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  • May 2011
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Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting

By: George Serafeim
I analyze Embedded Value (EV) reporting by firms with life insurance operations to assess the impact of unregulated financial reporting on transparency and to examine the institutional characteristics that promote unregulated reporting. Under EV accounting the present... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Reporting; Cash Flow; Contracts; Equity; Profit; Value; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Earnings
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Serafeim, George. "Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting." Journal of Accounting Research 49, no. 2 (May 2011).
  • Fall 2024
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Redemption Mechanisms in Poison Pills: Evidence on Pill Design and Law Firm Effects

By: Olivier Baum and Guhan Subramanian
We present the first evidence on the incidence of “trip wire” versus “last look” poison pills. Using a hand-collected data set of 130 poison pills implemented and/or amended between January 1, 2020 and March 31, 2023, we find that pills are almost evenly divided... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Negotiation Tactics; Contracts
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Baum, Olivier, and Guhan Subramanian. "Redemption Mechanisms in Poison Pills: Evidence on Pill Design and Law Firm Effects." Business Lawyer 79, no. 4 (Fall 2024): 1043–1069.
  • 07 Aug 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Financial vs. Strategic Buyers

Keywords: by Marc Martos-Vila, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf & Jarrad Harford
  • 2007
  • Book

Mergers: Leadership, Performance & Corporate Health

By: David G. Fubini, Colin Price and Maurizio Zollo
Drawing on their own extensive integration experience, the systematic analysis of 167 mergers, and cutting edge academic research, the authors of this book identify the common leadership challenges to be tackled for the achievement of what we call 'corporate health',... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Health; Mergers and Acquisitions; Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Success
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Fubini, David G., Colin Price, and Maurizio Zollo. Mergers: Leadership, Performance & Corporate Health. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts New systems of accounting facilitated the oversight of complex financial transactions View Details
  • February 2021 (Revised June 2021)
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Barbarians at the Gate or Turnaround Gurus? Private Equity and the Rise of the LBO

By: Tom Nicholas and John Masko
During the 1980s, leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and the private equity (PE) firms responsible for carrying them out revolutionized both investment and management in the U.S. Between 1980 and 1989, buyout activity in the U.S. surged from $1 billion per year to $60 billion.... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt; Private Equity; Bonds; Investment Return; Institutional Investing; Profit Sharing; Business History; Management Style; Private Ownership; Performance Effectiveness; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Nicholas, Tom, and John Masko. "Barbarians at the Gate or Turnaround Gurus? Private Equity and the Rise of the LBO." Harvard Business School Case 821-016, February 2021. (Revised June 2021.)

    Krishna G. Palepu

    KRISHNA G. PALEPU is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, and has served previously as Senior Advisor to the President of Harvard University, and Senior Associate Dean at the... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; banking; financial services; information technology industry; pharmaceuticals; retailing

      Mitchell B. Weiss

      Mitch Weiss is the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the school's course on Public Entrepreneurship—on public leaders and private entrepreneurs who invent a difference in the... View Details

      • January 2011
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      Vodafone in Japan (C)

      By: Juan Alcacer, Mary Furey and Mayuka Yamazaki
      An update to Vodafone cases A and B, describing Softbank's acquisition of Vodafone and its performance in Japan. View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Knowledge Acquisition; Performance; Motivation and Incentives; Adaptation; Diversification; Expansion; Telecommunications Industry; Japan
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      Alcacer, Juan, Mary Furey, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Vodafone in Japan (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-470, January 2011.
      • April 1989 (Revised October 2005)
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      James Burke: A Career in American Business (A)

      By: Richard S. Tedlow and Wendy Smith
      Presents an historical overview of the professional career of James E. Burke, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson. Examines the corporation's handling of three major occurrences--the Tylenol poisonings in 1982 and 1986 and the acquisition and subsequent sale of... View Details
      Keywords: Business History; Marketing Strategy; Ethics; Personal Development and Career; Crisis Management; Consumer Products Industry; Health Industry; United States
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      Tedlow, Richard S., and Wendy Smith. "James Burke: A Career in American Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 389-177, April 1989. (Revised October 2005.)
      • May 2010 (Revised July 2010)
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      Bank of America Acquires Merrill Lynch (A)

      By: Robert C. Pozen and Charles E. Beresford
      On December 22, 2008, Bank of America (BofA) chairman and CEO Ken Lewis convened a special board of directors meeting to review his company's pending acquisition of investment bank Merrill Lynch. Negotiations for the acquisition had begun a few months earlier, during... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Corporate Governance; Government Legislation; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry
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      Pozen, Robert C., and Charles E. Beresford. "Bank of America Acquires Merrill Lynch (A)." Harvard Business School Case 310-092, May 2010. (Revised July 2010.)
      • September 2008
      • Case

      Yucheng Technology

      By: Li Jin, Li Liao, Chang Chen and Aldo Sesia
      The founder and CEO of an IT company servicing the needs of the financial services industry in China needs to raise capital for the company to grow and survive. He has two options. He can try and obtain financing from private equity investors, or he can accept a... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Financial Services Industry; China; United States
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      Jin, Li, Li Liao, Chang Chen, and Aldo Sesia. "Yucheng Technology." Harvard Business School Case 209-048, September 2008.
      • April 2017
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      The New Look of Deal Protection

      By: Guhan Subramanian and Fernán Restrepo
      Deal protection in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) evolves in response to Delaware case law and the business goals of acquirers and targets. We construct a new sample of M&A deals from 2003 to 2015 to identify four such areas of evolution in current transactional... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Practice
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      Subramanian, Guhan, and Fernán Restrepo. "The New Look of Deal Protection." Stanford Law Review 69, no. 4 (April 2017): 1013–1074.

        Deals: The Economic Structure of Business Transactions

        Business transactions take widely varying forms―from multibillion-dollar corporate mergers to patent licenses to the signing of an all-star quarterback. Yet every deal shares the same goal, or at least should: to maximize the joint value created and to distribute... View Details
        • September 2021
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        TAV Airports: Acquiring Almaty International

        By: Juan Alcácer and Esel Çekin
        The case opens in April 2020 with Sani Şener, CEO of TAV Airports, a vertically integrated regional airport operator headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, and his team discussing the pending acquisition of the Almaty International Airport in Kazakhstan. The company had... View Details
        Keywords: Airports; COVID-19 Pandemic; Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Bids and Bidding; Air Transportation Industry; Central Asia; Turkey
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        Alcácer, Juan, and Esel Çekin. "TAV Airports: Acquiring Almaty International." Harvard Business School Case 722-367, September 2021.
        • May 2008 (Revised June 2009)
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        House of Tata: Acquiring a Global Footprint

        By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Richard Bullock
        Chronicles the globalization of the Tata Group, one of India's largest business groups. Since 2000, many Tata Group operating companies have aggressively built international businesses, particularly through overseas acquisitions. After describing the globalization... View Details
        Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; India; United States
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        Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Richard Bullock. "House of Tata: Acquiring a Global Footprint." Harvard Business School Case 708-446, May 2008. (Revised June 2009.)
        • 2001
        • Book

        Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups

        By: Stuart C. Gilson
        Keywords: Value; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Acquisition; Restructuring
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        Gilson, Stuart C. Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups. John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
        • December 1999
        • Case

        E-Business at Honeywell International (A): AlliedSignal 1999

        By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
        AlliedSignal develops its e-business and merges with Honeywell, Inc. Throughout 1999 CEO Larry Bossidy leads activities to educate managers about e-business and the Internet, then requires strategic plans. This case looks at the planning process, barriers, and ideas in... View Details
        Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Executive Education; Leadership; Strategic Planning; Business Model; Change Management; Internet; Industrial Products Industry
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        Kanter, Rosabeth M. "E-Business at Honeywell International (A): AlliedSignal 1999." Harvard Business School Case 300-088, December 1999.
        • April 2018 (Revised March 2019)
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        Tesla-SolarCity

        By: E. Scott Mayfield and Emil N. Siriwardane
        On June 21, 2016, Tesla Motors, Inc. announced its offer to acquire SolarCity, bringing CEO Elon Musk one step closer to completing his goal of moving the world from a hydrocarbon-based economy to a solar-electric one. Markets and analysts were mixed in their reaction... View Details
        Keywords: Tesla; SolarCity; Solar Power; Mergers and Acquisitions; Renewable Energy; Goals and Objectives; Finance
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        Mayfield, E. Scott, and Emil N. Siriwardane. "Tesla-SolarCity." Harvard Business School Case 218-108, April 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
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        Site Credits - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

        Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Railroads & the Transformation of Capitalism Credits: Curator: Melissa Banta HBS Faculty Advisors: Walter A. Friedman, Research Fellow... View Details
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