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  • August 2002 (Revised June 2003)
  • Case

New Wachovia (A), The

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Jeremy Swinson
In April 2001, First Union Corp. announced an agreement to merge with Wachovia Corp., a fellow North Carolina-based commercial bank. While the banks were preparing to consummate the merger, SunTrust Banks, Inc. of Atlanta, made a hostile offer for Wachovia, setting in... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Conflict and Resolution; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Atlanta; North Carolina
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  • February 2018
  • Case

Robert K. Steel at Wachovia (A)

By: Gautam Mukunda, Nien-hê Hsieh and David Lane
In September 2008, Robert Steel presided over the sale of Wachovia, a top U.S. bank, less than three months after becoming its CEO. Wachovia’s exposure to risky home loans led depositors and creditors to flee the bank on Friday, September 26, after the FDIC seized and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Financial Crisis; Robert Steel; Wachovia; Sheila Bair; Richard Kovacevich; Wells Fargo; Vikram Pandit; Citigroup; FDIC; Tim Geithner; Mortgage Lending; Contagion; Mergers And Acquisitions; Financial Services; Banking; Decision Making; Ethics; Fairness; Finance; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Management Style; Risk Management; Negotiation; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Banking Industry; United States
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  • August 2002 (Revised May 2003)
  • Case

New Wachovia (B), The

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Jeremy Swinson
On August 3, 2001, after a hotly contested proxy fight, Wachovia Corp.'s shareholders voted to merge with First Union Corp. The managers of the two banks then turned to face the challenges of integrating the two organizations. Their task was to implement a "merger of... View Details
Keywords: Integration; Mergers and Acquisitions; Problems and Challenges; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; North Carolina
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  • February 2018
  • Supplement

Robert K. Steel at Wachovia (B)

By: Gautam Mukunda, Nien-hê Hsieh and David Lane
In September 2008, Robert Steel presided over the sale of Wachovia, a top U.S. bank, less than three months after becoming its CEO. Wachovia’s exposure to risky home loans led depositors and creditors to flee the bank on Friday, September 26, after the FDIC seized and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Financial Crisis; Robert Steel; Wachovia; Sheila Bair; Richard Kovacevich; Wells Fargo; Vikram Pandit; Citigroup; FDIC; Tim Geithner; Mortgage Lending; Contagion; Mergers And Acquisitions; Financial Services; Banking; Decision Making; Ethics; Fairness; Finance; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Management Style; Risk Management; Negotiation; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Banking Industry; United States
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  • June 2013
  • Teaching Plan

Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo

By: Guhan Subramanian and Charlotte Krontiris
This case follows the events of a crucial week in the 2008 financial crisis, when the federal government orchestrated the sale of Wachovia Bank first to Citigroup and then, in a surprise move, to Wells Fargo. We examine the extraordinary relations between government... View Details
Keywords: Citigroup; Wachovia; Wells Fargo; FDIC; Acquisition; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; United States
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Positions

dollarDEX (1998-2007)

Retired chief executive, non-executive chairman

One of world's top 30 in online finance (Institutional Investor, March 2003). Wealth management firm in Asia, and has... View Details

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Homestake Mining Company, 1945–1963 Malcolm P. McLean Sea-Land Service, 1956–1969 Scott G. McNealy Sun Microsystems, 1982–Present Rene C. McPherson Dana Corporation, 1972–1980 George H. Mead Mead Corporation, 1912–1942 George J. Mecherle State Farm Insurance, 1922–1937... View Details

    John G. Medlin, Jr.

    Medlin expanded the relatively small Wachovia Bank into one of the largest financial companies in the south. During his seventeen year tenure, he acquired banks in Georgia and South Carolina and grew the asset base of the company from... View Details
    Keywords: Finance
    • 01 Sep 2006
    • News

    Teamwork Testament

    that Wachovia paid $24 billion to purchase it last May, the San Francisco Chronicle reported (June 4, 2006). In an interview with the couple, now in their 70s, Marion Sandler told the Chronicle, “We’ve almost never not worked together. We... View Details
    • 13 Mar 2018
    • First Look

    March 13, 2018

    consequences for Moorjani, for the young businesses he had built, and for the future of mobility. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/818026-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-055 Robert K. Steel at Wachovia... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Jun 2010
    • News

    $how Me the Money

    magazine added that “the U.S. just might be the world’s biggest washing machine for dirty money.” Baker concurs, noting that the U.S. Treasury Department asserts that virtually 100 percent of dirty money presented for deposit in the United States is accepted into... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
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    Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    American College of Healthcare Executives James A. Hamilton book of the year award. Professor Teisberg has also received the Frederick S. Morton Leadership Award and the Wachovia Award for research excellence. She has held faculty... View Details
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    This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details