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- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
management of public schools, demonstrates the challenges and opportunities related to private sector involvement in the delivery of a public good. Follows the organization from its start-up through its initial public offering and,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
October 2017 Management Science The Size of the LGBT Population and the Magnitude of Anti-Gay Sentiment Are Substantially Underestimated By: Coffman, Katherine Baldiga, Lucas C. Coffman, and Keith M. Marzilli Ericson Abstract—We...
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Sean Silverthorne
- November 2005 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
The Auction for Burger King (A)
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and James Quinn
Paul Walsh, CEO of Diageo, must evaluate bids received in an auction of the Burger King restaurant unit. Describes how Diageo came to own Burger King, the attempts to turn the unit around, the strategic reasons for its sale, the auction process, and various bidders'...
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Management Teams;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Bids and Bidding;
Valuation;
Auctions;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Negotiation Tactics;
Service Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and James Quinn. "The Auction for Burger King (A)." Harvard Business School Case 906-012, November 2005. (Revised October 2012.)
- August 1999 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Cisco Systems, Inc.: Acquisition Integration for Manufacturing (A)
By: Steven C. Wheelwright, Charles A. Holloway, Nicole Tempest and Christian G. Kasper
Describes the procedures and processes used by Cisco Systems in its acquisition of high-technology firms. Its goal is to retain key engineering talent and to leverage existing product development efforts, but to quickly merge acquired companies its own systems and...
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Information Technology;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Acquisition;
Integration;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Production;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Management;
Technological Innovation;
Talent and Talent Management;
Human Resources;
Manufacturing Industry;
Technology Industry;
England
Wheelwright, Steven C., Charles A. Holloway, Nicole Tempest, and Christian G. Kasper. "Cisco Systems, Inc.: Acquisition Integration for Manufacturing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 600-015, August 1999. (Revised February 2000.)
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
Publications September 2014 The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management Mergers and Acquisitions and Innovation By: Ahuja, Gautam, and Elena Novelli Abstract—This article (a) identifies the different theoretical perspectives and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
push into other countries more quickly. "Building a functioning multinational firm is a huge challenge. There are many that underestimate it." A strong rise in both venture capital and private equity funds under management shows...
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by Kenneth Liss
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (D) Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa BartonHarvard Business School Supplement 411-004 Dow's board and management team worked on arranging appropriate financing to complete the acquisition of Rohm and Haas....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
different versions of their applications for each social networking site. Facebook's managers had to decide how to respond to OpenSocial. Should they join the initiative or keep Facebook Platform proprietary and seek further...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
the venture capitalist will increasingly become a team player, coordinating the firm's resources to help portfolio firms. Q: What are the opportunities and challenges for international venture capital efforts? A: For its first fifty years, venture capital (as opposed...
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- August 2008
- Teaching Note
Tad O'Malley: The Investment Conundrum (TN)
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for [808125].
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- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
Working PapersOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However,...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
management, has recently launched its inaugural impact-investing fund—the $2 billion Rise Fund. In an effort to “take the religion out of impact investing,” Bill McGlashan, founder and managing partner of TPG Growth, an arm of TPG focused...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46882 Friends with Close Ties: Asset or Liability? Evidence from the Investment Decisions of Mutual Funds in China By: Gao, Xinzi, T.J. Wong, Lijun Xia, and Gwen Yu Abstract—When fund View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
managers and recruiters are questioning conventional business education. Their concerns? Among other things, MBA programs aren't giving students the heightened cultural awareness and global perspectives they need. Newly minted MBAs lack...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
recession. The financial crisis opened the door to massive public interventions in the world's economies, in which the government served as venture capitalist. But these efforts focused on the most troubled and poorly managed firms in the...
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- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
financial product. The supply of venture capital is also likely to continue growing. Within the past two years, numerous pension funds have invested in private equity for the first time. Many experienced investors have also decided to increase their allocations to...
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- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
of capital commitments) were in such alternative vehicles; the allocation increased by more than 10 percentage points over the last decade. Alternative vehicles were far more likely to be offered by larger and North America–based buyout...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
link: http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.10.004 January 2015 Economic Journal Does Management Matter in Schools? By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect data...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
business school campus. They moved to Beijing, rounded out their management team, received venture capital investment, developed joint-venture partnerships, and set key milestones to create a full-impact product launch for their social...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
companies that managed the restructuring process successfully, despite facing huge obstacles, to highlight "best practice" (although in several cases I did not know what the outcome would be when I first contacted the...
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by Sean Silverthorne