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- August 2004 (Revised July 2005)
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Allianz (D1): The Turnaround
By: Joseph L. Bower, Anders Sjoman and Sonja Ellingson Hout
Examines the acquisition of Dresdner Bank by Allianz--the deal of the year in 2002. Examines some of the challenges posed by the turnaround of Dresdner as seen by Michael Diekmann, the new CEO of Allianz. In working with Dresdner, Allianz needed to figure out what it...
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Acquisition;
Financial Institutions;
Investment Banking;
Brands and Branding;
Product Development;
Organizational Structure;
Problems and Challenges
Bower, Joseph L., Anders Sjoman, and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Allianz (D1): The Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 305-016, August 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
- 19 Oct 2010
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The curious politics of income inequality
- 28 May 2019
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Rise in Unruly Behavior on Planes Is Tied to Stress of Flying
- 14 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?
If Mad Men advertising hotshot Don Draper was operating on Madison Avenue today, he would find competition coming from more than just other ad firms. A recent study by Harvard Business School professor emeritus Alvin J. Silk and...
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- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Plan a Careful Budget, Then Get Ready to Splurge
- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
Imagine the glee of marketers at the dawn of the Internet era—could anyone imagine a more sophisticated, precise way of reaching consumers? By tracking the purchasing habits of its prey, marketers could respond with targeted advertising...
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- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
management. While acknowledging the growing entrepreneurial demands on leadership, others also recognize the need to simultaneously defend "sustainable competitive advantage." The concept of ambidexterity championed by View Details
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by James Heskett
- 22 Aug 2014
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The fumbles in Ferguson
- 27 Sep 2017
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Uber Faces Potential London Ban
- 29 Mar 2015
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A look at nation’s vast wealth gap, in sharp relief
- 03 Oct 2013
- News
Study: Rankings Affect Student Applications
- 07 May 2008
- News
Harvard Business School Hosts Business and Human Rights Conference
- 08 Feb 2017
- News
In Trump’s America, the Price of Speech and Silence
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
As elegantly described by HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen in his 1997 bestseller, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, so-called disruptive technologies are upstart innovations that manage to...
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by Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2018
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The corporate sustainability Twitterati 2018
- 04 Apr 2016
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Businesses Pledge Millions to Boost Baltimore Economy
- 16 Nov 2015
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Harvard professor calls trade deal watershed, says economy lags
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
©iStock.com/GuidoVrola The bundled payment idea is part of a larger reform proposal called Value-Based Health Care Delivery, based on research by Michael E. Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University...
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