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    Laurence F. Probst, III

    production of videogames and has also branched into educational software through the acquisition of Broderbund. Probst also managed the international expansion of EA. View Details
    Keywords: Computers & Electronics
    • 01 Mar 2014
    • News

    Innovation: Crowdfunding College Costs

    model has evolved since its launch. "We used to charge a transaction fee, but moved away from that for strategic reasons," Cordero says. "Now it's simply about customer acquisition and building a community." (Still, GradSave is currently... View Details
    Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Gradsave; crowdfunding; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

      Reuben Mark

      When Mark took over in 1984, the consumer goods giant was in the midst of trying to reinvent itself. The company had grown tremendously in the 70s through a series of less than stellar acquisitions and one of Mark’s first tasks was to... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
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      New Evidence and Perspectives on Mergers

      By: Gregor Andrade, Mark Mitchell and Erik Stafford
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Perspective
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      • October 2007 (Revised December 2008)
      • Background Note

      Evaluating M&A Deals: How Poison Pills Work

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
      The poison pill defense against hostile takeovers was invented in 1982 by Martin Lipton, of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz. Pills are considered the most effective of all the normal defenses against a hostile bidder. Describes the two basic types of poison pills... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation Deal; Mergers and Acquisitions
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      • January 2005 (Revised April 2006)
      • Case

      Four Deals

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
      Describes four disguised deals with different characteristics from the perspective of the acquirer. Asks students to compare, contrast, and rank the opportunities. View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation Deal
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        Sanford I. Weill

        At Travelers, Weill focused on growing the company’s assets with a particular emphasis on global expansion, a mission that led to the creation of Citigroup Inc., following the acquisition of Salomon Brothers in 1997 and the famous... View Details
        Keywords: Finance

          Robert D. Stuart, Jr.

          that this and other acquisitions cost Quaker Oats a good deal of cash, the company benefited greatly from the expansion with sales growing from $500 million in 1968 to $2 billion in 1979. View Details
          Keywords: Food & Tobacco

            Helen K. Copley

            Copley pursued a series of strategic acquisitions to expand the scope of the organization. In addition to its flagship paper, The San Diego Union Tribune, Copley Press owned 11 other dailies and 32 weeklies by the late nineties. View Details
            Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

              Herbert J. Siegel

              Siegel built the once, small boat maker into one of the largest and most powerful media holding companies. Acquiring two independent television stations with the Chris-Craft acquisition in 1968, Siegel sold the boat business in 1980 and... View Details
              Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

                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

                  Walter A. Munns

                  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
                    • 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
                    • 13 Feb 2007
                    • First Look

                    First Look: February 13, 2007

                    MaterialsFurman Selz LLC (A): A Tale of Two Acquisitions Harvard Business School Case 905-066 Profiles a firm that was reacquired by two companies with different degrees of success. Highlights integration challenges present in View Details
                    Keywords: Martha Lagace

                      Juan T. Trippe

                      supporting the Allied Forces in the Pacific during World War II. Such dealings, in conjunction with Trippe’s acquisition of landing rights all over the world, helped PanAm become an industry leader in international air travel. View Details
                      Keywords: Transportation

                        Nathan Cummings

                        By 1966, Cummings had grown Consolidated Foods into the nation’s fastest growing food processor, with sales of $830 million. Cummings’ most significant acquisition was Sara Lee, which he purchased in 1956 and grew into the nation’s... View Details
                        Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                          Charles W. Moritz

                          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
                          • 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