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  • 16 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

industry? A: I think there is a good chance that some of these large firms will divest underperforming wineries eventually. For starters, we know that several large firms have chosen not to participate aggressively in the acquisition... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage
  • 26 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

half a trillion dollars filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Over the same period, over 400 public companies underwent corporate spin-offs, divesting businesses valued at more than $250 billion. Each of these companies, and all of these... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

(i) geographically dispersed firms are less employee friendly; (ii) dismissals of divisional employees are less common in divisions located closer to corporate headquarters; and (iii) firms appear to adopt a "pecking-order" and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

its Chief Strategy and Growth Officer Nurtaç Ziyal Afridi, were tasked with divesting its vertical assets including Ak Gıda. The duo had prepared Ak Gıda for an IPO in Istanbul, while also having negotiated with multiple parties for its... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

building a position in gas production or divest these activities? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Airgas--Inc-/an/714517-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-096 Board of Directors: An Introductory Note No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

trade policies? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/905405-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-046 IBM Transforming, 2012–2016: Ginni Rometty Steers Watson To transform IBM for the next technology wave, Ginni Rometty, who became CEO in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

would focus on 10 high-growth categories and divest 100 smaller brands in the portfolio. As of September 2015, Lafley had negotiated the sale of 93 brands. Shareholders were left wondering whether this would be enough. Two days before the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

the service and retail sectors. But target firms also create more new jobs at new establishments, and they acquire and divest establishments more rapidly. When we consider these additional adjustment margins, net relative job losses at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

aligned. It was what we call in the book "forging strategic identity." Sometimes, usually with startups, this is done at the beginning of the CEO's tenure. In other instances this way of thinking develops over time. This process is often accompanied by View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace