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The Proxy Fight at ADP
Greenwood, Robin; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-219052-EFinanceIn July 2017, shares of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) surged 12% following a report that the activist investor Bill Ackman had acquired a sizable stake in the company and planned to nominate his own slate of directors at the company's annual meeting in November. Over the months that followed, Ackman and ADP engaged in an increasingly acrimonious battle of words about the future of ADP. Ackman argued that the company was materially underpe...Starting at €8.20
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MyTime
Begenau, Juliane; Greenwood, RobinCase HBS-217026-EFinanceEthan Anderson, the CEO of San Francisco-based e-commerce company MyTime, must decide on the company's growth strategy. MyTime's first product was a website and mobile app that offered consumers a convenient way to book appointments with local merchants throughout the United States. Student must assess the company's growth strategy and develop a model to value a prospective customer to the company's website.Starting at €8.20
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Village Ventures, Teaching Note
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-808010-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note to (806-080).Starting at €0.00
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The Carlyle Group and Axalta
Lerner, Josh; Tuzikov, AlexeyCase HBS-818040-EFinanceStarting at €8.20
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Reviving Entrepreneurship
Lerner, Josh; Sahlman, William A.Article HBS-R1203K-EEntrepreneurshipNew enterprises don't exist in a vacuum: They rise or fall depending on myriad contextual factors, all of them interrelated, and all of them affected by government policy. U.S. lawmakers must carefully consider the effects of interventions in at least 12 areas, ranging from capital markets to tax treatment to intellectual property to health care. Their decisions could shore up--or further weaken--what has long been America's greatest economic ass...Starting at €8.20
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Vignette: Alternative Liquidity Options
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-812070-EEntrepreneurshipThe growth of companies that facilitate the sales of unregistered stock, such as that granted to employees of successful but long-private companies, has raised a number of questions among regulators, investors, and company founders. This brief vignette sketches out some of the benefits and drawbacks of alternative methods of liquidity.Starting at €8.20
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