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Board's Missing Link (Spanish version)
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Kaufman, RhondaArticle HBS-R0303FLeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. The causes of many corporate governance problems lie well below the surface--specifically, in critical relationships that are not structured to support the players involved. In other words, the very foundation of the system is flawed. And unless we correct the stru...Starting at €8.20
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Revitalizing a French Conglomerate (A) (Spanish version)
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Turner, John M.Case HBS-705S20StrategyExamines corporate strategy for a diversified firm in the French business context. Issues include corporate governance, vision, and the management of unrelated diversification. After the company's first loss ever, the Vivendi board elected a new chairman who completed a financial restructuring and articulated a new corporate strategy. His actions were in part determined by the French business environment, which does not easily permit staff reduct...Starting at €8.20
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Vivendi (B): La revitalización de un conglomerado de empresas francesas
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Kaufman, RhondaCase HBS-706S13StrategyComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Putting Leadership Back into Strategy
Montgomery, Cynthia A.Article HBS-R0801C-EStrategyIn recent decades an infusion of economics has lent the study of strategy much needed theory and empirical evidence. Strategy consultants, armed with frameworks and techniques, have stepped forward to help managers analyze their industries and position their companies for strategic advantage. Strategy has come to be seen as an analytical problem to be solved. But, says Montgomery, the Timken Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Busines...Starting at €8.20
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Gerson Lehrman Group: Managing Risks
Groysberg, Boris; Healy, Paul M.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-412004-EIt was June 2011 and Alexander Saint-Amand, President and CEO of Gerson Lehrman Group, the largest expert network firm globally, has found his firm once again in the midst of controversy. This controversy centered around a number of insider trading cases that had been brought against consultants working for competing expert network firms. While GLG was in no way implicated in these cases, and GLG had invested significantly in its compliance polic...Starting at €8.20
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Constellation Brands' Investment in Canopy Growth: Aiming High
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-220044-EFinanceIn 2017, Constellation Brands, the U.S. based beverage company, acquired a 9.9% equity interest in the Canadian marijuana company, Canopy Growth. In 2018, Constellation announced a subsequent investment in Canopy-taking its ownership interest to 37%. However, Canopy's performance had been volatile and net losses had increased since the investment. In an effort to get into the cannabis market early, had Constellation Brands been too early?Starting at €8.20
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Central European Distribution Corporation: Hostile Takeover, Bankruptcy Makeover
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-216059-EFinanceIn early 2013, CEDC, a large publicly-traded producer and distributer of vodka and spirits in Eastern and Central Europe, has suffered significant declines in its financial performance, is at risk of defaulting on its debt, and is under pressure from its largest shareholders to give them control of the board and to restructure its debt to avoid bankruptcy. The largest shareholder, billionaire Russian investor Roustam Tariko, has proposed an out o...Starting at €8.20
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Kmart and ESL Investments (B): The Sears Merger
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-209045-EFinanceSupplement to 209-044Starting at €5.74
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Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (B): Restructuring Under the Procedure de Sauvegarde
Gilson, Stuart C.; Dessain, Vincent; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-209113-EFinanceIn mid-2007 the chairman and CEO of Eurotunnel Group, having elected to file for bankruptcy under a newly-enacted French insolvency law, awaits the outcome of a vote by creditors and shareholders. At least 50% of the shareholders must approve the plan, however they face significant dilution of their ownership interests in Eurotunnel. If the vote fails to pass, the possibility that the company may have to be liquidated becomes increasingly likely.Starting at €5.74
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Equity Restructuring at Dell Technologies: Buy Out, Buy Up, Buy In (A)
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-224005-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn November 2018, Dell Technologies was poised to re-enter the public markets by means of a complex recapitalization that would replace an entire class of publicly-traded "tracking stock," with new shares that would trade publicly without the need of a formal IPO. The tracking stock was meant to track the value of the publicly traded shares of the software company VMware, but from the outset had traded at a significant discount, sparking intense ...Starting at €8.20