Ginkgo Bioworks: The Cell as a Factory
Citation:
Gompers, Paul A., Amitabh Chandra, and Matthew Wozny. "Ginkgo Bioworks: The Cell as a Factory." Harvard Business School Case 220-069, April 2020. View Details|
Case HBS Case Collection April 2002 Knoll Furniture: Going Public |
Abstract
This case examines the decisions of John Lynch, president and CEO of Knoll Furniture, to go public in early 1997. Knoll went private in an LBO in 1996 and Warburg Pincus, the LBO sponsor, wants Lynch to take Knoll public. Lynch needs to weigh the positive and negative issues of a public offering.
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Decisions; Initial Public Offering; Going Public; Privatization;
Citation:
Gompers, Paul A., and Jon Asher Daniels. "Knoll Furniture: Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 202-114, April 2002.
