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  • January 2018
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Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox (B)

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:10
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Abstract

Follow-up case detailing the changes and performance upswing at BWX Technologies after hedge fund Blue Harbour Group's investment and when the fund’s Managing Director Robb LeMasters (MBA’05) joined its board of directors.

Keywords

Investment Activism; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Energy Industry; Construction Industry; United States

Citation

Srinivasan, Suraj, and Quinn Pitcher. "Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 118-046, January 2018.
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Suraj Srinivasan

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