What the Biggest Business Deals of 2019 Tell Us About the Next Decade
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Unlike the earth’s climate,…
Case Studies
The CVS-Aetna Merger Hinges on One Question: What Do Consumers Get Out of It?
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | November 7, 2017 The proposed…
Who Killed The GE Model?
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | This blog has gotten…
What Does Whole Foods Get from Amazon? Alexa, for Starters
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | All the talk about…
Three Types of Acquisitions — Lessons from Microsoft and LinkedIn
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn…
How Divestments Create Value — The Case of Yahoo!
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Just as the M&A…
Sources of Joint Value — Questions About Pfizer-Allergan
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Pfizer and Allergan…
The Strategy Behind the Deal — Questions About Dell-EMC
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | The news that Dell…
From Rivals to Partners — IBM and Apple
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | The lynchpin of…
Exit and Loyalty — Yahoo and Tumbler
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | As Yahoo goes through…
Competing for Partners — Japan Airlines, Delta, and AA
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Japan Airlines has…
Learning by Joint Venture — NUMMI
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Last week, Toyota…
Boston Scientific and Medinol (A)
(Brandeis University case) History and challenges facing alliance between Boston Scientific, a…
Can AOL and Google Marriage Work?
The Providence Journal Op-Ed (2005) Google’s billion-dollar engagement ring to AOL will…
Star Alliance, 2000
(Brandeis University case) Origin, management, and challenges facing Star Alliance, the airline…
Relationship Lessons from the Ford-Firestone Breakup
(Bridge Forum Op-Ed) Firestone’s breakup with Ford is the most public corporate…
American Airlines and British Airways
(Providence Journal Op-Ed) U.S. Justice Department blocks AA-BA deal. It does not…
Xerox and Fuji Xerox
(Associated Press – excerpted) Restructuring of Fuji Xerox provides opportunity to draw…
Microsoft Verdict Reveals Dark Side of Strategic Alliances
(Unpublished Op-Ed) Judge Penfield Jackson’s verdict in the Microsoft anti-trust case last…
The Amazon-Morgan-Berkshire Partnership Balloon
By Ben Gomes-Casseres This blog was cited in The New York Times’s…