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Zenefits Board of Directors (C)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Hurwitz, WillCase HBS-319036-EIn early 2018, the time seemed right for Zenefits investor and director Lars Dalgaard to reflect on whether Zenefits had the right board of directors to shepherd the company through its next stages of growth. For the company whose name combined the words "benefits," reflecting its human resources technology products, and "zen," loosely defined as a state of calm, the past few years were not entirely zen. Once heralded as one of the fastest growin...Starting at €5.74
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Snap Inc. Goes Public (A)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Hurwitz, WillCase HBS-318042-ESnap Inc.'s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company's unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. The case is set in early 2017 following the public availability of Snap's IPO filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It describes the company's meteoric rise from its conception by its young founders in 2011 to its multi-billion dollar valuation. When Snap filed for ...Starting at €8.20
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Snap Inc. Goes Public (B)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Hurwitz, WillCase HBS-318049-ESnap Inc.'s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company's unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. The case is set in early 2017 following the public availability of Snap's IPO filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It describes the company's meteoric rise from its conception by its young founders in 2011 to its multi-billion dollar valuation. When Snap filed for ...Starting at €5.74
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Nexgen: estructuración de obligaciones de deuda colaterizada (CDOs)
Chacko, George; Hecht, Peter; Subrahmanyam, Marti; Dessain, Vincent; Sjoman, AndersCase HBS-208S02FinanceUn cliente pide Luc Giraud, director general del proveedor de soluciones de financiación estructurada Nexgen Financial Solutions, para armar una solución que permite al cliente añadir los bonos con calificación AAA a su cartera. El cliente no puede encontrar enlaces con mejor puntuación adecuada precio en el mercado y se pregunta si Nexgen puede utilizar bonos de grado más bajo para crear instrumentos AAA-equivalentes. El proceso de paquetes de t...Starting at €8.20
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Zenefits Board of Directors (B)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Hurwitz, WillCase HBS-319035-EIn early 2018, the time seemed right for Zenefits investor and director Lars Dalgaard to reflect on whether Zenefits had the right board of directors to shepherd the company through its next stages of growth. For the company whose name combined the words "benefits," reflecting its human resources technology products, and "zen," loosely defined as a state of calm, the past few years were not entirely zen. Once heralded as one of the fastest growin...Starting at €5.74
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African Bank Investments Limited (A)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Hurwitz, WillCase HBS-319052-ELess than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company's CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in ABIL, which traded on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, are declining precipitously. The case describes ABIL's origins and evolution, including the acquisition and growth of its wholly...Starting at €8.20
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African Bank Investments Limited (B)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Hurwitz, WillCase HBS-319053-ELess than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company's CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in ABIL, which traded on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, are declining precipitously. The case describes ABIL's origins and evolution, including the acquisition and growth of its wholl...Starting at €5.74
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WeWork Files for an IPO
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Hurwitz, WillCase HBS-320063-EFor the board of The We Company-better known as WeWork-August 14, 2019 promised to be a pivotal day. It was then that WeWork's IPO prospectus, known as an S-1 filing, would be made public, giving potential investors, the media, and the general public a window into the company's inner workings. Under U.S. securities laws, a company planning to offer new securities for sale to the public was required to file a Form S-1, or registration statement, w...Starting at €8.20
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Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (A)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Hurwitz, WillCase HBS-321050-EStrategyAptiv's board must decide whether a joint venture with an auto maker is the right next step in the company's efforts to develop and commercialize a production-ready autonomous driving system. While many commentators believed that Aptiv's self-driving techStarting at €8.20
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Bonos para catástrofes en Swiss Re
Chacko, George; Dessain, Vincent; Sjoman, Anders; Hecht, PeterCase HBS-208S01FinanceEn 2002, Swiss Re, la segunda del mundo - más grande compañía de seguros, está considerando la titularización de partes de su cartera de riesgo en los mercados de capitales. Esta sería la primera vez para la empresa que, hasta entonces, nunca había transferido el riesgo fuera de su balance. Peter Giessmann, jefe del Grupo de retrocesión, está considerando bonos de catástrofe como una forma de transferir el riesgo. "bonos gato" son valores cuyos p...Starting at €8.20