Merger - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2004
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America Latina Logistica

Describes the turnaround of America Latina Logistica, a $200 million revenue, formerly state-owned, railway in Brazil that has been restored to profitability by its CEO, a recent MBA graduate. After successfully transforming the company's operations, finances, and... View Details

Keywords: Rail Transportation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Rail Industry; Brazil

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01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down

The news last October of Chevron's proposed acquisition of Texaco for $36 billion in stock was hardly surprising to industry analysts. The planned merger — which would streamline projects and save some $1.2 billion annually — was... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

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Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Railroad Records Photographs Research Collections Secondary Sources Related Sites Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies &... View Details

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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog

bonds outstanding. Every day, public markets set prices for CEOs and CFOs, financial institutions, and investors, all seeking to raise and invest money in a way that drives the economy forward. A public exit - whether through an initial public offering of common stock... View Details

25 Jul 2018
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HBS Alumni Leader, Benefactor Dies at 86

for senior executives when his son was a second-year MBA student. Spangler also chaired the Bank of North Carolina during the 1980s, playing a key role in its merger with the North Carolina National Bank Corporation (now Bank of America),... View Details

02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/218001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-012 Turkish Economy Bank and Fortis Bank: Managing a Complex Merger Following the announcement of the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Shaila Ittycheria

core set of skills in finance," says Shaila, "but became more intrigued by the business groups' strategy teams." She joined the Online Services Group to work on acquisitions strategies. By the time she left, Shaila was a View Details

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Corporate Strategy Course - Project Resources

style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration-line: none;">International Directory of Company Histories Histories include company development and background; merger and acquisition history; impact of sales and... View Details

01 Apr 1999
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Alumni Career Services Update

says he has interacted with more than 750 alumni since coming to HBS, "not including attendees at HBS presentations I've given on campus and on the road." Many of ACS's most avid customers are newer graduates, who began their careers in an unpredictable environment of... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

2009
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Mercury Athletic Footwear, Inc.: Valuing the Opportunity (TN): Brief Case No. 4051.

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Joel L. Heilprin

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Valuation; Apparel and Accessories Industry

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August 2010 (Revised March 2012)
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The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (C)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton

The global economy entered a crippling recession in the fourth quarter of 2008 and Dow lost its primary source of funding for its planned acquisition of Rohm and Haas. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Financing and Loans; Chemical Industry

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February 2008 (Revised November 2010)
Background Note

Accounting for Business Combinations: Acquisition Method

By: David F. Hawkins and F. Asis Martinez Jerez

A technical note reviewing business combinations and Goodwill accounting under the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, No. 141R. View Details

Keywords: Goodwill Accounting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Standards

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March 2003 (Revised June 2003)
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Risk Arbitrage: Abbott Labs and Alza (A)

By: George C. Chacko, Randolph B. Cohen, Marc Chennault and Andrew Kuhlman

A hedge fund is trying to decide whether to capitalize on a seeming risk arbitrage opportunity that exists during the Abbott Labs acquisition of ALZA. View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment Funds

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June 2000
Teaching Note

Vermeer Technologies (C), (D), and (E) TN

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Teaching Note for (9-397-081), (9-397-082), and (9-397-085). View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Employees; Groups and Teams; Information Technology Industry

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01 Mar 2007
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Daniel Vasella

this one played out brilliantly. Within a decade, Dr. Daniel Vasella (PMD 57, 1989) rocketed through the ranks of Sandoz and in 1996 led the firm’s merger with Ciba-Geigy, emerging as CEO of the new company called Novartis, based in... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; multinational pharmaceutical company; prescription drugs; vaccines; Medicare; generics business; Health, Social Assistance

September 2013 (Revised March 2014)
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Progress Energy and Duke Energy (A)

By: Guhan Subramanian and Charlotte Krontiris

Just as Duke Energy and Progress Energy announce their merger—forming the largest utility company in the United States, to be led by the current Progress CEO—a nuclear reactor owned by Progress suffers major damage and must be taken offline. While Progress grapples... View Details

Keywords: Duke; Progress; Nuclear Energy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; United States

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Research Links: Secondary Sources - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Railroad Records Photographs Research Collections Secondary Sources Related Sites Research Links: Secondary Sources Adams, Henry, The... View Details

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Laying Down the Principles: Management - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School/title>

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Laying Down the Principles: Management A system of centralized management was born from the need to direct the flow of capital and run... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout

(both MBA 1992) have written, produced, and directed Live Another Day, a documentary in the spirit of Inside Job that delves into the government bailout of General Motors and the Chrysler-Fiat merger through extensive research and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing