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- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
MaterialsFurman Selz LLC (A): A Tale of Two Acquisitions Harvard Business School Case 905-066 Profiles a firm that was reacquired by two companies with different degrees of success. Highlights integration challenges present in View Details
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Martha Lagace
- November 2010 (Revised July 2011)
- Case
Merck/Schering-Plough Merger (A)
By: David F. Hawkins
Students have to identify the acquirer in a business combination structured as a reverse merger.
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Hawkins, David F. "Merck/Schering-Plough Merger (A)." Harvard Business School Case 111-017, November 2010. (Revised July 2011.)
Robert O. Anderson
Anderson parlayed a small oil business in New Mexico into one of the largest and most successful oil businesses in the United States. From 1966 to 1982, through acquisitions and strategic diversification, Anderson grew revenues 20-fold...
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Utilities & Energy
Juan T. Trippe
supporting the Allied Forces in the Pacific during World War II. Such dealings, in conjunction with Trippe’s acquisition of landing rights all over the world, helped PanAm become an industry leader in international air travel.
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Transportation
Nathan Cummings
By 1966, Cummings had grown Consolidated Foods into the nation’s fastest growing food processor, with sales of $830 million. Cummings’ most significant acquisition was Sara Lee, which he purchased in 1956 and grew into the nation’s...
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Food & Tobacco
- February 2017 (Revised February 2018)
- Case
Frank Baker: Siris Capital Group and Titan Systems
By: Steven Rogers and Derrick Collins
Private equity firm, Siris Capital Group, must decide if they should raise their offer to take Titan Telecom private by acquiring its publicly traded stock. Siris’ decision to pay a premium for Titan must be made in the context of their unique (and somewhat complex)...
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Acquisition;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Private Equity;
Mobile Technology;
Financial Services Industry;
Communications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Rogers, Steven, and Derrick Collins. "Frank Baker: Siris Capital Group and Titan Systems." Harvard Business School Case 317-036, February 2017. (Revised February 2018.)
- October 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Supplement
Kmart and ESL Investments (B): The Sears Merger
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah Abbott
Supplement to 209-044
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Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah Abbott. "Kmart and ESL Investments (B): The Sears Merger." Harvard Business School Supplement 209-045, October 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
Edward J. Bednarz
Bednarz secured Pinkerton’s position as the market leader in the office security business. Between 1968 and 1976, Pinkerton’s financial performance was among the top 50 companies in the United States in terms of both return on assets and market value. As Chairman,...
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Services
Michel C. Bergerac
Bergerac, however, is most known for the extensive diversification of Revlon into a health care products business. With the acquisition of companies in such areas as drugs, vision care, and medical diagnostics, the expanded health care...
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Personal Care & Home Products
Roger A. Enrico
Enrico helped to transform PepsiCo through a number of major initiatives including the spin-off of its fast food restaurant chains (Tricon), the acquisition of Tropicana, and the initial public offering of its bottling business. Through...
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Food & Tobacco
Horace C. Wright
acquisitions including the Oster Manufacturing Company. While he served as CEO, Sunbeam introduced many of its well-known products including electric shavers, blenders, knife sharpeners, and electric heaters.
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Fabricated Goods
Charles M. Pigott
Pigott was instrumental in leading the growth of his family’s business, Pacific Car & Foundry. Sales of heavy trucks under the Peterbilt and Kenworth names increased from $320 million to $4.3 billion. Part of that growth was generated through a series of View Details
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Automotive & Aerospace
Francisco A. Lorenzo
Lorenzo took over the fledgling Texas International Airways in 1972 and through major acquisitions including Continental Airlines, he built it into one of the country’s largest airline carriers. Lorenzo was skillful at managing government...
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Transportation
Jack M. Eckerd
acquisitions and by riding on the coattails of the supermarket expansion in the South, Eckerd doubled the size of his business every two years between 1959 and 1975.
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Retail
Rudina Seseri
Previously, Rudina was a Senior Manager in the Corporate Development Group at Microsoft Corporation. In this role, she led a number of successful acquisitions including iView Multimedia, Massive Interactive, Bungie Studios restructuring...
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Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital
- 18 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 18, 2006
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=206108 The Role of Private Equity Firms in Merger and Acquisition Transactions Author:William E. Fruhan Jr. Harvard Business School Note 206-101 Explores the...
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Sean Silverthorne
Bruce E. Karatz
Karatz has led KB Home during a period of immense growth. When he took over the CEO position, the company was selling and delivering 4,000 prefabricated homes a year. By 2003, the company was producing and selling over 27,000 homes. Karatz grew the business through...
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Construction & Real Estate
- July 2002
- Article
How Serial Acquirers Turn No-Growth Into Growth
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "How Serial Acquirers Turn No-Growth Into Growth." Accounting Bulletin, no. 108 (July 2002).
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
RCA's Sarnoff Lab, and the Rockwell Science Center, and as it built its capabilities and ventured into new application areas, it discovered a "killer app" for optical communications which led to its acquisition at the height of...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Jun 2016
- News
Ulf Mark Schneider Has Plans to Make Nestlé Healthy
the company since 1922. A piece in Fortune notes that the appointment “could trigger a series of acquisitions by the Swiss food giant to further its ambitions in nutrition and medical foods.” Schneider comes to the foodmaker from...
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