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      • September 1988
      • Case

      Skil Corp.

      By: Michael E. Porter
      The portable electric power tool market in the United States was approximately $1.1 billion in 1979. There were about a dozen manufacturers competing in the U.S. market, of which five were U.S. companies. Skil was the third largest U.S. competitor. Skil was acquired by... View Details
      Keywords: Competition; Competitive Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Emerging Markets; United States
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      Porter, Michael E. "Skil Corp." Harvard Business School Case 389-005, September 1988.
      • August 1988 (Revised February 1992)
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      Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Jon Skofic
      Norton, a once famous motorcycle manufacturer, soundly beaten by Japanese competition, turns its attention to developing rotary engines. The company is acquired by Norton Group PLC, which is headed by a dashing entrepreneur. The new management must decide what... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Crisis Management; Resource Allocation; Production; Competition; Auto Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Japan; United Kingdom
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Jon Skofic. "Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 589-013, August 1988. (Revised February 1992.)
      • spring 1987
      • Article

      Second-Sourcing and the Experience Curve: Price Competition in Defense Procurement

      By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
      We examine a dynamic model of price competition in defense procurement that incorporates the experience curve, asymmetric cost information, and the availability of a higher cost alternative system. We model acquisition as a two-stage process in which initial production... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Government and Politics; Price; Competition; Mathematical Methods
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      Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Second-Sourcing and the Experience Curve: Price Competition in Defense Procurement." RAND Journal of Economics 18, no. 1 (spring 1987): 57–76. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
      • September 1986 (Revised July 2001)
      • Case

      Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Harry Gruner
      As principals engaged in structuring leveraged buyouts for a well-capitalized risk arbitrage firm, Bob Meehan and George Schwartz are preparing to bid for the business and assets of a Westinghouse subsidiary. The case focuses on the value of the opportunity, methods of... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Bids and Bidding; Opportunities; Business Subsidiaries; Strategy; Valuation; Equity; Electronics Industry
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      Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Harry Gruner. "Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 287-023, September 1986. (Revised July 2001.)
      • August 1986 (Revised May 2005)
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      Mike Finkelstein (B)

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Charles Bryan and Ken Leet
      Following his successful turnaround of WTXX, Waterbury, Mike Finkelstein joined Odyssey Partners with a mandate to build a communications company. From 1982-1985, he acquired three more stations, financing each as an independent partnership. However, increasing... View Details
      Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Cash; Business or Company Management; Bonds; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Alignment; Acquisition; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Communications Industry
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      Baldwin, Carliss Y., Charles Bryan, and Ken Leet. "Mike Finkelstein (B)." Harvard Business School Case 287-021, August 1986. (Revised May 2005.)
      • March 1985 (Revised November 1988)
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      Precision Parts, Inc. (A)

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Contains a description of a decision confronting two entrepreneurs in mid-1981. They are considering purchasing a small manufacturer of precision electromechanical parts. Among the issues in the case are the following: 1) Should Taylor and Grayson buy Precision Parts,... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Cost vs Benefits; Investment Return; Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Risk and Uncertainty; Outcome or Result; Manufacturing Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "Precision Parts, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-131, March 1985. (Revised November 1988.)
      • May 1983 (Revised December 1987)
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      Technical Data Corp.

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Describes a decision confronting the president of a small company about selling some or all of the shares in his company to another firm. Technical Data Corp. provides analytical services to professional bond market traders over a system of computer terminals operated... View Details
      Keywords: Stocks; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Information Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Valuation; Negotiation Tactics; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Information Industry; Service Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "Technical Data Corp." Harvard Business School Case 283-072, May 1983. (Revised December 1987.)
      • April 1983
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      Assessing Competition in the Market for Corporate Acquisitions

      By: R. S. Ruback
      Keywords: Competition; Business Ventures; Mergers and Acquisitions
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      Ruback, R. S. "Assessing Competition in the Market for Corporate Acquisitions." Journal of Financial Economics 11, nos. 1-4 (April 1983): 141–153.
      • January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
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      Hospital Corp. of America (A)

      By: W. Carl Kester
      HCAs ratio of debt to total capital is approaching 70%, jeopardizing its single-A bond rating. Students must determine an appropriate target debt ratio for HCA in light of its growth objectives, its acquisition strategy and its changing regulatory environment. View Details
      Keywords: Situation or Environment; Capital Structure; Health Care and Treatment; Borrowing and Debt; Health Industry; Tennessee
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      Kester, W. Carl. "Hospital Corp. of America (A)." Harvard Business School Case 283-053, January 1983. (Revised February 1988.)
      • May 1982
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      Assessing Competition in the Market for Corporate Acquisitions

      By: R. S. Ruback
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Competition; Markets
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      Ruback, R. S. "Assessing Competition in the Market for Corporate Acquisitions." Seminar on the Analysis of Security Prices, Proceedings 27, no. 1 (May 1982): 251–270.
      • 1979
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      Diversification through Acquisition: Strategies for Creating Economic Value

      By: Malcolm S. Salter and Wolf A. Weinhold
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Strategy; Value; Diversification
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      Salter, Malcolm S., and Wolf A. Weinhold. Diversification through Acquisition: Strategies for Creating Economic Value . Free Press, 1979.
      • October 1976 (Revised May 1985)
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      Raytheon Co.: Diversification

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Centers on the question of whether Raytheon should enter the electronic component distribution industry in the context of its broad diversification approach and acquisition criteria. This industry represents a vertical integration area for Raytheon, so the analytical... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Policy; Market Entry and Exit; Distribution; Diversification; Vertical Integration; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry
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      Porter, Michael E. "Raytheon Co.: Diversification." Harvard Business School Case 377-055, October 1976. (Revised May 1985.)
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      Knowledge flows and capability acquisition

      By: Willy C. Shih
      Technological advancements are a major source of improvement in competiveness, and a firm’s incentives to invest are diminished when the knowledge generated is involuntarily dispersed to competitors.  While intellectual property rights can moderate this flow to the... View Details
      Keywords: Knowledge Aspects Of Strategy; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Spillovers; Knowledge Acquisition; Manufacturing Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; China
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