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- March 2022 (Revised June 2022)
- Case
Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Kimball International, Inc. (KII), led by CEO Kristie Juster, and its board of directors, chaired by Kim Ryan, faced critical questions about KII’s future in the spring of 2021. Two years earlier, the board had appointed Juster as the new CEO of KII, a publicly traded,...
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Keywords:
Board Of Directors;
Board Committees;
Board Decisions;
Board Dynamics;
CEO Compensation;
CEO Succession;
Compensation Committee;
Compensation Consultants;
Compensation Design;
Compensation Mix;
Corporate Purpose;
COVID-19;
ESG;
Furniture;
Furniture Industry;
Manufacturing;
Midwest;
Pandemic;
Purpose;
Spin Off;
Strategic Change;
Strategic Decisions;
Strategic Evolution;
Target-setting;
Executive Compensation;
Family Ownership;
Governance;
Restructuring;
Strategy;
Transformation;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
- March 2022
- Supplement
Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Board Of Directors;
Board Committees;
Board Decisions;
Board Dynamics;
CEO Compensation;
CEO Succession;
Compensation Committee;
Compensation Consultants;
Compensation Design;
Compensation Mix;
Corporate Purpose;
COVID-19;
ESG;
Furniture;
Furniture Industry;
Manufacturing;
Midwest;
Pandemic;
Purpose;
Spin-off;
Strategic Change;
Strategic Decisions;
Strategic Evolution;
Target-setting;
Executive Compensation;
Family Ownership;
Governance;
Restructuring;
Strategy;
Transformation;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
- February 2022
- Case
Corporate Divestitures and Spinoffs
By: David J. Collis, Ashley Hartman and Terrence Shu
Increasingly in the 2010s, corporations turned to divestitures and spinoffs to streamline their operations. Over the course of one week in November 2021, conglomerates General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, and Toshiba announced plans for separation. The news reflected...
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- October 2021
- Case
Yildiz Holding's Corporate Strategy: Managing Diversification for Growth
By: Juan Alcácer and Esel Çekin
The case opens in May 2018 with Nurtaç Ziyal Afridi, chief strategy and growth officer of Yıldız Holding, a Turkish conglomerate, reflecting on the group’s diversification journey. In ten years, the group had achieved a remarkable growth through diversification: seven...
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- May 2021
- Case
André Hoffmann: Beyond Philanthropy
By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Jiawei Ye and Spencer C.N. Hagist
André Hoffmann is a leader of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. His exceptional tenure in philanthropy over the past several decades, including being president of the WWF and the vice-president of the MAVA Foundation, has allowed him access to a far...
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- April 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
The Turnaround at Ford Motor Company
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Olivia Jung
This case describes the corporate turnaround of the Ford Motor Company under the charismatic leadership of Alan Mulally. Ford was in deep trouble in the early 2000s as its prices and debt ratings plummeted and employee morale suffered. In 2006, the company anticipated...
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- January 2021 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Aptiv’s board must decide whether a joint venture with an auto maker is the right next step in the company’s efforts to develop and commercialize a production-ready autonomous driving system. While many commentators believed that Aptiv’s self-driving technologies had...
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Keywords:
Automotive Industry;
Bankruptcy Reorganization;
Board Of Directors;
Board Committees;
Board Decisions;
Board Dynamics;
Corporate Boards;
Innovation And Strategy;
Legal Aspects Of Business;
Spin Off;
Strategic Alliances;
Strategic Change;
Strategic Evolution;
Supplier Relationships;
Technological Change;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Innovation Strategy;
Going Public;
Joint Ventures;
Leadership;
Restructuring;
Technological Innovation;
Transformation;
Auto Industry;
Europe;
United States
- December 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
France Télécom (A): A Challenging Restructuring
These cases explore the impacts of industry shocks, resulting corporate actions that had a devastating impact on employees, and the legal conviction of corporate leaders for “institutional harassment."
This case series follows the evolution of France... View Details
This case series follows the evolution of France... View Details
Keywords:
Health ＆ Wellness;
Human Resource Management;
Strategic Change;
Leadership & Corporate Accountability;
Leadership And Change Management;
Leadership And Managing People;
Change;
Restructuring;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Health;
Human Capital;
Human Resources;
Labor;
Labor and Management Relations;
Labor Unions;
Law;
Social Psychology;
Strategy;
Leadership;
Leadership Style;
Organizations;
Problems and Challenges;
Relationships;
Crisis Management;
Organizational Culture;
Employees;
Well-being;
Telecommunications Industry;
Europe;
European Union
- Fall 2020
- Article
Sizing Up Corporate Restructuring in the COVID Crisis
By: Robin Greenwood, Benjamin Iverson and David Thesmar
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial and legal system will need to deal with a surge of financial distress in the business sector. Some firms will be able to survive, while others will face bankruptcy and thus need to be liquidated or reorganized. Many...
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- May 2019
- Case
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation: 'One CMHC' and Version 3.0
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
When Evan Siddall was appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation (CMHC) five years earlier, he had embarked on a major organizational restructuring. Now he is spearheading another round of changes. CMHC has adopted an ambition vision and five year strategic...
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Keywords:
Government Organizations;
Culture;
Organizational Change And Transformation;
Human Resource Practices;
Future Of Work;
Change Management;
Leading Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Design;
Government Administration;
Restructuring;
Leadership;
Human Resources;
Talent and Talent Management;
Diversity;
Work-Life Balance;
Financial Services Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Canada
- April 2019 (Revised December 2021)
- Case
Sears: The Demise of an American Icon
By: Kristin Mugford and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2019, ESL Investments’ $5.2 billion offer to purchase Sears Holdings out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, was accepted, despite opposition from the company's unsecured creditors and other parties. ESL, which was led by Eddie Lampert, had acquired a stake in Sears following...
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- February 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Scandal at Steinhoff
By: Kristin Mugford and Phil Caruso
- December 2018
- Case
Corporate Transformation at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Amy C. Edmondson, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Tonia Labruyere
When Stefan Oschmann became CEO and chairman of the executive board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in 2016, the company had started its transformation from a mid-tier traditional German industry player to a global modern science and technology player. The...
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- April 2018 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation
By: Stuart C. Gilson, Kristin Mugford and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2016, a trial began to determine the future of Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation’s $3 billion chapter 11 reorganization plan. The plan called for first- and second-lien-secured creditors to receive new claims representing approximately 98% of the reorganized company’s...
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- March 2018
- Teaching Note
Project Titan at Northrop Grumman
By: C. Fritz Foley, Lauren G. Pickle, David Lane and F. Katelynn Boland
Teaching Note for HBS No. 215-001. In March of 2011, Northrop Grumman divested shipbuilding assets through the spin-off of Huntington Ingalls Industries. This case reviews many of the key questions faced by Northrop's CEO, CFO, and top management team during this...
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- March 2018 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
China Vanke: Battle for Control (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Charles C.Y. Wang, Dawn H. Lau and Anthony K. Woo
In June 2016, the board of China Vanke, one of China’s largest and best-known private residential real estate developers, must vote on a proposed acquisition that is opposed by its largest shareholders, state-owned China Resources Co. and the lesser-known property...
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- March 2018
- Supplement
China Vanke: Battle for Control (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Charles C.Y. Wang, Dawn H. Lau and Anthony K. Woo
China Resources expresses disagreement over the validity of the results of the board vote as announced by China Vanke. It further raises objections to Vanke's handling of the announcement as well as reiterates its doubts about the strategic rationale of the proposed...
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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...
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- August 2017
- Supplement
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion: Video Supplement
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Evan Siddall, newly appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, a governmental organization focused on the residential housing market, is charged with leading change at the organization. The case follows this process of change step by step and looks at the...
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- June 2017
- Teaching Note
The U-Turns of National Truck Stops
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Alexander W. Schultz
Raj Makam had spent months trying to restructure a 2006 investment he had made in National Truck Stops, Inc. (“NTS”) as a senior member of Oaktree Capital Management’s (“Oaktree”) Mezzanine finance business within their Corporate Debt platform. It was the first time...
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