Strategy;
Public Ownership;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Financial Services Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "3i Group plc." Harvard Business School Case 803-020, March 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- Article
The Role of Lockups in Initial Public Offerings
By: Alon Brav and Paul A. Gompers
In a sample of 2,794 initial public offerings (IPOs), we test three potential explanations for the existence of IPO lockups: lockups serve as (i) a signal of firm quality, (ii) a commitment device to alleviate moral hazard problems, or (iii) a mechanism for...
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Keywords:
Initial Public Offering;
Quality;
Moral Sensibility;
Compensation and Benefits;
Venture Capital;
Problems and Challenges;
Stock Shares;
Going Public
Brav, Alon, and Paul A. Gompers. "The Role of Lockups in Initial Public Offerings." Review of Financial Studies 16, no. 1 (Spring 2003).
- February 2003 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Safe to Say at Prudential Financial
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Corey B. Hajim
The CEO initiated a cultural change process at Prudential Financial to support a major business reorientation. Prudential, historically a privately held ("mutual") insurance company, went public in 2001. The cultural change was intended to prepare the organization to...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Private Ownership;
Going Public;
Transformation;
Organizational Culture
Edmondson, Amy C., and Corey B. Hajim. "Safe to Say at Prudential Financial." Harvard Business School Case 603-093, February 2003. (Revised March 2007.)
- February 2003 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Large Scale Change at The WSSC
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Corey B. Hajim
Describes the organizational transformation occurring at the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), a public utility. Faced with the possibility of privatization after decades of providing service in the absence of competition or performance pressures, the...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Mission and Purpose;
Change Management;
Restructuring;
Privatization;
Resignation and Termination;
Utilities Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., and Corey B. Hajim. "Large Scale Change at The WSSC." Harvard Business School Case 603-056, February 2003. (Revised March 2003.)
- 04 Feb 2003
- Keynote Speech
Preserving Public Trust in Private Enterprise: Is Reform Necessary?
By: Lynn S. Paine
- 13 Dec 2002
- Keynote Speech
Preserving Public Trust in Private Enterprise: Is Reform Necessary?
By: Lynn S. Paine
- August 2002
- Case
MassEnvelopePlus
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Brooke Bartletta and Michelle Heskett
Describes the challenges Steve Grossman, a fourth-generation owner of a small commercial printing company, must face amid industry consolidation, technological changes, and his own run for public office.
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Family Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Leadership;
Change Management;
Information Technology;
Personal Development and Career;
Service Delivery;
Service Industry;
Massachusetts
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Brooke Bartletta, and Michelle Heskett. "MassEnvelopePlus." Harvard Business School Case 302-103, August 2002.
- July 2002
- Case
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Mentoring Program, The (A)
By: David A. Thomas and Gina Carioggia
Describes steps taken to implement and manage a successful employee mentoring program at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. A cultural change at the bank provided the context out of which the program grew. The case describes the development of the program,...
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Keywords:
Design;
Training;
Human Resources;
Employee Relationship Management;
Public Ownership;
Planning
Thomas, David A., and Gina Carioggia. "Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Mentoring Program, The (A)." Harvard Business School Case 403-019, July 2002.
- April 2002
- Teaching Note
Anagene, Inc. TN
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-102-030).
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- April 2002
- Case
Knoll Furniture: Going Public
By: Paul A. Gompers and Jon Asher Daniels
This case examines the decisions of John Lynch, president and CEO of Knoll Furniture, to go public in early 1997. Knoll went private in an LBO in 1996 and Warburg Pincus, the LBO sponsor, wants Lynch to take Knoll public. Lynch needs to weigh the positive and negative...
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Gompers, Paul A., and Jon Asher Daniels. "Knoll Furniture: Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 202-114, April 2002.
- February 2002
- Background Note
States vs. Microsoft, The
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
Although the federal Justice Department managed to settle its massive antitrust litigation against Microsoft in 2001, the state suit against the company continued. State attorney generals, perhaps emboldened by their recent victory over the Big Five tobacco companies,...
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Keywords:
Service Operations;
Public Ownership;
Private Ownership;
Negotiation Deal;
Goals and Objectives;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Decision Making;
Information Industry;
Legal Services Industry
Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "States vs. Microsoft, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-177, February 2002.
- August 2001 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Doral Costa
By: William J. Poorvu, John H. Vogel Jr., Arthur I. Segel and Amy Silverstein
Doral Costa is a proposed 277,803 square foot Class A office park development in Miami, FL. Trammell Crow Co. would like to develop this office park in joint venture with a partner. Samantha Spar, the acquisitions partner at Titan Associates, a large real estate...
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Keywords:
Buildings and Facilities;
Joint Ventures;
Acquisition;
Investment;
Partners and Partnerships;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Fair Value Accounting;
Construction;
Property;
Real Estate Industry;
Consulting Industry;
Miami
Poorvu, William J., John H. Vogel Jr., Arthur I. Segel, and Amy Silverstein. "Doral Costa." Harvard Business School Case 802-023, August 2001. (Revised March 2016.)
- August 2001 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Strategic Capital Management, LLC (A)
By: Mark L. Mitchell, Erik Stafford and Todd Pulvino
Strategic Capital Management, LLC, is a hedge fund that is planning to make financial investments in Creative Computers and Ubid. Creative Computers recently sold approximately 20% of its Internet auction subsidiary, Ubid, to the public at $15 per share. Ubid's stock...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Business Subsidiaries;
Internet and the Web;
Investment Funds;
Price;
Performance Efficiency;
Capital Markets;
Auctions;
Investment Return;
Equity;
Planning;
Financial Services Industry
Mitchell, Mark L., Erik Stafford, and Todd Pulvino. "Strategic Capital Management, LLC (A)." Harvard Business School Case 202-024, August 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
- May 2001
- Case
Omni Industries: Going Public
By: Carin-Isabel Knoop, Paul W. Marshall and Suma Raju
Keywords:
Going Public
Knoop, Carin-Isabel, Paul W. Marshall, and Suma Raju. "Omni Industries: Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 801-469, May 2001.
- April 2001
- Teaching Note
Katharine Graham TN
By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Lisa M. Gunther and Dina R. Pradel
Teaching Note for (9-801-276).
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- January 2001 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Russia: The End of a Time of Troubles?
By: Rawi E. Abdelal
Describes Russia's troubled economic transition since 1991, highlights the problem of institutional development, and surveys the challenges President Vladimir Putin faced in 2000. The first section provides a brief synopsis of liberalization, stabilization, and...
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Keywords:
Transition;
Public Sector;
Privatization;
Economy;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Government and Politics;
Business and Government Relations;
Russia
Abdelal, Rawi E. "Russia: The End of a Time of Troubles?" Harvard Business School Case 701-076, January 2001. (Revised May 2001.)