Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Joe Khoury

countries in Asia, Latin America and Europe and got exposure to more than 500 different cases. In less than two years, HBS has offered all possible resources to help me start a business and go through the whole process of ideation,... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship

07 May 2014
News

Hopscotch Acquires Online School Supplies Retailer SkoolShop

Keywords: Retail Trade

Lyle C. Roll

Under Roll’s tenure, Kellogg continued its 20 consecutive years of growth in revenues and earnings. Through strategic acquisitions of Salada and Fearn, international expansion, and new product introductions... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

12 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 12

Abstract This book presents new research on the historical impact of globalization on Argentina and Chile. The authors focus on the role of entrepreneurs and firms. The Role of Venture Capitalists in the Acquisition of Private Companies... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jan 2012
News

Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952

1967 Founds Asset Management Company 1980 Provides early capital for Amgen, joins board 1998 Appointed chairman, San Francisco Opera Association 1999 Funds BUILD, nonprofit promoting entrepreneurship to disadvantaged youth 2002 Receives... View Details

28 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 28

Kindler barely mentions McKinnell's (controversial) early retirement and describes efforts to reform the company. The case closes in February 2009, just after Pfizer announces plans to acquire competitor Wyeth. Since 2000, Pfizer's tremendous growth in assets View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

William F. Laporte

Laporte grew revenues, earnings, earnings per share and dividends every year of his CEO tenure with return on equity averaging 30% from 1971 to 1981. Laporte built American Home Products through debt-free strategic View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

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 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... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

01 Mar 2005
News

Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference

the conference attracted more than 800 women to the HBS campus. The panel on entrepreneurship at which Shukla spoke was moderated by HBS professor Lynda Applegate. It focused on the unique challenges women face in starting a company,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Stuart K. Hensley

Through strategic acquisitions including Parke-Davis, American Optical Company, and Vister, Hensley significantly expanded Warner-Lambert’s business lines and international presence. Under his leadership,... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

Roger A. Enrico

Enrico helped to transform PepsiCo through a number of major initiatives including the spin-off of its fast food restaurant chains (Tricon), the acquisition of Tropicana, and the initial public offering of... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Kenneth Salas

Kenny Salas is a fintech entrepreneur and operating executive, currently at the helm of nuDesk, which helps companies scale through AI-driven solutions and dedicated talent hubs in Mexico. As a Partner at Cintar Group, he actively invests... View Details

23 Nov 2020
Blog Post

We Rise

But change cannot wait, says Barna, just one of many alumni and academics in the entrepreneurship and investing sectors who advocate steps toward inclusivity like the ideas offered here. “Innovation through... View Details

02 Sep 2021
News

Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs

who was raised in Ethiopia and understands the market quite well. And so through her, we're able to access women entrepreneurs and women CEOs that we want to work with. “Our prime minister recently achieved gender parity of close to 50%... View Details

January 2023
Case

Clay Ridge Capital

By: Martin A. Sinozich and William R. Kerr

Kel Jackson, with the support of his young family, has been searching for a manufacturing business to purchase. After a long process, Kel had submitted a written offer to buy Sheetfab that matched his original conversation with the owner, but a broker Kel had never met... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Small Business; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry

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13 Jun 2018
News

The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)

can help a lot, and yet these are not sufficient. Entrepreneurship is a skill you learn out in the wild, through failure after failure and through persistence when everything... View Details

25 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups

steady business with TurboTax, the tax preparation software that has been a part of the company's product line since its 1993 acquisition of ChipSoft. Thus it makes sense for the company to innovate within the realm of tax prep. That... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

27 Nov 2017
Blog Post

Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way

favorite customer research call began with a pointed, "Aren't you guys killing my business? Why should I even be taking this call right now?" He's now on our advisory board. Going through the HBS Start-up Bootcamp prepared me... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship

29 Nov 2017
Blog Post

HBS, A Dream and Trey: How HBS Helped Me Launch My Social Enterprise

to build skills required to succeed as an early stage entrepreneur. Next, we advanced to the semifinal round of the New Venture Competition (NVC), an annual entrepreneurship competition that awards $300,000 in cash prizes to HBS startup... View Details

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