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Educators

June 2021
Article

Deals in the Time of Pandemic

By: Guhan Subramanian and Caley Petrucci

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new attention to the period between signing and closing in M&A transactions. Transactional planners heavily negotiate the provisions that govern the behavior of the parties during this window, not only to allocate risk between the... View Details

Keywords: Takeovers; COVID-19; Material Adverse Effect; Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Pandemics

SSRN

October 2009
Teaching Note

Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo (TN)

By: Guhan Subramanian and Nithyasri Sharma

Teaching Note for [910006]. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Services Industry

March 1998 (Revised May 1998)
Case

Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (Abridged)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis

Describes the privatization of YPF Sociedad Anonima and the company's dilemma of whether to acquire a troubled U.S. oil company as a way of becoming a global oil company. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Globalization; Privatization

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

leadership at Allianz AG, the German insurance and financial services company, to complete a cross-border merger with the Italian insurance and financial services company, RAS. Allianz, however, could not complete the cross-border View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Fast Answer

Factiva: Advanced Searching

spending" as well as the word "canada" or merger or acquisition finds items containing either "merger" or "acquisition" not software not spreadsheets finds items containing the word... View Details

July 1982 (Revised August 2006)
Background Note

Tax Factors in Business Combinations

By: Henry B. Reiling

Discusses the theory and rules governing the taxation of business combinations (mergers and acquisitions). Related information from state corporate law, federal securities law, accounting, and finance is also provided. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details

Keywords: Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Law

Educators

01 Jun 1998
News

John (“Bo”) Kemp

in New York. There, frustrated by the difficulty of learning financial procedures such as how to structure a merger or an LBO, he decided to write a 300-page manual explaining such complex processes. His how-to book proved so useful that... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photograph by Webb Chappell

01 Apr 2000
News

The World at a Click

two-year-old, name-your-price discount site gaining fame of late with humorous ads featuring pitchman William Shatner. Both companies have grown rapidly since entering the online market, and with consolidation already under way (Travelocity just completed its View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelly

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

merger would sail through the antitrust review. But while it did pass easily through the U.S. review—no doubt further reinforcing his confidence—it smashed on the rocks in Europe. Had Welch recognized the potential for a negative decision... View Details

Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman

April 1983
Article

Assessing Competition in the Market for Corporate Acquisitions

By: R. S. Ruback

Keywords: Competition; Business Ventures; Mergers and Acquisitions

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

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

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

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