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Daniel Kim's Dilemma (A)
George, Bill; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-411009-ELeadership and People ManagementDaniel Kim was considering blowing the whistle on his friend, the CEO of a fast-growing start-up where Kim had spent most of his professional career. When Kim joined the company, called Cardio-Metric, in 2002, it consisted of seven young engineers (including its two 25-year-old founders) working from a one-bedroom Minneapolis apartment. By 2008, when the venture capital-backed company recorded $110 million in revenues, Kim had become close friend...Starting at €8.20
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Henkel: Building a Winning Culture (B)
Simons, Robert L.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-115040-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case, an update on "Henkel: Building a Winning Culture (A)," describes Henkel's strong performance against its tough 2012 objectives, as well as the new objectives CEO Kasper Rorsted set for 2016.Starting at €5.74
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NatureSweet
Alvarez, Jose B.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-518002-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer of fresh tomatoes with sales across the U.S. and $329 million in 2016 revenues. CEO Bryant Ambelang treated NatureSweet more like a consumer-packaged goods manufacturer than an agricultural producer, with a focus on consistency, branding, margin and price stability, and a frontline-worker-centric ...Starting at €8.20
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Omar Ishrak: Building Medtronic Globally
George, Bill; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-413065-ELeadership and People ManagementOmar Ishrak, Medtronic's first non-American CEO, aims to reinvigorate the medical device maker's growth by focusing on emerging markets, therapy innovation, and creative business models. In 2012, budget constraints in mature economies, the lack of new medical therapies coming to market, and the decline in growth of Medtronic's core businesses has reduced the company's once dynamic growth close to zero. As the newly appointed CEO, Ishrak faces the...Starting at €8.20
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Kent Thiry: "Mayor" of DaVita
George, William W.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-410065-ELeadership and People ManagementKent Thiry, CEO of dialysis provider DaVita, is considering how to integrate employees from recently acquired Gambro Healthcare without damaging DaVita's robust, unconventional internal culture. When Thiry joined DaVita in 1999, breaking an important promise to his family in order to do so, he was determined to create a differentiated company with a community-like culture. Over six years, he had engineered an impressive financial turnaround and s...Starting at €8.20
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Daniel Kim's Dilemma (B)
George, Bill; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-411054-ELeadership and People ManagementDaniel Kim was considering "blowing the whistle" on his friend, the CEO of a fast-growing startup where Kim had spent most of his professional career. When Kim joined the company, called Cardio-Metric, in 2002, it consisted of seven young engineers (including its two 25-year-old founders) working from a one-bedroom Minneapolis apartment. By 2008, when the venture capital-backed company recorded $110 million in revenues, Kim had become close frien...Starting at €5.74