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23 Jun 2020
News

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

24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

of England has clearly prepared thoroughly for Brexit. But few British or European businesses have any contingency plans. The Brexit vote will drive Europe into recession and highlight further the structural weakness of its social... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

30 Oct 2013
News

Make Big Bets: How Blockbuster Strategies Work

27 Nov 2013
News

The Big Benefits of a Little Thanks

01 Mar 2010
News

Rx for Too Big to Fail

Tough regulation of the largest financial firms is not as sexy as muscular rhetoric about ending too big to fail; but over the long term it is the surest way to prevent another financial crisis. — David Moss is the John G. McLean... View Details

Keywords: David Moss; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

19 Nov 2013
News

Best Buy 3.0? The big box reinvented

30 Jun 2010
News

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

04 Dec 2013
News

Why big budgets still generate the hottest tickets

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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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

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 Aug 2016
News

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

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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03 Apr 2015
News

What Popular Baby Names Teach Us About Data Analytics

Keywords: big data; data analytics; business strategy

04 Sep 2012
News

Executives Miss A Big Opportunity When They Negotiate

14 Sep 2021
News

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

03 Aug 2010
News

Analysis: Rare diseases lure Sanofi, other big drugmakers

02 Mar 2012
News

HBS Profs on 3 Big Co. Lessons from Start-ups, and 3 So-Whats

May 2022
Case

Grupo Big Exit: Options for Advent and Walmart

By: Victoria Ivashina, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo

After conducting an impressive turnaround in Walmart’s subsidiary in Brazil, Private Equity firm Advent International has to decide how to exit this investment: through an IPO or selling the business to Carrefour. View Details

Keywords: Turnaround; Divestiture; Finance; Strategy; Private Equity; Brazil; Latin America

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