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  • 06 Dec 2017
  • News

Puzzle Master

had this advice for those interested in mergers & acquisitions: “...the best thing you can do is to develop an expert-level knowledge or—if applicable—execute one of the many workstreams required for a successful transaction,” she said,... View Details
  • 24 Aug 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Can Obamacare Be Saved?

merger between Aetna and Humana, two of the largest health insurers in the United States. The 838,000 consumers who were insured by Aetna exchange plans in 2016 will be forced to select other public exchange plans or purchase individual... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health
  • April 1992
  • Article

Does Corporate Performance Improve after Mergers?

By: Paul M. Healy, Krishna G. Palepu and Richard S. Ruback
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Performance; Business Ventures
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  • January 2020
  • Teaching Plan

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group: Acquisition of Volvo Cars and Volvo Cars: Acquisition by Geely

By: Willy Shih
This teachning plan is for the two cases 619-041 which describes Geely's acquisition of Volvo Cars, and 619-042 which describes Volvo Cars' acqusition by Geely. The case is designed to illustrate the different sides of an M&A transaction and the organizational culture... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Mergers and Acquisitions; Auto Industry; China; Sweden
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  • December 2010 (Revised February 2011)
  • Teaching Note

Dow's Bid for Rohm and Haas (TN)

By: Benjamin C. Esty
Teaching Note for 211020. View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions
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  • 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
Keywords: Nonwovens; Female Protagonist; Turnaround; Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Pulp and Paper Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Europe; United States; Finland
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  • 20 Jul 2007
  • Keynote Speech

The New Activist Investors: Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Takeovers

By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Change
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  • 04 Feb 2014
  • Blog Post

VCPE Club prepares for their annual conference…20 years and running!

Buyouts Magazine, Dow Jones, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pitchbook News, The Deal, and Venture Capital Journal. - Alexander Kleiner & Barbara Rauber, Barbara, VCPE Conference Co-Chairs View Details
  • Fast Answer

Industries: financial analytical data and tools

Data on public and private companies, investment firms, capital transactions, and people. Print resources: Mergerstat Review  Check Harvard availability
Ref. HD 2741 .M48 in the Stamps Reading Room Annual publication with data on 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
Keywords: HP; Hewlitt-Packard; Fiorina; Compaq; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
  • December 2018
  • Supplement

Amazon Acquires Whole Foods (B)

By: Rory McDonald, Sarah Mehta and Shaye Roseman
This short case, meant for pairing with HBS No. 615-013, “AmazonFresh: Rekindling the Online Grocery Market,” explores Amazon’s rationale for acquiring Whole Foods. View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 2005
  • Chapter

Concepts Fondamentaux de la Finance et Fusions et Acquisitions

By: Marc L Bertoneche
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Finance
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  • 18 Apr 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Tips to Reinvent the Department Store

mergers are likely to put more pressure on vendors. "You'll see, ultimately, a shakeout in consolidation on the vendors' side," he said. "I think it will complicate life on the vendors' side," Barnett said of the... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette; Retail
  • 01 Oct 1999
  • News

Eight Among Many: Kenneth A. Goldman

was named at the time) buy the Internet media company Excite in the largest Internet merger yet. It's heady stuff for a guy who started out in the unglamorous position of controller of a semiconductor firm after graduating from HBS. But... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • December 2008 (Revised July 2010)
  • Case

TravelCenters of America

By: Robin Greenwood, Daniel Jacob Goldberg and James Quinn
A New York-based hedge fund must decide whether to invest in TravelCenters of America (TA), a recent spin-off from a U.S.-based real estate investment trust. The case confronts students with the question: To what extent is this spin-off opportunity attractive from a... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; Travel Industry; United States
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  • 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
  • 18 Jul 2018
  • News

Ensuring HBS Remains a Dynamic Community

expressing my opinions and making presentations,” Lien explains. After HBS, Lien returned to Morgan Stanley, rising to executive director of mergers and acquisitions. She then moved to San Francisco, eventually leaving investment banking... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • News

Steve Schwarzman

companies with annual revenues exceeding $85 billion. Under Schwarzman’s leadership, the firm has diversified into hedge funds, real estate, corporate debt, restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions. In late March, Blackstone surprised... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance
  • 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