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June 2007 (Revised January 2009)
Case

Nextel Partners: Put Option

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Douglas Scott

Nextel Partners' shareholders have voted to exercise a put option that will require the company's largest shareholder, Sprint Nextel Corp., to purchase all the shares it does not already own. However, the put option does not stipulate a price to be paid, but rather a... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Stock Options; Price; Public Ownership; Valuation

May 2005
Supplement

GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (B)

By: Robert S. Huckman and Eli Strick

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decisions; Operations; Performance; Research and Development; Restructuring; Organizations; Pharmaceutical Industry

January 2009
Teaching Note

VMWare Inc., 2008 (TN)

By: Andrei Hagiu

Teaching Note for [709435]. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Applications and Software; Mergers and Acquisitions; Initial Public Offering; Management Succession; Information Technology Industry

November 2007
Background Note

Event Arbitrage

By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford

The event arbitrage module includes two simulation sessions. The first simulation focuses on analyzing and evaluating individual merger transactions, while the second simulation emphasizes managing a portfolio of individual positions and the limitations of arbitrage... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Markets; Financial Management; Investment Portfolio; Risk Management

December 2008 (Revised July 2010)
Case

TravelCenters of America

By: Robin Greenwood, Daniel Jacob Goldberg and James Quinn

A New York-based hedge fund must decide whether to invest in TravelCenters of America (TA), a recent spin-off from a U.S.-based real estate investment trust. The case confronts students with the question: To what extent is this spin-off opportunity attractive from a... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; Travel Industry; United States

century. The success of Quicken was just the beginning. Cook and Intuit went on to launch a full suite of financial applications from on-line bill payment for individuals to inventory and account receivables management for small businesses. Through his View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

1988
Chapter

An Overview of Takeover Defenses

By: R. S. Ruback

Keywords: Acquisition

Career Coach

Adam Bronfin

Adam spent five years in real estate private equity prior to HBS. In his previous role, he gained experience across many different verticals within the industry, including development / construction, private equity, structured finance / credit investing, View Details

Fast Answer

Industries: financial analytical data and tools

Data on public and private companies, investment firms, capital transactions, and people. Print resources: Mergerstat Review Check Harvard availability
Ref. HD 2741 .M48 in the Stamps Reading Room Annual publication with data on mergers and View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

Faculty Books

its decision-making, marketing, brand management, innovation, acquisition strategies, corporate culture, and human-resource management. Managing Product and Service Development by Stefan H. Thomke (Irwin/McGraw-Hill) Professor Thomke... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Career Coach

Annette Rodriguez-Ferrer

(now CCMP Capital). Annette has significate public, private and non-profit Board experience. Currently, she serves as Executive Chairperson of Wax Center Partners and previously held Board positions with Clean Streak, Fertilitas, and as an independent Director of... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Retail; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship

17 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 17, 2008

RCA's Sarnoff Lab, and the Rockwell Science Center, and as it built its capabilities and ventured into new application areas, it discovered a "killer app" for optical communications which led to its acquisition at the height of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 2010
Case

Talent Agencies

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Toby E. Stuart and Lauren Barley

The case overviews the talent agency industry in Hollywood in 2009. Focuses on the role of the talent agent, the dynamics of professional service firms, the challenges facing agencies in light of major changes in the entertainment industries, and a possible merger... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Problems and Challenges; Change; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Los Angeles

March 1985 (Revised June 1985)
Teaching Note

Conglomerates and the Merger Movement of the 1960s, Teaching Note

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Mergers and Acquisitions

1986
Chapter

Takeovers: The Controversy and the Evidence

By: Michael Jensen

Keywords: Acquisition

SSRN

1988
Chapter

The Takeover Controversy: Analysis and Evidence

By: Michael Jensen

Keywords: Acquisition