Mergers and Acquisitions - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

first is their "living group," a mixture of participants with whom they live and interact on-campus. "For instance, I might write that my organization is merging and that my leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

customers spread over six markets. The researchers extracted six variables to represent first-time customers’ acquisition behavior, including whether the purchase was made online or offline, number of items purchased, prices, discounts,... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Service

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

recent acquisitions in Poland and the UK and opened a subsidiary in China. “In English I am not myself. My personality is much smaller in this context.” Neeley, who speaks five... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

November 2002
Case

Siemens ShareNet: Building a Knowledge Network

By: Alan D. MacCormack, Sven Volpel and Kerry Herman

Describes the development of ShareNet, an innovative knowledge management system used by a division of Siemens. ShareNet attempts to capture the knowledge and experience of Siemen's many dispersed sales and marketing units around the globe, making it available to all.... View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Investment Return; Revenue; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Management; Sales

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Educators

Purchase

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

crowdsourcing comes in-defining a challenge and offering an incentive, whether in status or money, can get people to self-select as resources to you. You may even want to hire some of them. So this strategy can play into talent View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Banking By: Nicola Gennaioli & Robert W. Vishny JUN 2011 The rise and extent of shadow banking – the origination and acquisition of loans by financial intermediaries, their... View Details

25 Apr 2024
News

Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

Too Much of a Good Thing?

solve overcapacity dilemmas elsewhere in the world. Jensen, arguing for the salutary effects of the financial markets, says that merger and takeover activity - "the market for corporate control" - can, if it... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

02 Nov 2022
News

Strong Finish

investment from Sontag’s firm, Prelude Growth Partners, Sol de Janeiro’s sales more than doubled. Yang credits Sontag’s investment—and well-timed advice to invest in talent acquisition and inventory, not... View Details

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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Funding Opportunities 5ms Career and Internship Support While many options exist to address environmental issues through traditional for-profit careers, some students make their marks on the world through other types of... View Details

October 2006 (Revised September 2014)
Case

Summit Partners - The FleetCor Investment (A)

By: Michael J. Roberts

Part of a 3-case series in which students get to see the unfolding of due diligence on private equity (buy out) deal. In this, the A case, the deal team has negotiated a letter of intent with FleetCor, a firm that operates a fuel payment network for vehicle fleets.... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Preparation; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Investment; Negotiation Offer; Service Industry

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Educators

Purchase

04 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?

Big Five era (1999-2002), and the Big Four era (2003-2006). All but the final consolidation were due to mergers and acquisitions; the last contraction was due to the collapse... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

01 Aug 2001
News

Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)

significance of globalization by taking a much-publicized gamble in relatively untested markets such as India and China. In 1997, getting out in front of the industry's move toward consolidation, he helped negotiate a $10 billion View Details

Keywords: Richard B. Fisher; Warren A. Law; Alumni Achievement Award; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

Careers From C-Suite to CEO Careers From C-Suite to CEO Interested in making the transition from C-suite executive to CEO? The path will be different for everyone, however, studies of successful CEOs, case studies of alumni, and feedback... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Rationing Influence: Medium-Low 50 1950 s 19 Military spending shifts to nuclear deterrents Small Business Administration created Influence: Medium 60 1960 s 19 Great Society Consumer and environmental protection movements strengthen... View Details

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Help - Research Computing Services

research projects at a rate of $40/hour. Initial consultations, short inquiries, and research software acquisition for faculty and doctoral students are provided at no cost.... View Details

01 Jan 2014
News

To Spot Financial Trouble Early, Use Three Circles: A conversation with Blythe McGarvie of Harvard Business School

03 Sep 2009
What Do You Think?

Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?

Summing Up What is the time and place for retention bonuses? Retention bonuses have their time and place but have to be used sparingly, according to many respondents to this month's column. Others were not... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

05 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?

shows that when you account for consumer inertia, mergers lead to smaller price increases,” MacKay says. Although using the model MacKay and Remer developed could theoretically result in higher View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

constraining, and therefore strategic resource is no longer capital. The world is awash in funding. Most companies have got more financial capital than they've got great ideas to invest in. The main driver of the View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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