Mergers and Acquisitions - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts

As Hertz approaches what is expected to be a $1 billion "quick flip" IPO just ten months after being acquired, critics are again taking aim at reverse leveraged buyouts and wondering whether investors are being set up for a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

Herbert J. Siegel

Siegel built the once, small boat maker into one of the largest and most powerful media holding companies. Acquiring two independent television stations with the Chris-Craft acquisition in 1968, Siegel sold... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

Charles R. Shoemate

any U.S.-based operation. Shoemate presided over the successful spin-off of BestFoods and orchestrated its eventual, highly profitable acquisition by Unilever. View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Charles W. Moritz

Moritz took the helm of D&B just after it had acquired the major market research firm, A. C. Nielsen. Moritz led the successful integration of D&B’s largest acquisition and established a pattern of... View Details

Keywords: Services

08 Oct 2020
News

Leader of Metro Named Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year

Keywords: management; career choices; leadership; Retail Trade

J. Basil Ward

Ward presided over a period of dramatic growth and development for Addressograph. Through careful acquisitions and targeted investments, he enabled the company to stay at the... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America's economy, shaped the country's development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

Thomas S. Murphy

houses) including the 1986 pivotal acquisition of American Broadcasting Company, Murphy built a communications giant known for tight financial control and strong, lean management. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

Willibald H. Conzen

Conzen built Schering Corporation into a global health care organization through the acquisitions of Plough, Incorporated and Scholl, Incorporated. Through his leadership, Schering-Plough increased their... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

Edward G. Jefferson

requirements. Though deemed expensive at the time ($7.3 billion), the Conoco acquisition was instrumental in securing duPont’s growth and positioning the company for the future. View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

28 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

side. Addresses the prospects of the graphics function becoming integrated with the microprocessor on a single piece of silicon. AMD had just announced the acquisition of ATI and Paul Otellini, Intel's CEO,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

November 2001
Background Note

Poison Pill, The

By: Guhan Subramanian

This case presents the history of the "poison pill" as an antitakeover defense. It includes excerpts from the crucial case of Moran vs. Household International. View Details

Keywords: History; Strategy; Acquisition; United States; Europe

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01 Mar 2008
News

One-on-One with Jim Breyer

Breyer Illustration by John Cuneo In a year when the highest percentage of HBS graduates ever went to Wall Street, Jim Breyer (MBA ’87) headed west to join an upstart venture capital firm called Accel Partners. He figured he’d stay a couple of years View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

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Grupo Argos S.A.

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Club Conferences Student club conferences are run by student clubs. For more information on any of these, please contact the club directly. Please note: conference dates are subject to change and ticket availability may be limited. 2024... View Details

18 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 18

Publications February 2015 Little, Brown and Company Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges By: Cuddy, Amy Abstract—We often meet life's challenges with fear and anxiety. We fail... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Plato Malozemoff

Struggling to find a job during the depression, the Russian-born immigrant, accepted an entry level engineering position with Newmont in 1945. Nine short years later, Malozemoff took the helm of Newmont Mining that, at the time, was valued at $147 million. Through... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

J. Chadbourn Bolles

Under Bolles dynamic direction which spanned 34 years, Chadbourn grew from a small hosiery operation with $500,000 in annual sales to an international and diversified textile and apparel complex with $68... View Details

Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

21 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 21

Publications 2006 Harvard Business Review Press Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics By: Davenport, Thomas H., and Jinho Kim Abstract—Managers today need to be able... View Details