Mergers and Acquisitions - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 May 2014
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How Separate Should a Corporate Spin-Off Be?

Keywords: spin-off; corporate strategy; organizational structure

29 Aug 2018
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The Value of Valleys

running M&A and strategy for a public company and did 17 acquisitions around the globe. I think of it as kind of one of those best laid plans stories. Sometimes it doesn't work... View Details

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

Staff Directory Chelsea Barrett Research Data Acquisition Specialist Baker Research & Data Services Areas of Expertise: data licensing and vendor relationships, data sourcing View Details

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

and Valuation Using Financial Statements Joseph Pacelli Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Yuan Zou Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under General Management) Robert Simons Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Groundwork

has overseen a succession of campus development projects including new construction, restorations, and acquisitions since 1997. She notes that Dean Wallace B. Donham, who participated in the selection of the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; George F. Baker III; real estate; Tata Hall; Educational Services; Real Estate

March 2003
Background Note

A Short Note on the AccuFlow Excel Model

By: Jay O. Light

Describes an Excel spreadsheet workbook that facilitates the analysis of AccuFlow, Inc. View Details

Keywords: History; Analytics and Data Science; Cost of Capital; Negotiation; Capital; Business Model; Economic Systems; Machinery and Machining; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Startups; Equity

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01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

incredible turnaround in rebuilding the leadership team, making strategic acquisitions and divestitures, and most recently, guiding the spinoff of the North American Food Group... View Details

01 Feb 2018
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HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

rapidly covering Weston’s remaining open space, he initiated a land acquisition plan with another planning board colleague that raised some $5 million and preserved some 10 percent of the town’s acreage as... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

June 1997 Quick Studies Six Profiles from the Class of 1997 Blockbuster Deals Mergers and Acquisitions Make a Comeback Complete Table of Contents April 1997 A Conversation with... View Details

01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey

former partner and current HBS assistant professor Myra Maloney Hart (MBA '81, DBA '95) - Stemberg created a company whose sales of $3.1 billion in 1995 are expected to surpass $10 billion when a merger with... View Details

24 Mar 2022
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Well Said

you to be your most confident self. And how that manifests itself in our teaching philosophy, in the content that we've been building with our accent coaches, the method that they use is one of accent View Details

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

acquisition by WorldCom, Keen joined Level 3, a startup competitor—but was fired when his strategic recommendations for expansion didn't align with upper management's. At that point, Keen made good on his HBS application essay View Details

20 Oct 2016
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Smart Moves

carmakers use INRIX data now, and the acquisition of OpenCar enables us to provide a much better user experience—an end-to-end ecosystem for in-car applications. Today, if you want to play Pandora in the car... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

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David A. Frankel

Data go on a global acquisition tear, buying up Cisco distributors around the globe, and transforming the company into the largest Cisco distributor outside the U.S. He was part of the IPO that raised $1.8... View Details

05 Apr 2018
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A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

tech, but I have a pencil and cross it off.” Along the way, Joyner has collected objects from 1945 to the present. The American artists who comprise her earliest acquisitions were “all mightily overlooked,”... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information From the Chief Financial Officer For Harvard Business School, fiscal 2023 marked a year of innovation and strong financial performance. As part of Dean Datar’s ambitious... View Details

19 May 2022
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Leading to Salvation

president and CFO of Medtronic, overseeing a number of acquisitions and sales at the medical device company and broadening its reach to include a... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act

beard, his vast knowledge of finance, and particularly his caution about business getting too big for effective management. If he were alive today, he would find many supersized mergers to be concerned... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged

butterflies, with just a hint of nausea. It’s an exhilarating ride. Yet with a Model S weighing in at roughly $80,000 to $138,000, depending on range and options, this particular ride is also beyond the reach of most consumers. But the... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni

Careers Careers Loan Assistance Programs HBS offers a variety of career support programs for eligible students and new alumni that provide financial assistance for those who choose careers in which starting salaries are lower than those... View Details

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