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  • February 2019 (Revised October 2022)
  • Case

Scandal at Steinhoff

By: Kristin Mugford and Phil Caruso
Keywords: Volatility; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Bonds; Corporate Accountability; Failure; International Finance; Restructuring; Business Conglomerates; Crime and Corruption; Retail Industry; South Africa; Austria; Netherlands
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  • 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1

diversified conglomerate in Thailand and expanded the business in Southeast Asia and China. While growing the business, he and his brothers created a holding company to both maintain and separate the interests of the family from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 16

sensitivity of investment is lower in countries with better-developed financial markets. This suggests that financial development may mitigate financial constraints. This effect is weaker in conglomerate subsidiaries, which are likely to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507005 Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola and Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector Harvard Business School Case 407-027 Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola was an important contributor to Nigeria's manufacturing sector,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2021 (Revised June 2021)
  • Case

Barbarians at the Gate or Turnaround Gurus? Private Equity and the Rise of the LBO

By: Tom Nicholas and John Masko
During the 1980s, leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and the private equity (PE) firms responsible for carrying them out revolutionized both investment and management in the U.S. Between 1980 and 1989, buyout activity in the U.S. surged from $1 billion per year to $60 billion.... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt; Private Equity; Bonds; Investment Return; Institutional Investing; Profit Sharing; Business History; Management Style; Private Ownership; Performance Effectiveness; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 03 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

inadvertently omitted from social contract negotiations. For example, in 1988, Komatsu, Japan's leader in earth-moving construction equipment, and U.S. conglomerate Dresser Industries combined their North American engineering,... View Details
Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius
  • 15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216029-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-013 HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics By 2015, the HNA Group had grown from its roots as Hainan Airlines, a small airline founded in 1993, into a global... View Details
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

men led during terrific growth phases are similar in some ways, but very different in others. With $30 billion in revenue, The Koç Group is the largest conglomerate in Turkey, with more than 100 companies and 73,000 employees operating in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

for PR firms and their holding-company media conglomerate parents to do so. The public relations industry in the broadest sense has undergone a tremendous amount of consolidation through acquisitions over the past 20 years. It is also... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

one of the largest and most important conglomerates in the Philippines and has been controlled by the Zobel de Ayala family for seven generations. Company leadership must decide whether to alter their strategy in the wake of an election... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

419-016). Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/419019-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-010 SOS Group: Scaling a Social Enterprise Conglomerate By 2016, SOS Group, the largest social enterprise group in France, was... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

Harvard Business School Case 717-403 Videojet In 2005 Craig Purse, the CEO of Videojet, a company recently acquired by the conglomerate Danaher, is dealing with the unexpected failure of a new high-tech printer just launched in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

In 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation (EFC), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

increased during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Diversification gave firms both financing and investment advantages. First, conglomerates became significantly more leveraged relative to comparable focused firms. Second, conglomerates'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract I evaluate the effect of loyalty on individuals' portfolio choice using a unique dataset of retirement contributions. I exploit the statutory difference that in 401(k) plans stand alone employees can invest directly in their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

house under her name in a partnership with the luxury conglomerate Kering as a 50/50 joint venture in 2001. A lifelong vegetarian, Stella McCartney does not use any leather or fur in her collections, which include women's ready-to-wear,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27

Hanguk is a large Korean conglomerate multinational that has been keen to attract foreigners. Dylan was hired by Peter to work in Hanguk's U.S. operations. After 18 months, Dylan was promoted to company HQ in Seoul to work with Peter's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

is reluctant to sell the company because his original vision was to create a family-owned conglomerate which would last for generations. Of his eight children, two are appropriate successors, but neither shows much interest in following... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

focus of this case is how a technology company such as Avocent, with a dramatically different business model compared to its acquirer, should be integrated into a large, multi-industry conglomerate like Emerson. Underlying this managerial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

persistent, and sometimes unexpected, impact on organizations' strategies.   Cases & Course MaterialsAcciona and the Battle for Control of Endesa Belen Villalonga and Rachelle SilverbergHarvard Business School Case 210-029 Acciona, S.A. is a global infrastructure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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