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    Thomas B. Pickens

    Starting his career with only a small drilling, exploration and production firm, Pickens developed a knack for acquiring oil-rich properties. His luck afforded him the wealth he used to begin his famous string of attempted hostile View Details
    Keywords: Utilities & Energy
    • 01 Dec 2011
    • News

    Knowing the Score

    campaign—still one of the most creative promotions any network has ever produced about itself—and the methodology behind it. ESPN has had many corporate owners over the years, and the famous edict of Watergate’s “Deep Throat” to “follow the money” became my mantra in... View Details
    Keywords: James Andrew Miller; Organizational Behavior; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
    • 01 Dec 2003
    • News

    An Authentic Leader

    excess costs, which was a good thing. But many CEOs saw how much people were making in these takeovers and raiding attempts and thought they should be well compensated too. They started to get very large... View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 25 May 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

    acquisition activity in the healthcare sector invariably occurs with scant regard for the impact on public health or the end consumer. Pfizer’s attempted takeover of the British company, AstraZeneca, in 2014... View Details
    Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health
    • 27 Dec 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

    were paralyzed by fear of a Chinese takeover of the world. Google didn't exactly leave China or prevail in the face-off over government-banned content. The BP oil spill debacle in the U.S. Gulf region didn't destroy the company, didn't... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • 01 Sep 2009
    • News

    Over the Top

    function,” said Roundtable president John Castellani. Skeptics of government intervention are quick to point out that more than two decades of well-meaning attempts to constrain ever-soaring corporate pay and to reform governance through... View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Government
    • 13 Oct 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: October 13, 2010

    valuation, corporate governance, shareholder activism, takeover deal tactics, and the Japanese market for corporate control. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/209065-PDF-ENG Purchase this... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 07 Oct 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: October 7, 2008

    jurisdiction, and therefore protection, of the states involved. Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), whose members are states, represent an important attempt to span this abyss. IGOs are mandated variously to smooth economic... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 11 Jul 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

    Betfair.com naturally come to dominate the industry, and if so, how should the bookmakers react? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/709417-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-517 Betfair (B) Buoyed by success in the market for gambling... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 11 Dec 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: December 11, 2007

    closed, and the portfolio of businesses reshuffled. A good example of a pure Theory E approach was Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap's attempt to transform Scott Paper (now owned by Kruger Inc.) between 1996 and 1998. CEOs who employ Theory... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 25 Jul 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

    profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must confront tensions in balancing profit, growth, and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 09 Apr 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

    evolution of the organization’s attempts to grow its social impact in Brazil and beyond—including a loose network of sister organizations, social franchising, licensing agreements, and government adoption. Purchase this... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 11 Oct 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

    initial attempts to suppress them. “It turns out that shareholders have many different views, and it’s not only the largest shareholders whose proposals have widespread appeal,” says Soltes, who coauthored the study, titled What Else Do... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 22 May 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: May 22

    capital market and regional development. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411081-PDF-ENG Carl Icahn and Clorox Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen DuranteHarvard Business School Case 412-078 This case outlines the takeover... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 11 Apr 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research, April 11

    executives with whom he has successfully worked for decades? Or should he establish a new team with roughly equal representation from both airlines? Parker’s choice will send important signals to employees about the extent to which the transaction will be viewed as a... View Details
    • 12 Dec 2018
    • News

    Lesson Plan

    the ultimate result being a $40 million deficit. The district had already been placed on financial watch, with the very real possibility of a state takeover looming. Cognetti had been reading about the school district’s woes in the local... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen
    • 28 Aug 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: August 28

    School Case 313-036 This case explores the reputational and legal issues that arise as Barclays Capital attempted to manage client conflicts by following established industry practice in the face of changing legal norms. In February 2011,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 10 Jan 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

    consumers and in the communities where we operated. Contrary to competitive motives that seek to improve companies' market share, the risk management motivation mainly attempted to preserve a favorable status quo. Very often these were... View Details
    Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
    • 04 Dec 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: December 4, 2007

    accretion or dilution to expect based on the terms of a deal. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208059 Evaluating M&A Deals—How Poison Pills Work Harvard Business School Note 208-061 The poison pill defense against... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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