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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

J. Basil Ward

Ward presided over a period of dramatic growth and development for Addressograph. Through careful acquisitions and targeted investments, he enabled the company to stay at the forefront of the printing and typesetting industry. Under his... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

Clarence Birdseye

While Birdseye did not invent the process of quick freezing, he was the first to create a commercially viable business with the technology. His advancements in the quick freezing process ensured that the foods' nutrients and taste would be preserved. The success of his... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

H. Stanley Marcus

dramatically growing both the customer base and store locations. He secured the future expansion of the business through its acquisition by Carter, Hawley, Hale in 1969. View Details

Keywords: Retail

27 Jun 2016
News

Ulf Mark Schneider Has Plans to Make Nestlé Healthy

the company since 1922. A piece in Fortune notes that the appointment “could trigger a series of acquisitions by the Swiss food giant to further its ambitions in nutrition and medical foods.” Schneider comes to the foodmaker from... View Details

Frederic N. Schwartz

Schwartz orchestrated Bristol-Myers' growth as a multinational health and beauty care provider ushering in ten consecutive years of market value appreciation. He oversaw the successful acquisition of Clairol and repaid the debt in less... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

July 2002
Article

How Serial Acquirers Turn No-Growth Into Growth

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Growth and Development; Mergers and Acquisitions

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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

Plato Malozemoff

Struggling to find a job during the depression, the Russian-born immigrant, accepted an entry level engineering position with Newmont in 1945. Nine short years later, Malozemoff took the helm of Newmont Mining that, at the time, was valued at $147 million. Through... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

Joseph P. Spang, Jr.

Spang is credited with rejuvenating Gillette after the depression. He was a pioneer in sports marketing and endorsements and was instrumental in leading Gillette into diversified product lines, most notably with the acquisition of the... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

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

John Pitcairn

Pitcairn shepherded his small plate glass company into an industry leader with a capitalization of $25 million in 1916. Pitcairn accomplished such expansion through plant acquisition and sales growth, as well as through investment in... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

William W. George

George is credited with Medtronic’s phenomenal growth from a small producer of pacemakers to an international manufacturer of a broad line of medical devices. Through strategic acquisitions and organic growth, George catapulted revenues... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

John S. (Jack) Knight

Knight inherited Akron's Beacon-Journal in 1933 from his father and built it into a leading newspaper publishing conglomerate. A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Knight also had a knack for business. Through several major acquisitions... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

Willard H. Dow

Dow grew the company his father had founded through acquisitions and mergers. He acquired a 75% interest in Midland Ammonia in 1930, partnered with Ethyl Gas in 1933, joined with Cleveland-Cliffs Iron in 1935, and acquired the Great... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

Roy L. Ash

In 1953, Ash and his partner, Tex Thornton, bought Litton Industries, a small West Coast producer of microwave tubes. Litton embarked on an aggressive acquisition course. By 1961, the same year Ash became president of the company, Litton... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

John T. Chambers

Chambers grew Cisco from a company with $1.2 billion in sales to $10 billion in sales by 1998. Chambers has grown Cisco through both acquisitions and internal development. He capitalized on the data-intensive internet revolution and... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

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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)
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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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