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Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (C)
Mukunda, Gautam; Mazzanti, Lisa; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-414021-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen Cynthia Carroll, chief executive of Anglo American, ordered the shutdown of the company's Rustenburg, South Africa mines in the summer of 2007, it was just the first of many steps the company would take under her leadership to achieve zero harm. The case describes Carroll's approach to stakeholder relationships (i.e., relationships with the government and unions), how the shutdown was used as a platform to change the culture at Anglo America...Starting at €5.74
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Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
Mukunda, GautamTeaching Note HBS-415061-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for cases 414019, 414020, and 414021.Starting at €0.00
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Taking Private Equity Public: The Blackstone Group
Milone, Kristin; Loutskina, Elena; Frank, Mary MargaretCase DARDEN-C-2327-EAccounting and ControlOn the eve of the Blackstone Group’s much anticipated initial public offering (IPO), a Wall Street portfolio manager contemplates his commitment to purchase 20,000 units at $31.00 each. As one of the largest IPOs in recent history and the first major PE fund to go public in the United States, the offering had stirred up significant media and congressional interest, some of which was potentially damaging for the PE industry. Even taking the uncert...Starting at €8.20
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Fresh to Table, Teaching Note
Mukunda, Gautam; Holtom, Brooks C.Teaching Note HBS-917542-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 917541.Starting at €0.00
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Fresh to Table
Mukunda, Gautam; Holtom, Brooks C.Case HBS-917541-ELeadership and People ManagementAfter the contentious firing of an office manager, the leadership at Fresh to Table, a software-as-a-service provider for luxury hotels and restaurants, make an unpleasant discovery. While reviewing the office manager's internal electronic communications, company leaders discover that several key employees, including two that were recently promoted, had been spending substantial time on internal social media channels disparaging other employees, ...Starting at €8.20
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Fresh to Table (Spanish version)
Mukunda, Gautam; Holtom, Brooks C.Case HBS-918S13Leadership and People ManagementAfter the contentious firing of an office manager, the leadership at Fresh to Table, a software-as-a-service provider for luxury hotels and restaurants, make an unpleasant discovery. While reviewing the office manager's internal electronic communications, company leaders discover that several key employees, including two that were recently promoted, had been spending substantial time on internal social media channels disparaging other employees, ...Starting at €8.20
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Fannie Mae's Data Dynamics
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Loutskina, Elena; Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Yemen, Gerry; Boatright, BenjaminCase DARDEN-QA-0903-EDecision AnalysisThis case uses one of Fannie Mae’s credit-risk transfer instruments (CRT) to explore its data set platform and predict loan defaults through machine learning algorithms. The CRT, called Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS), issued bonds valued on the performance of preselected pools of mortgages. The material works well to unfold natural language processing using Python. Through a three-class series, students will learn to wrangle data, experience...Starting at €8.20
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Citrix Systems, Inc.: A Fight Worth Fighting? - Teaching note
Loutskina, Elena; Adkins, ThomasTeaching Note DARDEN-F-2049TN-EFinanceIn December 2021, Valiant Capital Partners (VCP) is in the middle of bidding for Citrix Systems, Inc. (Citrix), to take the company private via a leveraged buyout (LBO). The auction of the renowned desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) company had attracted a number of bidders. VCP's initial bid of $15 billion ($92 per share) had allowed the fund to move to the final bidding round. Now with broader access to the company and its management, VCP has to revis...Starting at €0.00
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Citrix Systems, Inc.: A Fight Worth Fighting?
Loutskina, Elena; Shah, JigarCase DARDEN-F-2049FinanceIn December 2021, Valiant Capital Partners (VCP) is in the middle of bidding for Citrix Systems, Inc. (Citrix), to take the company private via a leveraged buyout (LBO). The auction of the renowned desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) company had attracted a number of bidders. VCP's initial bid of $15 billion ($92 per share) had allowed the fund to move to the final bidding round. Now with broader access to the company and its management, VCP has to revis...Starting at €8.20
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Citrix Systems, Inc.: A Fight Worth Fighting?
Loutskina, Elena; Shah, JigarCase DARDEN-F-2049-EFinanceIn December 2021, Valiant Capital Partners (VCP) is in the middle of bidding for Citrix Systems, Inc. (Citrix), to take the company private via a leveraged buyout (LBO). The auction of the renowned desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) company had attracted a number of bidders. VCP's initial bid of $15 billion ($92 per share) had allowed the fund to move to the final bidding round. Now with broader access to the company and its management, VCP has to revis...Starting at €8.20