Publications

January 2025
Case

Apax Partners: Deciding Whether to Bid for Trader Corp.

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer

Apax Partners’ investment committee was scheduled to meet on March 21, 2011, to decide whether to invest in Trader Corporation, a Canadian classified advertising business for used automobiles with both print (magazines) and digital (website) distribution. What made... View Details

January 2019
Supplement

Dollar General Bids for Family Dollar Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Jonas Heese, Paula A. Price and Suraj Srinivasan

August 18, 2015
Article

Microsoft's Bid to Make Outlook More Than Email

By: Feng Zhu

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05 Mar 2009
Working Paper Summaries

CPC/CPA Hybrid Bidding in a Second Price Auction

Keywords: by Benjamin Edelman & Hoan Soo Lee

February 2019
Case

Showdown at Mountain Pass: Bidding for Neo Materials

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield

March 2014
Supplement

Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid Spreadsheet Supplement (CW)

By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

June 2013
Supplement

Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers, Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Benjamin C. Esty

May 2009
Article

Skewed Bidding in Pay-per-Action Auctions for Online Advertising

By: Nikhil Agarwal, Susan Athey and David Yang

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2010
Supplement

Berkshire Partners: Bidding for Carter's, Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Malcolm Baker and James Quinn

Keywords: Auctions; Valuation; Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Massachusetts

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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

August 2004 (Revised March 2005)
Case

MGM Mirage's Bid for Mandalay Resort Group (A): Communicating During the Merger Process

After MGM Mirage decides to announce publicly its bid for Mandalay Resort Group, both companies face vital decisions about how to communicate with their various stakeholders during the merger negotiations. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Corporate Disclosure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Communication Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

July 2021
Teaching Note

Playing the Field: Competing Bids for Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

By: Daniel Green, E. Scott Mayfield and Benjamin C. Esty

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 220-087. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Bids and Bidding; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits

November 2021
Case

The Wolf in Cashmere: LVMH's Bid to Acquire Tiffany

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott

In November 2019, the iconic U.S. jeweler Tiffany agreed to be acquired by the luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. The $16.6 billion transaction was scheduled to close in mid-2020. However, in 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the luxury goods sector. In... View Details

Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Luxury Brand; COVID-19 Pandemic; Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Pandemics; Lawsuits and Litigation; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Europe