Publications

June 2015
Teaching Note

Atlantic Grupa

By: Yuhai Xuan and Mato Njavro

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions

August 2012 (Revised December 2012)
Case

Telecommunications Regulation and Coordinated Competition in Romania

By: Arthur Daemmrich, Alex Radu and Ana Sarbu

Leaders of the Romanian telecommunications agency must decide about a proposed international merger and how to structure bandwidth auctions critical to the telecoms market. The case is designed to teach about regulatory choices from the perspective of a regulatory... View Details

Keywords: Regulation; Auction Policy; European Union; Government Policy; Cell Phone Industry; Mergers and Acquisitions; Telecommunications Industry; Romania

Educators

October 2009
Article

Mergers That Stick

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions

September 2006
Teaching Note

The MCI Takeover Battle: Verizon versus Qwest (TN)

By: Malcolm P. Baker

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Telecommunications Industry

August 2002
Case

eBay (C): PayPal Merger

By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Internet; Web Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

Educators

July 1989 (Revised September 1989)
Supplement

Merger Negotiations Between Farmland, Cenex, and Land O'Lakes (B)

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

2004
Chapter

When We Study M&A, What Do We Learn?

By: J. L. Bower

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions

Karatz has led KB Home during a period of immense growth. When he took over the CEO position, the company was selling and delivering 4,000 prefabricated homes a year. By 2003, the company was producing and selling over 27,000 homes. Karatz grew the business through... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

January 1996 (Revised November 1996)
Background Note

Note on European Buy-outs

Describes the market for European buyouts, contrasting the European market with the U.S. market where possible, and highlighting differences between European countries where appropriate. Discusses the type of businesses that undergo buyouts, the financial structure of... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Europe

November 2001
Background Note

Poison Pill, The

By: Guhan Subramanian

This case presents the history of the "poison pill" as an antitakeover defense. It includes excerpts from the crucial case of Moran vs. Household International. View Details

Keywords: History; Strategy; Acquisition; United States; Europe

1993
Chapter

Lessons from a Middle-Market LBO: The Case of O.M. Scott

By: George P. Baker and Karen H. Wruck

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts

February 2025
Case

RedBird Capital Partners

By: Anita Elberse and David Moreno Vicente

In July 2024, Gerry Cardinale, the founder and managing partner of RedBird Capital Partners (‘RedBird’) has helped orchestrate a high-profile deal in the world of entertainment: one in which Skydance Media (‘Skydance’), a content production studio led by David Ellison... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment; Media; Film; Television; Sports; Superstars; Marketing; Strategy; General Management; Investing; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Asset Management

Educators

October 2009 (Revised February 2010)
Supplement

Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (B)

By: Ryan D. Taliaferro, Clayton S. Rose and David Lane

[Continuation of "A" case.] Less than a month after the close of the merger between The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial, managers at the two firms realized that plans for combining their asset servicing businesses – and realizing the $180 million of annual cost... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

July 2002
Article

How Serial Acquirers Turn No-Growth Into Growth

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Growth and Development; Mergers and Acquisitions