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The Weir Group: Reforming Executive Pay (A)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Gabrieli, FedericaCase HBS-319046-EIn February 2018, the Remuneration Committee together with the full Board of Directors of the Scotland-based engineering company The Weir Group had to decide whether to seek a shareholder vote at the upcoming Annual General Meeting in April on a proposal to reform the company's executive remuneration system. The stakes were high: two years earlier shareholders had so roundly rejected a proposal to reform the company's executive pay arrangements t...Starting at €8.20
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The Weir Group: Reforming Executive Pay (B)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Gabrieli, FedericaCase HBS-319047-ESupplement to HBS Case 319-046. The case describes the events that took place in the run-up to the 2018 Annual General Meeting, the voting outcome, key perspectives on success factors, and the challenges that The Weir Group faced in the near future.Starting at €5.74
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Dr. Iqbal Surve at Sekunjalo Investment Group (A)
Hill, Linda A.; Stecker, EmilyCase HBS-407019-EDr. Iqbal Surve, a self-described "medical doctor, philanthropist, and social entrepreneur," was born in 1963 and grew up in poverty, like virtually all non-white South Africans during apartheid. During the 1970s and 1980s, he served in leadership positions in the ANC, struggling against apartheid. After apartheid ended, Surve served as a medical doctor to many prominent South African leaders, like Nelson Mandela, and to the national soccer team....Starting at €8.20
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Dr. Iqbal Surve at Sekunjalo Investment Group (B)
Hill, Linda A.; Stecker, EmilyCase HBS-407054-ESupplements the (A) case. An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €5.74
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HCL Technologies (A)
Hill, Linda A.; Khanna, Tarun; Stecker, Emily A.Case HBS-408004-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. When Vineet Nayar became president of HCL Technologies, a global IT services business, in April 2005, he knew the company needed drastic change. Since its founding as a hardware company in the 1970s, HCL had grown into an enter...Starting at €8.20
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HCL Technologies (B)
Hill, Linda A.; Khanna, TarunCase HBS-408006-EThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. Supplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Digital Chocolate
Hill, Linda A.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-410049-ELeadership and People ManagementTrip Hawkins founded Digital Chocolate in Silicon Valley in 2003 to develop outstanding games for mobile devices. By 2008, the company had expanded its operations into four countries and Digital Chocolate was one of the top developers of soloplayer games for standard mobile phones and iPhones. In 2009, Hawkins was eager for Digital Chocolate to start developing new types of mobile games that could be played by multiple players over a period of ti...Starting at €8.20
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Systems Infrastructure at Google (B)
Hill, Linda A.; Stecker, Emily A.Case HBS-410111-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is a thick description of how a Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google, Bill Coughran, leads a high-performing engineering organization. The case focuses specifically on Coughran's use of encouraging two teams of engineers to develop competing solutions for application storage systems. It also shows how Coughran assembled an informal brain trust of managers and technical leaders that assist him in leading his 2,000-person organi...Starting at €5.74
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PFA Pension: Expansion of Alternatives Portfolio
Ivashina, Victoria; Gabrieli, Federica; Lenhardt, JeromeCase HBS-218025-EFinancePFA Pension was the biggest commercial pension provider in Denmark. At the end of 2015, the company had decided to boost its investments into the alternative asset class, an area where it was lagging behind its competitors. The aim was to privilege direct investments and co-investments rather than allocations through funds. One year later, PFA could count on an expert alternative investment team, a defined investment process and a number of succe...Starting at €8.20
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Ibrahim Dabdoub at the National Bank of Kuwait
Hill, Linda A.; Teppert, Dana M.Case HBS-413107-ELeadership and People ManagementIbrahim Dabdoub, the Group chief executive of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), reflects on his past 30 years at the helm of the Bank. Under his leadership, NBK grew from a small local bank to one of the preeminent financial institutions in the region. However, following the global financial crisis of 2008 and the Arab Spring, NBK had to slow its regional expansion. Dabdoub wonders if the Bank is positioned to thrive and fulfill its collective a...Starting at €8.20