Mergers and Acquisitions - Publications - Faculty & Research

1996
Chapter

The LBO Association as a Relational Investing Regime: Clinical Evidence From Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Alliances; Investment

17 Jan 2025
News

Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff

additional costs, we don't look at what we've gained from it. AW: Throughout your career, you thought about growth mostly through acquisitions and mergers, some very successful, some thwarted repeatedly. Why... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Books

practices — strategy, execution, culture, and organization — and at least two of the secondary practices — talent, leadership, innovation, and View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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U.S. Healthcare Strategy - Course Catalog

structured around key topics in business strategy, such as industry analysis, strategic positioning, and decisions regarding the boundaries of the firm (e.g. mergers and... View Details

June 2001
Case

ESL Golf (B)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Christopher R Gordon

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Private Equity; Valuation

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Educators

01 Sep 2018
News

Action Plan: Rapids Growth

heck out of it,” recalls Holley, a former consultant and finance executive. “The question was whether it could be profitable. I was pleasantly surprised to find that both were true.” Last summer, Holley wrapped up his View Details

Keywords: Ryan Jones

01 Oct 2000
News

Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success

the strong belief that I could succeed in any business environment." Baxter's latest challenge has been managing the successful acquisition and integration of Norse Dairy Systems, a leading manufacturer of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

28 Sep 2017
News

Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion

David Thompson President and CEO, Orbital ATK (courtesy Orbital ATK) David Thompson President and CEO, Orbital ATK (courtesy Orbital ATK) Orbital ATK—which was founded in 1982 by three HBS classmates—was... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Honoring HBS’s Organization Men

sole influence was rational self-interest. “We have acquisitive and social instincts. It’s not all or nothing, it’s both — that’s what makes us such interesting creatures.” Related Links A Modern-Day Classic View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

July 2001
Case

Regal Cinemas LBO (A)

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Daniel Green

This case describes one of the greatest LBO failures of the 1990s. It presents an overview of the difficulties two experienced buyout sponsors were forced to deal with. View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Corporate Governance; Failure

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Research & Data Services for HBS Faculty & Doctoral Students | Baker Library

Data Wrangling Information Support for Research Literature & Article Searches Data Licensing & Acquisitions Purchase Requests & (HOLLIS) Book Delivery Other Research Services for HBS Faculty Contact for HBS faculty, research staff, View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Case Study: Citizen Buffett

trigger a crippling default on an amended loan agreement, Morton has to take a hard look at the numbers, industry trends, strategy considerations, shareholder interests, and several other financing options View Details

Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

24 Apr 2014
News

A wild ride from adventure travel to social media marketing

which provides a SaaS platform for marketers to manage their presence on social networks, is a division of Google, and is among the largest acquisitions ever made by the Internet giant. Wildfire now has over... View Details

21 Apr 2015
News

Teva Makes Takeover Bid for Mylan

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

and services. “Eighty percent of our success over the past decade has been based on bright ideas that came not from me or my management team but from very young people in the organization,” he says. The case ends as Zensar charts an... View Details

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Factiva: Advanced Searching

How do I use advanced search operators in Factiva? Factiva allows you to construct advanced search queries; the following table provides a guide to Factiva's search commands. Connector Explanation and technology spending View Details

01 Oct 2013
News

Banking on Africa's Future

interesting activity, Lawani says, has been Helios's acquisition from multinationals of African businesses that, because of changes in strategy or focus by the parent company, have become "non-core" operations View Details

25 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups

garnering revenues of $4.15 billion in 2012 with products like Quicken, TurboTax, and QuickBooks. But there lies the potential rub. "Success is a powerful thing," said Cook, who now serves as chairman of Intuit's Executive... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

01 Jun 2013
News

Harvest Time

Morgan Stanley and after launching an adventure-tour start-up, Ransom cofounded Wildfire, a social media marketing company acquired last year by Google for a reported $350 million. Discussing her thoughts on leadership View Details

Keywords: social media; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

01 Dec 2014
News

These Walls Can Talk

before its acquisition by Google and then was part of the Google Glass team. Now, as the new head of business development for SmartThings, she’s joined the nearly $18 billion smart home industry. “This is a... View Details

Keywords: April White

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