Teletech Corporation, 1996

In January 1996, the leader economic officer need to style a reaction to a raider who claims that a primary enterprise section of the employer must be bought as it isn’t incomes a best charge of return (ROR). The case recounts the talk in the employer over the usage of a unmarried hurdle charge to …

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General Motors: 1991 Equity Financing

General Motors CFO Bob O’Connell is considering a variety of equity alternatives to fund a huge void in the coming years. His tasks are the development of a long-term financing strategy and the selection of the capital instrument to be issued immediately. Of particular interest to O’Connell is a new security called PERCS (Preferred Stock …

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DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome

DayTwo is a young Israeli company that researches the gut microbiome and machine learning algorithms to provide users with personalized dietary recommendations to minimize blood sugar spikes after meals. After a first year of implementation in Israel, CEO Lihi Segal and her team are developing a global Gotomarket plan for the company. The team is …

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Red Hat Canada: Bridging the Gender Gap

In August 2017, the Canadian leader of Red Hat Inc., an open source software company, reviewed the progress made by the Canadian subsidiary of the American multinational in closing the gender gap. The subsidiary had achieved its goal of increasing the proportion of women on the sales team from 5 percent in August 2014 to …

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Glass-Shattering Leaders: Barbara Hackman Franklin

Barbara Hackman Franklin was one of the first women to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School. She later broke barriers in the public and private sectors and rose to leadership positions in business and government. In the 1970s, she led a successful White House initiative to recruit more women to high-level positions, change the …

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Food Angel: A Sustainable Solution to Food Waste in Hong Kong

Food Angel is a Hong Kong-based social enterprise that recycles food into cooked meals for the poor in Hong Kong. Founded by Gigi Tung, Food Angel has grown into a successful organization employing over 200 paid employees and 20,000 volunteers who process over 10,000 meals and 200 food packages every day. Gigi believes that her …

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BulkWhiz: Negotiating as a Startup Founder in the UAE

This case follows Amira Rashad in founding BulkWhiz, a Dubai-based bulk food delivery platform. After its launch in September 2017, BulkWhiz has seen rapid growth of 30 percent per month in the United Arab Emirates. Despite this initial success, just nine months later, Rashad is in a critical phase with a series of internal and …

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