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- January 1997
- Case
Dr. Sergio Ceccuzzi and SMI: Negotiating Cross-Border Acquisitions in Europe (B)
Since the 1960s, SMI has quietly executed a series of brilliantly negotiated takeovers throughout Europe, often acquiring companies much larger than itself. Despite formidable obstacles, SMI has managed to acquire state-owned competitors in Italy and France, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Corporate Governance; International Relations; Negotiation Tactics; Consolidation; Mining Industry; Europe
Sebenius, James K. "Dr. Sergio Ceccuzzi and SMI: Negotiating Cross-Border Acquisitions in Europe (B)." Harvard Business School Case 897-085, January 1997.
- 2006
- Working Paper
Acquisitions and Firm Growth: Creating Unilever's Ice Cream and Tea Business
By: Geoffrey Jones and Peter Miskell
- February 2007 (Revised April 2010)
- Teaching Note
Furman Selz LLC (TN) (A) and (B): A Tale of Two Acquisitions
By: Boris Groysberg and Geoff Eckman Marietta
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions
- April 2000
- Teaching Note
Cisco Systems, Inc.: Acquisition Integration for Manufacturing (A) and (B) TN
Teaching Note for (9-600-015) and (9-600-016). View Details
- July 2017 (Revised July 2019)
- Supplement
"Doctor My Eyes"--The Acquisition of Bausch & Lomb by Warburg Pincus (B)
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Ricardo Andrade
The B Case of "Dr. My Eyes" provides the answer as to what happened after the ending fact pattern in Case A and the imminent choices faced by the protagonist in the primary case. At the end of the Case A, Bess Weatherman of Warburg Pincus, must chose one option of two... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Health Care and Treatment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Decision Choices and Conditions; Outcome or Result; Health Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Ricardo Andrade. "Doctor My Eyes"--The Acquisition of Bausch & Lomb by Warburg Pincus (B). Harvard Business School Supplement 218-029, July 2017. (Revised July 2019.)
- 2006
- Other Unpublished Work
Structural Closure and Exposure: Market Reactions to Announcements of Acquisitions and Divestitures
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and Nitin Nohria
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, and Nitin Nohria. "Structural Closure and Exposure: Market Reactions to Announcements of Acquisitions and Divestitures." September 2006.
- 11 May 1992 - 13 May 1992
- Lecture
Emerging Role of Japanese Companies in Domestic and International Mergers and Acquisitions
By: W. Carl Kester
- October 2009
- Case
A Big (Double) Deal: Anadarko's Acquisition of Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Curtis Rising
On June 23, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that it was simultaneously acquiring two public companies, Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources, in all-cash deals. The total price was about $24 billion, a figure close to Anadarko's market cap at the time.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Model; Transformation; Negotiation; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Alignment; Valuation; Energy Industry; United States
Christensen, Clayton M., and Curtis Rising. "A Big (Double) Deal: Anadarko's Acquisition of Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources." Harvard Business School Case 610-020, October 2009.
- summer 2007
- Article
Fast-Track Profit Models: Creating the New Due-Diligence Process for Mergers and Acquisitions
By: Steven R. Anderson, Kevin J. Prokop and Robert S. Kaplan
Anderson, Steven R., Kevin J. Prokop, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Fast-Track Profit Models: Creating the New Due-Diligence Process for Mergers and Acquisitions." Journal of Private Equity 10, no. 3 (summer 2007): 22–34.
- April 2001
- Article
Earnouts: The Effects of Adverse Selection and Agency Costs on Acquisition Techniques
By: Srikant M. Datar, Richard Frankel and Mark Wolfson
Datar, Srikant M., Richard Frankel, and Mark Wolfson. "Earnouts: The Effects of Adverse Selection and Agency Costs on Acquisition Techniques." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 17, no. 1 (April 2001): 201–238.
- 1989
- Other Unpublished Work
Twelve Mini-Case Studies of Defense Acquisition - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox
- 15 Jul 2024
- Podcast
Why A Long Island Swimming Pool Company Was An Ideal Acquisition Target
As an acquisition entrepreneur, Jackie Kopcho is now CEO of Tortorella Swimming Pools, where she leads a team that engineers, builds, and services pools on Long Island, in southeastern New York State. When searching for a company to acquire, Jackie wasn’t looking for... View Details
- January 2019 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Lattice Semiconductor and the Future of Chinese High-Tech Acquisitions in the United States
By: Meg Rithmire and Yihao Li
Rithmire, Meg, and Yihao Li. "Lattice Semiconductor and the Future of Chinese High-Tech Acquisitions in the United States." Harvard Business School Case 719-059, January 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
- January 2006
- Article
Hospital Integration and Vertical Consolidation: An Analysis of Acquisitions in New York State
Huckman, Robert S. "Hospital Integration and Vertical Consolidation: An Analysis of Acquisitions in New York State." Journal of Health Economics 25, no. 1 (January 2006): 58–80.
- 1 Mar 2002 - 3 Mar 2004
- Conference Presentation
Does governance form matter? Evidence from stock market reactions to acquisitions and alliances
Villalonga, Belen, and Anita M. McGahan. "Does governance form matter? Evidence from stock market reactions to acquisitions and alliances." Paper presented at the Brigham Young University-University of Utah Winter Strategy Conference, March 1, 2002–March 3, 2004. (Also presented at the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Paris, September 2002; MIT Organizational Economics lunch seminar, September 2002; NBER Productivity lunch seminar, Boston, April 2002; Harvard Business School Finance lunch seminar, September 2001; Academy of Management Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, August 2001; Strategy Research Forum, Northwestern University, May 2001.)
- December 2021
- Teaching Note
Lattice Semiconductor and the Future of Chinese High-Tech Acquisitions in the United States
By: Meg Rithmire
- December 2010
- Article
Acquisitions as Exaptation: The Legacy of Founding Institutions in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry
By: Christopher Marquis and Zhi Huang
This study focuses on the imprinting of institutional environments, particularly how founding institutions impact intra-organizational capabilities and how such imprints may have different external manifestations in subsequent historical eras. We introduce the concept... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Banking; Organizations; Theory; Policy; Government and Politics; Management Practices and Processes; Strategy; Competency and Skills; United States
Marquis, Christopher, and Zhi Huang. "Acquisitions as Exaptation: The Legacy of Founding Institutions in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry." Academy of Management Journal 53, no. 6 (December 2010): 1441–1473.