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- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
consolidate as well as rethink their purchasing practices—moving from looking for products to looking for cost-effective solutions that added value and improved patient outcomes. These market forces caused Becton Dickinson to try to adapt...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
minority college juniors and seniors to general management issues through the case method and encourages them to consider careers in business. A Saturday morning packed with sessions covered topics ranging from consolidation in the media...
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- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
envision a future landscape for success. Finally, Takers were business leaders who saw value in industries and/or businesses that others thought were no longer viable. Takers took advantage of industry consolidations and often breathed...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
manufacturing and the Toyota Production System. Asks students to consider whether New Balance should change aspects of its operations strategy in light of the consolidation among its competitors or whether the Adidas-Reebok transaction...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
1990s, she recalls, “I had dozens of people walking through the door with business plans for InStyle.com or Time.com that were essentially trying to sell me my own content.” The situation, she reflects, reminded her of the era of View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
consolidation and cost pressure. Was he right, or should Alltech take a different approach? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-088 Passion and Strategy: Novozymes' Embrace...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
new collaborative efforts with government agencies, including the Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission. Both the private and public initiatives at industry rationalization challenged existing ideas of antitrust law, which had favored either corporate...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising
increases from the arrangement, but critics claim Google would be the ultimate winner by consolidating more power in the market. Edelman prepared the remarks for a June 27, 2008, hearing, which was later rescheduled. Here is the prepared...
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- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
KironHarvard Business School Case 412-036 In 2005, Ganesh Natarajan, CEO of Zensar, a Pune, India-based software company, and his senior management team are considering consolidating staff and resources at the firms. Natarajan proposes an...
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Carmen Nobel
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
time a spinout firm went public. In this way, it would not need to consolidate the firm in its balance sheet (i.e., it would not need to include the company's equity on its balance sheet, which would reduce Xerox's return on equity). The...
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by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
pursuing an aggressive strategy of acquisitions over the last several years. End-market consolidation in the retail space has driven vertical integration in the extremely competitive fresh tomato business, where farm gate prices have not...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
founders faced new internal and external pressures; particularly worrisome was the entry of auction giants Christie's and Sotheby's into the market. The Vaziranis' main challenge now is to consolidate their leading position in the market...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
provided an opportunity to consolidate student services previously scattered across campus. MBA administrative offices moved into the top floor, and the lower level included a casual-dining grill, the Harvard Coop, IT support services, a...
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- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
industry observers believed the growth and consolidation would continue, providing many opportunities for investors. However, few health club chains were publicly listed, and the leading listed company, Bally Total Fitness, was under U.S....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
Business School Case 213-019 Slater & Gordon (S&G), a midsized Australian law firm with a high-growth consolidation strategy, had an initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for May 2007. Due to a series of regulatory changes in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
including taking Fannie and Freddie out of the investment business, simplifying mortgage disclosure documents, consolidating the federal government's highly fractured financial services regulatory agencies, and requiring that financial...
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- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
development and potential consolidation of the household electronic appliance retailing sector. Gome, Suning, and China Paradise, the three largest players in the market, all experienced phenomenal growth, but Gome is slowly losing steam...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
to consolidate the company's Venezuelan subsidiary. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111019-PDF-ENG Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (B) David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Supplement 111-020 in the Cosmeticos de...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
for PR firms and their holding-company media conglomerate parents to do so. The public relations industry in the broadest sense has undergone a tremendous amount of consolidation through acquisitions over the past 20 years. It is also...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
challenges of sustaining its advantages in a highly competitive and consolidating industry, and whether it should pursue organic or inorganic growth, while maintaining company culture. Purchase this case:...
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Carmen Nobel