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• Case | HBS Case Collection | 2013 (Revised from original 2012 version)

  Persephone's Pomegranate: Crédit Agricole and Emporiki

  Dante Roscini, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Jerome Lenhardt

  In 2006 the French bank Crédit Agricole bought the Greek Emporiki bank, for €2.8 billion, at the peak of a bull market for bank takeovers. Six years, a major financial crisis, and €5.2 billion of losses later, in a context of great uncertainty in the European banking sector, what decision should Crédit Agricole take regarding Emporiki? Through the example of this European cross-border acquisition the case looks at the Greek banking system before and during the unprecedented Greek sovereign debt crisis; the efforts of Greece and the main actors of the European financial system to prevent the embattled country from having to exit the Euro zone; and the potential scenarios for Greek banks in mid-2012.

  Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Currency; Development Economics; International Finance; International Relations; Banking Industry; Greece;

  Citation:

  Roscini, Dante, Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Jerome Lenhardt. "Persephone's Pomegranate: Crédit Agricole and Emporiki." Harvard Business School Case 713-055, May 2013. (Revised from original November 2012 version.)

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• Background Note | HBS Case Collection | 2005

  Dual Class Share Companies

  Samuel L. Hayes III, Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner

  Provides a brief historical overview of dual class share companies in the United States, focusing on the New York Stock Exchange's evolving position on dual class structures since the 1920s, the impact of hostile takeovers on their use since the 1980s, and recent perspectives on their utility and appropriateness. Concludes with a brief discussion of the role of dual class structures in recent debates over Europe's takeover laws.

  Keywords: Acquisition; Debates; Capital Structure; Equity; Business History; Law; Organizational Structure; Business and Shareholder Relations; Perspective; Europe; United States;

  Citation:

  Hayes, Samuel L., III, Lynn S. Paine, and Christopher Bruner. "Dual Class Share Companies." Harvard Business School Background Note 306-032, August 2005.

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• Article | Brooklyn Law Review | fall 2004

  The Impact of Recombining Commercial and Investment Banking

  Samuel L. Hayes III

  Keywords: Investment; Banks and Banking; Commercial Banking;

  Citation:

  Hayes, Samuel L., III. "The Impact of Recombining Commercial and Investment Banking." Brooklyn Law Review 70, no. 1 (fall 2004): 39–51.

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