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Jazztel
Lorsch, Jay W.; McTague, EmilyCase HBS-415042-ELeadership and People ManagementIn October 2004 Fern ndez Pujals, founder of Telepizza, an international home delivery pizza business, bought 24.9% of Jazztel ( 90 million), a telecom company. At the time, Jazztel that was near bankruptcy and needed a capital injection to finish the year. Over the next ten years, Fern ndez Pujals led the restructuring of Jazztel's debt, reached an agreement with the former monopoly Telef nica, set up internal call centers, and transformed ...Starting at €8.20
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The Board of Directors at Market Basket
Lorsch, Jay W.; McTague, EmilyCase HBS-415044-ELeadership and People ManagementThe firing of Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas by his cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas, and directors affiliated with Arthur set off employee protests throughout the grocery store chain. Industry specialists estimated that Market Basket was losing close to $10 million each day in lost business and inventory, due to the protests. A long history of legal battles had destroyed the relationship between the families of the 2 cousins. This case describes...Starting at €8.20
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Proxy Access at Whole Foods
Lorsch, Jay W.; McTague, EmilyCase HBS-415073-ELeadership and People ManagementProxy access grants shareholders meeting certain ownership requirements the right to nominate directors for election to the board without going through a typical proxy contest. In August 2010 the SEC approved a rule granting proxy access for shareholders meeting specific ownership requirements. The rule was challenged by US Chamber of Commerce and overturned in July 2011. Shortly after the rule was overturned, rules governing shareholder proposal...Starting at €8.20
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United Rentals (A)
Lorsch, Jay W.; Durante, Kathleen; McTague, EmilyCase HBS-414043-ELeadership and People ManagementIn December 1997 United Rentals (URI) went public on the NYSE. Ten years later, during the peak of the economic meltdown, the company's performance was in decline. United Rentals had experienced its share of problems in the prior years and was still struggling to emerge from this turmoil. In the spring of 2008, the recession had decimated the company's core business, construction equipment rental. The economic downturn resulted in a significant d...Starting at €8.20
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Culture Is Not the Culprit
Lorsch, Jay W.; McTague, EmilyArticle HBS-R1604H-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen organizations get into big trouble, fixing the culture is usually the prescription. That's what most everyone said GM needed to do after its 2014 recall crisis. Cultural reform has likewise been proposed as the solution to the corrosive bureaucracy at the Veterans' Administration, unethical behavior in banks, and the excessive use of force by police. But interviews with successful change makers, conducted by Harvard Business School's Jay W. ...Starting at €8.20
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McKinsey & Co.-Protecting its Reputation (B)
Lorsch, Jay W.; McTague, EmilyCase HBS-415022-ELeadership and People ManagementOn Tuesday March 15, 2011, all 1,200 global Partners of McKinsey & Co. gathered at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center near Washington, DC for their annual Partners' conference. The atmosphere was tense as Partners, in addition to their normal agenda, discussed the Galleon Group insider-trading trial and the recent allegations against the Firm's former Managing Director, Rajat Gupta. Three months earlier Senior Partner, Anil Kumar, ple...Starting at €5.74
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McKinsey & Co. - Protecting its Reputation (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Lorsch, Jay W.; McTague, EmilyTeaching Note HBS-415067-ELeadership and People ManagementMcKinsey & Co - Protecting its Reputation (A&B) is a field case written from the perspective of the Firm's Managing Director Dominic Barton. The two cases describe the actions McKinsey & Co took to protect the firm's reputation after the Rajat Gupta matter. The purpose of the case is to: (1) Evaluate how a Firm communicates with its various constituents after a major securities violation. (2) Discuss the importance of confidentiality and trust ...Starting at €0.00
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Proxy Contest at DuPont
Lorsch, Jay W.; McTague, EmilyCase HBS-416005-ELeadership and People ManagementOn January 9, 2015, Nelson Peltz of Trian Fund Management launched a proxy fight for four out of the twelve seats on the DuPont board. The fund had previously published a public letter addressed to shareholders outlining its proposal to break the company into three areas: agriculture and nutrition, industrial materials, and performance chemicals and criticizing the company for its poor performance. CEO and Chairman Ellen Kullman and her board wer...Starting at €8.20
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McKinsey & Co.-Protecting its Reputation (A)
Lorsch, Jay W.; McTague, EmilyCase HBS-415021-ELeadership and People ManagementOn Tuesday March 15, 2011, all 1,200 global Partners of McKinsey & Co. gathered at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center near Washington, DC for their annual Partners' conference. The atmosphere was tense as Partners, in addition to their normal agenda, discussed the Galleon Group insider-trading trial and the recent allegations against the Firm's former Managing Director, Rajat Gupta. Three months earlier Senior Partner, Anil Kumar, ple...Starting at €8.20