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Asian Paints Limited: Corporate Governance Blues
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-W27942-EKnowledge and CommunicationOn December 29, 2021, the independent shareholder advisory firm InGovern Research Services (InGovern) published a report accusing Asian Paints Limited (APL) of corporate governance lapses. Nearly 53 per cent of the shares of APL, which was based in Mumbai, India, were owned by its promoters and their families. InGovern had followed up on a whistle-blower’s report claiming that APL had engaged in several related-party transactions but had failed t...Starting at €8.20
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Vimeo, Inc.: Anjali Sud’s Pivot - Teaching Note
Ram SubramanianTeaching Note IVEY-W27671-EKnowledge and CommunicationTeaching note for product W27670.Starting at €0.00
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Doing Deals and Leading Teams at XAF Partners, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.; Abrahams, RobinTeaching Note HBS-414060-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 413032.Starting at €0.00
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Kvadrat: Leading for Innovation, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.Teaching Note HBS-418088-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 413120.Starting at €0.00
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Emami Limited: The Fair and Handsome Challenge
Ram Subramanian; V.S. PaiCase IVEY-9B18M144-EStrategyIn 2016, Fair and Handsome, a skin-whitening cream produced by Emami Limited, led the men's fairness skin cream category in India, with a market share of 60 per cent. In late 2017, however, the company faced both a public backlash and an adverse court decision about its marketing of the product. A growing movement called Dark is Beautiful was galvanizing support against companies that portrayed fairer skin colour as a means for both personal and ...Starting at €8.20
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Kvadrat: Leading for Innovation
Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-413120-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2013, Anders Byriel, CEO of the family-owned Danish textiles company, Kvadrat, considered the firm's strategic plan. In 2000, Byriel and Mette Bendix, Kvadrat's Product Director, had taken over management of the company from their fathers, who had founded Kvadrat in the 1960s. Byriel and Bendix had joined Kvadrat in 1992, and since that time, Kvadrat had grown from 19 million in annual sales to over 86 million. It had expanded its focus ...Starting at €8.20
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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.: Driving Change Through Internal Communication, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.; Abrahams, RobinTeaching Note HBS-414006-ELeadership and People ManagementHindustan Petroleum (HPCL), confronted in 2003 with an urgent need to change how it operated externally, adopted a highly innovative approach to communicating internally. This case, set in 2010, presents an overview of the new, more interactive model of employee communication that HPCL introduced as part of its effort to adapt to increased market competition during the early 21st century. The TN focuses on three key themes presented in the case: ...Starting at €0.00
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Of Orangutans and Chainsaws: Cargill, Inc. Confronts the Rainforest Action Network Advocacy
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B12M062-EStrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - This case won the 2012 Oikos Sustainability Case Writing Competition. Cargill, Inc., the privately owned, U.S.-based agribusiness company, was one of the largest sellers of palm oil in the world. Starting in 2007, the company was targeted by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), a non-governmental organization (NGO) that advocated environmentalism. RAN targeted Cargill because the production of palm oil in countries such as In...Starting at €8.20
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Turkish Economy Bank and Fortis Bank: Managing a Complex Merger
Gilson, Stuart C.; Cekin, Esel; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-218012-EFinanceFollowing the announcement of the merger of the Turkish Economic Bank (TEB) and Fortis Bank AS, Varol Civil, TEB's CEO, is faced with the task of executing the merger of these two entities. First, all parties must agree to the economic terms of this merger; a process that is challenging due to the complex ownership structures of these banks. Second, Civil and his team must find a way to combine the operations of the banks. With meaningful overlap...Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Governance at Toshiba Corporation
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-W27247-EStrategyIn early June 2021, an independent investigation team released its report into the way Japan-based Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba) had conducted its 2020 annual shareholder meeting, finding that the company had mishandled the annual general meeting with respect to shareholder rights. As a result, Toshiba had to deal with the immediate problem of putting up a new slate of nominee board directors to be put to a vote at the next annual shareholder mee...Starting at €8.20