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Greening Walmart: Progress and Controversy
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-316042-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn 2005, Walmart, the world's largest retailer, launched a sustainability initiative aimed at reducing waste and making the company more environmentally and socially conscious. By 2015, the company had made progress in multiple dimensions: energy efficienStarting at €8.20
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The Predictive Index
Applegate, Lynda M.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-820034-ELeadership and People ManagementMike Zani and Daniel Muzquiz needed to decide next steps to create a new category in the human resources consulting industry and scale their company. Zani and Muzquiz, serial entrepreneurs, acquired Predictive Index in 2014. Previously, as clients of the 65-year-old Predictive Index, they had used its behavioral assessment tool to help them hire staff and build teams and they strongly believed in its value. They also believed, however, that Pred...Starting at €8.20
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Convertible Notes: A Form of Early-Stage Financing
Chaplinsky, Susan; Becker, Joseph M.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1925-EFinanceConvertible notes are often used to raise early-stage financing for start-up companies, frequently due to their advantages related to delayed valuation, greater speed, and lower cost of completion compared to venture capital financing. As a result, there has been a large increase in the number of early-stage companies raising capital through convertible notes over the past decade. Investors have made this form of financing more available, believi...Starting at €8.20
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AEEC: Becoming an Innovation Catalyst, Teaching Plan
Applegate, Lynda M.; Weber, James; Mehta, SarahTeaching Note HBS-318107-EThis teaching plan pairs with the case, "AEEC: Becoming an Innovation Catalyst" (case no. 317011).Starting at €0.00
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AEEC: Becoming an Innovation Catalyst
Applegate, Lynda M.; Weber, James; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-317011-EStarting at €8.20
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RadNet, Inc.: Financing an Acquisition
Chaplinsky, Susan; Droznik, AlexCase DARDEN-F-1652-EFinanceThis case examines issues surrounding the choice of financing arrangements for the acquisition of Radiologix in July 2006. The case follows Mark Stolper, the CFO of RadNet, as he considers how to raise the $363 million in funds necessary to finance the acquisition. When completed, the combined firms will be the largest private diagnostic-imaging provider in the United States. When Stolper joined RadNet in 2003, he confronted a company with "too m...Starting at €8.20
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Tennant Company: Innovating Within and Beyond the Core
Applegate, Lynda M.; Stuart, Toby; Weber, JamesCase HBS-810139-EEntrepreneurshipTennant, a leading producer of floor cleaning equipment, must determine the business model to use for its new chemical free cleaning technology. In 2005, Tennant Company had developed an innovative, environmentally friendly, cleaning technology that could potentially revolutionize cleaning. Historically, Tennant was a producer of floor and carpet washing machines for industrial and commercial markets. Over time, it became clear that the technolog...Starting at €8.20
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University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Garvin, David A.; Datar, Srikant M.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-308014-EThe University of Chicago Graduate School of Business offered a discipline-based, flexible MBA program to full time, evening, weekend, and executive MBA students. At a time when other MBA programs were introducing significant changes to their curricula, Chicago felt its traditional approach worked well, and it was not contemplating significant change. This case describes Chicago's approach to MBA education and the challenges it faced.Starting at €8.20
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Tennant Company
Stuart, Toby; Applegate, Lynda M.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-810040-EEntrepreneurshipTennant, a leading producer of floor cleaning equipment, must determine how to create, finance, structure, staff, govern, measure and manage a new venture for developing a fundamentally new product line. In 2005, Tennant Company had developed an innovative, environmentally friendly, cleaning technology that could potentially revolutionize cleaning. Historically, Tennant was a producer of floor and carpet washing machines for industrial and commer...Starting at €8.20