HBSP (USA)
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Schon Klinik: Eating Disorder Care
Porter, Michael E.; Stanton, Emma; Hohman, Jessica A.; Stowell, CalebCase HBS-712475-EStrategyThe Schon Klinik is a private, for-profit German hospital group trying to establish itself as a premium health care provider in a competitive German market. The case details Schon Klinik's founding, its early focus on measurement and improvement, and the design and implementation of a system-wide structure for measuring and reporting actual health outcomes. The case details the care cycle for eating disorder patients and highlights the role outco...Starting at €8.20
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Capital for Enterprise Limited (CfEL): Bridging the SME Early-Stage Finance Gap
Lerner, Josh; Talmor, Eli; Bhimavarapu, Ananth Vyas; Simphal, ThibaudCase HBS-811027-EFinanceThe CEO of the company set up to manage a British government effort to promote the venture capital industry considers the progress made to date, as well as how the program can be adjusted.Starting at €8.20
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Great Western Hospital: High-risk Pregnancy Care
Porter, Michael E.; Stanton, Emma; Takvorian, SamuelCase HBS-712495-EStrategyGreat Western Hospital (GWH) is a community hospital in Wiltshire, South West England and one of England's largest maternity providers, responsible for delivering over 9,000 babies per year. The case discusses the efforts of Dr. Harini Narayan, consultant obstetrician and gynecologist, to reorganize antenatal care delivery at GWH. Rather than treating high-risk pregnancies as a homogeneous group, Dr. Narayan pioneered the development of eleven co...Starting at €8.20
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ACA and the Union Bank Acquisition
Lerner, Josh; Burbank, NathanielCase HBS-814080-EFinanceOkey Enelamah is the CEO of the African Capital Alliance (ACA), a private equity firm based in Nigeria. ACA has spent more than a year arranging a $500 million consortium bid to acquire and recapitalize Union Bank, Nigeria's sixth largest bank. Several weeks before the deal is scheduled to close, the unexpected exit of several international investors has put the group's ability to fund the deal in question. With time running out, Enelamah and the...Starting at €8.20
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Altoona State Investment Board: December 2008
Lerner, JoshCase HBS-809095-EEntrepreneurshipRod Calhoun, the head of the Altoona State Investment Board's private equity investment program, considered the communication he had just received. It was from Permira, the leading European buyout fund, and concerned its fourth fund, to which Altoona had made a 100 million commitment. The memorandum offered investors a chance to reduce their commitment to Permira IV. This potential offer was an attractive one, as it would allow the state pensi...Starting at €8.20
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Messer Griesheim (A) (Abridged)
Lerner, Josh; Lutz, Eva; Herman, KerryCase HBS-813018-EEntrepreneurshipThe case explores the steps taken by private equity investors to restructure a European industrial gas concern held by Hoechts, and complicated by partial family ownership. The case considers the relationship the partners forged with the family owners to bring about a favorable exit for the private equity partners and ownership for the Messer family. In 2001, Allianz Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs acquired a majority stake in Messer Griesheim...Starting at €8.20