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  • January 2016 (Revised January 2019)
  • Supplement

The Allergan Board Under Fire (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, John C. Coates and David Lane
In 2014, the Allergan Inc. board of directors received a surprise takeover offer from Valeant Pharmaceuticals in alliance with hedge fund activist Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management. In the unprecedented arrangement between an acquirer and a hedge fund... View Details
Keywords: Allergan, Inc.; Valeant; Ackman; Pershing Square; Tender Offer; Activist Investors; Business Models; R＆D; Board Of Directors; Securities Litigation; Acquisition Strategy; Takeover Defenses; Hedge Funds; Shareholder Rights; Proxy Contest; Shareholder Special Meetings; Legal Issues In Contested Takeovers; Corporate Governance; Investment Activism; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Model; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • January 2016 (Revised January 2019)
  • Case

The Allergan Board Under Fire (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, John C. Coates and David Lane
In 2014, the Allergan Inc. board of directors received a surprise takeover offer from Valeant Pharmaceuticals in alliance with hedge fund activist Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management. In the unprecedented arrangement between an acquirer and a hedge fund... View Details
Keywords: Allergan, Inc.; Valeant; Ackman; Pershing Square; Tender Offer; Activist Investors; Business Models; R＆D; Board Of Directors; Securities Litigation; Acquisition Strategy; Takeover Defenses; Hedge Funds; Shareholder Rights; Proxy Contest; Shareholder Special Meetings; Legal Issues In Contested Takeovers; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • November 2005 (Revised February 2006)
  • Case

Oracle vs. PeopleSoft (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Guhan Subramanian and David Millstone
Focuses on the hotly contested takeover battle between software rivals Oracle and PeopleSoft in 2003 and 2004. Raises novel issues of takeover law under Delaware corporate law as well as issues of fair competition under California law. A central issue is whether the... View Details
Keywords: Takeover; Fiduciary Duty; Mergers and Acquisitions; Applications and Software; Ethics; Law; Governing and Advisory Boards; Customer Focus and Relationships; Competition; Strategy; Information Technology Industry; United States
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  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

understood or utilized in practice. It consists of actions to set up and modify the architecture of the negotiation itself — that is, to determine who takes part under what expectations, the sequence in... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
  • 29 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

Also, last week, the FTC tweeted out what looked to many like a call for whistleblowers asking ex-employees to get in touch. Is Twitter facing any real threat from federal regulators? Wu: Absolutely. Twitter needs to be very careful about... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology
  • 07 Apr 2011
  • What Do You Think?

When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?

might be threatened. Rob Houck reminds us that considerations of potential legal liability often inhibit transparency in such cases. Should the public sector wait for an "invitation" for its... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities
  • 14 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 14, 2016

forthcoming Harvard Business Review Press Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work By: Badaracco, Joseph L. Abstract—Part of a manager's job is making tough calls, and the hardest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 27

and Karim R. Lakhani Publication: Organization Science (forthcoming). Abstract We examine who the winners are in science problem-solving contests characterized by open broadcast of problem information,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation

heterogeneity inside the firm. Could they first start by broadcasting problems inside? There are always issues around managerial incentives, silos, and so forth, but certainly by the way we see open source communities and InnoCentive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 20 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 20, 2016

issue high-headline-rate and more complex products in low-rate environments. Finally, we find that high-headline-rate and more complex products are more profitable for banks, and that their ex post... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

Describes the rationale for participation by solvers in innovation contests and the benefits that accrue to firms. Raises the issue if a community can be shifted to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 11

Tarun Khanna Abstract—In the patenting literature, economists and legal scholars have focused on the question of improving the quality of prior art available to patent examiners and mitigating the filing and granting of patents where... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

Tintaya copper mine has long been a source of intense conflict between local community members and mine operators. The mine, which was owned and managed first by the Peruvian state and later by BHP Billiton, stands on 2,300 hectares of land expropriated from local... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 20

decision, political and social unrest breaks out in Kenya following a highly contested presidential election. Acumen Fund must now also consider the political risks of investing. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

American business ought to be run, including changes to fiduciary duties, legal liability, takeover rules, and business education, among many other areas." Lorsch and Khurana will air their views View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • 22 Feb 2018
  • Book

The New History of American Capitalism

global history as a thriving research field, one in which economic issues play a central role. Flows of capital, labor, and science linked developments across oceans; trade bound national economies to one... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

PeopleSoft: A Case Study Authors:D. Millstone and Guhan Subramanian Periodical:Harvard Negotiation Law Review (winter 2007) Abstract This case describes Oracle's hostile takeover bid to acquire PeopleSoft, which began with an unsolicited... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 9, 2016

illustrates what a Strategic Deal Profile is, why it is important, and the issues involved in making such a Profile part of actual selling behaviors and performance management practices. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jul 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

near as I can tell, wife carrying is not repugnant anywhere. The Estonian position in a wife-carrying contest Q: How do markets that were once legal become outlawed, and vice... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 11 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

banking analysts issue early in the year relatively more optimistic and later in the year more pessimistic forecasts for banks that could be their future employers. This... View Details