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Walking Away from the Big Bucks in the Pursuit of True Balance.

Women on Business

This due diligence included, setting a new household budget, moving investments, setting up a home equity line of credit, and finally, buying a new car (for the first time in 11 years!). After much thoughtful consideration, conversations with my husband and confidantes, moving forward on the path of my dreams was the only choice.

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An Alternative to Health Care M&A

Harvard Business Review

While M&A may improve the efficiency of shared services such as human resources and finance, it may actually make it more difficult to improve the coordination of care. But consolidation does not ensure integration.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. In November 2003, after due diligence, we announced our agreement to purchase 3721 for $120 million. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.