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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
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
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