Publications

September 1981
Case

Consolidated Edison (A&B), Teaching Note

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Teaching; Information

January 1992
Teaching Note

Consolidated Edison Company (Abridged) TN

By: Thomas R. Piper

Teaching Note for (9-275-116). View Details

Keywords: Service Industry

April 1998 (Revised May 2001)
Supplement

Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (B), The

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Lori A. Flees and Mathew M Millett

Eight days after CSX announced it was going to buy Consolidated Rail (Conrail) for $88.65 per share, Norfolk Southern made a hostile $100 per share bid for Conrail. Over the next several months, the potential acquirers upped their bids while exchanging criticism in the... View Details

Keywords: Law; Valuation; Rail Transportation; Bids and Bidding; Governance Controls; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Corporate Finance; Rail Industry; United States

October 1990 (Revised March 1998)
Case

De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. (A)

Describes the problems facing De Beers at the start of 1983. De Beers had, since its formation in 1888, exercised a large measure of control over the world supply of diamonds. In 1983, the company itself mined over 40% of the world's natural diamonds and, through... View Details

Keywords: Industry Structures; Crisis Management; Business Strategy; Mining; Mining Industry

January 1988 (Revised May 1988)
Case

Consolidated Rail Corp.: Railcar Identification Project

December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
Case

De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. (B)

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

March 2003 (Revised October 2004)
Supplement

Acquistion of Consolidated Rail Corporation (A), The

By: Benjamin C. Esty

October 1995
Article

More Investor Useful Consolidated Statement Proposed

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Investment

May 2012
Case

Parent Company P and 80 Percent Owned Subsidiary Company S

By: David F. Hawkins and F. Robert Madera

A sample consolidation exercise. View Details

Keywords: Consolidation Accounting; Consolidation; Accounting

January 2003
Article

New Variable Interest Entity (a.k.a. SPE) Consolidation Rules

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

fall 1999
Article

Exploratory Research: Consolidations and Economies of Scope

March 1999
Article

Off Comes On: New Consolidated Financial Statements Proposed

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Financial Statements

March 7, 2019
Blog Post

Does Electronic Health Record Consolidation Follow Hospital Consolidation?

By: A Jay Holmgren and Julia Adler-Milstein

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October 2018 (Revised August 2019)
Case

Beth Israel Deaconess: Consolidating to Strengthen, or to Stave Off, Competition?

By: Leemore Dafny

In July 2017, CEO Kevin Tabb of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center announced his plan to consolidate 11 Massachusetts hospitals under a common management structure. These hospitals collectively generated $5 billion in patient revenue and 25% of... View Details

Keywords: Beth Israel Deaconess; Lahey; Partners; Health Care; Hospitals; Payers; Providers; Anti-trust; Health Care Regulation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Care and Treatment; Market Design; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Negotiation; Consolidation; Competition; Health Industry; Massachusetts; Boston

2013
Article

Historical Legacies, Modern Conflicts: State Consolidation and Religious Pluralism in Greece and Turkey

By: Kristin Fabbe

Through a comparative study of state consolidation processes and the acceptance of religious tolerance in Greece and Turkey, this piece shows that there is often a direct link between strategies of state building, the creation of state identities, and contemporary... View Details

Keywords: Religion; Government and Politics; Power and Influence; Turkey; Greece

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March 2002 (Revised January 2010)
Case

BP and the Consolidation of the Oil Industry, 1998-2002

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and David J Hanson

Examines the economics of the oil and gas industry with a focus on 1998 through 2001. Discusses the rationale behind using a growth in scale as a means to increase profitability and to gain competitive advantage. Also examines the classic strategic implications of... View Details

Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Structures; Competitive Advantage; Consolidation; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Energy Industry