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, the climate for business deals remained stubbornly unchanged…
Case Studies
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 merger of CVS and Aetna will test what it…
Who Killed The GE Model?
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | This blog has gotten a lot of attention. The Wall Street Journal…
What Does Whole Foods Get from Amazon? Alexa, for Starters
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | All the talk about Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods has been about…
Three Types of Acquisitions — Lessons from Microsoft and LinkedIn
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn is big and bold — and likely to…
How Divestments Create Value — The Case of Yahoo!
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Just as the M&A party appears to be winding down, the divestment…
Sources of Joint Value — Questions About Pfizer-Allergan
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Pfizer and Allergan are set to merge in the biggest combination…
The Strategy Behind the Deal — Questions About Dell-EMC
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | The news that Dell will acquire EMC is déjà vu all over…
From Rivals to Partners — IBM and Apple
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | The lynchpin of the new IBM-Apple alliance will be this simple…
Exit and Loyalty — Yahoo and Tumbler
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | As Yahoo goes through with its acquisition of Tumblr, CEO Marissa Mayer…
Competing for Partners — Japan Airlines, Delta, and AA
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Japan Airlines has chosen to stay hitched to American Airlines and…
Learning by Joint Venture — NUMMI
By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Last week, Toyota announced it will close the plant of New…
Boston Scientific and Medinol (A)
(Brandeis University case) History and challenges facing alliance between Boston Scientific, a leader in coronary stent market, and Medinol, its…
Can AOL and Google Marriage Work?
The Providence Journal Op-Ed (2005) Google’s billion-dollar engagement ring to AOL will not buy love, but it will buy bragging…
The Amazon-Morgan-Berkshire Partnership Balloon
By Ben Gomes-Casseres This blog was cited in The New York Times’s DealBook (January 30, 2018): The effort focuses on…