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The Role of the Audit Committee in Risk Oversight (Spanish Version)
Lorsch, Jay W.; Simpson, KaitlynCase HBS-419S04Leadership and People ManagementUna silla de comité de auditoría considera cómo puede ayudar a su comité de ser más eficaz, dadas las crecientes exigencias regulatorias sobre los comités de auditoría. Él también lucha con la falta de especificidad en funciones del comité de auditoría y si el comité debe asumir responsabilidades adicionales. En particular, se considera a la creciente preocupación por la supervisión del riesgo y se pregunta qué tipo de riesgos del comité de audit...Starting at €8.20
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Rebranding at Oliver Wyman Group
Eccles, Robert G.; Simpson, KaitlynCase HBS-409055-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2007, the individual consulting firms loosely held under the name Mercer Specialty Consulting came together more closely to form the $1.5 billion strategy consulting firm Oliver Wyman. CEO John Drzik hoped that this rebranding effort would create greater alignment and collaboration across the firm, resulting in greater client value. With increasingly complex needs, clients sought consultants with deep expertise to solve their most challenging ...Starting at €8.20
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Relational Investors and Home Depot (B)
Lorsch, Jay W.; Simpson, KaitlynCase HBS-409082-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €5.74
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One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A)
Eccles, Robert G.; Simpson, KaitlynCase HBS-411006-ELeadership and People ManagementThis 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. Senior Partner Rob Smith just led construction consultancy firm Davis Langdon through a major organizational change in Europe and the Middle East. In the past, compensation arrangements had not incentivized partners to collabor...Starting at €8.20
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Mission in Flux: Michigan National Guard in Liberia
Howitt, Arnold M.; Lundberg, KirstenCase HBS-KS1242-EIn summer and fall of 2014, thousands of individuals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea contracted the Ebola virus. This outbreak of the deadly disease, which until then had been highly uncommon in West Africa, prompted a major (albeit delayed) public health response on the part of the international community, including an unprecedented commitment made by the United States, which sent almost 3,000 active military soldiers to Liberia. "Mission i...Starting at €8.20
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Mission in Flux: Michigan National Guard in Liberia, Epilogue
Howitt, Arnold M.; Lundberg, KirstenCase HBS-KS1252-EEpilogue to case KS1242. In summer and fall of 2014, thousands of individuals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea contracted the Ebola virus. This outbreak of the deadly disease, which until then had been highly uncommon in West Africa, prompted a major (albeit delayed) public health response on the part of the international community, including an unprecedented commitment made by the United States, which sent almost 3,000 active military soldie...Starting at €8.20
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Into Local Streets: Maryland National Guard and the Baltimore Riots
Howitt, Arnold M.; Lundberg, KirstenCase HBS-KS1253-EEconomicsOn April 19, 2015, Freddie Gray, a young African American male, died while in the custody of the Baltimore Police. In response to his death, which occurred less than a year after a similar incident in Ferguson, Missouri, protestors mobilized daily in Baltimore to vocalize their frustrations, including what they saw as law enforcement's long-standing mistreatment of the African American community. Then, on April 27, following Gray's funeral, riots...Starting at €8.20
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The Role of the Audit Committee in Risk Oversight
Lorsch, Jay W.; Simpson, KaitlynCase HBS-409016-ELeadership and People ManagementAn audit committee chair considers how he can help his committee become more effective given the increasing regulatory demands on audit committees. He also wrestles with the lack of specificity in audit committee duties and whether his committee should take on additional responsibilities. In particular, he considers the growing concern over risk oversight and wonders what kinds of risks the audit committee should consider and whether they should ...Starting at €8.20
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Relational Investors and Home Depot (A)
Lorsch, Jay W.; Simpson, KaitlynCase HBS-409076-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2006, amidst shareholder upset over CEO Robert Nardelli's compensation and Home Depot's declining stock price, Relational Investors decided to further investigate the situation. As experts in turning around underperforming and undervalued companies, Relational's principals saw opportunities for Home Depot to improve its stock price through changes in strategy, corporate governance and capital allocation. In particular, Relational felt Nardelli...Starting at €8.20
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Executive Remuneration at Royal Dutch Shell (B)
Lorsch, Jay W.; Simpson, KaitlynCase HBS-409127-ELeadership and People ManagementAt the 2009 Shell annual meeting, the majority of shareholders vote against the exclusive pay package. The B case compares the remuneration committee perspective (and their rationale for using discretion to award the bonuses) as well as the shareholder perspective (and their rationale for reacting so strongly against the pay package).Starting at €5.74