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- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
religious norms. We report on a field experiment that examines when auction participants will respond to an appeal to continue bidding for secular charitable causes. The results reveal that religious individuals are more likely than... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
case concerns the negotiations of a deal by HgCapital, a UK-based private equity firm, to buy Visma, ASA, a Norwegian software company. Visma has received an offer from Sage Group, a strategic acquirer. HgCapital must determine if it wants to View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Acquirers
M&A research examined topics such as how structured credit impacted the buyout boom and bidding strategies of private equity firms, little focus had been placed on the competition between acquiring companies themselves. In earlier... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
218-001 Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelez International’s Australia and New... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
MBA Class of 2004 Celebrates Class Day and Commencement
received their degrees (as did four newly minted Doctor of Business Administration graduates). In bidding the class farewell, Dean Kim B. Clark praised the students for their efforts and achievements. In particular, he noted the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Action Plan: Horse Sense
In Thoroughbred racing, no one knows for sure how to pick a champion. But after decades in the business, Terry Finley (OPM 45, 2014) is probably a better guesser than most. As president and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, New York, Finley finds... View Details
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810071-PDF-ENG Memo from Counsel: Antitrust Law and Customer Allocation Lynn S. Paine and Lara AdamsonsHarvard Business School Note 310-048 When do antitrust laws come into play in a bidding... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Rob Humble
became an analyst reviewing bids and proposals. "But I enjoyed working with people more than working with numbers," Rob says. "And frankly, I'm ambitious. I saw a cap on what I could do as an engineer. That pushed me toward... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Deals For Sale
purchase goods from distributors. "A retail chain store with several outlets might bid on these items, for example," he says. Auctions are held daily and are done in real time. "You go to the site, see what other people are offering, and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
all these students, learning practical business skills every day but not yet applying them in the real world,” says Petitti. “And we saw all these businesses with needs.” To connect the two groups, the team built an online marketplace where MBAs could View Details
Keywords: April White
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
116-007 Dollar General Bids for Family Dollar In spring 2015, Dollar General's CEO Rick Dreiling was looking ahead to retiring at year's end but worried about ensuring continued growth for the company he had built since 2008 into a market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
enter the market for financial products using its exchange model. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717517-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-518 Betfair (C) Prompted by a takeover bid from CVC, Betfair... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
the auction of Cable & Wireless America (CWA), a bankrupt subsidiary of the British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless. While an initial "stalking-horse" bid valued the assets at $125 million, after a long day... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management
progress toward an operational goal. However, in 2023, Bridges made a shift in their internship structure, assigning an HBS intern to an Investment Associate role reporting directly to Sullivan. “(She) ended up getting involved in coordinating a View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High
everything from electronics and sporting goods to food and drugs. Recently, with Goodrich focusing increasingly on the aerospace industry, Price oversaw the leveraged buyout of his division and bid farewell to Goodrich last spring. Now,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Meditations on the Bottom Line
about Kripalu's search for an executive director, she jumped at the opportunity - and not a moment too soon. "The search process was almost over," she says. Despite her eleventh-hour bid for the job and a blizzard that nearly prevented... View Details
- 04 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Presenting…an Alternative to Company Presentations: Evercore Grabs Attention with Interactive Events
Takeda/Shire case. Together, they explored the strategic rationale behind the transaction, the regulatory nuances of the UK Takeover Code, negotiations and bid strategy, financing and the roles various people from all sides played in the... View Details
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States
more from shopping malls, they have shown little interest in building affordable apartments. Government policies have favored home ownership, and today's interest rates are low. Finally, the rising prosperity of Israel has exacerbated prices, as people have View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
In 1992, after reforms by India’s government improved the country’s business climate, he formed a consortium that included SFR-France, Emtel-Mauritius, and MSI-UK and bid successfully for one of four mobile-phone network licenses... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative
the BRI is considered one of the most ambitious infrastructure undertakings ever conceived. It comprises a vast collection of development and investment projects stretching from East Asia to Africa to Europe. This signature foreign policy initiative is described by the... View Details