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Vail Resorts: Responding to Activist Pressure (A)
- JUNE 2025
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- Case
On January 27, 2025, the head of a relatively small hedge fund named Late Apex Partners sent a highly critical letter to the board of directors of Vail Resorts, the world’s largest ski resort operator. In his letter, and the 88-slide presentation that accompanied his letter, the activist investor...
IQanat: Empowering Rural Youth in Kazakhstan
- MAY 2025
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- Case
In June 2025, IQanat CEO Aliya Salikova considered scaling opportunities for the foundation, which provided educational opportunities for children from rural regions of Kazakhstan. Established by Kazakhstani businessman and philanthropist Aidyn Rakhimbayev, IQanat sought to address the stark...
Dell Med: Transforming Care Delivery & Payment
- MAY 2025
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- Case
Health care in the U.S. and globally continues to undergo massive transformation, surging towards a system that rewards value for patients. However, widespread adoption of value-based health care remains a challenge. This case study focuses on the care delivery transformation undertaken within an...
Wilburn Medical USA
- MAY 2025
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- Case
In September 2024, Emily Wilburn Andrews, CEO of Wilburn Medical USA, is five years into her tenure leading the medical equipment supply company since taking over for her father, the company’s founder. She considers approaches to grow the company while maintaining the company purpose—to provide...
How to Manage for Collective Creativity
14 Sep 2014
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How Women in Leadership Can Shape How Others See Them
By: dpurushothaman@hbs.edu & Colleen Ammerman
- 19 May 2025
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- Harvard Business Review
Pompeo Warns Against u.s. Pulling Back from Global Leadership Role
Re: jsebenius@phdbe1980.hbs.edu
- 07 May 2025
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- Harvard Gazette
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