PODCAST: Big Mergers — Good or Bad?

— Originally Broadcast by Brandeis University –– — International Business School’s Ben…

Videos: The Social Contract Between Business and Society

By Ben Gomes-Casseres I am honored to occupy the Peter A. Petri…

In 2018, Did Business Get Too Big?

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | In THE NEW YORK TIMES | December 21, 2018 The…

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…

How Mergers and Partnerships Change The Way You Compete

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | M&A and partnership deals…

What the Big Mergers of 2017 Tell Us About 2018

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | The great business remix of…

The 10 most remarkable deals — and busts — of 2016

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in PBS MAKING SEN$E | Editor’s note: Even if…

The “Curse of Bigness” Today

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in PBS MAKING SEN$E | Portions of this article are…

Mergers vs Regulators — Lessons from Halliburton, Pfizer, and Staples

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Regulatory authorities in the…

10 Most Remarkable Deals of 2015

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in MARKETWATCH | In this banner year for corporate…

How Alliances Reshape Competition

(Handbook of Strategic Alliances) Alliances are intended to help firms cooperate better…

American Airlines and British Airways

(Providence Journal Op-Ed) U.S. Justice Department blocks AA-BA deal. It does not…

Microsoft Verdict Reveals Dark Side of Strategic Alliances

(Unpublished Op-Ed) Judge Penfield Jackson’s verdict in the Microsoft anti-trust case last…