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Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advanced Foods (E-2): Employment Agreement - Employee Perspective
Subramanian, Guhan; Harmon, MikeCase HBS-919030-ESupplement to case 919022Starting at €8.20
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Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advanced Foods (E-1): Employment Agreement - Employer Perspective
Subramanian, Guhan; Harmon, MikeCase HBS-919029-ESupplement to case 919022Starting at €8.20
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Creativity and the Role of the Leader
Amabile, Teresa M.; Khaire, MuktiArticle HBS-R0810G-EThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In today's innovation-driven economy, understanding how to generate great ideas has become an urgent managerial priority. Suddenly, the spotlight has turned on the academics who've studied creativity for decades. How relevant is their research to the practical chal...Starting at €8.20
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Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advanced Foods (A)
Subramanian, Guhan; Harmon, MikeCase HBS-919022-EThis case (A), and its related cases (B-E), establish a setting to discuss an M&A transaction and some of the key legal contracts that are associated with it. In 2010, private equity backed food manufacturer Pierre Foods is contemplating the acquisition of a key competitor, Advance Foods. The acquisition would be debt financed, and would involve the "rollover" of an equity stake by the selling shareholders. There are five key documents to be n...Starting at €8.20
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Creativity and the Role of the Leader (Spanish version)
Amabile, Teresa M.; Khaire, MuktiArticle HBS-R0810GStrategyThe leader's job is not to be the source of ideas but to encourage and champion ideas. Leaders must tap the imagination of employees at all ranks and ask inspiring questions. They also need to help their organizations incorporate diverse perspectives, which spur creative insights, and facilitate creative collaboration by, for instance, harnessing new technologies. The participants shared tactics for enabling discoveries, as well as thoughts on h...Starting at €8.20
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WildChina: Taking the Road Less Traveled
Khaire, Mukti; Isenberg, Daniel J.; Song, Victoria; Spence, Shirley M.Case HBS-811019-EThis case deals with supplier difficulties faced by WildChina - a travel service provider in China. WildChina is a classic case of a company that is trying to bring a local, within-country product to a market outside the country (in this case, travelers to China from around the world). In doing so, startups have to build competences to deal with local suppliers and global customers. The case describes the operations of WildChina, providing detail...Starting at €8.20
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Lazard LLC
Subramanian, Guhan; Sherman, EliotCase HBS-907046-ELeadership and People ManagementDescribes Lazard's situation in 2001, and supplies context for the subsequent negotiation between its Chairman and his hand-picked successor. In 2001 Lazard, the last of the great investment houses to remain both private and in the control of its founding family, is in a state of decline. Infighting throughout the 1990s led to a defection of talent that left many wondering if Lazard could compete with the diversified financial behemoths of the 21...Starting at €8.20
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Ministry of Supply: Will Professionals Demand Its Performance
Khaire, Mukti; Catzen, HannahCase HBS-814042-EEntrepreneurshipMinistry of Supply is an entrepreneurial venture in the apparel sector. The firm focuses on a specific segment - 'performance professional wear' - within the sector, specializing in clothes that use fabrics with high-tech performance features (such as moisture-wicking, deodorizing, and temperature control) to make professional attire (button-down shirts, dress pants, etc.) for men. The firm has had success in fund-raising and its innovative produ...Starting at €8.20
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Excel Entertainment
Khaire, Mukti; Arora, NamrataCase HBS-813169-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20