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Predilytics
Higgins, Robert F.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-813023-EEntrepreneurshipThe management team at Predilytics, a healthcare analytics firm, must decide whether to accept a Series A venture capital financing deal. The company provided analytic services to healthcare plans, typically Medicare Advantage plans, in efforts to draw conclusions from massive amounts of patient data. The company still had enough funding from a seed round to operate on a low-key basis for a few more months, but the team hoped to move forward aggr...Starting at €8.20
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Rock Health, Teaching Note
Higgins, Robert F.; Cornell, Ian McKownTeaching Note HBS-813136-EEntrepreneurshipThis is the teaching note associated with HBS Case #813035. The case should enable students to identify emerging challenges, evaluate Rock Health's funding model, debate the effectiveness of its incubation service and assess its long-term viability.Starting at €0.00
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Albert "Jack" Stanley in Nigeria (A)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Carr, Chad M.Case HBS-312034-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe international joint venture that successfully bid for $6 billion in contracts to build LNG trains on Nigeria's Bonny Island became entangled in a widening bribery and corruption probe triggered by an unrelated accusation against an employee of one ofStarting at €8.20
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Albert "Jack" Stanley in Nigeria (B)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Carr, Chad M.Case HBS-312035-EThe case describes Albert "Jack" Stanley's response to actions initiated against him by the U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC.Starting at €5.74
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Gracious Eloise: What Do Angels Want (A)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Kraus, Janet; Findlay, Mary BethCase HBS-312054-EEloise Bune successfully turned an idea into a product, but could she persuade angel investors that she had a business worth investing in? The case details her interactions with the angel investors and explores the role of angel investors in providing financial capital, business experience, and other assistance to start-ups.Starting at €8.20
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Albert "Jack" Stanley in Nigeria (C)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-313019-EThe international joint venture that successfully bid for $6 billion in contracts to build LNG trains on Nigeria's Bonny Island became entangled in a widening bribery and corruption probe triggered by an unrelated accusation against an employee of one of the JV partners. The (A) case discusses the JV's "business as usual" approach to doing business in the context of Nigeria's political culture and the involvement of Albert "Jack" Stanley, the JV'...Starting at €5.74
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The Facebook IPO Litigation
Goldberg, Lena G.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-313080-EDespite its success in the social-networking space, Facebook Inc.'s May 2012 IPO was largely considered a failure. Facebook faced multiple lawsuits and its share price had dropped significantly. Adversaries contended that Facebook had misled investors and violated securities laws. Were the allegations legitimate, and did the litigation pose a serious threat to Facebook's share price?Starting at €8.20
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Ilva Steel Taranto: Providing and Polluting (A)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Dessain, Vincent; Pesce, Ottavia; Misztal, KarolCase HBS-314045-ENearly 27,000 people depended on Ilva Steel Taranto, the largest steel-making plant in Europe, for their livelihoods, but the plant's pollution fouled the environment and increased the incidence of tumors, respiratory illnesses and deaths. In July 2012, faced with a court-ordered partial shut-down and a possibly unaffordable remediation plan, the company's newly appointed head must decide what to do next.Starting at €8.20
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Ardian: Portfolio Company Governance
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Moloney, Emer; Labruyere, ToniaCase HBS-318017-ELeaders of the mid cap buyout group at Ardian, the Paris-based private equity firm led by Dominique Senequier, have been asked to review and assess the governance model the firm uses for majority-owned companies in its portfolio. The case describes the governance model and then shows how it has worked in practice at two companies: Italy's orthopedic implant maker Lima Corporate and French chemical company Novacap. For each company, the case descr...Starting at €8.20
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Petrobras in Ecuador (A)
Musacchio, Aldo; Goldberg, Lena G.; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-309107-EOn October 18, 2007, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa announced his intention to migrate Petrobras' existing participation contracts to exploit oil reserves in Ecuador's Blocks 18 and 31 to servicing agreements under which Petrobras would be paid a production fee and reimbursed for investment costs but all recovered oil would belong to the government. Correa also announced a dramatic increase in corporate taxes and changes to other contracts to ...Starting at €8.20