Default Category
-
Confidential Information for Elcer Products Division President (Spanish version)
Sebenius, James K.; Subramanian, GuhanCase HBS-910S03StrategyIn a six-party negotiation exercise, the TNDA Corp. plans to sell Elcer Products Division to one of four potential buyers (industrial, financial, U.S., German). This case contains confidential information for the Elcer Divisional management role. Challenges include how to set up and implement the most promising sales process, come up with the right deal, and choose the best tactical approach given each party's role and objectives. This negotiatio...Starting at €8.20
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
The K-Dow Petrochemicals Joint Venture, Teaching Plan
Subramanian, Guhan; Krontiris, CharlotteTeaching Note HBS-913047-ETeaching Plan for case 912002.Starting at €0.00
-
Progress Energy and Duke Energy (B)
Subramanian, Guhan; Krontiris, CharlotteCase HBS-914012-EStarting at €5.74
-
An Activist Approach: Confidential Role Assignment for Castle Rock Management
Subramanian, Guhan; Szydlowski, KaitlynCase HBS-916012-EA three party, multiple-issue negotiation exercise dealing with a potential merger between two leading department stores, called for by an activist investor hedge fund in a letter to both companies. Company management will now attempt to navigate next moves, which are complicated by weak takeover defenses of their corporate boards, hedge fund ownership stake within both companies, and potential anti-trust risk. Meanwhile, the third party, the act...Starting at €8.20