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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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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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Intel: Exploring Market Opportunities in Water
Eccles, Robert G.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Serafeim, George; Farrell, Sarah E.Case HBS-412100-ESeeking to move beyond chip-making and offer sophisticated IT solutions in the form of software and hardware platforms, Intel Corporation, a leading semiconductor manufacturer in the United States, introduces a pilot project in India for testing a new platform that allows for monitoring and demand management along water distribution networks. The case describes, in detail, internal events that led to the creation of this pilot. It examines detail...Starting at €8.20
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Hassina Sherjan
Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Eccles, PhilippaCase HBS-112029-EHassina Sherjan was born in Afghanistan but grew up and was educated in the United States. A trip to Afghanistan when she was an adult inspired her to move back to her home country with two missions. The first was to educate young women through a non-profit organization she started called Aid Afghanistan for Education and a for-profit company, Boumi, that manufactures and distributes products for the home such as curtains, cushion covers, tea coz...Starting at €8.20
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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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SK Group: Social Progress Credits
Serafeim, George; Rouen, Ethan; Freiberg, DavidCase HBS-120071-EAccounting and ControlSK Group was one of the largest companies South Korea. A family-run conglomerate consisting of around 120 subsidiaries and employing more than 100,000, SK was tightly knit into the fabric of Korean society. SK viewed their future success as contingent upon the strength of the societal ecosystem in which they operated. As such, the company had a long history of philanthropic giving. However, SK questioned if their donations were producing the desi...Starting at €8.20
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SK Group: Social Progress Credits, Teaching Plan
Serafeim, George; Rouen, Ethan; Freiberg, DavidTeaching Note HBS-120112-EAccounting and ControlTeaching Plan for HBS Case 120-071.Starting at €0.00
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Foxconn Technology Group A and B Teaching Note
Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, GeorgeTeaching Note HBS-413055-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 112002 and 112058Starting at €0.00
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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