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- November 1995 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Ed Simnett
The British government privatized the nation's electric utility sector in 1991 through a complex process involving the restructuring of the industry as well as the creation of a new regulatory oversight body. National Power plc, the largest of the privatized power...
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Restructuring;
Trade;
Energy Generation;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Markets;
Monopoly;
Privatization;
Opportunities;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Energy Industry;
Utilities Industry
Emmons, Willis M., III, and Ed Simnett. "National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry." Harvard Business School Case 796-066, November 1995. (Revised November 1999.)
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
monopoly incumbent would set the welfare-maximizing level of trade, this result indicates that platform competition may lead to a market failure: competition results in a lower level of trade and lower welfare than a monopoly. We also...
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Carmen Nobel
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
are sufficiently large, a pure-strategy equilibrium exists where both B firms are active in the market. Although there is competition in the complement market, the monopoly Firm A may earn lower profits in this environment. Consequently,...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
broadcasting station. Ibaraki prefecture had only one broadcasting station, including TV and radio, so that studio had a monopoly on the airwaves. So we bought a station from Asahi Shimbun newspaper company and turned it around, making it...
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Dan Morrell
- April 2008
- Supplement
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (B)
By: Paul W. Marshall, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
In late November 2000, Chung Telecom Co., Ltd., the once-monopolized telecom operator owned by the Taiwanese government, was on its way to privatization. Mr. C.K. Mao, Chairman of the company, was headed the job only three months earlier, after its prior chairman...
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State Ownership;
Jobs and Positions;
Monopoly;
Privatization;
Competition;
Decisions;
Motivation and Incentives;
Labor and Management Relations;
Resignation and Termination;
Compensation and Benefits;
Price;
Status and Position;
Telecommunications Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Taiwan
Marshall, Paul W., Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 808-138, April 2008.
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
situations and make decisions that have a profound impact on people and organizations. These realizations constituted my “second calling” – to come to HBS in pursuit of the same opportunities for impact and service that had called me to the Army. The military does not...
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- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
director to serve as a liaison between the other board members and the CEO. As clear-cut as these subjects may seem, the underlying question, as Lorsch sees it, is far more complex: What is the broader mandate of business in the context of today's society? "Nobody has...
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by Julia Hanna
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
monopoly platform when the degree of horizontal differentiation between platforms is intermediate (low). On the other hand, more intense competition between active platforms (i.e., less differentiation) leads to less search diversion....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
profit motive is needed. One argument for ending monopolies and opening the market for private services is that this might lead to more rapid technology introduction and innovation. You don’t have to look very far to find examples of...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- July 1996 (Revised July 2009)
- Background Note
Antitrust and Competitive Strategy from the 1990s to 2008 (Condensed)
Describes U.S. antitrust policy, including major judicial decisions and their impact on competitive strategy. Omits information on the history of antitrust policy and on the specific prohibitions of the various acts.
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Judgments;
Policy;
Laws and Statutes;
Monopoly;
Business and Government Relations;
Competitive Strategy;
United States
McGahan, Anita M. "Antitrust and Competitive Strategy from the 1990s to 2008 (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-012, July 1996. (Revised July 2009.)
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
ordinary citizens have the ability to shift the balance of power in positive ways that can encourage innovative ideas to be developed into practical goods and services. "Washington, DC does not have a monopoly on the best...
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- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
School Case 708-477 This is the story of MTC, a Kuwaiti telecom company that has grown from a sleepy, state monopoly to become one of the fastest growing telecom companies in the world, with the largest regional footprint across the...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
discriminate, and that piracy may even result in higher profits to Microsoft! Finally, the paper investigates the societal welfare consequences of OSS availability by comparing different industry structures (monopoly and duopoly). We find that while a View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
communications industry has entailed the gradual removal of protected monopolies and rate-of-return regulation. Yet, at the same time, new government policies have been adopted to require open access and nondiscriminatory pricing in areas...
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- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
to curb the monopoly power that they create, most standard-setting organizations require the owners of patents covered by the standard to make a loose commitment to grant licenses on reasonable terms. Such commitments unsurprisingly are...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
and do it more efficiently, over time. Richard E. Beville should know. The chief operating officer of Lamont Digital Systems, a Greenwich, Conn., provider of digital telecommunications services, Beville started his career in the Bell system, back in the days before the...
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by David Stauffer
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
other circumstances do you pay the most but get the least?” he asks, referencing California’s high tax rate and overloaded public services. “Any HBS student would tell you that’s a monopoly supplier. If we had six states, each would try...
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Julia Hanna
- October 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
Lehman Brothers and Peabody Coal
When Texas Utilities Company (TXU) wanted to acquire The Energy Group, the latter needed to spin-off its coal mining assets, Peabody Coal, to avoid running afoul of antitrust authorities. In this case, TXU's investment banker, Lehman Brothers, considers whether to...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Investment Banking;
Monopoly;
Conflict of Interests;
Mining Industry;
Utilities Industry
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Cedric A. Lucas. "Lehman Brothers and Peabody Coal." Harvard Business School Case 209-009, October 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
of asymmetric information between buyers and sellers is significant. However, if this difference is below a certain threshold, then even the incumbent platform will distort its quantity downward. Since a monopoly incumbent would set the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
telecom company. At the time, Jazztel was near bankruptcy and needed a capital injection to finish the year. Over the next 10 years, Fernández Pujals led the restructuring of Jazztel's debt, reached an agreement with the former monopoly...
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Sean Silverthorne