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  • June 2007 (Revised July 2009)
  • Case

Bert Twaalfhoven: The Successes and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur

Bert Twaalfhoven (70; HBS '54) is faced with two offers to acquire the manufacturing holding company he had built up over 40 years. Despite the attractive price, which would net Twaalfhoven and his family $70 million, he is reluctant to sell the company because his... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Management Succession; Manufacturing Industry
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Isenberg, Daniel J., and Mark Rennella. "Bert Twaalfhoven: The Successes and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 807-165, June 2007. (Revised July 2009.)
  • June 2004 (Revised June 2004)
  • Case

Utah Symphony and Utah Opera: A Merger Proposal

By: Thomas J. DeLong and David L. Ager
Anne Ewers, general director of Utah Opera, is awaiting the decision of the members of the board of the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera about whether to merge Utah's top two arts organizations. If the vote favors the merger, Ewers will be asked to assume the helm of the... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Management; Fine Arts Industry; Music Industry; Utah
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DeLong, Thomas J., and David L. Ager. "Utah Symphony and Utah Opera: A Merger Proposal." Harvard Business School Case 404-116, June 2004. (Revised June 2004.)

    Francis C. Rooney, Jr.

    During his 23-year tenure as CEO, Rooney led Melville’s dramatic expansion as a focused retail industry conglomerate. His acquisition of CVS in 1969 became the primary profitability producer for the corporation. Under his leadership,... View Details
    Keywords: Retail
    • January 2006 (Revised May 2007)
    • Case

    Endo Pharmaceuticals (A): From LBO to...?

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Brian DeLacey
    Endo Pharmaceuticals was formed in 1997 as a leveraged buyout spin-off from DuPont Merck. In 1999, it must decide whether to do an IPO or merge with a smaller company. View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Initial Public Offering; Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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    Hamermesh, Richard G., and Brian DeLacey. "Endo Pharmaceuticals (A): From LBO to...?" Harvard Business School Case 806-064, January 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
    • 21 Apr 2014
    • News

    A lifetime of quiet leadership

    which operated in a way that had never been done on Wall Street: Whitehead’s team proactively sought business and also became involved in facilitating mergers and acquisitions and IPOs. This spirit of innovation also informed Whitehead’s... View Details
    • 05 Mar 2014
    • What Do You Think?

    When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?

    bubble, the yardstick for acquisition price was also price per employee. The use of the measure seemed to subside when investment activity once again focused around startups rather than M&A. But now that the most wildly successful of... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Publishing; Retail
    • 14 Jul 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Keeping Your Balance With Customers

    acquisition as the biggest challenge. But lacking a CM strategy and able to respond to only short-term financial pressures, most organizations do an inadequate job of selection, retention, and growth. For many years, Mobil pursued a... View Details
    Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
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    Adam Kanner

    the marketplace, balancing supply and demand. You don’t want to acquire customers unless you have products to offer them. So building an effective marketplace is key. How are you making that happen? Through customer acquisition and... View Details
    • August 2001 (Revised March 2004)
    • Supplement

    Officenet (B): After the Merger

    Describes the execution of a new economy merger. Officenet, a bricks-and-clicks retailer of office supplies, is sold to an Internet pure-play, Submarino.com. Officenet's founders are in Brazil, where the company recently expanded its operations, and must consider... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Brazil
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    Kuemmerle, Walter, and Meredith Collura. "Officenet (B): After the Merger." Harvard Business School Supplement 802-010, August 2001. (Revised March 2004.)
    • January 2001 (Revised May 2010)
    • Case

    BP Amoco (A): Policy Statement on the Use of Project Finance

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
    Following the BP/Amoco merger in December 1998, CFO David Watson asked Bill Young to recommend when and under what circumstances the firm should use external project finance instead of internal corporate funds to finance new capital investments. As part of this... View Details
    Keywords: Project Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Policy; Capital Budgeting
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    Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "BP Amoco (A): Policy Statement on the Use of Project Finance." Harvard Business School Case 201-054, January 2001. (Revised May 2010.)
    • 01 Mar 2014
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    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
    • November 1997
    • Case

    Comptronics Associates, Inc.

    By: David F. Hawkins and Norman Bartczak
    The acquirer wants the acquired company to be accounted for as a pooling of interests. View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Accounting
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    Hawkins, David F., and Norman Bartczak. "Comptronics Associates, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 198-058, November 1997.
    • July 1989
    • Case

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

    By: Ray A. Goldberg
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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    Goldberg, Ray A. "Merger Negotiations Between Farmland, Cenex, and Land O'Lakes (A)." Harvard Business School Case 590-003, July 1989.

      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
            • September 1981 (Revised November 1983)
            • Case

            El Paso - PNW Merger (B)

            By: Richard H.K. Vietor
            Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry
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            Vietor, Richard H.K. "El Paso - PNW Merger (B)." Harvard Business School Case 382-041, September 1981. (Revised November 1983.)
            • October 28, 2016
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            AT&T, Time Warner, and What Makes Vertical Mergers Succeed

            By: Bharat Anand
            Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions
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            Anand, Bharat. "AT&T, Time Warner, and What Makes Vertical Mergers Succeed." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 28, 2016).
            • fourth quarter 2006
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            Making the Best of M&A

            By: Jay W. Lorsch
            Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions
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            Lorsch, Jay W. "Making the Best of M&A." Directors & Boards 3, no. 3 (fourth quarter 2006): 6.
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