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Integrating Beam Suntory (A)

By: David G. Fubini, Rawi Abdelal and David Lane

The spring 2014 acquisition of U.S. alcoholic spirits maker Beam Inc. by Japan’s Suntory Holdings vaulted Suntory from 15th to third-largest international spirits company in the world. Yet Suntory had borrowed nearly the entire $16 billion purchase price, and relied on... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Communication; Borrowing and Debt; Globalization; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Retention; Leadership; Supply Chain; Organizational Structure; Ownership; Relationships; Conflict and Resolution; Integration; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan; United States; Chicago

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business, hired to reposition the company as a key player in the African American digital space. Rogers served as the first African American social secretary for the White House during the Obama administration, was appointed by Governor Jim Edgar to run the View Details

02 Apr 2019
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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... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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New HBSAA Members

William S. Lear (MBA ’68), Chicago, Illinois Diana K. Mayer (MBA ’71), New York, New York Howard D. Morgan (MBA ’88), Darien, Connecticut Peter M. Mott (AMP 111, 1992), Lake Forest, Illinois Leonard S.... View Details

William Blackie

Blackie took Caterpillar Tractor from a small U.S. based factory in Peoria, Illinois to a multinational corporation. Blackie was instrumental in creating new markets for Caterpillar products. He invested heavily in international expansion... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

14 Jan 2014
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Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship

Agracel owns over six million square feet of industrial space, 15 business parks, and a short-line railroad. While achieving this professional success, Schultz, who was named Ernst & Young's 2005 Illinois Entrepreneur of the Year, has... View Details

Keywords: CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities); Educational Services; Agriculture; Manufacturing

John D. Nichols

Though not a name brand, Illinois Tool Works, a manufacturer of component industrial parts, has been recognized by Wall Street and Fortune for superior financial and management performance. Much of that credit is due to Nichols. He... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

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Teaching Guidelines - Creating Emerging Markets

of the Andes (Colombia), University of Glasgow (Scotland), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA), and the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania (USA). For ideas on ways that you may utilize CEM transcripts and video... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Inciting Wonder

chief executive of an Illinois utility company and the director of the state’s lottery, is well-known for her civic, philanthropic, and social activities. Regarding her new job, she said, “What we really want to do is incite some wonder,... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Kunal Modi

I learned the meaning of community by leaving home. When I was fifteen, my family moved halfway across the world – from Illinois to Singapore – where I enrolled in an American school. I had been uprooted from everything familiar – the... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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New Leadership for External Relations

James C. Schroeder has recently been appointed the new executive director of External Relations at HBS. Schroeder, who comes to the School from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will head HBS alumni relations and development... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Carnival Queen

In Chicago, Desirée Glapion Rogers (MBA '85) is known as a hardworking executive at Peoples Energy, a diversified energy company, and as the former head of the Illinois State Lottery. But ask folks in New Orleans about her and you'll get... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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Change Channel

story about sex, nor does it need to be,” Graden explained to the New York Times (June 28, 2005). “So much connects us beyond sexuality.” Graden was raised in a small town in Illinois and attended a Christian college before graduating... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

testing of the finished product. Man bagging meat . Deepfreeze Distributors, Inc., Chicago, Illinois Mss: 641 1912 D959 1 album, 23 photographs Deepfreeze Distributors, Inc. was a Chicago-based distributor of frozen foods, including... View Details

William Wrigley III

Throughout William III’s early years at the family firm, Wrigley’s gum enjoyed a substantial lead in its industry. However, by the time he assumed the presidency in 1961, sugarless gum, and later bubble gum, were chipping away at that lead. Wrigley began to invest... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Charles R. Walgreen

Though Walgreen was trained as a pharmacist, he was an equally astute businessman. Walgreen personally manufactured some of his drugs in order to be able to maintain profitable low prices, and he also offered Walgreens branded merchandise and other services in his... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Frank A. Vanderlip

Because of his extensive study of European public and private financing systems during 1901, Vanderlip helped National City Bank become a tremendous resource for American businesses wishing to expand abroad. Vanderlip’s international interest led to the building of the... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Jane Trahey

Trahey was one of the first women to own and manage a major advertising agency in the United States. A prolific copywriter and author, Trahey is credited with the inspiration for the long-running “What becomes a legend most?” campaign for Blackglama mink. Her agency... View Details

Keywords: Services

Thomas M. Siebel

Siebel founded his firm in 1993 as a provider of sales force automation systems. Though his firm quickly became a major player in sales force automation, Siebel Systems achieved tremendous growth when its software was applied to customer service functions. In many... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

Edward W. Scripps

Beginning with the purchase of the Cleveland Penny Press, a cheep mass-market publication in 1878, Scripps went on to build the first newspaper chain in the United States. Through a series of acquisitions, he formed United Press International consisting of 34... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

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