Publications

April 2015 (Revised October 2017)
Teaching Note

Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Annelena Lobb

On May 12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from investors and industry... View Details

Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Risk Management; Executive Compensation; Cash Flow; Business Exit or Shutdown; Media; Advertising; Restructuring; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

June 2013 (Revised April 2015)
Case

Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia

On May 12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from investors and industry... View Details

Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Risk Management; Executive Compensation; Cash Flow; Business Exit or Shutdown; Media; Advertising; Restructuring; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

September 2002 (Revised August 2014)
Case

Cardinal Health (A): The Medicine Shoppe Acquisition

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Miguel Abecasis and Brenda Cheng

Robert Walter, the founder and CEO of Cardinal Health, a pharmaceutical distributor, is contemplating the purchase of Medicine Shoppe, a chain of apothecaries. The purchase might be construed as competition against his own drugstore customers. But one of its many... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Distribution Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Retail Industry

January 2016 (Revised January 2017)
Case

The Proposed Merger of M&T Bank and Hudson City Bancorp (A)

By: David Scharfstein and Joel Heilprin

27 Oct 2020
News

Hospital Merger Seeks to Create Regional Giant in the West

January 1997
Case

Dr. Sergio Ceccuzzi and SMI: Negotiating Cross-Border Acquisitions in Europe (B)

By: James K. Sebenius

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

November 2001
Teaching Note

Provident Life and Accident Insurance: The Acquisition of Paul Revere TN

By: Mihir A. Desai, E. Scott Mayfield and Mark Veblen

Teaching Note for (9-202-044). View Details

Keywords: Insurance Industry; Service Industry

April 2000
Teaching Note

Cisco Systems, Inc.: Acquisition Integration for Manufacturing (A) and (B) TN

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Teaching Note for (9-600-015) and (9-600-016). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; England

May 2006 (Revised February 2009)
Teaching Note

Publicis Groupe: Leading Creative Acquisitions (TN)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ryan Raffaelli

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

July 2008
Article

The Long-Missing Essential Ingredient in Acquisition Reform

By: J. Ronald Fox and Edward Hirsch (Defense Acquisition Univ.)

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

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24 Jul 2014
Blog Post

Create a Content Marketing Strategy for your Talent Acquisitions Team

As a talent acquisitions manager or a marketing manager within a human resources team, you’ve probably asked yourself how to reach large quantities of high quality candidates in a thoughtful and meaningful... View Details

February 2002 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Volvo Trucks (B): Acquisition of RVI

By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Five Forces Framework; Truck Transportation; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; United States; Europe

August 2004 (Revised March 2005)
Case

MGM Mirage's Bid for Mandalay Resort Group (A): Communicating During the Merger Process

After MGM Mirage decides to announce publicly its bid for Mandalay Resort Group, both companies face vital decisions about how to communicate with their various stakeholders during the merger negotiations. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Corporate Disclosure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Communication Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

April 2001
Article

Earnouts: The Effects of Adverse Selection and Agency Costs on Acquisition Techniques

By: Srikant M. Datar, Richard Frankel and Mark Wolfson

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost

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April 2002
Supplement

Adecco SA's Acquisition of Olsten Corp (CW)

Spreadsheet to (9-201-068). Presents exhibits 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15. Download only. View Details

1989
Chapter

Obstacles to Improving the Defense Acquisition Process

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: National Security; Contracts; Acquisition; Performance Improvement