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Generation Investment Management
Sucher, Sandra J.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-613002-EExamines the investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide whether to recommend an investment in ABB India. The decision pits economic development-supplying energy to impoverished rural areas in India, against environmental damage-caused by the...Starting at €8.20
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Kaupthing Bank hf Acquires Singer & Friedlander Group plc (Spanish version)
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07BS13Accounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe managing director of investment banking for Kaupthing Bank hf (Kaupthing) was considering what he would need to do if he accepted a new appointment as chief executive officer of Kaupthing's latest acquisition, U.K.-based investment bank Singer & Friedlander Group plc (Singer). He would have to deal with the fact that the two merging companies had very different cultures, the possibility that some employees may leave as a result of the change ...Starting at €8.20
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Kaupthing Bank hf Acquires Singer & Friedlander Group plc
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07B013-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe managing director of investment banking for Kaupthing Bank hf (Kaupthing) was considering what he would need to do if he accepted a new appointment as chief executive officer of Kaupthing's latest acquisition, U.K.-based investment bank Singer & Friedlander Group plc (Singer). He would have to deal with the fact that the two merging companies had very different cultures, the possibility that some employees may leave as a result of the change ...Starting at €8.20
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Mahindra Satyam - Restoring Corporate Governance
Murray J. Bryant; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B10M086-EStrategyVarious mergers and acquisitions in the Indian information technology (IT) sector had resulted in the newly formed Mahindra Satyam (Mahindra) and the recently appointed chief compliance officer (CCO) was to develop a corporate governance structure that would address and repair previous mismanagement of the company. The CCO also functioned as the chief operating officer (COO) with profit centre responsibility for business verticals. His largest ta...Starting at €8.20
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Royal Group Technologies
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11M008-EStrategyThe Royal Group Technologies case provides information on insider trading and other allegations faced by the former executive officer and the company’s management team. The executive officer founded the firm after immigrating to Canada from Italy, and built it up into a large conglomerate by the 1990s. However, by the early 2000s, stakeholders were starting to question some of management’s practices, including awarding themselves high levels of c...Starting at €8.20
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Creating a Luxury Experience at Value Retail
Alvarez, Jose B.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-513009-EMarketingValue Retail PLC owned and managed a number of premium shopping destinations (Villages) across Europe. Soon the company would be moving into an entirely new market: China. The company's Villages had proven popular with both shoppers (many of whom were international tourists who had come to Europe specifically to visit one of Value Retail's Villages) and brands, a number of which were luxury brands that had historically avoided selling product at ...Starting at €8.20
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Deloitte: on Livent Inc.
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B08B006-EAccounting and ControlIn December 1997, an audit partner at Deloitte was required to render an opinion on five separate but related issues arising out of an on-going working relationship with Livent, a Canadian live entertainment firm. Each issue could be treated in multiple ways, and there seemed to be no immediate clear-cut resolution to each. Issues included: assessing impacts of side agreements between Livent and a real-estate development firm; appropriateness of ...Starting at €8.20
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Chewy.com (B)
Rayport, Jeffrey; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-818105-EService and Operations ManagementCohen and Chewy's other board members decided to fully insource order fulfilment, and commenced building an order fulfilment center near its 3PL partner's facility. As soon as the 3PL learned that Chewy would be managing its own order fulfilment, however, it decided to triple what it charged Chewy to fulfill each order. What should Chewy do?Starting at €5.74
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Scaling Swagbucks (A)
Rayport, Jeffrey; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-818070-EEntrepreneurshipIn mid-2014, Chuck Davis, chairman and CEO of Prodege LLC, parent company of the brand promotion business Swagbucks, is just a few weeks into his new role as the company's CEO. He has been tasked with helping the promising young company scale, something he has done successfully during prior stints as CEO at other young companies, but this situation presents him with some unique challenges. Prodege has a strong culture built around the deeply held...Starting at €8.20
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Þorvaldur Danielsson: At a Crossroads as a Social Entrepreneur
Murray J. Bryant; Throstur Olaf SigurjonssonCase IVEY-9B20M077-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late 2018, a social entrepreneur in Iceland realized he needed to make changes to his enterprise working with socially-isolated children and youth. His operating model was to host bicycle rides with children and youth, and to encourage them to engage fully as young people. Most of these children had not previously engaged in physical activity, and many experienced not only social difficulties, but also physical challenges as a result of being ...Starting at €8.20