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Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThe huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive... -
To Regulate Big Corporations, Understand How They Got That Way
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleBig isn’t categorically bad, but it should invite public suspicion and scrutiny. -
6 Factors That Determine Your Company’s Valuation
Corporate finance Digital ArticleInvestors have a quantitative understanding of how the market values a company. Management teams should too. -
SPACs: What You Need to Know
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleSpecial purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have been around in various forms for decades, but during the past two years they've taken off in the... -
What HBO's "Succession" Can Teach Us About Negotiating
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleSometimes when you win, you also lose. -
The New M&A Playbook
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleCompanies spend more than $2 trillion on acquisitions every year, yet the M&A failure rate is between 70% and 90%. Executives can dramatically increase... -
The CVS-Aetna Merger Hinges on One Question: What Do Consumers Get Out of It?
Mergers and acquisitions Digital ArticleIt’s a test of what creating value means today. -
Bridging the Gap Between Capital Providers and Midsize Companies
Mergers and acquisitions Digital ArticleMidsize companies are underserved and overcharged by financial providers — but they don’t have to be. -
Capturing the Real Value in High-Tech Acquisitions
IT management Magazine ArticleMany high-tech companies looking for hot new products have caught acquisition fever. Smart buyers keep their eye on building the right long-term capabilities, which often means keeping the right people. -
15 Steps for Successful Strategic Alliances (and Marriages)
Organizational culture Digital ArticleWedding bells fill the Northern Hemisphere air for this season’s happy couples. Among the newlyweds armed with pre-nuptial agreements are numerous companies starting strategic alliances, joint ventures, and focused collaboratives. Unlike full-blown mergers, in which two really do become one because one company disappears, alliances and partnerships resemble modern marriages: separate careers, individual checkbooks, sometimes […] -
The Gentleman's "Three" (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHow do you reduce headcount when almost everyone gets the same scores on performance reviews? HR vice president Nils Ekdahl confronts that question at... -
Oil and Wasser (HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleIt was supposed to be an amicable "merger of equals," an example of European togetherness, a synergistic deal that would create the world's second-largest... -
Rohm and Haas's Former CEO on Pulling Off a Sweet Deal in a Down Market
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleRaj Gupta had led the specialty chemical company Rohm and Haas without drama for years when some of its most important shareholders asked him to orchestrate... -
So Many M&A Deals Fail Because Companies Overlook This Simple Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleAn analysis of 2,500 mergers. -
Negotiation? Auction? A Deal Maker's Guide
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhat's the best way to buy or sell an asset? Should you hold an auction and accept the most attractive offer? Or should you identify the most likely prospects... -
Stock or Cash?: The Trade-Offs for Buyers and Sellers in Mergers and Acquisitions
Accounting Magazine ArticleCompanies are increasingly paying for acquisitions with stock rather than cash. But both they and the companies they acquire need to understand just how big a difference that decision can make to the value shareholders will get from a deal. -
WPP’s CEO on Turning a Portfolio of Companies Into a Growth Machine
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Use Small Wins to Build Trust Between Partner Companies
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleDon't go straight for the big audacious goals. -
Is Lack of Competition Strangling the U.S. Economy?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThere's no question that most American industries have become more concentrated. Economists are trying to understand whether this is necessarily a bad... -
The Data: Where Long-Termism Pays Off
Organizational Development SpotlightIn "The Data: Where Long-Termism Pays Off," five charts reveal how long-term-focused companies surpass their short-term-focused peers on several important...
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Tata Motors' Acquisition of Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In January 2004, the chairman of the India-based Tata Group, announced that the Tata Group would focus its efforts on international expansion to become... -
Banc One--1993
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details From a small local bank, Banc One has grown to one of the largest and most profitable banks in the United States under the leadership of its CEO, John... -
Harvey Golub: Recharging American Express, Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Harvey Golub, CEO American Express, initiated and led a large-scale change process. The case describes the organization he inherited, two successive waves... -
Tata Motors' Integration of Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In January 2004, the chairman of the India-based Tata Group, announced that the Tata Group would focus its efforts on international expansion to become... -
Fitbit
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2019, Fitbit lost its leadership in the wearable sensor market to Apple and to cheaper alternatives. Why did it lose its market position? How will... -
Hewlett-Packard: Culture in Changing Times, Portuguese Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details HP had been a highly successful and respected company for decades. It was well known for its company culture and management practices--the HP way--which... -
Rob Waldron at SCORE! Educational Centers (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes Rob Waldron's actions upon assuming leadership of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Examines the issue of acquiring... -
Superior Industries International
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details An analyst is about to make a presentation on the potential of Superior Industries International as an acquisition target. The issue for students is whether... -
HOYA Corporation (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2007, HOYA of Japan must decide whether to change its friendly exchange offer for Pentax into a hostile cash tender offer. A surprising sequence of... -
Othellonia: Growing a Mobile Game
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In the summer of 2019, Yu Sasaki, Head of the Game Division of DeNA, a Japanese mobile gaming company, is evaluating various growth strategies for its... -
Note on Valuing Control and Liquidity in Family and Closely Held Firms
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Most companies around the world are family-controlled and/or closely held. The need to value these companies routinely arises in practice for a variety... -
Mercury Athletic: Valuing the Opportunity, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In January 2007, West Coast Fashions, Inc., a large designer and marketer of branded apparel, announced a strategic reorganization that would result in... -
Options for growth: The case of Haier (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The cases focus on how Zhang Ruimin, CEO of the Qingdao refrigerator factory, managed to turn around a nearly bankrupt factory which produced bad quality... -
An Activist Approach: Confidential Role Assignment for Remingtons Housewares
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details A three party, multiple-issue negotiation exercise dealing with a potential merger between two leading department stores, called for by an activist investor... -
Charter Communications: Another Bid for Time Warner Cable?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In the summer and fall of 2013, Charter Communications, the fourth-largest cable television company by market share, made multiple bids to acquire Time... -
Zimmer Holdings (A): Acquisition of Centerpulse, Switzerland
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Zimmer Holdings, an orthopedic devices company in the United States, is suddenly faced with the prospect of its British competitor acquiring one of the... -
Allergan South Africa's Merger: Contextual Leadership Sustaining Culture
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In early 2016, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Allergan South Africa had been leading his team through changes resulting from a number of mergers... -
AOL Time Warner (A): Accounting for Goodwill
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Reviews the impact of SFAS 142--Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets--in the context of the AOL Time Warner merger. Under SFAS 142, companies were required... -
MW Petroleum Corp. (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Amoco Corp. is negotiating to sell a wholly-owned subsidiary, MW Petroleum, to Apache Corp. MW owns large reserves of oil and gas comprising many properties... -
Fonterra: Taking on the Dairy World
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Fonterra was a cooperatively owned dairy company--New Zealand's largest company and the world's largest exporter of dairy products. To maintain its leadership,...
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Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThe huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive... -
To Regulate Big Corporations, Understand How They Got That Way
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleBig isn’t categorically bad, but it should invite public suspicion and scrutiny. -
6 Factors That Determine Your Company’s Valuation
Corporate finance Digital ArticleInvestors have a quantitative understanding of how the market values a company. Management teams should too. -
SPACs: What You Need to Know
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleSpecial purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have been around in various forms for decades, but during the past two years they've taken off in the... -
What HBO's "Succession" Can Teach Us About Negotiating
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleSometimes when you win, you also lose. -
The New M&A Playbook
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleCompanies spend more than $2 trillion on acquisitions every year, yet the M&A failure rate is between 70% and 90%. Executives can dramatically increase... -
Tata Motors' Acquisition of Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In January 2004, the chairman of the India-based Tata Group, announced that the Tata Group would focus its efforts on international expansion to become... -
Banc One--1993
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details From a small local bank, Banc One has grown to one of the largest and most profitable banks in the United States under the leadership of its CEO, John... -
Harvey Golub: Recharging American Express, Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Harvey Golub, CEO American Express, initiated and led a large-scale change process. The case describes the organization he inherited, two successive waves... -
Tata Motors' Integration of Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In January 2004, the chairman of the India-based Tata Group, announced that the Tata Group would focus its efforts on international expansion to become...