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Revitalizing a French Conglomerate (A) (Spanish version)
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Turner, John M.Case HBS-705S20StrategyExamines corporate strategy for a diversified firm in the French business context. Issues include corporate governance, vision, and the management of unrelated diversification. After the company's first loss ever, the Vivendi board elected a new chairman who completed a financial restructuring and articulated a new corporate strategy. His actions were in part determined by the French business environment, which does not easily permit staff reduct...Starting at €8.20
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Vivendi (B): La revitalización de un conglomerado de empresas francesas
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Kaufman, RhondaCase HBS-706S13StrategyComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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When (Not) to Listen to Activist Investors
Greenwood, Robin; Schor, MichaelArticle HBS-F0801H-EPoorly performing managers shouldn't necessarily heed the demands of hedge funds that call for change in a company's strategic direction. Giving in does not, on average, yield stock gains that outperform the market - that is, unless the firm gets acquired.Starting at €8.20
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Luminopia: Improving Treatment for Visual Disorders
Chung, Doug J.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-517065-EMarketingLuminopia-a start-up founded in January 2016 by three Harvard College freshmen-uses virtual reality technology to treat amblyopia (more commonly called "lazy eye"), the single biggest cause of visual disorders among children. By February 2017, the three founders had raised $950,000 in angel funding and developed a prototype of their virtual reality product, which was in use in clinical trials at Boston Children's Hospital. As the founders prepare...Starting at €8.20
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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Alvarez, Jose B.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-518034-ELeadership and People ManagementIt is July 2017, and Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, the director general of the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), is making progress toward two of his primary strategic objectives for the nonprofit research Institute: 1) to scale the impact and reach of some of the IITA's most commercially viable products and technologies by working with the private sector, and 2) to address Nigeria's massive youth unemployment problem...Starting at €8.20
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Gender and Free Speech at Google (A), (B), & (C), Teaching Note
Hsieh, Nien-he; Mehta, SarahTeaching Note HBS-319038-ETeaching note for cases 318085, 319095, and 319097.Starting at €0.00
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Gender and Free Speech at Google (B)
Hsieh, Nien-he; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-319085-EThis case should accompany the (A) and (C) cases, "Gender and Free Speech at Google" (318085) and (319097).Starting at €5.74
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Gender and Free Speech at Google (C)
Hsieh, Nien-he; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-319097-EEconomicsThis case reveals Google's response to a list of employee demands aiming to combat sexual misconduct in the workplace. This case should accompany the (A) and (B) cases, "Gender and Free Speech at Google" (318085) and (319085).Starting at €5.74
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Hayman Capital Management
Greenwood, Robin; Messina, Julie; Dourdeville, JaredCase HBS-212091-EFinanceIn late December 2011, Hayman Capital founder and portfolio manager Kyle Bass was reviewing Japanese government budget projections for 2012. The projections appeared contrary to Hayman Capital's views on Japan, where the fund had built a bearish position. Japan had the world's highest debt burden, whether expressed as a percentage of GDP or government revenue. Guided by recent global events, Bass forecast that Japan would soon experience increase...Starting at €8.20
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Pershing Square 2.0
Greenwood, Robin; Hanson, Samuel G.; Biery, DavidCase HBS-216003-EFinanceIn June 2015 William A. Ackman, the CEO and Founder of New York Hedge Fund Pershing Square Capital, reflects on the success of the fund he has spent over a decade building. Since its inception in 2004, Pershing Square's assets under management had grown from $500 million to well over $18 billion. Ackman is now considering a sizable new portfolio position and must decide how he should raise capital to undertake this new investment. This choice is ...Starting at €8.20