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March 2018
Supplement

China Vanke: Battle for Control (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Charles C.Y. Wang, Dawn H. Lau and Anthony K. Woo

Baoneng calls for the removal of China Vanke's board of directors, citing as reasons the directors' mishandling of the Shenzhen Metro proposal as well as the company's various breaches of corporate governance requirements. Vanke defends itself against Baoneng's... View Details

Keywords: China Vanke; China Resources; Hostile Takeover; Board Of Directors; Shareholding Structure; Shareholder Rights; Asset Restructuring; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Valuation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Real Estate Industry; China

March 2018
Supplement

China Vanke: Battle for Control (D)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Charles C.Y. Wang, Dawn H. Lau and Anthony K. Woo

In the battle for control over China Vanke, the Chinese securities regulator steps in to censure Vanke and Baoneng for acting against the interests of the market and minority shareholders. The Chinese insurance regulator also finds Baoneng to be in violation of... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Real Estate Industry; China

March 2018 (Revised March 2019)
Technical Note

Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both — Lessons from Retail & Service Chains

By: Tatiana Sandino

This note explains how several retail and service organizations use a practice described here as “structured empowerment” to balance control and flexibility as they grow. I define structured empowerment as a practice that grants employees both (a) the power to make... View Details

Keywords: Service Operations; Standards; Employees; Service Delivery; Decision Making; Power and Influence; Retail Industry; Service Industry

March 2018
Exercise

Does It Hurt To Ask?

By: Alison Wood Brooks

Does It Hurt To Ask? (DIHTA) is an interactive exercise that pairs students (in groups of two) for a brief, spontaneous, open-ended conversation during class. Each student is given instructions to ask many questions (as many as possible) or few questions (ideally zero)... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Communication Strategy; Perception; Information; Power and Influence

March 2018 (Revised September 2018)
Case

Gene Lee Navigates the Darden Takeover

By: Joshua D. Margolis, H. Lawrence Culp, James Barnett and Aldo Sesia

Following a full takeover of Darden Restaurant’s Board of Directors, Darden COO Gene Lee is weighing an offer to become interim CEO. View Details

Keywords: Shareholder Activism; Investment Activism; Crisis Management; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

March 2018
Case

GiveDirectly

By: John Beshears, Joshua Schwartzstein, Tiffany Y. Chang and Brian J. Hall

How should nonprofits design compensation systems to attract and retain talent? GiveDirectly is a respected charitable organization with an unconventional approach. Instead of spending on traditional aid programs in areas such as health care and food access in... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofits; Charity; Effective Altruism; International Aid; Compensation; Goals; Bonuses; Incentives; GiveDirectly; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Recruitment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving

March 2018
Teaching Note

ISRO: Explore Space or Exploit CubeSats?

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury

ISRO, India’s space agency, established to address domestic challenges with space technology, is one of the six largest space agencies in the world. Through its 59 missions, ISRO has launched numerous satellites for communication, disaster management, navigation,... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Decision Choices and Conditions; Operations; Management; Aerospace Industry; India

March 2018
Teaching Note

Twine Health

By: Robert S. Huckman and Ariel D. Stern

In late 2014, Dr. John Moore (CEO), Frank Moss (chairman), and Scott Gilroy (CTO) of Twine Health (Twine) had to resolve several challenges that threatened to restrict the widespread dissemination of its sole product, Twine. Twine was a cloud-based platform that... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Chronic Disease; Digital Health; Health Acceleration Challenge; Strategy; Disease Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Adoption; Health Industry; United States; Massachusetts

March 2018 (Revised March 2018)
Supplement

Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment

By: Vikram S Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers and Amram Migdal

March 2018
Teaching Note

Controversy over Executive Remuneration at BP

By: V.G. Narayanan and Shawn O'Brien

Teaching Note for HBS No. 116-063. View Details

March 2018
Supplement

Hatch Startup Equity Valuation Exercise (Student Version)

By: Christopher Stanton and Shikhar Ghosh

March 2018
Supplement

Hatch Startup Equity Valuation exercise for Instructor Use

By: Christopher Stanton and Shikhar Ghosh

March 2018
Case

IBM: Watson and the Internet of Things

By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson

IBM has recently launched a business unit devoted to the Internet of Things. The group's leadership team needs to figure out the best way to quickly scale its business in a fragmented and nascent market. View Details

Keywords: IBM; Internet Of Things; Watson; Artificial Intelligence; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry

March 2018
Supplement

Irene Rosenfeld at Mondelez International: Crafting a Corporate Strategy video supplement

By: Raffaella Sadun

This video supplement is for use in class when teaching “Irene Rosenfeld at Mondelez International: Crafting a Corporate Strategy,” HBS No. 718-403. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy

March 2018
Teaching Note

Videojet (A) and (B)

By: Raffaella Sadun and Greta Friar

This teaching note was prepared to aid classroom instructors in the use of “Videojet,” HBS No. 717-403. View Details

March 2018 (Revised March 2018)
Teaching Note

ArcelorMittal and the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia

By: Sophus A. Reinert

Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-029. View Details

March 2018 (Revised February 2025)
Teaching Note

Dinesh Moorjani and Hatch Labs

By: Christopher Stanton and Shikhar Ghosh

Teaching Note for HBS No. 818-026. View Details

March 2018
Supplement

EKOL Logistics: Thinking Outside the Box: Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Willy C. Shih and Esel Çekin

March 2018
Teaching Note

Globalization Past, 1850–1914 (A) and (B)

By: Sophus A. Reinert

Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-023 and 718-030. View Details

March 2018
Teaching Note

Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria

By: Sophus A. Reinert

Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-027. View Details

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