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- October 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
Charter Communications Bankruptcy
By: Paul A. Gompers and Emily Weisburst
Charter Communications' bankruptcy presents an opportunity for some of its creditors to convert their debt holdings into equity. A mutual fund manager must determine how to maximize his debt investment in Charter given the restructuring and decide whether to...
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- December 2008 (Revised February 2010)
- Teaching Note
Amazon.com: The Brink of Bankruptcy (TN)
Teaching Note for [809014].
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- June 1990 (Revised February 1991)
- Case
In the Shadow of the City
Traces the history of a collaborative effort to create an organization to manage a major international development project in the slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Focuses on a serious set of disagreements which develops several months into the project between the two...
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Keywords:
Nonprofit Organizations;
Conflict and Resolution;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Ethiopia
Donnellon, Anne, and James Reed. "In the Shadow of the City." Harvard Business School Case 490-093, June 1990. (Revised February 1991.)
- July 1991 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
KPMG Peat Marwick: The Shadow Partner
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
KPMG Peat Marwick executives needed to decide whether to fund full development of "The Shadow Partner," the name coined to describe a worldwide information network that would link all KPMG professionals to each other and to a wealth of data bases and information...
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Keywords:
Information Management;
Data and Data Sets;
Knowledge Management;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Networks;
Partners and Partnerships;
Information Technology
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "KPMG Peat Marwick: The Shadow Partner." Harvard Business School Case 492-002, July 1991. (Revised October 1995.)
- December 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Yellow Corporation: On the Verge of Bankruptcy
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer
Yellow Corporation, one of the country’s oldest and largest less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers, was nearing its 100th anniversary in 2024. Whether it would reach that milestone, however, was uncertain as the company was attempting to restructure its operations to...
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Keywords:
Labor Unions;
Labor and Management Relations;
Capital Structure;
Restructuring;
Financial Management;
Ethics;
Borrowing and Debt;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Financial Strategy;
Truck Transportation;
Change Management;
Transportation Industry;
Shipping Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Edward A. Meyer. "Yellow Corporation: On the Verge of Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Case 224-028, December 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
- 19 Oct 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Bankruptcy and the COVID-19 Crisis
- June 1990
- Supplement
In the Shadow of the City, Video
Depicts the site and operation of an international development project. A serious conflict has developed between the two principals, an Ethiopian woman and a British entrepreneur. The film shows the stakes involved.
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Keywords:
Conflict and Resolution
Donnellon, Anne, and James Reed. "In the Shadow of the City, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 890-523, June 1990.
- April 2009
- Teaching Note
UAL, 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy (TN)
By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Kenneth A. Froot and Darren Robert Smart
Teaching Note for [205090].
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Keywords:
Air Transportation Industry
- 2011
- Chapter
Organizations in the Shadow of Communities
By: Siobhan O'Mahony and Karim R. Lakhani
O'Mahony, Siobhan, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Organizations in the Shadow of Communities." In Communities and Organizations. Vol. 33, edited by Christopher Marquis, Michael Lounsbury, and Royston Greenwood, 336. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Emerald Group Publishing, 2011.
- Article
Patenting in the Shadow of Competitors
By: J. Lerner
Lerner, J. "Patenting in the Shadow of Competitors." Journal of Law & Economics 38, no. 2 (October 1995): 563–595.
- September 1997 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
Bankruptcy and Restructuring at Marvel Entertainment Group
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Jason Auerbach
Marvel Entertainment Group is the leading comic book publisher in the United States, with superheros like Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, and Captain America. It is also one of the leading manufacturers of sports and entertainment trading cards under the...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Borrowing and Debt;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Governance Controls;
Courts and Trials;
Planning;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Esty, Benjamin C., and Jason Auerbach. "Bankruptcy and Restructuring at Marvel Entertainment Group." Harvard Business School Case 298-059, September 1997. (Revised August 2007.)
- January 2023
- Teaching Note
Bankruptcy in the City of Detroit
By: Kristin Mugford and Annelena Lobb
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 215-070.
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- April 2015
- Article
Money Creation and the Shadow Banking System
By: Adi Sunderam
Many explanations for the rapid growth of the shadow banking system in the mid-2000s focus on money demand. This paper asks whether the short-term liabilities of the shadow banking system behave like money. We first present a simple model where households demand money...
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Sunderam, Adi. "Money Creation and the Shadow Banking System." Review of Financial Studies 28, no. 4 (April 2015): 939–977.
- June 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Background Note
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Law in Real Estate
By: Arthur I Segel, Jeff Mandelbaum and Armen Panossian
Begins with a brief overview of the bankruptcy process, discussing key debtor protections and the administration of claims against the estate. Discusses the treatment of bankruptcies filed by property owners. Also summarizes the tenant's bankruptcy protections and...
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Segel, Arthur I., Jeff Mandelbaum, and Armen Panossian. "Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Law in Real Estate." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-194, June 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- 2015
- Comment
In the Shadow of the Crowd: A Comment on 'Valve's Way'
There are many ways to exercise authority. Perrow (1986), in his review of March and Simon's Organizations (1958), offers a threefold classification of the ways authority can be exercised in organizations: (1) direct, "fully obtrusive" controls such as giving orders...
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Keywords:
New Forms Of Organizing;
Organizational Forms;
Non-hierarchical Organizations;
Self-organizing Teams;
Boss-less Organizations;
Organizational Design;
United States
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "In the Shadow of the Crowd: A Comment on 'Valve's Way'." Journal of Organization Design 4, no. 2 (2015): 5–7.
- December 2003
- Article
Bargaining in the Shadow of Takeover Defenses
Subramanian, Guhan. "Bargaining in the Shadow of Takeover Defenses." Yale Law Journal 113, no. 3 (December 2003). (Selected by academics as one of the "top ten" articles in corporate/securities law for 2004, out of 439 articles published in that year.)
- December 2003
- Article
The Social Cost of Fraud and Bankruptcy
By: Joseph L. Bower and Stuart C. Gilson
Bower, Joseph L., and Stuart C. Gilson. "The Social Cost of Fraud and Bankruptcy." Harvard Business Review 81, no. 12 (December 2003): 20–22.
- Article
Myth and Measurement—The Case of Medical Bankruptcies
By: Raymond Kluender, Carlos Dobkin, Amy Finkelstein and Matthew Notowidigdo
Kluender, Raymond, Carlos Dobkin, Amy Finkelstein, and Matthew Notowidigdo. "Myth and Measurement—The Case of Medical Bankruptcies." New England Journal of Medicine 378, no. 12 (March 22, 2018): 1076–1078.
- July 1984
- Supplement
Braniff International: The Ethics of Bankruptcy (B)
Supplements the (A) case.
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Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "Braniff International: The Ethics of Bankruptcy (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 385-002, July 1984.