Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Gokaldas Exports (A): The Challenge of Change
Bloom, N; Van, Reenen, J; Melvin, SCase SGSB-SM213A-EStrategyGokaldas Exports was a family-owned business founded in 1979 that had grown into India’s largest apparel exporter by the mid 2000s. Its founder, Jhamandas H. Hinduja, had bequeathed control of the company to three sons, each of whom brought in his own son. By the end of 2004, Gokaldas had 43 factories with 258 production lines scattered in and around the southern India city of Bangalore. It had more than 35,000 workers, which was nearly double ...Starting at €8.20
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Gemstar-TV Guide International
McNichols, M; Blair, NCase SGSB-A208-EAccounting and ControlNormally, serving on a company's board of directors is not a full-time job, but in the summer of 2002, Nick Donatiello (GSB 1986) found himself in exactly that position. As a member of Gemstar-TV Guide International's (Gemstar's or the Company's) board of directors and its Audit Committee, Donatiello was caught up in a storm of accounting issues, shareholder lawsuits and a power struggle between the Company's largest shareholders. Donatiello, one...Starting at €8.20
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Gokaldas Exports (B): Update
Bloom, N; Van, Reenen, J; Melvin, SCase SGSB-SM213B-EStrategyIn August 2007, the United States-based private equity firm the Blackstone Group acquired a 50.1 percent stake in Gokaldas Exports for $116 million. The investment was a two-part deal that included an “open offer” to Gokaldas shareholders for another 20 percent of outstanding shares valued at approximately $45 million. This gave Blackstone a total share of just over 68 percent while the Hinduja family retained 20 percent and other shareholders t...Starting at €5.74