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AT&T Versus Verizon: A Financial Comparison, Teaching Note
Narayanan, V.G.; Heilprin, Joel L.Teaching Note HBS-917544-EFinanceTeaching note for case 917543.Starting at €0.00
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Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (B)
Ferri, Fabrizio; Narayanan, V.G.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-108073-EAccounting and ControlThis case study briefly describes the outcome of the Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (B)
Narayanan, V.G.; Brem, LisaCase HBS-110005-EAccounting and ControlAs the recession lingered on into 2009, the U.S. government sought to limit executive pay and excessive risk. The debate raged over what constituted excessive risk and how best to mitigate it. This case describes the government restrictions on executive pay for TARP recipients and delves into the debate on executive compensation and incentives that encourage excessive risk.Starting at €5.74
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Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)
Narayanan, V.G.; Brem, LisaCase HBS-110063-EAccounting and ControlOwens & Minor (O&M) performed lean inventory services for Virginia Mason (VM) as its alpha vendor, but the outdated industry pricing model created perverse incentives and could not capture O&M's costs. Together, O&M and VM created an activity-based pricing model called the total supply chain costs (TSCC), which incented both companies to be more efficient and to streamline their distribution activities. After beta testing the TSCC for one year, V...Starting at €8.20
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Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A1), (A2), (A), and (B), Teaching Note
Narayanan, V.G.; Ferri, Fabrizio; Brem, LisaTeaching Note HBS-110074-ETeaching Note for 109013, 109014, 108024 and 108073.Starting at €0.00
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CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt
Narayanan, V.G.; Brem, LisaCase HBS-112003-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen ISS, a large shareholder advisory group, recommended a "no" vote on Jeff Immelt's award of 2 million stock options in April 2011, GE's compensation committee had to decide whether to rescind or amend the award or ignore the ISS recommendation. Was Immelt's 2010 pay in line with his performance? How would shareholders vote on the advisory "say on pay" ballot question at GE's annual meeting in April?Starting at €8.20
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Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)
Ferri, Fabrizio; Narayanan, V.G.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-108024-ETwo activist investors, one a founder and one a hedge fund manager, seek to improve board oversight at a chain restaurant company. Prestley Blake founded Friendly Ice Cream in 1935 with his brother, and the two created a chain of full-service restaurants. In 1979 they sold the business and retired. In 2000, Blake became concerned that Friendly's CEO, who owned approximately 10% of Friendly and also owned a larger percentage of another restaurant ...Starting at €8.20
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Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A1)
Ferri, Fabrizio; Narayanan, V.G.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-109013-EThe A1 and A2 versions of the "Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)" split the original A case into two parts. The A1 case ends as activists Sardar Biglari and Phil Cooley prepare to meet with CEO Don Smith at Friendly's headquarters in September 2006. The A2 case resumes the story just after the meeting and details Biglari's and Friendly's actions from that point on. The A1 and A2 cases are provided for instructors who wish more flexi...Starting at €8.20
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Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A2)
Ferri, Fabrizio; Narayanan, V.G.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-109014-EThe A1 and A2 versions of the "Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)" split the original A case into two parts. The A1 case ends as activists Sardar Biglari and Phil Cooley prepare to meet with CEO Don Smith at Friendly's headquarters in September 2006. The A2 case resumes the story just after the meeting and details Biglari's and Friendly's actions from that point on. The A1 and A2 cases are provided for instructors who wish more flexi...Starting at €8.20