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M e Terra and Unilever (A)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Costas, Ruth; Zogbi, PriscillaCase HBS-320075-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe case concerns the sale of Mae Terra, one of Brazil's leading brands for packaged organic foods, to the consumer goods giant Unilever in 2017. Working with Unilever management, Mae Terra's CEO Alexandre Borges must determine whether and how to keep Mae Terra's B Certification, which attests to its commitment to having a positive social and environmental impact, and what internal governance mechanisms will enable MaeTerra to maintain its missio...Starting at €8.20
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Merging Esso Iceland and Bilanaust (E)
Gerard Seijts; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10C020-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyBy the end of 2007, Hermann Gudmundsson (the chief executive officer of N1) created from the merger between Esso Iceland and Bilanaust) was focused on building trust within his organization. By involving employees in decision-making, N1 had received valuable suggestions on effective business operations. But Gudmundsson had noted a lack of chemistry between employees of the two former firms, and thought that a stumbling block to better relations w...Starting at €5.74
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Tracy Edwards and Maiden (E): Southern Ocean Decision
Tracy Edwards; Gerard Seijts; Ann C. FrostCase IVEY-9B21C024-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementSupplement for product 9B21C020.Starting at €5.74
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M e Terra and Unilever (A) (Portuguese version)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Costas, Ruth; Zogbi, PriscillaCase HBS-321P03Knowledge and CommunicationThe case concerns the sale of Mae Terra, one of Brazil's leading brands for packaged organic foods, to the consumer goods giant Unilever in 2017. Working with Unilever management, Mae Terra's CEO Alexandre Borges must determine whether and how to keep Mae Terra's B Certification, which attests to its commitment to having a positive social and environmental impact, and what internal governance mechanisms will enable MaeTerra to maintain its missio...Starting at €8.20
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M e Terra and Unilever (B) (Portuguese version)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Costas, Ruth; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-322P01Knowledge and CommunicationUnilever is making strides to integrate the operations of Mae Terra-one of Brazil's leading brands for packaged organic foods-into its own structures, after acquiring the company in 2017. Mae Terra's CEO, Alexandre Borges, must decide whether to implement his original plan as written into the purchase and sales agreement to create an advisory board to help ensure that the company maintain its mission, values and practices as part of a volume-driv...Starting at €5.74
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Tracy Edwards and Maiden (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), & (F) - Teaching Note
Gerard Seijts; Tracy Edwards; Ann C. FrostTeaching Note IVEY-8B21C020-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B21C020.Starting at €0.00
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Douglas Fine Foods
James E. Hatch; Mary M. Crossan; Gerard Seijts; Jeff GoodwinCase IVEY-9B09N014-EFinanceMurray Douglas is the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Douglas Fine Foods (DFF), a family-owned business in its 80th year. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, DFF has grown to become Canada's largest privately held food services company, doing $30 million worth of business annually. DFF provides business dining, residence and camp food services, catering, vending machine services, and food service equipment and design. The business serves clie...Starting at €8.20
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A Not So Rosy Situation: Bill Aziz's Challenge at White Rose Crafts and Nursery Sales Limited
Mary M. Crossan; Gerard Seijts; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M053-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late November 2002, halfway through the vital Christmas selling season, William E. Aziz, hired to turn around White Rose Crafts and Nursery Sales Limited (White Rose), has to decide what to do. White Rose is under Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) protection, having breached its debt covenants. The company's upper and middle management is frustrated that their efforts since 1999 have not turned the firm around. The remaining employee...Starting at €8.20
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Legal Compliance Programs
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Adamsons, LaraCase HBS-312111-EDescribes the basic elements of a typical corporate compliance or ethics program, focusing on the components of an "effective" program set forth in the U.S. Organizational Sentencing Guidelines as revised in 2010. Outlines key issues in program design and implementation and provides an overview of relevant research.Starting at €8.20
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Leading Citigroup (A)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-308001-EThe (A) case describes a series of controversial events and alleged misdeeds that placed Citigroup in the public spotlight and launched investigations into the company's business practices by regulators in Japan and Europe in the fall of 2004. CEO Chuck Prince must decide what to do to right the company and restore its reputation.Starting at €8.20