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Blackstone's Investment in Intelenet
Lerner, Josh; Bapat, Sandeep; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-213036-EEntrepreneurshipThree years had passed since Blackstone's investment in Intelenet Global Services, their third largest investment in India. Great progress had been made, but now a new challenge loomed. Globank, a large global bank, was Intelenet's largest customer. Intelenet's contract with Globank was set to expire in the next seven months, and all of Intelenet's assets and people working on the account, would move to Globank. Amit Dixit, managing director at t...Starting at €8.20
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Angels in British Columbia
Lerner, Josh; Hellmann, Thomas; Ilyaszade, IlkinCase HBS-811100-EEconomicsThe case study provides an overview of the angel investment practices and describes government policies towards angel and venture capital investing in British Columbia, Canada. It focuses in particular on the Equity Capital Program (BCECP henceforth), which provides tax credits to private equity investors that meet several eligibility criteria. The case study is written from the point of view of a policy maker, with a perspective on the entire ec...Starting at €8.20
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board: October 2012
Lerner, Josh; Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Burbank, NathanielCase HBS-813103-EFinanceThe Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is one of the largest and fastest-growing pools of investment capital in the world and follows an unusually active program of investment management. In October of 2012, Mark Wiseman was just 12 weeks into his role as chief executive officer, and he must decide how to lead the organization to outperform the market as it grows larger and more geographically disperse. After seven years of eschewing th...Starting at €8.20
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Go Mobile: The Phirbol Franchise
Lal, Rajiv; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-510020-EMarketingTo grow Phirbol, a telecom retail franchise chain in Delhi, India's underdeveloped markets, its founders were exploring ways to offer more value to the franchisees. In mid-2009, the Phirbol franchise was comprised of some 150 franchisees that had converted their small "mom-and-pop" shops into Phirbol-branded stores. Entrepreneurs Meghna Modi and Glenn Wong had launched the franchise in 2007, two years after they founded Go Mobile, a company-owned...Starting at €8.20
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PepsiCo India: Performance with Purpose
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Khurana, Rakesh; Lal, Rajiv; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-512041-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In 2010, PepsiCo India's management is working to translate PepsiCo's new mission, "Performance with Purpose," into practice in the India market. The mission calls for continued financial performance and market leadership, as well as greater emphasis on healthy products, natural resource management, and employee empowerment. PepsiCo India and other regional PepsiCo business ...Starting at €8.20
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Luvo (B)
Alvarez, Jose B.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-520101-EMarketingThis case, a follow-on to "Luvo" (517-049), provides a brief look at changes that have occured at Luvo, now called Performance Kitchen, since the timing of the first case (mid 2016). Set in January 2020, Luvo (B) touches on developments such as the companStarting at €5.74
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Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.: An IPO in India
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-807095-EFinanceThe executives of Motilal Oswal Financial Services, Ltd., one of the largest brokerages in India, are considering an IPO on the Indian markets. The company recently received a small private equity investment from two global private equity firms, which it has not yet fully invested. Historically, the Indian markets have favored higher-revenue companies. Should Motilal Oswal go public now, to take advantage of the hot Indian market, or hold off and...Starting at €8.20
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Firm Strategy Vignettes
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-810087-EEntrepreneurshipThese three vignettes present various issues around the strategy and management of a private equity firm. In one, a senior partner must decide how to manage an over-extended colleague and how to reduce the risk of the firm's portfolio; in the second, a limited partner must decide how to respond to tensions between general partners in a fund, and in the third, the general partners must decide whether to invest in an intriguing opportunity that lie...Starting at €8.20