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    Jack M. Eckerd

    acquisitions and by riding on the coattails of the supermarket expansion in the South, Eckerd doubled the size of his business every two years between 1959 and 1975. View Details
    Keywords: Retail
    • 25 Apr 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    New Learning at American Home Products

    products division for $260 million to reinforce its earlier acquisition of Sherwood. In 1987 came the company's purchase of Bristol-Myers's animal healthcare division for $62 million and the acquisition of... View Details
    Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical
    • Forthcoming
    • Article

    The Anatomy of a Hospital System Merger: The Patient Did Not Respond Well to Treatment

    By: Raffaella Sadun, Martin Gaynor, Adam Sacarny, Chad Syverson and Shruthi Venkatesh
    Despite the continuing US hospital merger wave, it remains unclear how mergers change, or fail to change, hospital behavior and performance. We open the “black box” of hospital practices through a mega-merger between two for-profit chains. Benchmarking the merger's... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Improvement; Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Industry
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      H. Wayne Huizenga

      marketing and acquisition efforts enabled the business to become one of the fastest growing enterprises in the United States. In 1994, Huizenga arranged the sale of the company to Viacom, creating a natural distribution network for its... View Details
      Keywords: Retail

        Bruce E. Karatz

        Karatz has led KB Home during a period of immense growth. When he took over the CEO position, the company was selling and delivering 4,000 prefabricated homes a year. By 2003, the company was producing and selling over 27,000 homes. Karatz grew the business through... View Details
        Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

          Anthony J. F. O'Reilly

          When he took the helm of Heinz in 1979, O’Reilly pursued an aggressive expansion plan including a reinvestment in core brands, a slashing of expenses, and an international acquisition program. The plan produced stellar financial returns... View Details
          Keywords: Food & Tobacco
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          New Evidence and Perspectives on Mergers

          By: Gregor Andrade, Mark Mitchell and Erik Stafford
          Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Perspective
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          • October 2007 (Revised December 2008)
          • Background Note

          Evaluating M&A Deals: How Poison Pills Work

          By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
          The poison pill defense against hostile takeovers was invented in 1982 by Martin Lipton, of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz. Pills are considered the most effective of all the normal defenses against a hostile bidder. Describes the two basic types of poison pills... View Details
          Keywords: Negotiation Deal; Mergers and Acquisitions
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          • January 2005 (Revised April 2006)
          • Case

          Four Deals

          By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
          Describes four disguised deals with different characteristics from the perspective of the acquirer. Asks students to compare, contrast, and rank the opportunities. View Details
          Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation Deal
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            Sanford I. Weill

            At Travelers, Weill focused on growing the company’s assets with a particular emphasis on global expansion, a mission that led to the creation of Citigroup Inc., following the acquisition of Salomon Brothers in 1997 and the famous... View Details
            Keywords: Finance

              Robert D. Stuart, Jr.

              that this and other acquisitions cost Quaker Oats a good deal of cash, the company benefited greatly from the expansion with sales growing from $500 million in 1968 to $2 billion in 1979. View Details
              Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                Helen K. Copley

                Copley pursued a series of strategic acquisitions to expand the scope of the organization. In addition to its flagship paper, The San Diego Union Tribune, Copley Press owned 11 other dailies and 32 weeklies by the late nineties. View Details
                Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
                • 13 Feb 2007
                • First Look

                First Look: February 13, 2007

                MaterialsFurman Selz LLC (A): A Tale of Two Acquisitions Harvard Business School Case 905-066 Profiles a firm that was reacquired by two companies with different degrees of success. Highlights integration challenges present in View Details
                Keywords: Martha Lagace

                  Clarence Birdseye

                  While Birdseye did not invent the process of quick freezing, he was the first to create a commercially viable business with the technology. His advancements in the quick freezing process ensured that the foods' nutrients and taste would be preserved. The success of his... View Details
                  Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                    H. Stanley Marcus

                    dramatically growing both the customer base and store locations. He secured the future expansion of the business through its acquisition by Carter, Hawley, Hale in 1969. View Details
                    Keywords: Retail

                      Juan T. Trippe

                      supporting the Allied Forces in the Pacific during World War II. Such dealings, in conjunction with Trippe’s acquisition of landing rights all over the world, helped PanAm become an industry leader in international air travel. View Details
                      Keywords: Transportation

                        Nathan Cummings

                        By 1966, Cummings had grown Consolidated Foods into the nation’s fastest growing food processor, with sales of $830 million. Cummings’ most significant acquisition was Sara Lee, which he purchased in 1956 and grew into the nation’s... View Details
                        Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                          John S. (Jack) Knight

                          Knight inherited Akron's Beacon-Journal in 1933 from his father and built it into a leading newspaper publishing conglomerate. A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Knight also had a knack for business. Through several major acquisitions... View Details
                          Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

                            Willard H. Dow

                            Dow grew the company his father had founded through acquisitions and mergers. He acquired a 75% interest in Midland Ammonia in 1930, partnered with Ethyl Gas in 1933, joined with Cleveland-Cliffs Iron in 1935, and acquired the Great... View Details
                            Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                              Roy L. Ash

                              In 1953, Ash and his partner, Tex Thornton, bought Litton Industries, a small West Coast producer of microwave tubes. Litton embarked on an aggressive acquisition course. By 1961, the same year Ash became president of the company, Litton... View Details
                              Keywords: Fabricated Goods