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    Guhan Subramanian

    Guhan Subramanian is the Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business at the Harvard Law School and the Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law at the Harvard Business School. He is the first person in the history of Harvard... View Details

    • 09 May 2017
    • What Do You Think?

    Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

    align managers’ interests with those of shareholders), a reduction in the defenses against hostile takeovers (that typically increase short-term value for owners of the acquired company), increased merger... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 14 Jan 2019
    • Op-Ed

    These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

    earned him the United Nations Foundation’s Champion for Global Change Award in 2014. Polman faced his toughest test when Kraft Heinz launched a hostile takeover bid in 2017. Within 48 hours, Polman rejected... View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products
    • Web

    Curriculum - Business & Environment

    concepts: Business and Government Relations, Business Ethics, Corporate Governance Leadership and Corporate Accountability Aviva plc: Examining Net Zero Battle for the Soul of Capitalism: Unilever and the Kraft Heinz Takeover Bid (A) Key... View Details
    • 12 Feb 2021
    • News

    How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

    a real day by day, week by week, very stressful experience. Rosenberg: It was. It was a very trying time. It was a frightening time. We were basically struck by a greenmailer at the very end of the 80s, which was the end of the hostile... View Details
    Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
    • 28 Nov 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

    demonstrated that Unilever could make a hostile acquisition, while the acquisition of Chesebrough-Pond's two years later showed that Unilever could move quickly and decisively if it wished. Effective procedures were put in place to absorb... View Details
    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products
    • 08 Sep 2020
    • Blog Post

    2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)

    never know what any given day will bring. I’ve done everything from leading a hostile takeover of an ASX listed company (earning the nickname “Black Widow” – hilarious) to negotiating with Aboriginal groups... View Details

      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 Jun 2005
      • News

      Wizard to the Rescue

      and a hostile takeover looms. Enter four heroic student characters — Justin Thyme, Anita Richman, Dia Prentice, and Kris Matic — who set off on a journey to summon the Wizard of Hawes to the School’s rescue.... View Details
      Keywords: The Wizard of Hawes; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
      • 13 Nov 2018
      • First Look

      New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

      case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/819055-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 918-401 Keurig: Hostile Takeover (A) No abstract available. Purchase this... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
      • 01 Jul 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: July 1, 2008

      108-092 An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) refocusing process, and 5) takeover by new... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 13 Oct 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: October 13, 2010

      for Pentax into a hostile cash tender offer. A surprising sequence of events had caused a friendly merger agreement to fall apart, resulting in a boardroom coup at Pentax and the intervention of the Sparx Group, an indigenous activist... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 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
      • 09 Apr 2019
      • First Look

      New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

      political, as they faced widespread host government hostility and expropriation. In the contemporary global economy, political risk partially declined with the spread of liberalization, although the management of relations with host... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
      • 09 Nov 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: November 9, 2010

      Era for Raiders Author:Guhan Subramanian Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010) Abstract The article presents information on corporate methods of preventing hostile takeovers by... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 29 Jun 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: June 29, 2007

      PeopleSoft: A Case Study Authors:D. Millstone and Guhan Subramanian Periodical:Harvard Negotiation Law Review (winter 2007) Abstract This case describes Oracle's hostile takeover bid to acquire PeopleSoft,... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace