Publications
Publications
- October 2001
- HBS Case Collection
Healthcare Brands Corporation
By: David F. Hawkins
Abstract
A U.K. and a U.S. firm are entering into a merger agreement. Management must decide whether the merged companies should be domiciled in the United Kingdom and account for the merger as a pooling of interests or the United States and account for the merger as a purchase. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
Keywords
International Accounting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Contracts; Health Industry; United Kingdom; United States
Citation
Hawkins, David F. "Healthcare Brands Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 102-032, October 2001.