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  • 10 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

efficient scale. Service providers see an opportunity to consolidate this volume, achieving the scale required to provide the service efficiently for a wide range of customers. Here's how it works in teleradiology in the United States.... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

"that's where we have a distinct advantage." For Tazartes and his colleagues, in fact, the demand for the services they render has never been greater, as governments privatize state-run operations and companies consolidate in a... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services
  • January 2017 (Revised October 2018)
  • Case

Novartis: A Transformative Deal

By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman
When Joe Jimenez became CEO of Swiss-based Novartis in 2010, replacing longtime CEO Dan Vasella, he assumed control of one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world. Vasella, an avowed advocate of diversification, had expanded the scope of the company and... View Details
Keywords: Novartis; GlaxoSmithKline; Asset Swap; Acquisitions; Divestiture; Strategy Alignment; Pharmaceuticals; Strategy; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Consolidation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • January 1998 (Revised November 2003)
  • Case

Morgan Stanley and S.G. Warburg: Investment Bank of the Future (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
Describes secretive negotiations that took place between the top executives of Morgan Stanley and S.G. Warburg in the fall of 1994, when the two firms were contemplating a merger that would create one of the world's most powerful investment banks. By December, in order... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Investment Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions; Consolidation; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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  • 20 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: December 20

KironHarvard Business School Case 412-036 In 2005, Ganesh Natarajan, CEO of Zensar, a Pune, India-based software company, and his senior management team are considering consolidating staff and resources at the firms. Natarajan proposes an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

time a spinout firm went public. In this way, it would not need to consolidate the firm in its balance sheet (i.e., it would not need to include the company's equity on its balance sheet, which would reduce Xerox's return on equity). The... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 06 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 6

fully realized and are stronger in mature, slow growth industries. Prices do not fall, however, when the acquirer is diversifying into a new product market. This direct evidence of real changes induced by merger activity is consistent with View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 16 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

here. In 2004, we also expect mergers and acquisitions activity to heat up as many industries are consolidating on a European or global basis. Industries that we are watching include airlines, pharma, and financial services. Q: What roles... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • March 2006
  • Case

Bringing OTC back to the Exchange: Euronext.liffe's launch of ABC

Euronex.liffe, a derivatives trading exchange, launches matching, clearing, and confirmation services for the over-the-counter market. This combination of services creates a new platform for a market that potentially cannibalizes its current exchange-based services. Is... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Digital Platforms; Consolidation; Financial Markets; Network Effects
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  • July 2011
  • Teaching Note

Weber Shandwick: The Client Relationship Leader Program (TN)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 408077. View Details
Keywords: Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Employees; Growth and Development; Situation or Environment; Consolidation; Acquisition; Digital Platforms; Blogs; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet and the Web; Public Relations Industry
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  • January 1998
  • Case

Morgan Stanley and S.G. Warburg: Investment Bank of the Future (B)

By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Valuation; Investment Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions; Consolidation; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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  • 25 Jul 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

The Evolution of Apple

only 6 million units over the course of 3 years, compared with sales of 300 million PCs during the same period. "Apple's market share has always been lower than its consumer mind share," remarks Yoffie. Birth of The Cool In addition to generally View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer; Technology
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

case puts special emphasis on the strategic drivers for business consolidation and combination in an environment of increased competition, trends toward self-indexation, and growth of indexing at a global scale. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 11

economies to land politics. Dalian, benefitting from early access to foreign capital, consolidated control over urban territory through the designation of a development zone, which realigned local economic interests and introduced dual... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
  • Case

Santander Consumer Finance

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull, Elena Corsi and Andrew Barron
A Spanish company has to decide if they should expand into the fragmented European consumer finance market and has to make important organizational strategy decisions in the midst of the world economic downturn that followed the 2007 U.S. credit crunch. Since 2002, the... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Financial Markets; International Finance; Personal Finance; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; European Union; Spain
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  • 20 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

has to be done by the politicians. There are some very good, young, bright politicians in their 40s, but you can't expect them to take power and consolidate in a five-year period." Vogel placed the political goals of recovery in a... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

chapter as one of the great marketing companies, in league with Kraft Food or Coca-Cola. The job of the next CEO would be to unlock the enterprise value of the company in the face of continuing customer consolidation and increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

the long-standing "full service" industry norm, there has been a growing trend toward agencies unbundling the media function from creative and other services provided to clients. At the same time, multiproduct advertisers have sought to increase their... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising
  • 22 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

manufacturing and the Toyota Production System. Asks students to consider whether New Balance should change aspects of its operations strategy in light of the consolidation among its competitors or whether the Adidas-Reebok transaction... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

customer service—to build his business. Covers the first 50 years of American Airlines' history, beginning with its role as an industry consolidator in the late 1920s. Smith's strategic and operational choices in building American... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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