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- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
Vertical Mergers Facilitate Upstream Collusion? Authors:Volker Nocke and Lucy White Periodical:American Economic Review 97, no. 4 (September 2007): 1321-1339 Abstract We investigate the impact of vertical View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Shirish Nimgaonkar
successful exits. Shirish was also a Managing Director at a global investment bank, where he advised several leading high growth technology companies across US, Europe and Asia on this growth strategy, mergers and acquisitions, capital... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Action Plan: Happy Honey
Price: Building next-generation buzz for an essential—but often misunderstood—species. (photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post/Getty Images) Like a hands-on chief executive who loads pallets and leads merger talks, the bees in Dan... View Details
Keywords: Amy Rogers Nazarov
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HP's Fiorina Speaks at HBS
Silicon Valley’s quintessential “garage to riches” enterprise. Perhaps her biggest move has been HP’s 2002 merger with Compaq, the largest such marriage in high-tech history. Acknowledging the nay-saying and controversy that accompanied... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Historic Gift from HBS to New Radcliffe Institute
Harvard Business School has contributed a six-figure gift to the new Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, which will be established as an integral part of Harvard University as a result of Radcliffe College's merger with the... View Details
- January 2018
- Teaching Note
Suominen Wipes the Slate Clean
By: Boris Groysberg, Kalle Heikkinen, Michael Norris and James Barnett
In 2016, after successfully turning around Finnish nonwovens manufacturer Suominen, CEO Nina Kopola faces a decision on the company’s strategy moving forward. View Details
- 20 Jul 2007
- Keynote Speech
The New Activist Investors: Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Takeovers
By: W. Carl Kester
- Web
Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
particularly post-merger integration, are among the most difficult of leadership challenges business managers face in their careers. Even seasoned merger experts make catastrophic (and career-sabotaging) mistakes while leading through... View Details
- August 2017 (Revised November 2019)
- Case
Capitol Digital
By: Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
The case describes the acquisition of Capitol Digital, which specialized in litigation support and digital forensics, including due diligence findings and first year operational plans. View Details
- November 1997
- Case
Comptronics Associates, Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins and Norman Bartczak
The acquirer wants the acquired company to be accounted for as a pooling of interests. View Details
Hawkins, David F., and Norman Bartczak. "Comptronics Associates, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 198-058, November 1997.
- 2005
- Chapter
Concepts Fondamentaux de la Finance et Fusions et Acquisitions
By: Marc L Bertoneche
Bertoneche, Marc L. "Concepts Fondamentaux de la Finance et Fusions et Acquisitions." Chap. 9 in MBA: L'essentiel du Management par les meilleurs professeurs, edited by Marc L Bertoneche. France, 2005, French ed.
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
The Business of Access
her business know-how—revenue generation and growth in the private sector—and apply it to nonprofits rooted in social services. She was brought aboard to assist San Mateo–based Shelter Network implement a merger with another homelessness... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Remembering Dick Spangler
of North Carolina (now Bank of America), where he served as chair during the 1980s and played a key role in the firm’s merger with the North Carolina National Bank Corporation. With a lifelong passion for education, Spangler also oversaw... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
HBS Global Conference Set for Berlin in June
moderate discussions among prominent business leaders from around the world. The topics to be considered -- such as "The Future of the European Welfare State," "Entrepreneurship in Europe," "Corporate Governance: Converging toward a Global Standard?," and "Making... View Details
- Web
Leadership Collaborative | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
to learn from each other on cross-sector topics such as board development, transition planning, mergers and collaborations, impact measurement, and DEI in practice Connection with HBS Faculty on current research, cases, and other... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
announced merger between American Airlines and US Airways reminds us of the critical role that bankruptcy law, represented by Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code, has played in the ongoing economic recovery. Like other recent large... View Details
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
Fourth, rely more heavily on operational improvements and the contributions of employees rather than mergers and acquisitions to build value. This philosophy seems to be gaining some credence in the U.S. as well, with recent research on... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
Being Uncomfortable at HBS
novelty. If curiosity killed the cat. Then, lucky I am not a cat. Therefore, it isn’t a surprise that I enjoyed my time as a consultant, because it enabled me to jump from helping to develop a strategy for a large health system to supporting the View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Research Brief: Bankruptcy as a Better—Not Bitter—End
some have suggested. “For one out of five of these sales, the process is really just about transferring ownership of an ongoing, operating enterprise to another owner,” says Gilson. “That’s exactly what happens in the market for mergers... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- September 2003 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Polycom's Acquisition Process
Describes the acquisition decision-making process employed at Polycom. Focuses on the potential acquisition of the firm's archrival, Picturetel, in mid-2001. View Details
Roberto, Michael, and Gina Carioggia. "Polycom's Acquisition Process." Harvard Business School Case 304-040, September 2003. (Revised June 2005.)