Takeovers - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 1982
Background Note

December 2003
Article

Bargaining in the Shadow of Takeover Defenses

By: Guhan Subramanian

Keywords: Negotiation; Integration

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1988
Comment

Characteristics of Hostile and Friendly Takeover Targets

By: Michael Jensen

Keywords: Acquisition

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23 Jan 2011
News

Air Products ruling will set takeover benchmark

May 2017
Supplement

Battle for the Soul of Capitalism: Unilever and the Kraft Heinz Takeover Bid (B)

By: William W. George and Amram Migdal

This (B) case describes the aftermath of Unilever’s February 2017 rejection of Kraft Heinz Company’s (KHC)/3G Capital’s (3G) unsolicited $143 billion takeover offer. In an effort to defend itself against future attempts by KHC/3G or other suitors, Unilever announced on... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Restructuring; Performance Improvement

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02 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Instagram Takeover - Billy Tabrizi (MBA '20) and WesTrek

Billy Tabrizi (MBA ‘20) is from Chicago, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in Accountancy. Prior to HBS, Billy worked at PwC and is currently the Section C Social Chair. In this takeover, Billy takes us through a... View Details

Article

Explaining Variation in Takeover Defenses: Blame the Lawyers

By: John C. Coates

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September 2007
Supplement

The MCI Takeover Battle: Verizon versus Qwest (CW)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn

Keywords: Integration; Communications Industry

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31 May 2019
Video

Instagram Takeover - 2019 Commencement with Dilan Gomih

October 1996 (Revised December 1997)
Case

American Cyanamid (A): Boardroom Response to a Hostile Takeover Offer

American Home Products' (AHP) $9 billion hostile takeover of American Cyanamid (Cyanamid) was the largest mergers and-acquistions transaction in 1994, and made AHP the fourth largest pharmaceutical firm in the United States. At the time of AHP's offer, Cyanamid had... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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08 Nov 2017
News

How Qualcomm Became Vulnerable to a Takeover Bid

November 2005 (Revised February 2006)
Case

Oracle vs. PeopleSoft (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Guhan Subramanian and David Millstone

Focuses on the hotly contested takeover battle between software rivals Oracle and PeopleSoft in 2003 and 2004. Raises novel issues of takeover law under Delaware corporate law as well as issues of fair competition under California law. A central issue is whether the... View Details

Keywords: Takeover; Fiduciary Duty; Mergers and Acquisitions; Applications and Software; Ethics; Law; Governing and Advisory Boards; Customer Focus and Relationships; Competition; Strategy; Information Technology Industry; United States

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May 2017 (Revised February 2024)
Case

Battle for the Soul of Capitalism: Unilever and the Kraft Heinz Takeover Bid (A)

By: William W. George and Amram Migdal

This case describes Kraft Heinz Company’s (KHC) February 2017 unsolicited $143 billion takeover offer to acquire Unilever. The offer was made to Unilever CEO Paul Polman by KHC chairman Alexandre Behring, who was also co-founder and CEO of Brazilian-based 3G Capital... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Value Creation; Decision Choices and Conditions

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