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Uber in 2017: One Bumpy Ride
Srinivasan, Suraj; Lorsch, Jay W.; Pitcher, QuinnCase HBS-117070-EAccounting and ControlUber Technologies Inc., the popular ride-hailing company, entered 2017 having doubled its bookings in 2016 and achieving a valuation of nearly $70 billion, making it the largest venture capital-backed company in the world. Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick embodied the company, with a hard-charging attitude embedded in the company's workplace culture that allowed it to successfully take on the entrenched taxi industry. Uber looked to enjoy anoth...Starting at €8.20
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Data Breach at Equifax (Spanish version)
Srinivasan, Suraj; Pitcher, Quinn; Goldberg, Jonah S.Case HBS-120S13StrategyThe case discusses the events leading up to the massive data breach at Equifax, one of the three U.S. credit reporting companies, the organizational and governance issues that contributed to the breach, and the consequences of the breach. The case supplement provides details of how Equifax recovered from the breach and changes the company made. On September 7, 2017, Equifax announced that the personal information of over 140 million consumers had...Starting at €8.20
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Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox
Srinivasan, Suraj; Pitcher, QuinnCase HBS-118045-EFinanceExploring Blue Harbour Group's investment in Babcock & Wilcox and its transformation into BWX Technologies.Starting at €8.20
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Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox (B)
Srinivasan, Suraj; Pitcher, QuinnCase HBS-118046-EFinanceFollow-up case detailing the changes at BWX Technologies after hedge fund Blue Harbour Group's investment.Starting at €5.74
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Whole Foods and JANA Partners
Srinivasan, Suraj; Pitcher, QuinnCase HBS-118076-EFinanceIn 2017, JANA Partners decided to launch an activist campaign at struggling supermarket chain Whole Foods Market. The company had struggled for the past several years, and JANA thought the presence of new directors could help turn around its operations, while Whole Foods resisted, adding new directors and announcing ambitious new financial targets. Facing continued pressure from JANA despite the new changes, Whole Foods accepted an acquisition of...Starting at €8.20
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Sachem Head's Activism at Autodesk
Srinivasan, Suraj; Pitcher, QuinnCase HBS-118086-EFinanceIn 2015, activist hedge fund Sachem Head Capital, led by founder Scott Ferguson, launched an activist campaign at (computer aided design) CAD software maker Autodesk. The activist campaign, waged mainly in private, was over Autodesk's lacklustre financial performance, with Ferguson thinking that Autodesk's performance could improve with better cost management. Facing a proxy contest, Autodesk added Ferguson and two others to its board in exchange...Starting at €8.20