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Charles R. Shoemate

any U.S.-based operation. Shoemate presided over the successful spin-off of BestFoods and orchestrated its eventual, highly profitable acquisition by Unilever. View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Munns presided over the continued growth and diversification of Smith Kline. He orchestrated strategic acquisitions in the consumer and medical business arenas, introduced “Contac” and other Smith Kline medicines to the international... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

Donald C. McGraw

McGraw initiated a period of diversification and expansion for McGraw-Hill, moving beyond book and magazine publishing. He orchestrated the successful acquisition of three industry reference sources: Standard & Poor’s Corporation, F.... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

March 1978 (Revised June 1983)
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Kennecott Copper Corp.

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Involves a $550 million cash tender offer by Kennecott Copper Corp. for all of the outstanding common shares of the Carborundum Corp. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cash; Mining Industry

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November 2010
Teaching Note

The Walt Disney Company and Pixar Inc.: To Acquire or Not to Acquire? TN

By: Juan Alcacer and David J. Collis

Teaching Note for 709462 and 709489. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Making; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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Moritz took the helm of D&B just after it had acquired the major market research firm, A. C. Nielsen. Moritz led the successful integration of D&B’s largest acquisition and established a pattern of smooth and profitable mergers.... View Details

Keywords: Services

28 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 28

provides excerpts from four Chairman's letters to shareholders from Pfizer's annual reports, followed by a description of the circumstances behind each letter. In the 2000 annual report, then-CEO Bill Steere discusses Pfizer's rise to industry prominence with the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Financial Management of Smaller Firms - Course Catalog

challenges encountered when acquiring a small business. We then learn about different ways to fund a search through five other acquisitions by HBS graduates. We then focus on the market for smaller firms including cases about private... View Details

Thomas S. Murphy

houses) including the 1986 pivotal acquisition of American Broadcasting Company, Murphy built a communications giant known for tight financial control and strong, lean management. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

Edward G. Jefferson

requirements. Though deemed expensive at the time ($7.3 billion), the Conoco acquisition was instrumental in securing duPont’s growth and positioning the company for the future. View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

O. Wayne Rollins

In 1964, Rollins completed what is believed to be the first leveraged buy-out in business history through the acquisition of Orkin Exterminating Company. Through a number of acquisitions, he parlayed this initial company into one of the... View Details

Keywords: Services

03 Oct 2017
News

Can Bezos’s Ties to Boston—and HBS—Seal the Deal?

electronics devices to Amazon’s online storefront. HBS would continue to play a role in Amazon’s development, with the article noting that two of Amazon’s earliest acquisitions included local companies founded by Warren Adams (MBA 1998)... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade

Robert O. Anderson

Anderson parlayed a small oil business in New Mexico into one of the largest and most successful oil businesses in the United States. From 1966 to 1982, through acquisitions and strategic diversification, Anderson grew revenues 20-fold... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

J. Chadbourn Bolles

Under Bolles dynamic direction which spanned 34 years, Chadbourn grew from a small hosiery operation with $500,000 in annual sales to an international and diversified textile and apparel complex with $68 million in sales. Through strategic View Details

Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

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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Bednarz secured Pinkerton’s position as the market leader in the office security business. Between 1968 and 1976, Pinkerton’s financial performance was among the top 50 companies in the United States in terms of both return on assets and market value. As Chairman,... View Details

Keywords: Services

Horace C. Wright

acquisitions including the Oster Manufacturing Company. While he served as CEO, Sunbeam introduced many of its well-known products including electric shavers, blenders, knife sharpeners, and electric heaters. View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Charles M. Pigott

Pigott was instrumental in leading the growth of his family’s business, Pacific Car & Foundry. Sales of heavy trucks under the Peterbilt and Kenworth names increased from $320 million to $4.3 billion. Part of that growth was generated through a series of View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Irving S. Shapiro

Initially making a name for himself in politics, Shapiro joined duPont in 1951 as a lawyer, handling some of its most important acquisitions and antitrust cases. His negotiating skills, coupled with his extensive political connections,... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial