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Bayer AG: Bidding to Win Merck's OTC Business
Esty, Benjamin C.; Baaij, Marc; Mulder, ArjenCase HBS-217021-EFinanceShortly after submitting their best and final offer to acquire Merck's Consumer Care Division, a collection of "over-the-counter" (OTC) products with sales totaling $2 billion, the Bayer M&A team was given a chance to revise their bid because another potential acquirer - likely Reckitt-Benckiser, a UK based company that had outbid them in a few prior acquisition auctions - had submitted a last-minute offer to Merck. Frank Rittgen (Head of M&A) an...Starting at €8.20
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Kl ckner & Co: Steeling for a Digital World
Kominers, Scott Duke; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-820035-EEconomicsHoping to get ahead of potential digital disruption at Kl ckner & Co. - one of the world's largest steel and metal distributors - CEO Gisbert R hl set up both kloeckner.i (KCI), an internal transformation arm, and XOM Materials (XOM), an independent industry platform. KCI and XOM sought to digitize the $350 billion materials supply and service chain, and promote greater price transparency and efficiency. However, the materials market traditiona...Starting at €8.20