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The Problem with Groupon's Business Model

Harvard Business Review

billion to Google just a few short months ago, in November of 2010. The smart money went along, with Groupon valued at $15-20 billion, according to some observers anticipating rich pickings in the IPO-to-come. One of the fastest growing of the recent hatch of Internet darlings, the deal-a-day company was worth $5.3 But not so fast.

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How to Know If a Spin-Off Will Succeed

Harvard Business Review

A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently. ” When it comes to divestitures, bad economics usually get discounted in the transaction price. ” When it comes to divestitures, bad economics usually get discounted in the transaction price.

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Alibaba Looks More Like GE than Google

Harvard Business Review

Alibaba, the Chinese internet titan that filed for an IPO in the U.S. last week, could be the largest tech IPO in history. As the 2010 case describes: By his own admission, Ma was a fan of Jack Welch, so it was only natural that his organization came to resemble that of GE in some regards. Instead, it operates more like GE.

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The Growing Conflict-of-Interest Problem in the U.S. Congress

Harvard Business Review

Department of Health and Human Services — received private placement offers for discounted stock in Australian biotech firm Innate Immunotherapeutics. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) and Tom Price (R-Ga.) — the latter is Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Our main findings are threefold and build on previous research in the field.