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27 Nov 2013
News

The Big Benefits of a Little Thanks

23 Jun 2020
News

Is It Time for Big Apple Circus to Fold the Tent?

30 Jun 2010
News

In A.I.G. Bailout, Amnesty for Big Banks

29 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas

out of cash before solving the problem, Harvard Business School researchers write in Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight, recently published in the Strategic Management Journal. For startups trying to hang on until their next... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

04 Sep 2012
News

Executives Miss A Big Opportunity When They Negotiate

January 2017
Supplement

Medtronic: Making the Big Leap Forward (B)

By: William W. George and Monica Baraldi

On December 1, 2014, Medtronic announced that it had completed a $17 billion bond sale to finance the Covidien acquisition, officially completed on January 26, 2015. Medtronic’s legal headquarters moved to Ireland, while its operational headquarters remained in... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Medtronic; Covidien; Mission; Tax Inversion; Business Strategy; Leadership; Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Pharmaceutical Industry; Republic of Ireland; Europe; Minnesota; United States

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04 Dec 2013
News

Why big budgets still generate the hottest tickets

17 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details

Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail

03 Apr 2015
News

What Popular Baby Names Teach Us About Data Analytics

Keywords: big data; data analytics; business strategy

26 Nov 2019
News

Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream

is highlighted in her new book: Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream. KEY THEMES Small business is critical to the American economy. Artificial intelligence and big... View Details

Keywords: fintech; Artificial intelligence; Small business

04 Aug 2016
News

Why Olympic Athletes Shouldn’t Try to Calm Down Before a Big Moment

14 Sep 2021
News

The Next Big Tech Battle: Amazon’s Bet on Healthcare Begins to Take Shape

December 2007
Case

Cinergy and Duke Energy 2005: Think BIG

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria, Colleen Kaftan and Geoff Eckman Marietta

Jim Rogers, CEO of Cinergy Energy, has just announced the company's merger with Duke Energy to Employees. Rogers has had success in the past leading his firm though a merger, but will he be able to achieve similar results this time around? This case also illustrates... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Leading Change; Integration; Energy Industry

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