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Citigroup's Exchange Offer (C)
Greenwood, Robin; Quinn, JamesCase HBS-210015-EFinanceCitigroup faced considerable distress in early 2009. In late 2008, the bank had accepted $45 billion in preferred equity from the United States government via the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Yet, the stock had continued to slide in early 2009. In late February, the company announced that it would convert as much as $50 billion of preferred stock into common stock, at $3.25 per share. The case asks students to evaluate the pricing of pr...Starting at €5.74
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Tackling Low Completion Rates-A Compare.com Conundrum (C)
Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Craddock, Jenny; Brodie, KyleCase DARDEN-M-0949-EMarketingThis is the third of a three-part case series. These three cases were designed to be taught in sequence. In 2016 Andrew Rose, CEO of Compare.com, an online price comparison website for car insurance shoppers, faced a troubling problem. Completion rates for the site’s detailed online questionnaire were at an alarming low. Site visitors, increasingly accessing the site on mobile devices, were proving they did not have the time or incentive to answe...Starting at €5.74
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Hanging Gardens (C): Competition from Farther Afield
Venkataraman, S.; Craddock, JennyCase DARDEN-ENT-0215-EEntrepreneurshipThis is a four-part case series.In 2012, Leigh Nicholson, a self-employed IT consultant with a successful career that had spanned South Africa, Dubai, and London under her belt, joined forces with three friends to form Hanging Gardens, a cottage business that sold homemade hanging plant holders in their local suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, on the weekends. After spending the summer introducing customers to the products at the weekly market, Nic...Starting at €5.74
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Uncharted Waters at Ventoso Ship Supply: A Sensory Marketing Dilemma (C)
Cian, Luca; Craddock, Jenny; Krishna, Aradhna; Cervai, SaraCase DARDEN-M-0961-EMarketingThis is a three-part, disguised case series. In June 2009, Diana Zanzi was hired by Ventoso Ship Supply, an Italian sailboat manufacturer, to help them understand their boats’ puzzling selling patterns. Zanzi was informed that sales rates for two higher-end boat models were especially odd. Despite one’s superior technical specifications, speed, amenities, and overall value-for-money, their higher end models were hard to sell. However, a lower-qua...Starting at €5.74
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Tackling Low Completion Rates-A Compare.com Conundrum (A), (B), and (C) - Teaching Note
Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Craddock, JennyTeaching Note DARDEN-M-0947TN-EMarketingTeaching note for product M-0947Starting at €0.00
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Uncharted Waters at Ventoso Ship Supply: A Sensory Marketing Dilemma (A), (B), and (C) - Teaching Note
Cian, Luca; Craddock, Jenny; Krishna, Aradhna; Cervai, SaraTeaching Note DARDEN-M-0959TN-EMarketingTeaching note for product M-0959Starting at €0.00
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Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Hopkins, Justin J.; Craddock, JennyTechnical Note DARDEN-C-2472-EAccounting and ControlThis technical note provides background on defined benefit pension plans in the United States and a basic understanding of accounting for defined benefit plans. Topics discussed include differences between defined benefit and defined contribution plans, the effects of defined benefit plans on the balance sheet and income statements, and interpreting related footnote disclosures. This note is intended to be a broad overview of pension plan account...Starting at €8.20
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NEC Electronics, Teaching Note
Greenwood, Robin; Foley, C. FritzTeaching Note HBS-209028-EFinanceTeaching Note for [209001].Starting at €0.00
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NEC Electronics
Foley, C. Fritz; Greenwood, Robin; Quinn, JamesCase HBS-209001-EFinanceWhy do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze Perry's decision to invest in NEC Electronics. In doing so, it asks for the reasons that NEC might take actions that destroy value and shift value away fr...Starting at €8.20
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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