Author Profile

Author Image

Kaufmann, Lauren

Nestlé and Infant Formula: Revisiting a Dilemma

Kaufmann, Lauren ; Botha, Helet ; Parmar, Bidhan L. ; Mead, Jenny ; Warner, Anna

E-0524 | Published June 17, 2025 | 14 Pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In this case, the protagonist, one of the top marketing managers at Nestlé S.A. (Nestlé) responsible for marketing the company’s infant formula globally, must work with the marketing team to address c... Read More

Gender Lens Investing: Impact Investing for the Benefit of Women

Kaufmann, Lauren ; Kemp, Bianca

E-0517 | Published February 21, 2025 | 10 pages Technical Note

Collection: Darden School of Business

Impact investing is an investment strategy that aims to generate attractive financial returns while achieving positive social and/or environmental impact. In 2007—with the aim to “rally private invest... Read More

BioBag Australia: Evaluating Green Growth Capital Opportunities

Kaufmann, Lauren ; Dodd, Tracey ; Maiden, Stephen E.

E-0510 | Published October 24, 2024 | 11 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In June 2018, Scott Morton, managing director of BioBag World Australia Pty Ltd (BioBag Australia), had a decision to make. The Chinese government had recently implemented harsher restrictions on the ... Read More

Madam Director: Fern Investment Solutions Pursues Board Gender Diversity

Kaufmann, Lauren ; Dodd, Tracey ; Kemp, Bianca

E-0507 | Published June 18, 2024 | 16 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

On November 19, 2021, Beatrice O'Sullivan, co-head of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and equities analyst at Fern Investment Solutions (Fern) in Canberra, Australia, dialed into the Hanco... Read More

Equity Considerations in Remote and Hybrid Work Environments

Kaufmann, Lauren ; Mead, Jenny ; King, Lucy

E-0498 | Published December 20, 2023 | 3 pages Technical Note

Collection: Darden School of Business

After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, companies around the world built and refined models of working in both fully remote and hybrid environments. While many of these policies and pr... Read More

Netflix and Dave Chappelle (A)

Kaufmann, Lauren ; Botha, Helet ; Mead, Jenny

E-0499 | Published October 12, 2023 | 14 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In late 2021, Netflix leadership had to deal with some fierce employee and public blowback after airing The Closer, a comedy special by comedian Dave Chappelle. In the special—the last of six that Cha... Read More

Intersectionality

Kaufmann, Lauren ; Mead, Jenny

E-0500 | Published October 12, 2023 | 5 pages Technical Note

Collection: Darden School of Business

This note gives an overview of intersectionality, which is a theory, originally from legal scholarship, that explains how multiple forms of social inequality interact to produce individuals' experienc... Read More

Netflix and Dave Chappelle (B)

Kaufmann, Lauren ; Botha, Helet ; Mead, Jenny

E-0501 | Published October 12, 2023 | 3 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In late 2021, Netflix leadership had to deal with some fierce employee and public blowback after airing The Closer, a special by comedian Dave Chappelle. In the special—the last of six that Chappelle ... Read More

Returning to Redmond? Exploring Equity in Hybrid Work Environments at Microsoft

Kaufmann, Lauren ; Mead, Jenny ; King, Lucy

E-0497 | Published | 7 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This public-sourced case is based on a series of decisions Microsoft and other US-based technology companies made between 2021 and 2022 related to hybrid and return-to-office work policies coming out ... Read More